Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Playoff Update
Published on April 27, 2005 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders News Release
The RoughRiders have reached the Clark Cup finals for the first time in team history by winning their first six playoff games. The Riders swept the Chicago Steel in the East Division finals after defeating the Indiana Ice in three straight in the division semi-finals.
Dating back to their final two regular season games- a pair of wins over the Green Bay Gamblers- the Riders have now won a season high eight straight games overall.
Prior to this season, the Riders had never won more than four games in a single post-season and had never put together more than two consecutive playoff wins.
The Riders outscored the Ice and Steel 26-13 over the first two rounds.
Matt Vokes (4-4-8) leads the Riders in playoff point scoring, just ahead of Ted Purcell (4-3-7). Purcell scored the game winning goals in games one and three of the division finals. Vokes scored in sudden death to give the Riders the win in game two against the Steel.
So far in the playoffs, the Riders have held the lead for 252:38 and have trailed for just 2:09. The Riders never trailed in the East Division finals.
Rookie goaltender Alex Stalock has been superb for the Riders in the post season. Stalock has gone 4-0 and leads the league with a microscopic 1.39 playoff goals against average and an equally superb .963 save percentage. Stalock was in net for all three games against Chicago, turning in a 1.21 goals against average and a .967 save percentage to stymie the Steel.
The Musketeers reached the finals by defeating the Tri-City Storm three games to one in the West Division finals. The Musketeers finished off the Storm with a 3-2 win last night in Kearney, Nebraska.
The Musketeers won each of their first two series in four games. Sioux City eliminated Lincoln in the opening round.
This is the Musketeers' second trip to the finals in four years. The Muskies won the Clark Cup in 2002.
Sioux City has generated plenty of playoff offense. The Musketeers have averaged 4.5 goals per post season game and have scored four or more goals in six of their first eight playoff contests.
Sioux City's Brian Bales (7-7-14) and Tim Kennedy (3-8-11) are the USHL's top two post season point scorers by a comfortable margin. Bales tops the league in playoff goals, while Kennedy leads the way in assists.
DIVISION FINALS
Cedar Rapids vs. Indiana
Wednesday, April 20: Cedar Rapids 2 Chicago 1
Ted Purcell's second period goal stood up as the game winner. Purcell put the Riders up 2-0 at 2:52 of the second. Matt Vokes opened the scoring at 8:09 of the first period. Rider goaltender Alex Stalock (29 saves) surrendered only Dan Charleston's power play goal at 7:15 of the second.
Friday, April 22: Cedar Rapids 2 Chicago 1 (ot)
Matt Vokes scored the game winner at 18:17 of overtime. Chicago's Nate Perkovich tied the score at one at 12:19 of overtime after Alec Martinez's second period had given the Riders a 1-0 lead. The Riders' Alex Stalock made 43 saves to narrowly outduel the Steel's Shane Connelly (42 saves).
Sunday, April 24: Cedar Rapids 4 Chicago 2
Ted Purcell broke a 2-2 tie with a power play goal at 5:13 of the third period. The Riders jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals from Shane Lovdahl and Jordan Pietrus (shorthanded) before Chicago battled back with power play goals from David Marshall and Kevin Swallow. Rob Ricci finished off the win with an empty net goal in the final minute of the third period. Alex Stalock turned in a superb 44-save effort in the Rider net.
Sioux City vs. Tri-City
Tuesday, April 19: Sioux City 6 Tri-City 0
The Musketeers jumped out to a 3-0 first period lead and never looked back. Travis Turnbull scored twice for Sioux City, while Blake Martin picked up three assists. Justin Bostrom and Dennis McCauley both notched a goal and an assist. Goals 45 seconds apart from Brian Bales and Justin Bostrom early in the first period set the tone for Sioux City. Jimmy Spratt made 31 saves to pick up the shutout in the Sioux City net, while Tri-City starter Michael Zacharias gave up four goals on just 16 shots before being replaced by Nick Hopper in the third period.
