USHL Cedar Rapids RoughRiders

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Weekly Update

January 2, 2007 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders News Release


THIS WEEK

Friday, January 5, 7:05PM @ Resch Center, Green Bay

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. Green Bay Gamblers

Saturday, January 6, 6:05PM @ Pepsi Coliseum, Indianapolis

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. Indiana Ice

RECORDS

Cedar Rapids

15-10-1, 31 points, 2nd place East Division

Green Bay

13-10-4, 30 points, 3rd place East Division

Indiana

13-10-2, 28 points, 4th place East Division

COMING IN

The RoughRiders swept a pair of games from the Gamblers on home ice last weekend, defeating Green Bay 5-4 in a shootout last Friday and claiming a convincing 6-2 victory one night later, before falling to the Black Hawks in Waterloo 3-2 on New Year's Eve.

The Riders broke loose for eleven goals over their first two games of the weekend to retake the league lead in goals per game (4.04). The Riders had scored three goals or fewer in each of their final seven games before the United States Hockey League's holiday break. The Riders' offensive revival coincided with the return of forwards Robin Bergman (concussion), Rob Bordson (mononucleosis), Jacob Cepis (bruised knee) and Tommy Wingels (broken jaw) to the line-up last Friday.

Cepis (17-15-32), who scored in both games against the Gamblers, ranks second in the league in goals and is tied for fifth in points.

The Riders this weekend start a run of three straight road games. The Riders are winless (0-4-1) in their last five away games.

Rider goaltender Kent Patterson has lost in regulation just once in his last six appearances, going 3-1-1 with a 2.30 goals against average and a .936 save percentage during that stretch.

The Gamblers rebounded from last weekend's losses in Cedar Rapids with a 2-1 win over Chicago on home ice on New Year's Eve.

The Gamblers have lost just once in regulation over their last eight games (5-1-2).

The Gamblers are the only team in the East Division whose home record (6-6-2) is inferior to their road record (7-4-2).

Adam Avramenko has been a workhorse in goal for the Gamblers. Avramenko leads the league in minutes played (1485:06) and has started 17 of Green Bay's last 18 games and 25 of 27 games on the season.

Segio Somma (18-9-27) leads the league in goal-scoring. Derrick LaPoint (9-18-27) is tied for the league lead among defensemen in points and ranks second among blue liners in goals.

The Ice started last weekend with back-to-back home wins. Indiana shutout Waterloo 4-0 last Friday and edged Ohio 3-2 in overtime one night later. The lowly Junior Blue Jackets rebounded to defeat the Ice 4-3 Sunday afternoon in Columbus.

The Ice has been formidable at home this season, posting a 10-2-0 record at Pepsi Coliseum. In contrast, Indiana has gone just 3-8-2 on the road.

Garret Roe (14-18-32) was named USHL Offensive Player of the Week earlier today after scoring four goals and totaling six points in the Ice's three games last weekend.

Roe and John Kemp (6-26-32) form a potent one-two punch up front for Indiana. The two are among a group of players tied for fifth in the league in point scoring. Kemp also ranks second in the USHL in assists.

At the other end, Ice goaltender Alex Kangas ranks fourth in the league in save percentage (.913).

Indiana is the most penalized team in the USHL. Ice players spend an average of 28.8 minutes per game in the box.

The Ice boasts one of the most potent power plays in the USHL. Indiana is tied for second in power play efficiency (20.0 percent) and has scored on an eye-popping 26.8 percent of its advantages at home.

RECENT ACTION

Cedar Rapids

Friday, December 29: Cedar Rapids 5 Green Bay 4 (SO)

Rob Bordson and Tommy Wingels converted penalty shots as the Riders outscored the Gamblers 2-1 in the shootout. In regulation, Scott Wietecha scored two goals for the Riders and Jacob Cepis and Robin Bergman provided one apiece as the Riders three times took the lead only for the Gamblers to rally on each occasion.

Saturday, December 30: Cedar Rapids 6 Green Bay 2

Tommy Wingels scored two goals and Evan Stephens scored one and assisted on two others to lead the attack as the Riders jumped out to a 5-0 lead and never looked back.

Sunday, December 31: Waterloo 3 Cedar Rapids 2

Scott Wietecha's goal cut Waterloos's lead to 3-2 with just 1:38 left in the third period, but the Riders were unable to complete the late comeback bid. Aaron Bogosian scored the other Cedar Rapids goal.

