“He was on track to be one of the top scoring defensemen in the league and then he gets injured,” Gibbons said of Kuster, who did not play from Jan. 1-Feb. 20 because of a concussion and shoulder injury. “He can shoot the puck and won a hardest shot competition on his team.
Defenseman Clark Kuster could see action at some point this busy weekend. The Riders were at Des Moines Friday night, host Sioux City Saturday night and are at Dubuque Sunday afternoon.
Clark Kuster, D, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders: The defenseman dished out four assists and posted a plus-two rating in helping the RoughRiders to a pair of weekend victories, extending their win streak to six games. He assisted on both power play tallies in Friday’s 5-3 win against the Chicago Steel. His second assist was the 50th point of his USHL career.
Clark Kuster had a buzzer-beating shot Wednesday night. You see it all the time in basketball, but this is hockey.
The United States Hockey League announced the CCM and Reebok player awards for the 14th week of the 2012-13 USHL regular season, ending on Sunday, December 30th.
Award winners include Kyle Novak from the Green Bay Gamblers and Joseph Cox of the Muskegon Lumberjacks, and named co-recipients of CCM Forward of the Week; Clark Kuster of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, selected as CCM Defenseman of the Week; and Michael Bitzer of the Lincoln Stars who earned honors as Reebok Goaltender of the Week.
The RoughRiders selected five forwards, five defenseman and a goalie in today’s USHL Entry Draft.
Tryout Camp is June 7-10th with the Green-White Game on Saturday Night – June 9th. The entire camp will be held at The Stable.
