Almost...just not quite.

The Cedar Rapids Rough Riders beat down on the Des Moines Buccaneers on Saturday evening after scoring four unanswered goals, winning by a final score of 8-2. Coming off of a recent losing streak, the team's momentum seemed to be back and things were getting feisty. With a slew of game misconducts and penalties (Cedar Rapids had 52 minutes worth of penalties/Des Moines had 44!), it's no wonder the discussion board was buzzing. Scoring summary as follows:

Period 1

Cedar Rapids - Eric Robinson (powerplay) (Jared Beers) 10:56 Cedar Rapids - Sam Warning (unassisted) 11:31

Period 2

Des Moines - Ryan Walters (powerplay) (Yasin Cisse, Danny Heath) 3:24 Cedar Rapids - Zach Lehrke (shorthanded) (Derek DeBlois) 4:29 Cedar Rapids - Jeff Costello (Zach Lehrke) 6:16 Des Moines - Yasin Cisse (Ryan Walters, Chris Stafne) 9:02 Cedar Rapids - Mac Bennett (Peter Sakaris) 10:36

Period 3

Cedar Rapids - Stephen Collins (unassisted) 15:36 Cedar Rapids - Jordan DiGiando (Peter Sakaris, Justin Kovacs) 15:51 Cedar Rapids - Justin Kovacs (Jordan DiGiando) 16:38

Tonight's game was intense as the Riders scored at 19:50 of the second period to make the game 1-0 against the Green Bay Gamblers. After a questionable knee-t0-knee hit involving Chad Costello and Reed Seckel the Gamblers came back to tie the game 1-1. During the shootout the Riders simply fell apart. The Gambler's first three shooters scored on the Riders' net minder Troy Grosenek, while Greenbay's Ryan McKay stopped everything that came his way. No losses are ever good losses, but I suppose that a shootout is the way to do it. At least the team get's a point, right? Stay tuned to the USHL's official website for news on what (if anything) happens to Seckel for his game misconduct.

Scoring summary is as follows:

Period 1

(no scoring)

Period 2

Cedar Rapids - Derek DeBlois (Jeff Costello, Zach Lehrke) 19:50

Period 3

Green Bay - Ludwig Karlsson (powerplay) (Anders Lee, Nick Jensen) 15:55

Overtime

(no scoring)