Green Bay

Friday, December 29: Cedar Rapids 5 Green Bay 4 (SO)

Mike Sislo scored two power play goals and Adam Avramenko made 40 saves as the Gamblers came from behind to tie the game three times only to fall in the shootout.

Saturday, December 30: Cedar Rapids 6 Green Bay 2

The Riders had already scored five times by the time Sergio Somma got the Gamblers on the scoreboard for the first time with a third period power play goal. Anthony Hayes provided the other Gambler goal.

Sunday, December 31: Green Bay 2 Chicago 1

Sergio Somma's second period power play goal gave the Gamblers a 2-0 lead and would prove to be the game winner. Bryan Haczyk opened the scoring early in the first period.

Indiana

Friday, December 29: Indiana 4 Waterloo 0

Alex Kangas (25 saves) blanked the Black Hawks and Eric Kattelus scored two first period goals to key the Ice attack.

Saturday, December 30: Indiana 3 Ohio 2 (OT)

An Erick Kattelus power play goal with just 21 seconds left in overtime gave the Ice the win. Garrett Roe (one goal, two assists) had a hand in all three Indiana goals.

Sunday, December 31: Ohio 4 Indiana 3

Two goals from Garrett Roe and one from Brian Arrigoni were not enough for the Gamblers, who fell despite outshooting the Junior Blue Jackets 36-24.

TOP POINT SCORERS

Cedar Rapids GP G A PTS

Jacob Cepis 25 17 15 32

Pat Cannone 26 9 16 25

Robin Bergman 18 10 10 20

Evan Stephens 26 4 15 19

(two players tied with 17 points)

Green Bay GP G A PTS

Sergio Somma 27 18 9 27

Derrick LaPoint 27 9 18 27

Steve Silva 24 10 14 24

Mike Sislo 27 15 6 21

Shea Walters 21 1 17 18

Indiana GP G A PTS

Garrett Roe 24 14 18 32

John Kemp 25 6 26 32

Jake Skjodt 23 14 7 21

Mike Phillippi 22 4 17 21

Eric Kattelus 17 7 7 14

LEADERS

Cedar Rapids

Goals- Jacob Cepis (17)

Assists- Pat Cannone (16)

Points- Jacob Cepis (32)

Plus/Minus- Rob Bordson, Kevin Wehrs (+10)

Penalty Minutes- Kevin Wehrs (62)

Power Play Goals- Robin Bergman, Scott Wietecha (5)

Shorthanded Goals- Aaron Bogosian (2)

Green Bay

Goals- Sergio Somma (18)

Assists- Derrick LaPoint (18)

Points- Sergio Somma, Derrick LaPoint (27)

Plus/Minus- Steve Silva (+5)

Penalty Minutes- Steve Silva (76)

Power Play Goals- Sergio Somma (10)

Shorthanded Goals- Derrick LaPoint, Steve Silva, Mike Sislo, Nick Tabisz (1)

Indiana

Goals- Garrett Roe, Jake Skjodt (14)

Assists- John Kemp (26)

Points- Garrett Roe, John Kemp (32)

Plus/Minus- Garrett Roe, Mike Phillipi (+7)

Penalty Minutes- Ryan Scott (67)

Power Play Goals- Jake Skjodt (9)

Shorthanded Goals- Brian Arrigoni (2)

WHO'S HOT

Cedar Rapids

Aaron Bogosian: four goals in his last six games...six points (four goals, two assists) in his last seven games

Pat Cannone: four points (one goal, three assists) in three games last weekend...11 points (five goals, six assists) in

his last 11 games

Evan Stephens: five points (one goal, four assists) in his last five games

Mike Seidel: five points (three goals, two assists) in his last five games

Scott Wietecha: four points (three goals, one assist) in three games last weekend...eleven points (four goals, seven

assists) in his last ten games

Kent Patterson: has posted a 2.30 goals against average and a .936 save percentage while going 3-1-1 in his last five

games

Green Bay

Kurt Davis: eight assists in his last six games

Mike Sislo: four game point-scoring streak (6-2-8) ended Sunday against Chicago...11 points (eight goals, three

assists) in his last nine games

Sergio Somma: eight points (four goals, four assists) in his last seven games

Indiana

Eric Kattelus: six points (three goals, three assists) in his last seven games

Mike Phillippi: five game assist streak (six assists)...ten assists in his last nine games

Garrett Roe: six points (four goals, two assists) in his last three games...points (9-8-17) in ten of his

