SHREVEPORT MUDBUGS: Shreveport has played four games thus far on the 2021-22 season, splitting its action for a 2-2-0 record. Most recently, the Mudbugs played a pair of contests against the same opponents the U17s squared off with at the NAHL Showcase last weekend. Shreveport topped the St. Cloud Norsemen by a 3-1 final and fell to the Janesville Jets, 6-4.

Forward Lukas Sedlacek leads the Mudbugs with a pair of goals through four games and is tied with three other skaters with a team-high two points through the team's four games.

Goaltender Devon Bobak has paced the team in net, taking two of the four games and playing to a 1.50 goals-against average and .935 save percentage for Shreveport.

The two sides met last season for a pair of games at USA Hockey Arena, with the U17s skating to 6-2 and 6-1 victories on October 31 and November 1, 2020, respectively.

SIOUX CITY MUSKETEERS: Sioux City finished its preseason slate with a 2-1-1 record across four games, topping the Omaha Lancers, 6-2, in its preseason finale on Saturday evening. 

Ben Steeves led the Musketeers with four preseason tallies, leading the team with four total points as well. Forwards Jimmy Clark and Owen McLaughlin, who both saw extended time as a member of Team USA last season, finished with three points apiece in the exhibition contests for Sioux City.

Alex Tracy leads the team in net, seeing action in three of the team's four games. He compiled a 2.56 GAA and .881 SV% in preseason play.

FARGO FORCE: The Force won their first three preseason tilts before falling to Sioux Falls in a shootout, 3-2, to end the weekend. The team is led by a pair of Shattuck-St. Mary's products in Charlie Lurie (4g-1a-5pts) and Andre Gasseau (1g-4a-5pts), who spent last season as a member of the U.S. National Under-18 Team. 

The Force roster also features forwards Cole Knuble and Thomas Weis and goalie, Louden Hogg, who have all seen time with the red, white and blue in the past.

Hogg led the team with 125 minutes played in net during the preseason over two games, sporting a 1.92 GAA and .907 SV%