Friday, April 20: Tri-City 4 Sioux City 3 (ot)
J.P. Platisha scored at 14:14 of overtime to end a see-saw game. Platisha gave Tri-City a 1-0 lead at 12:45 of the first period with the first of his two goals. The Musketeers' Justin Bostrom knotted the score at one with just 23 seconds remaining in the first period and then took the lead on Peter Lenes' goal at 2:06 of the second. Tri-City responded while on a 5-on-3 power play as Jake Obermeyer scored at 15:18 of the middle frame. Tri-City was up 5-on-4 when Cody Chupp gave the Storm a short-lived 3-2 lead at 9:03 of the third period. Just two minutes and three seconds later, Kent Bostrom deadlocked the game at three for Sioux City.
Saturday, April 21: Sioux City 4 Tri-City 1
Brian Bales (one goal, two assists) and Tim Kennedy (one goal, one assist) led the Musketeer attack. Bales and Kennedy gave Sioux City a 2-0 lead with goals late in the first period. A goal from Matt Ambroz at 15:24 of the second period brought the the Storm within one, but the Musketeers quickly responded with goals a minute and twenty-one seconds apart from Dennis McCauley and Kent Bostrom.
Tuesday, April 26: Sioux City 3 Tri-City 2
Brian Bales scored two goals and the Musketeers held on to win despite being outshot 14-1 in the third period. The Musketeers entered the third period up 3-1, but Tri-City pulled within one on Ryan Gunderson's goal at 8:02 of the third. Jimmy Spratt (29 saves) stopped a series of Tri-City chances in the final 12 minutes to preserve the win for the Musketeers. Bales' first goal gave the Musketeers the lead just 40 seconds into the game. Zach Cohen responded for the Storm just one minute and eight seconds later, but Bales put Sioux City on top again with just 36 seconds left in the first. Travis Turnbull's second period goal power play goal extended the Sioux City lead to a pair and would prove to be the game winner.
TOP PLAYOFF POINT SCORERS Cedar Rapids GP G A PTS
Matt Vokes 6 4 4 8
Ted Purcell 6 4 3 7
Jon Grabarek 6 2 4 6
(three players tied with five points)
Sioux City GP G A PTS
Brian Bales 8 7 7 14
Tim Kennedy 8 3 8 11
Justin Bostrom 8 4 3 7
Josh Meyers 8 0 7 7
(three players tied with six points)
TOP REGULAR SEASON POINT SCORERS
Cedar Rapids GP G A PTS
Ted Purcell 58 20 47 67
Rob Ricci 59 26 34 60
Justin Abdelkader 60 27 25 52
Matt Vokes 58 27 25 52 Brandon Svendsen 60 19 26 45
Sioux City GP G A PTS
Tim Kennedy 54 30 31 61
Brian Bales 54 20 41 61
Justin Bostrom 41 26 21 47
Corey Elkins 58 19 23 42
Dennis McCauley 54 18 21 39 PLAYOFF LEADERS
Cedar Rapids
Goals- Ted Purcell, Matt Vokes (4)
Assists- Greg Collins (5)
Points- Matt Vokes (8)
Plus/Minus- Shane Lovdahl (+8)
Penalty Minutes- Phil Axtell (20)
Power Play Goals- Ted Purcell (2)
Shorthanded Goals- Jordan Pietrus, Rob Ricci (1)
Sioux City
Goals- Brian Bales (7)
Assists- Tim Kennedy (8)
Points- Brian Bales (14)
Plus/Minus- Steven Kampfer (+9)
Penalty Minutes- Travis Turnbull (47)
Power Play Goals- Brian Bales, Travis Turnbull (2)
Shorthanded Goals- none
REGULAR SEASON LEADERS
Cedar Rapids
Goals- Matt Vokes, Justin Abdelkader (27)
Assists- Ted Purcell (47)
Points- Ted Purcell (67)
Plus/Minus- Ray Eichenlaub (+30)
Penalty Minutes- Zach Miskovic (149)
Power Play Goals- Matt Vokes (11)
Shorthanded Goals- Brandon Svendsen (3)
