CEDAR RAPIDS ROUGHRIDERS: Cedar Rapids enters the weekend in seventh place in the USHL's Eastern Conference, one spot ahead of Team USA. The RoughRiders sport a 20-23-2-1 record, good for 43 points in 46 games. With four games in hand, USA is at 39 points on the season. 

Bemidji State commit Adam Flammang leads Cedar Rapids with 21 goals and 37 points on the season. He is helped up front by Cole Burtch, Jake Percival and Conor Lovett, who have all hit the double-digit goal mark. 

One the blue line, Brendan Fitzgerald (2g-17a-19pts) and Travis Shoudy (3g-15a-18pts) pace the Cedar Rapids defensemen.

The RoughRiders have been riding a pair of goaltenders for most of the season in Connor Hasley and Bruno Bruveris. Hasley has appeared 29 games with a 7-8-1-1 record, 3.32 GAA and .878 SV% for the year. Bruveris holds a 7-8-1-1 record in 17 games of action, with a 3.09 GAA and .880 SV%.

The weekend trio of games is the first three of seven scheduled games between Cedar Rapids and Team USA for the remainder of the season. The U17s will visit them in Iowa for three games next weekend before the U18s close out their season with a road game in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, April 3.