Category Archives: Tier 1 – USHL

“Disappearing” RoughRiders topple Team USA, 4-1

Greg Amlong

Second-year defenseman Greg Amlong broke his collarbone in Saturday night’s win over Des Moines, joining forwards Tanner Pond (medical condition) and Jack Rowe (shoulder) on the season-ending shelf.

View Full Story

2012 NTDP Tryout Camp Roster Unveiled

Ryan MacInnis

Today, USA Hockey announced the 50-plus player roster for its annual NTDP Evaluation Camp. The roster features many of the best American players from the 1996 birth year, who will be vying for spots on next year’s U.S. National Under-17 Team.

View Full Story

USHL Announces Suspensions After Brawl

Joseph Lordo

The United States Hockey League (USHL) announced this afternoon that defenseman Joseph Lordo and goaltender Jay Williams have been suspended two games while forwards Kyle Rankin and Justin Selman have been suspended one game for their actions in Saturday’s game against Sioux City.

View Full Story

Awesome goalie fight highlights USHL brawl

Joseph Lordo

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.

View Full Story

RoughRiders’ Saracino feels lucky to be alive after auto accident

Nick Saracino

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.

View Full Story

“Ammer” is the Hammer for These Cedar Rapids RoughRiders

Greg Amlong

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.

View Full Story

Home Away From Home

David Goodwin

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.

View Full Story

Lordo headed to Penn State next season

Joseph Lordo

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.

View Full Story

Dakota Mermis Named to NHL Central Scouting Midterm Rankings

Dakota Mermis

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.

View Full Story

Dubuque Forward Commits to Clarkson University

TJ Moor

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.

View Full Story