Purcell finished the regular season second in the league in assists, fourth in points and tied for tenth in plus/minus (+20)...Rob Ricci was tied for eighth in points (60), tied for second in game winning goals (7) and tied for tenth in power play goals (9) and plus/minus (+20)...Vokes and Abdelkader were tied for eighth in goals...Vokes was tied for fifth in power play goals...Abdelkader was tied for tenth in power play goals (9) and tied for tenth in plus/minus (+20)...Lovdahl finished fourth in plus/minus and, among defensemen, finished tied for second in points (37) and assists (30) and tied for tenth in goals (7)...Ray Eichenlaub was third in plus/minus (+30), and, among defensemen, ranked second in goals and fourth in points and was tied for seventh in assists...Svendsen was tied for fourth in shorthanded goals...Miskovic was eighth in penalty minutes...Alec Martinez was tied for fifth among defensemen in goals (10)
Sioux City
Goals- Tim Kennedy (30)
Assists- Brian Bales (41)
Points- Brian Bales, Tim Kennedy (61)
Plus/Minus- Chris Butler (+36)
Penalty Minutes- Dennis McCauley (236)
Power Play Goals- Justin Bostrom (11)
Shorthanded Goals- Tim Kennedy (3)
Kennedy was tied for third in the league in goals during the regular season, tied for sixth in points, tied for fourth in shorthanded goals, tied for second in game winning goals (7) and ranked fifth in plus/minus (+26)...Bales was tied for fourth in assists, tied for sixth in points, tied for second in game winning goals (7) and finished second in plus/minus (+31)...Butler led the league in plus/minus and was tied for fifth among defensemen in assists (22)...Joe Charlebois was tied for seventh in plus/minus (+22) and ranked tenth in penalty minutes (146). Among defensemen, Charlebois was tied for third in assists (24) and was tied for eighth in points (25)...McCauley finished fourth in penalty minutes...Bostrom was tied for fifth in power play goals...Among defensemen, Josh Meyers was tied for third in assists (24), finished fifth in points (32) and was tied for eighth in goals (8)...Among defensemen, Chris Butler finished sixth in points (28)
PLAYOFF GOALTENDING
Cedar Rapids GP MIN GAA W-L SO SPCT
Alex Stalock 4 258:17 1.39 4-0 0 .963
Dan Tormey 2 124:16 3.38 2-0 0 .892
Sioux City GP MIN GAA W-L SO SPCT
Jimmy Spratt 8 426:32 2.39 6-2 1 .919
Jeff Zatkoff 2 67:36 8.88 0-0 0 .706
REGULAR SEASON GOALTENDING
Cedar Rapids GP MIN GAA W-L-SOL SO SPCT
Dan Tormey 32 1839:33 2.25 23-4-2 3 .926
Alex Stalock 32 1801:07 2.73 19-9-3 1 .905
Tormey led the league in save percentage during the regular season, ranked second in goals against average, was tied for third in shutouts, ranked fourth in wins and tenth in minutes played...Stalock ranked seventh in goals against average and wins and eighth in save percentage
Sioux City GP MIN GAA W-L-SOL SO SPCT
Jimmy Spratt 42 2327:52 2.81 24-11-3 2 .909
Jeff Zatkoff 24 1271:26 2.55 13-6-3 1 .914
Spratt finished the regular season third in wins, fourth in minutes played, sixth in save percentage, and eighth in goals against average...Zatkoff was tied for fourth in goals against average and finished fourth in save percentage
WHO'S HOT
Cedar Rapids
Greg Collins: nine points (one goal, eight assists) in his last nine games (regular season and playoffs combined)
Ted Purcell: 20 points (six goals, 14 assists) in his last 13 games
Rob Ricci: 26 points (13 goals, 13 assists) in his last 21 games
Matt Vokes: pointless in game three of the division finals after recording eight points (four goals, four assists) in the