11 games

GOALTENDERS

Cedar Rapids GP MIN GAA W-L-SOL SO SPCT

Richard Bachman 7 415:07 3.90 3-4-0 0 .885

Kent Patterson 14 794:54 2.94 9-3-1 0 .910

Green Bay GP MIN GAA W-L-SOL SO SPCT

Adam Avramenko 25 1485:06 2.83 12-9-4 2 .902

Nicholas Graves 3 145:59 3.29 1-1-0 0 .877

Indiana GP MIN GAA W-L-SOL SO SPCT

Alex Kangas 20 1166:15 2.88 11-7-2 1 .913

Cody Reichard 7 341 4.22 2-3-0 0 .885

WIN-LOSS

Cedar Rapids Green Bay Indiana

Home: 8-5-0 Home: 6-6-2 Home: 10-2-0

Away: 7-5-1 Away: 7-4-2 Away: 3-8-2

vs. East: 11-4-0 vs. East: 12-6-3 vs. East: 8-6-1

vs. West: 4-6-1 vs. West: 1-4-1 vs. West: 5-4-1

GOALS

Cedar Rapids Green Bay Indiana

Goals For: 4.04 (1) Goals For: 3.15 (9) Goals For: 3.24 (8)

Goals Against: 3.50 (9) Goals Against: 3.07 (4) Goals Against: 3.36 (7)

SPECIAL TEAMS

Cedar Rapids Green Bay

Power Play: 17.6 34/193 (6) Power Play: 19.7 36/183 (4)

Penalty Kill: 80.3 31/157 (10) Penalty Kill: 83.6 30/183 (7)

Shorthanded Goals For: 6 Shorthanded Goals For: 4

Shorthanded Goals Against: 4 Shorthanded Goals Against: 3

Indiana

Power Play: 20.0 33/165 (tied 2)

Penalty Kill: 84.8 30/198 (6)

Shorthanded Goals For: 5

Shorthanded Goals Against: 2

SEASON SERIES

Cedar Rapids vs. Green Bay

10/7/06 Green Bay 4 at Cedar Rapids 2 1/5/07 Cedar Rapids at Green Bay

11/25/06 Cedar Rapids 4 at Green Bay 3 (OT) 1/20/07 Green Bay at Cedar Rapids

12/29/06 at Cedar Rapids 5 Green Bay 4 (SO) 4/6/07 Cedar Rapids at Green Bay

12/30/06 at Cedar Rapids 6 Green Bay 2

GP W-L-SOL PTS H A OPP REC OPP PTS

2006-07 4 3-1-0 6 2-1-0 1-0-0 1-1-2 4

All-Time 48 29-16-3 61 18-7-1 11-9-2 19-20-9 47

Cedar Rapids vs. Indiana

12/1/06 Indiana 5 at Cedar Rapids 3

1/6/07 Cedar Rapids at Indiana

2/9/07 Cedar Rapids at Indiana

2/10/07 Cedar Rapids at Indiana

2/21/07 Indiana at Cedar Rapids

4/7/07 Indiana at Cedar Rapids

4/13/07 Cedar Rapids at Indiana

GP W-L-SOL PTS H A OPP REC OPP PTS

2006-07 1 0-1-0 0 0-1-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 2

TOTALS 16 13-3-0 26 6-3-0 7-0-0 3-12-1 7

Top Point Scorers/Season Series

Cedar Rapids vs. Green Bay

Cedar Rapids GP G A PTS

Jacob Cepis 2 1 4 5

David Boehm 2 3 0 3

(three players tied with two points)

Green Bay GP G A PTS

Steve Silva 2 2 1 3

Sergio Somma 2 2 1 3

(eight players tied with one point)

Cedar Rapids vs. Indiana

Cedar Rapids GP G A PTS

Jacob Cepis 1 1 1 2

(five players tied with one point)

Indiana GP G A PTS

John Kemp 1 0 3 3

Jake Skjodt 1 2 0 2

(six players tied with one point)

Goaltenders/Season Series

Cedar Rapids vs. Green Bay

Cedar Rapids GP MIN GAA W-L-SOL SO SPCT

Richard Bachman 2 125:47 3.34 2-0-0 0 .881

Pat McGann 1 59:59 3.00 0-1-0 0 .900

Kent Patterson 1 59:53 2.00 1-0-0 0 .933

Green Bay GP MIN GAA W-L-SOL SO SPCT

Adam Avramenko 4 215:39 3.62 1-1-2 0 .897

Nicholas Graves 1 30:02 5.99 0-0-0 0 .824

Cedar Rapids vs. Indiana

Cedar Rapids GP MIN GAA W-L-SOL SO SPCT

Richard Bachman 1 59:26 4.04 0-1-0 0 .871

Indiana GP MIN GAA W-L-SOL SO SPCT

Alex Kangas 1 60 3.00 1-0-0 0 .932

COACHES

Cedar Rapids

Mark Carlson, 8th year (233-169-39)

Mark Carlson has been the RoughRiders' coach since the team arrived in Cedar Rapids in 1999. In 2005-06 he led the Riders to their second straight East Division title.

