Cedar Rapids RoughRiders The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the East Division of the United States Hockey League ( USHL ) . Before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1999 , the team was based in Mason City , where they were known as the North Iowa Huskies . The RoughRiders ' new name was chosen in a contest , where a local teacher at Roosevelt Middle School in Cedar Rapids submitted Roughriders , as it was the school ' s mascot . The RoughRiders ' home ice is the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena . History . 2002 - 2003 . The 2002 - 2003 Cedar Rapids Roughriders finished in second place in the East Division with a 27 - 26 - 7 record for a total of 61 points . In the quarterfinals of the USHL playoffs , the Roughriders beat Topeka 3 games to 1 . In the semifinals , Cedar Rapids was swept 3 - 0 by Lincoln . 2003 - 2004 . The 2003 - 2004 Cedar Rapids Roughriders finished in second place in the East Division with a 34 - 23 - 2 record for a total of 71 points . In the quarterfinals of the USHL playoffs , the Roughriders lost to Danville 3 games to 1 . 2004 - 2005 . The 2004 - 05 season was an important one in the team ' s history . The Roughriders finished first in the East Division with a record of 42 wins , 13 losses , and 5 overtime losses , for 89 points in the standings . They tied the West Division champions Omaha Lancers for the regular season overall title , the Anderson Cup . After three - game sweeps against the Indiana Ice and Chicago Steel , the Roughriders lost their first game against the Sioux City Musketeers , 2 - 1 , on May 1 . After splitting games in Sioux City , the Roughriders finally defeated Sioux City at home on May 9 , 4 - 1 , to win their first USHL championship , the Clark Cup , and therefore , their first Tier 1 national championship in American junior hockey . Goaltender Alex Stalock took most valuable player honors for the series . In postseason awards , Roughriders coach Mark Carlson was named Coach of the Year , and two Roughriders were named to the All - USHL second team . 2005 - 2006 . By the end of the regular season , the Roughriders had won the Eastern Division on goal differential against the Des Moines Buccaneers , while both compiled 33 wins , 21 losses , and 6 overtime losses . Also , the Roughriders clinched the Corridor Cup against the Waterloo Black Hawks . The Roughriders won a division semifinal against the Indiana Ice , defeating them 3 games to 2 , before bowing to eventual Clark Cup champion Des Moines in a three - game sweep . Roughriders player Chad Costello finished on top of the league scoring race with 76 points , and teammate Ted Purcell finished on top of the assists list with 52 . 2006 - 2007 . In the first round , they comprehensively destroyed the Junior Blue Jackets in a four - game sweep by scores of 8 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 5 - 1 and 5 - 2 . But the thirteen day break between series cost the Riders as they lost both their round - robin games and were knocked out of the USHL playoffs , the last loss being to , of all teams , Waterloo . 2007 - 2008 . The 2007 - 2008 edition of the Roughriders finished in third place in the East Division with a 33 - 22 - 5 record . The Roughriders were lead in net with Brady Hjelle . The Roughriders were swept out of the play - offs in the first round by the Waterloo Black Hawks . 2008 - 2009 . The 2008 - 2009 Cedar Rapids Roughriders finished in second place in the East Division with a 38 - 17 - 5 record for a total of 81 points . The Roughriders lost in the 1st round of the playoffs to eventual Clark Cup champion Indiana 3 games to 2 . 2009 - 2010 . The 2009 - 2010 Cedar Rapids Roughriders finished in second place in the East Division with a 38 - 19 - 3 record for a total of 79 points . The Roughriders lost to Indiana in the 1st round of the playoffs 3 games to 2 just as they did the year before . 2010 - 2011 . In 2010 - 2011 , the Cedar Rapids Roughriders finished in first place in the East Division with a 42 - 12 - 6 record for a total of 90 points , capturing their second Anderson Cup . In the playoffs , the Roughriders beat Muskegon in the quarterfinals 3 games to 1 , but lost in the conference semifinals to Green Bay 3 - 1 . 2011 - 2012 . The 2011 - 2012 Cedar Rapids Roughriders finished in fifth place in the East Division with a 27 - 21 - 12 record for a total of 66 points . The Roughriders lost to Youngstown 2 - 0 in the qualifying round of the USHL playoffs . Season - by - season record . " Note : GP = Games Played , W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , OTL = Overtime Losses , SOL = Shootout Losses , GF = Goals for , GA = Goals against , Pts = Points "