first five games of the playoffs and totaling 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) in his prior eleven games
overall
Sioux City
Brian Bales: seven points (three goals, four assists) in his last three games...at least one point in each playoff game
(7-7-14)...two or more points in five of eight playoff games...29 points (12 goals, 17 assists) in his last 17 games (regular season and playoffs combined)
Justin Bostrom: 21 points (ten goals, 11 assists) in his last 17 games
Kent Bostrom: five points (four goals, one assist) in his last five games
Tim Kennedy: at least one point in each playoff game (3-8-11)...nine game point scoring streak (5-8-13)...17 points
(eight goals, nine assists) in his last 11 games...33 points (12 goals, 21 assists) in his last 23 games
PLAYOFF WIN-LOSS REGULAR SEASON WIN-LOSS
Cedar Rapids Sioux City Cedar Rapids Sioux City
Home: 4-0 Home: 3-1 Home: 18-8-4 Home: 21-5-4
Away: 2-0 Away: 3-1 Away: 24-5-1 Away: 16-12-2
vs. East: 6-0 vs. East: 0-0 vs. East: 34-6-0 vs. East: 18-5-1
vs. West: 0-0 vs. West: 8-2 vs. West: 8-7-5 vs. West: 19-12-5
PLAYOFFS GOALS PER GAME REGULAR SEASON GOALS PER GAME
Cedar Rapids Sioux City Cedar Rapids Sioux City
Goals For: 4.33 (3) Goals For: 4.50 (2) Goals For: 3.82 (1) Goals For: 3.70 (2)
Goals Against: 2.17 (1) Goals Against: 3.38 (5) Goals Against: 2.62 (2) Goals Against: 2.88 (5)
PLAYOFF SPECIAL TEAMS
Cedar Rapids Sioux City
Power Play: 22.2 6/27 (2) Power Play: 14.3 7/49 (5)
Penalty Kill: 83.3 5/30 (5) Penalty Kill: 75.6 11/45 (7)
Shorthanded Goals For: 2 Shorthanded Goals For: 0
Shorthanded Goals Against: 0 Shorthanded Goals Against: 1
REGULAR SEASON SPECIAL TEAMS
Cedar Rapids Sioux City
Power Play: 24.1 64/266 (1) Power Play: 17.4 56/322 (4)
Penalty Kill: 83.8 39/240 (8) Penalty Kill: 85.0 51/340 (4)
Shorthanded Goals For: 8 Shorthanded Goals For: 10
Shorthanded Goals Against: 2 Shorthanded Goals Against: 4
SEASON SERIES
Cedar Rapids vs. Sioux City
12/14/04 Cedar Rapids 4 at Sioux City 3 (so) 3/12/05 Sioux City 7 at Cedar Rapids 3
12/18/04 at Cedar Rapids 6 Sioux City 5 3/25/05 at Sioux City 3 Cedar Rapids 2
GP W-L-SOL PTS H A OPP REC OPP PTS
2004-05 4 2-2-0 4 1-1-0 1-1-0 1-2-1 5
All-Time 28 10-15-3 23 8-4-2 2-11-1 18-9-1 37
Top Point Scorers/Season Series
Cedar Rapids vs. Sioux City
Cedar Rapids GP G A PTS Sioux City GP G A PTS
Ray Eichenlaub 4 3 4 7 Brian Bales 4 3 5 8 Ted Purcell 4 1 4 5 Justin Bostrom 4 2 5 7
Matt Vokes 4 2 2 4 Tim Kennedy 4 3 2 5
Goaltenders/Season Series
Cedar Rapids vs. Sioux City
Cedar Rapids GP MIN GAA W-L-SOL SO SPCT
Dan Tormey 2 100:00 3.60 0-1-0 0 .893
Alex Stalock 3 145:00 4.97 2-1-0 0 .829
Sioux City GP MIN GAA W-L-SOL SO SPCT
Jimmy Spratt 4 219:28 3.83 2-1-0 0 .867
Jeff Zatkoff 1 25:00 0.00 0-0-1 0 1.000
COACHES
Cedar Rapids
Mark Carlson, 6th year (185-138-32)
Mark Carlson has been the RoughRiders' coach since the team arrived in Cedar Rapids in 1999-2000. This season he has led the RoughRiders to a share of the Anderson Cup regular season title, the East Division title and a berth in the Clark Cup finals, all firsts in club history.
He has also piloted the Riders to five straight winning seasons, five straight Clark Cup playoff berths and three trips to the Clark Cup semi-finals in the last four years. The Riders are one of just three USHL teams to have reached the post season each of the last five years.
