It’s an even dozen. The San Jose Sharks recalled defenseman Matt Tennyson from the Worcester Sharks of the minor-league AHL on Sunday. He is expected to play in the team’s game Monday night, becoming the 12th former member of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders to play in the NHL. Tennyson had five goals and 22 assists in [...]

Just found this item. A total of 63 former United States Hockey League graduates were on opening-night rosters in the National Hockey League. That list included five former Cedar Rapids RoughRiders: Teddy Purcell (Lightning), David Moss (Coyotes), Alec Martinez (Kings), Justin Abdelkader (Red Wings) and Tommy Wingels (Sharks). Here is the complete list: USHL graduates [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – You’d figure most guys wouldn’t be able to sleep because of apprehension and excitement. Not Judd Peterson. The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders forward ZZZZed his way right through the biggest moment of his hockey life thus far: getting taken in last June’s NHL Draft by the Buffalo Sabres. “I didn’t want to put much hype [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — This time, NHL owners and players are staying apart for just one day. Negotiations aimed at ended the league’s lockout will resume Wednesday morning at the NHL office, the players’ association said in a statement Tuesday. Before Monday night’s 90-minute bargaining session, it had been eight days since the sides got [...]

Former Cedar Rapids RoughRiders center Jayson Megna has signed a free-agent contract with the NHL‘s Pittsburgh Penguins. The two-year entry-level contract is worth an average annual value of $925,000, according to the Penguins. Megna, 22, just finished his freshman season at Nebraska-Omaha. He played two years for the RoughRiders, including being the leading scorer and [...]

Judd Peterson CEDAR RAPIDS – Cedar Rapids RoughRiders rookie forward Judd Peterson was selected Saturday in the 2012 National Hockey League Draft. Peterson, 18, was taken in the seventh round by the Buffalo Sabres, the 204th player overall to be selected. The recent graduate of Marshall High School in Duluth, Minn., was the RoughRiders’ first pick (second round) [...]

Former Cedar Rapids RoughRiders defenseman Matt Donovan has been recalled by the NHL‘s New York Islanders from Bridgeport of the American Hockey League and is expected to make his NHL debut Tuesday night against the New Jersey Devils. Donovan, 21, signed with the Islanders last March after his sophomore season at the University of Denver. [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – Why Davey? “My grandpa has been called that before, too,” explained Cedar Rapids RoughRiders winger Davey Middleton. “It just stuck as a kid. My name is David, but everyone just calls me Davey. That’s the way it’s been pretty much my whole life.” For the RoughRiders, Davey has been gravy since being acquired [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS — Jake Hildebrand just wanted to play. “I mean, I loved my time in Sioux City,” the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders goaltender said. “But I wasn’t getting enough playing time. I want to go to college next year, so I wanted to go somewhere I could develop myself.” That place turned out to be [...]

Josiah Didier doesn’t speak French, though he hopes in a few years he’ll have to learn it. The former Cedar Rapids RoughRiders defenseman was taken by the Montreal Canadiens in the fourth round of the National Hockey League‘s Entry Level Draft Saturday. Didier was the 97th overall pick. “Feeling good about it,” he said from [...]