This weekend officially kicked off the hockey preseason in Cedar Rapids. The Riders defeated arch-rival Waterloo 4-2 on Saturday night but fell to the tournament-winning Sioux City. Second place isn't too bad considering it's so early in the process for a lot of these guys and they really played their hearts out.
The rink's new atmosphere looked great too. The renovations are complete and now the RoughRider staff is working out all of the technical kinks before the season actually starts. It's good that they're using this time efficiently so we don't have any screwups during the home opener that brings in a big crowd.
Marketing is finally starting to think about selling tickets this year and has come up with new ideas including the creation of the "Rider Town USA" song. I'm not quite sure what to think. Corny? Somewhat. I don't think it'd be a bad thing to just have playing while people are filing in though. Definitely wouldn't use it pre-intro...it's kindof an excitement killer.
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