Carlson reached the 150 victory plateau October 30 as the RoughRiders defeated the Indiana Ice 4-3. He earned his one hundredth coaching win on January 11, 2003 when the RoughRiders defeated the Sioux City Musketeers 3-1 in Sioux City.
He was behind the bench for his three hundredth game as RoughRiders coach as the Riders defeated Indiana 6-5 in a shootout in Indianapolis on October 17.
Prior to taking over the RoughRiders in 1999, Carlson spent four seasons as a collegiate assistant coach at Northeastern and Massachusetts-Lowell. In his playing days, Carlson was a forward at Lowell and was a 1987 draft pick of the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins.
Sioux City
Dave Siciliano 12th year (428-165-40); 5th year Sioux City (179-88-30)
Siciliano is the second winningest coach in USHL history. The Musketeers have finished with a winning record in each of his five seasonns with the club. This is the second time Siciliano has piloted the Muskies to the Clark Cup finals. Sioux City won the cup under his direction in 2002.
Siciliano spent seven highly successful years behind the bench of the now-defunct Thunder Bay Flyers from 1986 through 1993. He led the Flyers to both the Clark Cup and Anderson Cup (regular season title) in 1988 and again in 1989 and to another pair of Anderson Cups in 1991 and 1992. The Thunder Bay native was named USHL Coach of the Year in 1987, 1989 and 1991.
Prior to returning to the USHL with Musketeers in 2000, Siciliano spent two years behind the bench of the Ontario Hockey League's Owen Sound Platers.
HISTORY
The Riders swept their first two series, whitewashing first the Indiana Ice and then the Chicago Steel, after never sweeping a playoff series before this year.
While this marks the first time the Riders have reached the Clark Cup finals, this is the third time in the last four years the Riders have advanced to the East Division finals/Clark Cup semi-finals. The Riders first made it to the USHL's final four in 2002 when they defeated the Lincoln Stars in four games in the opening round before falling to the Omaha Lancers in four in round two. The following spring the Riders knocked off the Topeka ScareCrows in four games in the opening round to advance to the semi-finals, where they fell in three straight to Lincoln.
The Riders have already won six playoff games this year after never before picking up more than four wins in a single post season.
The Riders have won their first first six playoff games this year after never before winning more than two consecutive post season games.
The Riders scored five or more goals in each of their three opening round games after only once before in team history scoring five goals in a single playoff game (a 5-1 win over Sioux Falls on March 31, 2001).
After winning in overtime in game two of the East Division finals and game three of the division semi-finals, The Riders are now 5-1 all-time in playoff overtime.
Brandon Svendsen recorded the first hat trick in Rider playoff history when he scored three times in the Riders' playoff-opening 7-3 win over the Ice on Friday, April 8.
The Riders wrapped up a share of the USHL's Anderson Cup regular season title- the club's first- with a 4-2 win over the Green Bay Gamblers on April 2.
The RoughRiders clinched the first East Division title in club history on February 26 after finishing second in the division each of the last four years.
The Riders had twice in the prior three years narrowly missed out on first place. The Riders finished one point behind the division champion Chicago Steel last season. In 2001-02, the Riders could have claimed the eastern title with a win over the Green Bay Gamblers on the final night of the regular season, but lost that game 1-0 and finished three points behind Green Bay.
The RoughRiders this season set new team records for wins (42), points (89), road wins (24), goals scored (229), power play goals scored (64) and fewest goals against (157).
The Riders also set new United States Hockey League records for most road wins and longest road winning streak (13 straight from November 9 through February 11).
This is the Riders' fourth 30-victory season in the team's six-year Cedar Rapids history. This season marks the first time the Riders have won 40 or more games.
Ted Purcell (20-47-67) set new team single season records for assists and points. Purcell snapped the old assist record set by Micah Wouters, who collected 41 assists in 1999-2000. Purcell topped the old points record of 57 set last year by Jon Grabarek.
Matt Vokes (27-25-52) and Justin Abdelkader (27-25-52) tied the record for goals in one season. Vokes and Abdelkader equaled a record first set by Nate Meyers, who had 27 goals in 2001-02.
