USHL Waterloo Black Hawks

Black Hawks 2010-2011 Schedule Announced

Published on July 29, 2010 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Waterloo Black Hawks News Release


Waterloo, Iowa-A new United States Hockey League season will begin during the first weekend in October, the USHL announced Thursday, with the release of its 2010-2011 schedule.

The Waterloo Black Hawks will begin the 60-game effort at home in Young Arena against their archrivals from Cedar Rapids, the RoughRiders. The matchup will mark the second consecutive year, and the third time during Head Coach P.K. O'Handley's tenure, that Waterloo has opened the home portion of their schedule against Cedar Rapids. The RoughRiders will also visit Waterloo for the teams' traditional Thanksgiving contest November 25th and on Friday, April 1st.

Another highly anticipated series at Young Arena features one of the league's two expansion franchises, the Dubuque Fighting Saints. After a bitter rivalry between Hawks and Saints throughout the 1980's and 90's, Dubuque left the league at the conclusion of the 2000-2001 season. They return for their first visit to Waterloo on October 16th. The Hawks make their first trip to the new Mystique Ice Center in Dubuque on Friday, February 11th.

To minimize travel concerns in the now-16-team USHL, the schedule for each member club is weighted toward regional opponents. Black Hawks President Doug Miller says this was the most challenging schedule that the league has had to organize during his time with the franchise.

"The expanding footprint of the USHL makes it very difficult to schedule," said Miller. "Sixteen teams play 60 games traveling by bus to 9 different states and two time zones. I don't know if there could be a tougher situation for schedule makers. Overall this is a very fan-friendly schedule with many weekend dates to choose from; if people were on the fence about purchasing or renewing their season tickets, this schedule should make it very easy to decide to do so."

The Black Hawks' home slate features 14 Fridays, 14 Saturdays, one Sunday match-up (January 2nd against Indiana), and Thanksgiving Thursday. Waterloo will be at home on both Friday and Saturday during nine different weekends. Other highlights include a New Years Eve home match-up in Party Town against the Des Moines Buccaneers and the Hawks' first-ever meeting with the Muskegon Lumberjacks in western Michigan on October 30th. Muskegon comes to Young Arena for the first time on December 10th. All 30 Waterloo Black Hawks home games will begin at 7:05 during 2010-2011.

Season tickets for Waterloo's upcoming campaign are currently available from the Black Hawks by calling (319) 232-3444. Single game tickets will go on sale from the Black Hawks box office in late September.

DATE OPPONENT VENUE HOME/AWAY

Saturday, Oct 2 (USHL, USHL) Cedar Rapids WAT Home

Saturday, Oct 9 (USHL, USHL) Lincoln WAT Home

Friday, Oct 15 (USHL, USHL) Lincoln LIN Away

Saturday, Oct 16 (USHL, USHL) Dubuque WAT Home

Friday, Oct 22 (USHL, USHL) Green Bay GB Away

Friday, Oct 29 (USHL, USHL) Chicago CHI Away

Saturday, Oct 30 (USHL, USHL) Muskegon MUS Away

Friday, Nov 5 (USHL, USHL) Youngstown WAT Home

Saturday, Nov 6 (USHL, USHL) Chicago WAT Home

Friday, Nov 12 (USHL, USHL) Green Bay WAT Home

Saturday, Nov 13 (USHL, USHL) Des Moines DM Away

Friday, Nov 19 (USHL, USHL) Tri-City WAT Home

Saturday, Nov 20 (USHL, USHL) Fargo WAT Home

Wednesday, Nov 24 (USHL, USHL) Green Bay GB Away

Thursday, Nov 25 (USHL, USHL) Cedar Rapids WAT Home

Friday, Nov 26 (USHL, USHL) Cedar Rapids CR Away

Friday, Dec 3 (USHL, USHL) Tri-City TRI Away

Saturday, Dec 4 (USHL, USHL) U17 WAT Home

Friday, Dec 10 (USHL, USHL) Muskegon WAT Home

Saturday, Dec 11 (USHL, USHL) Des Moines WAT Home

Friday, Dec 17 (USHL, USHL) Des Moines DM Away

Saturday, Dec 18 (USHL, USHL) Cedar Rapids CR Away

Wednesday, Dec 29 (USHL, USHL) Cedar Rapids CR Away

Friday, Dec 31 (USHL, USHL) Des Moines WAT Home

Saturday, Jan 1 (USHL, USHL) Sioux City SXC Away

Sunday, Jan 2 (USHL, USHL) Indiana WAT Home

Friday, Jan 7 (USHL, USHL) Fargo FAR Away

Saturday, Jan 8 (USHL, USHL) Sioux Falls SXF Away

Wednesday, Jan 12 (USHL, USHL) Indiana IND Away Wednesday, Jan 12 (USHL, USHL) Indiana IND Away

Friday, Jan 14 (USHL, USHL) Des Moines WAT Home

Saturday, Jan 15 (USHL, USHL) Chicago WAT Home

Friday, Jan 21 (USHL, USHL) Indiana IND Away

Saturday, Jan 22 (USHL, USHL) Youngstown YOU Away

Friday, Jan 28 (USHL, USHL) Dubuque WAT Home

Saturday, Jan 29 (USHL, USHL) Sioux Falls WAT Home

Friday, Feb 4 (USHL, USHL) Sioux City WAT Home

Friday, Feb 11 (USHL, USHL) Dubuque DUB Away

Saturday, Feb 12 (USHL, USHL) Des Moines DM Away

Friday, Feb 18 (USHL, USHL) Indiana WAT Home

Saturday, Feb 19 (USHL, USHL) Green Bay WAT Home

Tuesday, Feb 22 (USHL, USHL) Des Moines DM Away

Friday, Feb 25 (USHL, USHL) Omaha WAT Home

Saturday, Feb 26 (USHL, USHL) Cedar Rapids CR Away

Sunday, Feb 27 (USHL, USHL) Green Bay GB Away

Wednesday, Mar 2 (USHL, USHL) U17 U17 Away

Friday, Mar 4 (USHL, USHL) U18 U18 Away

Saturday, Mar 5 (USHL, USHL) Youngstown YOU Away

Tuesday, Mar 8 (USHL, USHL) Dubuque DUB Away

Friday, Mar 11 (USHL, USHL) Youngstown WAT Home

Saturday, Mar 12 (USHL, USHL) Green Bay WAT Home

Friday, Mar 18 (USHL, USHL) U18 WAT Home

Saturday, Mar 19 (USHL, USHL) Omaha OMA Away

Wednesday, Mar 23 (USHL, USHL) Chicago CHI Away

Friday, Mar 25 (USHL, USHL) Muskegon MUS Away

Saturday, Mar 26 (USHL, USHL) Dubuque WAT Home

Friday, Apr 1 (USHL, USHL) Cedar Rapids WAT Home

Saturday, Apr 2 (USHL, USHL) Muskegon WAT Home

Wednesday, Apr 6 (USHL, USHL) Dubuque DUB Away

Friday, Apr 8 (USHL, USHL) Green Bay WAT Home

Saturday, Apr 9 (USHL, USHL) Dubuque WAT Home

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