He has also piloted the Riders to six straight winning seasons and six straight Clark Cup playoff berths. The Riders are one of just two USHL teams to have reached the postseason each of the last six years.

The Riders are the only team to have advanced at least as far as the Clark Cup semi-finals/East Division finals each of the last two springs and four of the last five years. On December 3, 2005 Carlson picked up his two hundredth career coaching win as the Riders defeated Omaha 2-1 in a shootout. Carlson's RoughRiders went 218-159-38 in his first seven seasons with the club.

The high point of his tenure was leading the RoughRiders to the first Clark Cup (playoff) title in team history along with a share of the Anderson Cup regular season title and the East Division title in 2004-05. The Riders went 42-13-5 during the regular season- the best record in club history- and swept through the first two rounds of the playoffs before defeating Sioux City three games to two in the finals. For his efforts, Carlson was named the 2004-05 USHL Coach of the Year.

Carlson, a native of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell where he earned a B.S. in Business Administration and Marketing. Also while at Lowell, Carlson skated in the highly competitive Hockey East conference as a forward on the River Hawks' hockey team. His on-ice talent was recognized even before he arrived in Lowell when he was taken in the 1987 National Hockey League draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins.

After graduating from UML, Carlson spent one season as an assistant coach at Lawrenceville School before returning to Lowell to serve as an assistant to head coach Bruce Crowder. After helping the River Hawks to a berth in the 1996 NCAA tournament, Carlson spent another three seasons beside Crowder as an assistant at Northeastern University in Boston, where he also acted as recruiting coordinator. He earned a master's degree in education from N.U.

During his time at N.U. Carlson also acted as recruiting coordinator. Among those he recruited for the Huskies were Jim Fahey, who now skates for the National Hockey League's San Jose Sharks, and Mike Ryan, who would later be the top draft pick of the NHL's Dallas Stars.

Green Bay

Mark Mazzoleni, 3rd year (64-74-9)

Mark Mazzoleni is in his third year in charge of the Gamblers. Last season he piloted Green Bay to the club's first Clark Cup playoff berth in three years.

Mazzoleni took over the Gamblers after spending 16 years as a collegiate head coach, the last five at Harvard. Mazzoleni went 82-72-13 behind the Harvard bench, leading the Crimson to three NCAA tournament berths and two Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament titles.

Prior to taking over at Harvard, Mazzoleni spent five years at Miami (Ohio) University, where he piloted the Red Hawks to an 85-83-20 record and the second NCAA tournament berth in school history.

The vastly experienced Mazzoleni began his coaching career as an assistant at the University of Illinois-Chicago (1980-85). His first head coaching job was at Division III Wisconsin-Stevens Points (1986-91) where he piloted the Pointers to three straight national titles. Mazzoleni next spent three years as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Minnesota (1991-94).

In his playing days, Mazzoleni was a goaltender at Michigan State from 1976 to 1980.

Indiana

Jack Bowkus, 2nd year (25-21-3)

Jack Bowkus replaced Dean Grillo as Indiana head coach on January 25, 2006 and guided the Ice to a 12-11-1 record and a berth in the 2006 Clark Cup playoffs. Bowkus joined the Indiana staff at the start of the 2005-06 season as an assistant after coaching in the California Wave youth program for eight years. As a player, Bowkus skated briefly for the USHL's Sioux City Musketeers before spending four seasons (1984-88) with the Saskatoon Blades of the major junior Western Hockey League.

HISTORY

Last season was the Riders' third straight 30-win campaign and also the fifth time in the last six years that the Riders have picked up at least 30 victories.

The Riders went 42-13-5 on the road over the last two seasons combined. The Riders' road record was superior to their home record both last season season and in 2004-05.

The Riders are, along with the Omaha Lancers, one of just two teams who have reached the playoffs each of the last six years. As all 12 USHL teams will qualify for the postseason this year, that streak will be stretch to seven consecutive playoff berths in April.

