FIRST ROUND SCHEDULE CEDAR RAPIDS LEADS SERIES 2-1
Monday, Apr. 12 CEDAR RAPIDS (Pan Am Plaza) 7:05 pm
Wednesday, Apr. 14* at Cedar Rapids 8:05 pm
* if necessary

(Pepsi Coliseum is not available in the first round due to the annual Hoosier Horse Fair & Expo…First round games will be played at the Indiana/World Skating Academy at Pan Am Plaza in downtown Indianapolis)

GAMES WILL BE AIRED ON B2 NETWORKS. VISIT WWW.INDIANAICE.COM AND VISIT THE GAME CENTER TO ACCESS AUDIO OR VIDEO FEEDS.

GAME ONE: ROUGHRIDERS 6, ICE 0
The home team stormed out of the locker room to score three first period goals and never looked back in route to an opening game shutout win. Cedar Rapids received a balanced scoring attack as six different players scored goals and goaltender Troy Grosenick posted the lone shutout of these USHL playoffs with a terrific 41-save performance. Indy out shot the RoughRiders 41-25, but was 0-7 on the power play.

GAME TWO: ROUGHRIDERS 5, ICE 3
After Alex Wideman scored Indy’s first playoff goal midway through the first, Cedar Rapids roared back for five consecutive goals including three in a dominating second period which saw the RoughRiders out shoot the Ice 15-5. The first and third periods were a different story as Indiana owned a 29-13 shot advantage while scoring all three of their markers during those two frames. The Ice fought valiantly to get back in the game with two quick power play goals in the third from Max Cook and Shane Berschbach, but Troy Grosenick and the rest of the RoughRiders held fort and earned the win. Leading the way for the home team was the duo of David Boehm and Derek DeBlois who combined for five points (4G, A), while Troy Grosenick stopped 31 shots in net.

GAME THREE: ICE 3, ROUGHRIDERS 1
For the third consecutive game the Ice out shot the “Riders” (39-28), but for the first time in the series the result was an Indy victory. After a scoreless first, Indy registered the game’s first two goals as Max Cook and Shane Berschbach both scored as power plays had just expired. Zach Lehrke trimmed the Ice lead to 2-1 with a goal midway through the third, but Nic Dowd closed out the game with an empty netter for his second point of the night. Casey DeSmith made his first start of the postseason in grand style as he stopped 27 of 28 shots, while Grosenick was strong again for Cedar Rapids as he turned away 36 Indy shots.

ICE NOTABLES: The Ice/Cedar Rapids series is the only USHL first rounder still in play as Green Bay, Omaha and Fargo all posted three-game sweeps…Shane Berschbach has averaged a point a game for his playoff career as he has 13 points (6G, 7A) in 13 contests…Berschbach and linemate Max Cook have combined for 11 goals in Indy’s last two playoff runs….Casey DeSmith is second in playoff GAA (1.40) and third in save percentage (.943) among USHL goaltenders…Nick Bailen is second in all-time playoff games with the Ice (19)…The Ice is tied for first in shots/game in the playoffs (38)…Indy has only one first period goal in the postseason…The Ice is 5-1 in their last six home playoff games dating back to last year.

PAUL’S BOUTIQUE: Congratulations to former Ice forward Paul Carey (2007-08) as he and the rest of his Boston College teammates are National Champions as they defeated Wisconsin 5-0 this past Saturday.