Riders captain Rob Ricci recorded points in the Riders' final fifteen regular season games, breaking the team record for longest point-scoring streak. Ricci's run was also the longest point-scoring streak in the USHL this season. Ricci scored eleven goals and totaled 22 points during that run. Ricci broke a record set by Jon Grabarek, who had points in ten consecutive games from October 24 through November 21 of last season.
Ray Eichenlaub set a new team record for most goals by a defenseman with 12. Eichenlaub broke the old record of 11 goals set last season by Shane Lovdahl.
Lovdahl (7-30-37) set team single season records for most assists and points by a defenseman. Lovdahl snapped records set by Derek Peltier, who had 26 assists and 33 points last season.
Four Riders- Abdelkader (27), Vokes (27), Ricci (26) and Purcell (20)- scored at least 20 goals this year, breaking the team record for most 20-goal scorers in one season. Nate Meyers (27), Kevin Brooks (21) and Ted O'Leary (20) reached the 20-goal plateau for the Riders in 2001-02.
Grabarek finished his third and final regular season with the RoughRiders as the team's all-time career leader in goals (54), assists (75) and points (129).
Zach Miskovic finished his final regular season with the Riders having not missed a single game in his three years with the team. In addition to holding the club record for consecutive games played (180), Miskovic also ranks second in club history in total games (consecutive or otherwise). Chris Snavely is the club record holder. Snavely played 212 regular season games in four years with the Riders.
Miskovic's streak of 194 straight regular season and playoff games played ended after a concussion sidelined him for the East Division finals.
The Riders have not missed the playoffs since 1999-2000, their first season in Cedar Rapids. The Riders were eliminated by the Danville Wings in the first round of last year's playoffs after reaching the semi-finals each of the prior two years.
In 2002, the Riders defeated the Lincoln Stars three games to one in the opening round after finishing 16 points behind the Stars during the regular season. The Riders went on to fall to Omaha 3-1 in the semi-finals that spring.
In 2003, the Riders defeated the Topeka ScareCrows in four games in the first round after finishing the regular season 18 points behind the ScareCrows. The Riders fell to Lincoln in three straight in the semi-finals.
The Riders first qualified for the post season in 2000-01. The Riders lost their first ever playoff series to the Sioux Falls Stampede three games to one.
Sioux City's 2002 Clark Cup title was the third in club history. The Musketeers won the Anderson and Clark Cups in both 1982 and 1986.
ROUGHRIDERS ROSTER
Zach Miskovic (concussion) missed the East Division finals. Miskovic may return for game one of the Clark Cup finals Friday.
COLLEGE COMMITMENTS
Cedar Rapids (15)
Justin Abdelkader (Michigan State), Phil Axtell (Michigan Tech), Greg Collins (New Hampshire), Ray Eichenlaub (Miami of Ohio), Billy Loupee (Miami of Ohio), Shane Lovdahl (Alaska-Anchorage), Alec Martinez (Miami of Ohio), Zach Miskovic (St. Lawrence), Ted Purcell (Maine), Rob Ricci (Merrimack), Alex Stalock (Minnesota-Duluth), Gary Steffes (Miami of Ohio), Brandon Svendsen (Bowling Green), Dan Tormey (Minnesota State), Matt Vokes (Brown)
Sioux City (15)
Justin Bostrom (Minnesota), Chris Butler (Denver), Joe Charlebois (New Hampshire), Corey Elkins (Ohio State), Steven Kampfer (Michigan), Nick Kemp (Minnesota-Duluth), Tim Kennedy (Michigan State), Peter Lenes (Vermont), Louis Liotti (Northeastern), Dennis McCauley (Northeastern), Josh Meyers (Minnesota-Duluth), Chris Minella (Notre Dame), Jimmy Spratt (Bowling Green), Travis Turnbull (Michigan), Jeff Zatkoff (Miami of Ohio)
NHL DRAFT PICKS
Sioux City Year Round Overall Team
Jimmy Spratt 2004 7th 213 Calgary
ROUGHRIDER ALUMNI
Professional GP G A PTS +/-
Max Bull (Forth Worth/CHL) 51 2 10 12 -9
Steve Burgess (Columbia/ECHL) 70 2 10 12 +11
Erik Eaton (Columbia/ECHL) 45 1 1 2 E
Rico Fatticci (Port Huron/UHL) 79 4 18 22 -5
Gerry Hickey (Kansas City/UHL) 42 2 4 6 +2
Mike Manley (Kalamazoo/UHL) 45 11 21 31 +13
Highlights
Steve Burgess, Erik Eaton and the Columbia Inferno fell to the Charlotte Checkers three games to two in the first round of the ECHL's Kelly Cup playoffs last week...Mike Manley of the United Hockey League's Kalamazoo Wings had one goal and four points in the Wings' six-game opening round playoff loss to the Rockford IceHogs. Manley's lone goal was a dramatic one. He scored the overtime game winner in the Wings' 2-1 game five victory last Friday.