The Riders are the only USHL team to advance at least as far as the division finals each of the last two years. Furthermore, Cedar Rapids is also the only team to reach the league's final four in four of the last five years. Only one team (Sioux City) has even reached the second round three times in the last five years.

The Gamblers were swept in three straight games by the Des Moines Buccaneers in the first round of last spring's Clark Cup playoffs. That postseason appearance was Green Bay's first in four years. Prior to last year, Green Bay last appeared in the playoffs in 2001-02. The Gamblers also won what was then their fourth straight East Division title in 2001-02.

Green Bay has twice claimed each of the Clark Cup (1996 and 2000), Anderson Cup (1996 and 1997), and junior A national titles (1996 and 1997).

The Ice moved to Indiana from Danville following the 2003-04 season.

The Riders eliminated Indiana in the first round of the Clark Cup playoffs in both 2005 and 2006.

COLLEGE COMMITMENTS

Cedar Rapids (11)

Richard Bachman (Colorado College), Robin Bergman (Notre Dame), David Boehm (Massachusetts), Rob Bordson (Minnesota-Duluth), Jacob Cepis (Bowling Green), Brett Dickinson (Quinnipiac), Evan Stephens (Dartmouth), Matt Tomassoni (Miami of Ohio), Kevin Wehrs (Minnesota), Scott Wietecha (Ferris State), Tommy Wingels (Miami of Ohio)

Green Bay (8)

Adam Avramenko (Niagara), Channing Boe (Minnesota State-Mankato), Michael Borisnok (New Hampshire), Bryan Haczyk (Niagara), Derrick LaPoint (North Dakota), Steve Silva (Northeastern), Sergio Somma (Ohio State), Shea Walters (Bemidji State)

Indiana (9)

Nick Bailen (Bowling Green), Michael Del Mauro (Harvard), Alex Kangas (Minnesota), Eric Kattelus (Michigan Tech), John Kemp (Nebraska-Omaha), Eric Olimb (Nebraska-Olimb), Brett Peterson (Minnesota State-Mankato), Mike Phillipi (Nebraska-Omaha), Garrett Roe (St. Cloud State)

