The Iowa Raptors’ first Major Arena Soccer League 2 season so far has resulted in a North Division title and a spot in the four-team playoffs.They’ll face the Amarillo Bombers in a MASL2 semifinal game Friday in Mesquite, Texas.
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Nathan Ford Minor League Sports Mar. 30, 2023 2:12 pm1d ago
The Iowa Raptors’ first Major Arena Soccer League 2 season so far has resulted in a North Division title and a spot in the four-team playoffs.They’ll face the Amarillo Bombers in a MASL2 semifinal game Friday in Mesquite, Texas.
Jeff Johnson Minor League Sports Mar. 28, 2023 4:36 pm3d ago
The Iowa Heartlanders have hit the college free-agent market hard in the last couple of weeks, signing six players who recently ended their college careers in the United States.
Jeff Johnson Minor League Sports Mar. 21, 2023 6:05 pm10d ago
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders are in possession of a United States Hockey League playoff berth with 11 games remaining in the regular season. The club hopes to climb the standings down the stretch in hopes of hosting a first-round playoff series.
Jeff Johnson Minor League Sports Mar. 14, 2023 10:27 am17d ago
In this week’s Corridor Cross Checks, we write about a good week for both the Iowa Heartlanders and Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. And about the University of Iowa men’s club hockey team, which has qualified for the ACHA Division II national tournament.
Jeff Johnson Minor League Sports Feb. 27, 2023 4:21 pm32d ago
Corridor Cross Checks: Tanner MacMaster was playing professional hockey in Sweden, but wasn’t entirely happy with his situation there. His old Quinnipiac teammate Kevin McKernan began selling him on the merits of playing in the ECHL with the Iowa Heartlanders, and now here MacMaster is, making a difference.
Minor League Sports Feb. 21, 2023 10:59 am38d ago
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders and Youngstown Phantoms are playing their USHL game Thursday night at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, home of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns.
Minor League Sports Feb. 14, 2023 8:42 am45d ago
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders acquired forward Jack Musa from Madison in a significant USHL trade last week. Musa was Madison’s leading scorer, a two-year USHL player and commit to college hockey power Boston University.
Minor League Sports Feb. 6, 2023 3:44 pm53d ago
The Iowa Heartlanders lost their first 20 ECHL games this season away from Xtream Arena. That streak came to a halt this past weekend, with the club winning back-to-back games Wheeling.
Minor League Sports Feb. 6, 2023 10:32 am53d ago
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders lost three games in three days this weekend, including a ... rough ... 3-2 overtime loss Sunday to Green Bay at ImOn Ice.
Feb. 6, 2023 10:34 am53d ago
Photos from Sunday’s Cedar Rapids RoughRiders game against the Green Bay Gamblers, a 3-2 Green Bay win in overtime.
Minor League Sports Feb. 1, 2023 3:42 pm58d ago
The home field at Veterans Memorial Stadium will change from Perfect Game Field to PG Cares Field for the 2023 season, it was announced Tuesday. Perfect Game scouting service was created in Cedar Rapids as a baseball club and has provided naming rights at Memorial Stadium since 2009.
Minor League Sports Feb. 2, 2023 2:12 pm57d ago
If you know anything about Mark Carlson and his approach to the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders junior hockey program he has built over 23 seasons here, you know there wasn’t much of a celebration of his 750th career coaching victory this past Saturday night.
Minor League Sports Feb. 2, 2023 2:13 pm57d ago
Mark Carlson has been the only coach the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders have had since their inception into the United States Hockey League in the 1999-2000 season. Carlson won his 750th career game Saturday night as his Riders beat Muskegon .
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