Riese Zmolek played junior hockey for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, played college hockey and then played professionally for the Iowa Heartlanders. His brother, Will, played junior hockey for the RoughRiders and is in his first season with the Hearlanders.
Forward Will Calverley was literally knocked out of game for the Iowa Heartlanders this past March at Cincinnati. He was taken off the ice on a stretcher and didn’t play again the rest of the ECHL season. After contemplating hanging up his skates for good, Calverley decided to continue to play and is an alternate captain for Iowa, which begins its season at home this weekend.
The family of first-year Cedar Rapids RoughRiders forward Jason Musa evacuated its home in Southwestern Florida because of Hurricane Milton. Musa is part of a hockey playing family, with his father a former professional player and his brothers college hockey players at Massachusetts.
In the first edition of Corridor Cross Checks for the 2024-25 hockey season, we take a look at the upcoming ECHL season for the Iowa Heartlanders and Week 3 of the United States Hockey League season for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders.
With NIL exploding and a lawsuit filed to possibly allow major junior players in Canada the chance to play college hockey, how that all could affect the United States Hockey League is a burgeoning topic of discussion.
Winger Loa Milfors came over to North America and the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders this past January from his native Sweden. It was a tough adjustment but he made it and seems in line for a productive second season in the United States Hockey League.
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders won all five of their preseason games and hope to carry that momentum into the United States Hockey League’s regular season. That regular season begins Thursday for the club at the league’s Fall Classic in suburban Pittsburgh.
Defenseman Nikita Konevych of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders came to the United States three years ago at the age of 15 to pursue his hockey dreams. He hasn’t been home to Ukraine since because of the Russian invasion of his country two years ago. His family insists he stay here, though they live a literal day-to-day existence in their war-torn country.
For the first time in 11 seasons as an affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, the Cedar Rapids Kernels failed to make the Midwest League playoffs. They still finished with a winning overall record, with a number of players moving up in the Twins farm system, including one who made the major leagues.
The Cedar Rapids Kernels concluded their 2024 Midwest League season Sunday with a 10-3 loss to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
Rudy Guimond is a Quebec resident, Yale commit and Detroit Red Wings draft pick. The 19-year-old goaltender hopes to have a strong second season for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, who begin preseason play this weekend.
Walker Jenkins was the first-round draft pick of the Minnesota Twins last year. Kaelen Culpepper was Minnesota’s first-round pick this year. They find themselves together as members of the Cedar Rapids Kernels to end this baseball season.
The Cedar Rapids Kernels beat the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 4-3 in a Midwest League baseball game Wednesday at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids.
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