Weekend Preview

The Cedar Rapids Rough Riders

Open up this weekend at home, taking on the Green Bay Gamblers at 7:05 PM on Friday evening. The team then travels to Greenbay (Way to save money, USHL...great schedule planning) to play at the Resch Center.



The University of Iowa GOLD

Travel to Champaign, Illinois to take on the D1 U of Illinois.
Both games on Friday and Saturday begin at 7:30 PM.


The University of Iowa BLACK

Are home this weekend, taking on Northwestern.

Friday night's game begins at 8:30 PM.
Saturday night's game begins at 4:45 PM.

Oh Geez...

The Cedar Rapids Rough Riders have announced that they're searching for "Riders girls" to liven up the atmosphere at the Stable. There will be a competition to pick out the 8-10 women with valuable 'assets.'

Great to see that the ladies are getting in on the action besides being Bimm-Riderette girls who get to attempt throwing (aka often hitting the glass, giggling, and doing the 'oh my i'm a little girl' act) coozies to the crowd while wearing T-shirts meant to be sized for six year olds.

Le sigh.

I have to say hockey cheerleaders have to be the biggest joke that I have ever seen. They just march around and entertain male guests while making complete asses out of themselves (by being unable to skate, knowing virtually nothing about hockey, and tripping down the stairs as they attempt lame cheers), and occasionally do something handy like scoop up ice while wearing hot pants in front of the crowd.

Dream big girls, dream big.

Hockey Tidbit: Get in a laugh today

Hockey season is in full swing with teams having ups and downs. I figure now is a good time for a hockey video that is sure to get most people laughing at one point or another. Behold the glory of Clark, the Canadian hockey goalie:

CCM Goaltender of the Week

Congratulations to Matt Hemingway who has been chosen as the USHL Reebok-CCM goalie of the week!

From USHL.com:

Hemingway made just his second USHL start on Friday, but stopped all 30 shots in the 2-0 victory over the Chicago Steel. The 18-year-old from Alexandria, Minnesota earned the key road win over the League's top offensive club, which had averaged 4.88 goals per game coming into the contest. Hemingway has won both his starts during his first USHL season and currently has a 1.92 GAA and a .943 SV% for the RoughRiders

RR Commits to U of MN

Congrats to 17-year-old Sam Warning who has received a college scholarship to the University of Minnesota! Warning will suit up for the Golden Gophers beginning next fall. More information is posted on the official website. Click here.

High School Rough Riders game updates

All team information is available here.

The High School Rough Riders JV team scores from the weekend are as follows:

W 2-1 over Dubuque Devils 10/30
W 3-1 over Quad City Eagles 10/31
L 1-5 against Quad City Eagles 11/1


The High School Rough Riders Varsity team scores from the weekend are as follows:

W 4-2 over Dubuque Devils 10/30
T 4-4 Quad City Eagles 10/31
L 3-2 Quad City Eagles 11/1

Read a story about the team from The Cedar Rapids Gazette here.

Ice Hawks weekend Update

The Ice Hawks GOLD team had a respectable weekend against the University of St. Louis Billikens. They lost 4-8 on Friday night before regrouping and coming back to defeat the team 8-3 on Saturday night. Way to pick it up guys!

The Ice Hawks BLACK were unable to pull such a feat this time around, losing to the ISU Ice Birds 4-6 on Friday night and 1-4 on Saturday Night. I really do think this team is going to pull it together, though. They pass well and have team chemistry. The puck just hasn't bounced their way.