The Stampede set a franchise record for most penalty minutes in a game with 102 and a record for most combined penalty minutes of 208, all in front of a crowd of 4,511 at the Arena. The loss dropped the Stampede to 13-25-3 while Sioux City improved to 19-23-1 on the season.
As the roster deadline approached for the NA3HL, the Jr. Blues had bitter sweet news. First, the St. Louis Bandits of the NAHL called Head Coach, J.P. Beilsten looking for a left handed forward with junior hockey experience, and more than one year of eligibility.
In the grand scheme of things, Nick Saracino is alive. He’s not playing hockey in that big rink in the sky.
That’s not meant to make light of the automobile accident the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders’ center was involved in two weeks ago. It was a bad one that could have been worse.
The readings on the radar gun seemed a little low at first, so it was decided the guy holding it would move closer than his normal perch behind the glass next to the goal judge’s booth.
It’s a tad unnerving, to say the least, to sit on the ice directly behind the net and have hockey players blast away at you. Thank goodness for strong nylon and no peculiar ricochets off the end glass.
A tiny framed saying stands atop an old hockey puck in David Goodwin’s bedroom. Goodwin, 19, lives in Sergeant Bluff, about 12 hours from his home at St. Louis, Mo.
He’s a Sioux City Musketeer. Traded to Sioux City from the Green Bay Gamblers a few weeks ago. He and two Muskies reside with their “billet dad” Mike Barazia in Sergeant Bluff.
The Sioux Falls Stampede are proud to announce that captain defenseman Joseph Lordo has committed to Penn State University for the 2012-13 season. He becomes the 9th Stampede player to commit to a Division I school.
The Wenatchee Wild reacquired Jacob Barber , the high-energy, high-scoring forward who was a catalyst on last season’s team that contended for a West Division championship. The Wild also acquired defenseman Tyler Rostenkowski and the rights to forward Alec Shields.
NHL Central Scouting released their midterm rankings of players eligible for the 2012 NHL Entry Draft and among the North American skaters and goaltenders are 42 current USHL players.
The Dubuque Fighting Saints announced that forward T.J. Moor has committed to play collegiate hockey at Clarkson University next season.
“The coaches at Clarkson showed how much they wanted me,” Moor said. “They were very consistent, and helped me out through the NCAA process.
The United States Hockey League today announced the 40 players selected to compete in the 2012 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game presented by CCM which is scheduled for Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 at the L.C. Walker Arena in Muskegon, Michigan.
