That’s after the second phase of the United States Hockey League draft Tuesday. The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders took 27 players in an elongated, seven-hour draft that didn’t conclude until after 11 p.m. The club selected seven other guys with 1997 birthdates in the first phase of the draft Monday. Possible returning players from this season whose [...]

The second phase of the United States Hockey League begun late Tuesday afternoon and was still going on as midnight approached. The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders appeared to have done Master-fully. That’s as in 18-year-old forward Nick Master, who the club took, with it first pick. The Broomhall, Pa., native has been playing with the Philadelphia Jr. Flyers [...]

EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-5) (1) Dubuque vs. (4) Muskegon April 17 at Dubuque, 7:05 p.m. April 19 at Dubuque, 7:05 p.m. April 21 at Muskegon, 6 p.m. April 22 at Muskegon, 6:15 p.m.,, if necessary April 24 at Dubuque, 6:05 p.m., if necessary (2) Green Bay vs. (3) Youngstown April 17 at Green Bay, 7:05 [...]

Former Cedar Rapids RoughRiders players Stu Wilson and Tommy Fallen were important members for a Yale men’s hockey club that won the NCAA Division I national championship Saturday night over Quinnipiac, 4-1. Quinnipiac won the three previous games this season, but Yale got the most important one, winning its first ever school championship in men’s [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – Kind of fitting the way the season ended for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. Kind of motivating, too. The U.S. National U-17 team scored the only two goals in a shootout to edge the RoughRiders in their final game of the USHL season, 3-2. Close, but not quite good enough. Goes for this game [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS — You saw the future of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Friday night, and it’s exciting. Andrew Poturalski and Judd Peterson had goals, and Chris Birdsall was strong in net as the Riders won their penultimate game of the season, 2-1, over USA Hockey’s U-17 team before 2,768 fans at the Cedar Rapids Ice [...]

Stu Wilson and Tommy Fallen are part of a Yale men’s hockey team that plays Quinnipiac Saturday night at 6 for the NCAA Division I national championship. The game is on ESPN. Wilson is a freshman forward for the Bulldogs who played three seasons for the RoughRiders (2009-2012). He has nine goals and eight assists [...]

                              CEDAR RAPIDS – The boys of winter are headed home. A lot earlier than they have in years. It’s been since the inaugural 1999-2000 season that the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders haven’t played a United States Hockey League postseason game. This [...]

Here is the press release from the San Jose Sharks. Troy Grosenick played for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders in the 2008-09, 2009-10 seasons: SAN JOSE, California - San Jose Sharks Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Wilson announced today that the team has signed unrestricted free agent goaltender Troy Grosenick to an entry-level contract. “We think that [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS - The city and Cedar Rapids RoughRiders have been meeting recently in attempts to negotiate a new long-term lease that would keep the junior hockey club in town and at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena for as many as 30 years. The sides met Friday, in fact, and plan to do so again in 10 days. RoughRiders [...]