NHL DRAFT PICKS

Cedar Rapids Year Round Overall Team

Sergei Kolosov 2004 5th 151 Detroit

Richard Bachman 2006 4th 120 Dallas

Indiana Year Round Overall Team

Alex Kangas 2006 5th 135 Atlanta

Brent Gwidt 2006 6th 157 Washington

ROUGHRIDER ALUMNI

Division I GP G A PTS

Justin Abdelkader (Michigan State/sophomore) 17 5 8 13

Phil Axtell (Michigan Tech/freshman) 19 2 4 6

Casey Bickley (Army/senior) 17 4 9 13

James Brannigan (Colorado College/junior) 15 0 4 4

Jamie Carroll (Providence/senior) 16 3 1 4

Greg Collins (New Hampshire/sophomore) 12 0 2 2

Chad Costello (Northeastern/freshman) 16 6 7 13

Ray Eichenlaub (Miami of Ohio/sophomore) 22 3 9 12

Jon Grabarek (Wayne State/sophomore) 12 0 3 3

Jordy Hart (Merrimack/junior) 11 1 0 1

Bryan Horan (Providence/senior) 17 1 2 3

Tyler Howells (Michigan State/senior) 19 1 10 11

Ray Kaunisto (Northern Michigan/freshman) 21 1 0 1

Steven Kaunisto (Lake Superior State/freshman) 19 1 4 5

Billy Loupee (Miami of Ohio/sophomore) 17 1 2 3

Shane Lovdahl (Alaska-Anchorage/sophomore) 17 0 4 4

Alec Martinez (Miami of Ohio/sophomore) 22 8 10 18

Zach Miskovic (St. Lawrence/sophomore) 19 2 4 6

Sean Muncy (Brown/sophomore) 14 5 5 10

Brandon Naurato (Michigan/sophomore) 20 6 3 9

Matt Olinger (Wisconsin/senior) 20 0 0 0

Zach Pearson (Ferris State/senior) 17 5 8 13

Derek Peltier (Minnesota/junior) 21 2 2 4

Nate Perkovich (Lake Superior State/freshman) 20 8 4 12

Jordan Pietrus (Brown/freshman) 8 0 2 2

Ted Purcell (Maine/freshman) 17 8 15 23

Nick Sellers (Lake Superior State/freshman) 10 2 1 3

Chris Snavely (Michigan State/senior) 9 0 1 1

Gary Steffes (Miami of Ohio/freshman) 22 5 1 6

GP G A PTS

David Strathman (Northeastern/freshman) 17 1 1 2

Brandon Svendsen (Bowling Green/sophomore) 20 2 5 7

Shawn Vinz (New Hampshire/senior) 17 2 0 2

Matt Vokes (Brown/sophomore) 14 6 4 10

Chase Watson (Providence/senior) 11 1 0 1

Mark Zarbo (Bentley/freshman) 17 1 3 4

GP W-L-T GAA SV% SO

Joe Fallon (Vermont/junior) 16 10-5-1 1.50 .934 0

Bobby Goepfert (St. Cloud State/senior) 15 9-3-3 2.28 .924 1

Alex Stalock (Minnesota-Duluth/freshman) 18 4-11-3 3.15 .888 1

Dan Tormey (Minnesota State-Mankato/sophomore) 10 2-7-0 4.28 .856 0

Division III GP G A PTS

Brett Beckfeld (Wisconsin-Stevens Point/sophomore) 12 4 4 8

T.J. Dahl (Wisconsin-River Falls/junior) 13 9 17 26

Professional GP G A PTS +/-

P.J. Atherton (Johnstown/ECHL) 28 4 16 20 -2

Rico Fatticci (Tulsa/CHL) 21 2 9 11 +2

Mike Manley (Trenton/ECHL) 21 1 1 2 -8

Dave Moss (Calgary/NHL) 5 3 0 3 +1

Danny O'Brien (Fresno/ECHL) 1 0 0 0 0

Alexander Valentin (Kalamazoo/UHL) 29 0 4 4 -8

Highlights

Bobby Goepfert backstopped St. Cloud State to victory in the Sheraton/TD Banknorth Catamount Cup last weekend in Burlington Vermont. Goepfert made 28 saves in the Huskies' 4-2 semi-final win over Union last Friday and stopped 22 shots the following evening in a 4-2 tournament final victory over host Vermont. Sixth-ranked St. Cloud is now unbeaten (10-0-3) in its last 13 games.

Ted Purcell collected five points (three goals, two assists) in two games as Maine won the Florida College Classic last weekend in Estero, Florida. Purcell scored one goal and assisted on another in the Black Bears' 8-4 semi-final win over Western Michigan last Friday and scored twice and added another assist one night later in Maine's 6-3 conquest of Cornell in the final. Purcell is now riding a seven-game point-scoring streak (3-7-10).

P.J. Atherton scored twice and picked up four assists for six points in three games for the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL last weekend.

Dave Moss scored in each of his first three National Hockey League games after debuting for the Calgary Flames on December 19. Moss is the first RoughRiders alumnus to reach the NHL. Moss and the Flames meet the Vancouver Canucks this evening.

Justin Abdelkader is currently skating for the Team USA at the World Junior Championship in Mora and Leksand, Sweden. The U.S. scored a 6-3 quarterfinal win today over Finland and now faces a semi-final match-up with Canada tomorrow.

ROUGHRIDERS ROSTER

Forward Jacob Cepis (knee) returned to the Rider line-up last weekend after missing the Riders' December 17 game at Sioux City .

Forward Robin Bergman (concussion) returned last weekend after missing four games.

Forward Rob Bordson (mononucleosis) returned last weekend after missing eight games.

Forward Tommy Wingels returned last weekend after missing twelve games.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Fans can enjoy significant discounts on selected beer and soft drinks on Friday, January 12 as the RoughRiders host Chicago.

TICKETS

The RoughRiders are again this season offering the Flex Plan, which enables fans to purchase books of ten ticket vouchers that can be redeemed in any quantity for any regular season home game during normal box office hours. Fans who purchase the flex plan receive a significant discount ($21 off game day ticket prices) by investing in bulk tickets and can still enjoy the games of their choice in the seats they want.

Single game tickets are now on sale. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena ticket office, over the phone at (319) 261-4625 or on line at www.roughridershockey.com. The ticket office is open from noon to 5:00PM on weekdays and from noon through the end of the second period on game days. Ticket prices range from $7 to $17 in advance and from $8 to $18 on game days.

ON THE AIR/ON LINE

RoughRiders regular season and playoff games are broadcast on AM-1360 The Fan in Cedar Rapids. Courtesy of B2 Networks, free audio webcasts of Riders games will also be available at www.roughridershockey.com. Brian Lavelle provides play-by-play.

The RoughRiders and B2 have also teamed up to offer pay-per-view video webcasts of all RoughRiders 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 updates of all USHL games are available on line at www.pointstreak.com/prostats.

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