TICKETS
Clark Cup finals tickets are now on sale at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena ticket office.
Playoff tickets are available for purchase at the ice arena or over the phone at 261-4625. Playoff ticket prices range from $9 to $18. The ticket office is open from noon to 5:00PM Monday through Friday and from noon through the end of the second period on game days. The ticket office will also be open this Saturday from noon to 4:00PM.
ON THE AIR/ON LINE
RoughRiders regular season and playoff games are broadcast on AM-1360 The Fan in Cedar Rapids and, courtesy of B2 Networks, free audio webcasts are available at www.roughridershockey.com. Brian Lavelle provides play-by-play.
The RoughRiders and B2 have teamed up to offer pay-per-view video webcasts of all RoughRiders home games and select road games. Fans can click on the "Watch RoughRiders' Games Live" icon at www.roughridershockey.com to watch and listen to the game. The broadcast is available to fans with a high speed DSL or cable modem internet connection. The charge for video webcasts is $6 per game.
Real time game updates for all USHL action are available on line at www.pointstreak.com/prostats.
CLARK CUP FINALS
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs.Sioux City Musketeers
Game One: Sioux City @ Cedar Rapids, Friday, April 29, 7:05PM
Game Two: Sioux City @ Cedar Rapids, Sunday, May 1, 7:05PM
Game Three: Cedar Rapids @ Sioux City, Thursday, May 5, 7:05PM
Game Four: Cedar Rapids @ Sioux City, Saturday, May 7, 7:05PM (if necessary)
Game Five: Sioux City @ Cedar Rapids, Monday, May 9, 7:05PM (if necessary)
RECORDS Cedar Rapids
42-13-5, 89 points, 1st place East Division
Sioux City Musketeers
37-17-6, 80 points, tied 2nd place West Division
EAST DIVISION FINALS EAST DIVISION SEMI-FINALS
Cedar Rapids defeated Chicago 3-0 Cedar Rapids defeated Indiana 3-0
Wednesday, April 20 at Cedar Rapids 2 Chicago 1 Friday, April 8 at Cedar Rapids 7 Indiana 3
Friday, April 22 at Cedar Rapids 2 Chicago 1 (ot) Saturday, April 9 at Cedar Rapids 6 Indiana 2
Sunday, April 24 Cedar Rapids 4 at Chicago 2 Tuesday, April 12 Cedar Rapids 5 at Indiana 4 (ot)
WEST DIVISION FINALS WEST DIVISION SEMI-FINALS
Sioux City defeated Tri-City 3-1 Sioux City defeated Lincoln 3-1 Tuesday, April 19 at Sioux City 6 Tri-City 0 Tuesday, April 5 Sioux City 7 at Lincoln 4
Friday, April 22 Tri-City 4 at Sioux City 3 (ot) Thursday, April 7 at Sioux City 5 Lincoln 2
Saturday, April 23 Sioux City 4 at Tri-City 1 Friday, April 8 at Lincoln 9 Sioux City 1
Tuesday, April 26 Sioux City 3 at Tri-City 2 Sunday, April 10 at Sioux City 7 Lincoln 5
United States Hockey League Stories from April 27, 2005
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- Musketeers move onto finals - Sioux City Musketeers
- RoughRiders to Meet Sioux City in Clark Cup Finals - Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
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