USHL Cedar Rapids RoughRiders

Sam Warning Commits To Minnesota

Published on October 29, 2009 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders News Release


Cedar Rapids, IA - Sam Warning, 17-year old forward for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, has committed to the University of Minnesota for the 2011-2012 hockey season. A St. Louis-area native, Warning is in his first season with the RoughRiders.

Warning was selected by the RoughRiders in the fourteenth round of May's United States Hockey League Entry Draft with the one hundred eighty-first overall pick. He not only played midget hockey for the St. Louis Selects last season but also helped Christian Brothers College High School to the Missouri state title. Warning, along with teammate Michael Parks was also named to the United States Under-18 Select Team that competed at the 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament from August 11-15 in Piestany, Slovakia.

The 2009 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka Tournament featured teams from Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. In the tournament, after a loss to Russia and a win against Finland, The U.S. Under-18 Select Team played Slovakia on August 13th. Sam Warning scored the game's first goal 1:03 into the opening frame when he cut across the right circle and fired a shot that beat the Slovak goaltender over his right shoulder. The U.S. Under-18 Select Team defeated Slovakia and went on to finish round-robin competition with a 1-1-0-1 record. After losing to Sweeden on the final day of the tournament, The U.S. Under-18 Select Team finished in fourth place.

Now in his first season with the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, Warning has two goals and two assists in seven games. Sam will join the University of Minnesota in 2011 after a second season with The Riders.

RoughRiders Head Coach and General Manager Mark Carlson commented, "As an organization, the RoughRiders are very happy for Sam and supportive of his decision. We look forward to having him on the team for another season, and are confident that he will be a valuable asset to the Gophers when he joins them in 2011."

The Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team at the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota. They are members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I ice hockey. The Golden Gophers have won five NCAA national championships, in 1974, 1976, 1979, 2002 and 2003. Under current head coach Don Lucia, who is in his 10th year with the team, the Gophers have earned a spot in the NCAA tournament in eight of the last nine seasons, including five number 1 seeds and three appearances in the Frozen Four. They play in the Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis for a crowd of 10,000.

Four players from the University of Minnesota have won the Hobey Baker Award, awarded annually to "the outstanding collegiate hockey player in the United States."

Sam Warning can be seen on the ice this season with the RoughRiders, who play 30 home games this season at The Stable in Cedar Rapids. For more details on any of the RoughRiders home games, or to purchase tickets, call 319-261-GOAL or visit us online at www.ridertownusa.com.

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