USHL East Division First Round Playoff Schedule

Press Release

The United States Hockey League today announced the first-round schedule for the East Division in the USHL Clark Cup Playoffs as the Green Bay Gamblers, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, Indiana Ice, and Waterloo Black Hawks have all clinched their positions for the USHL postseason.

The Green Bay Gamblers won their second straight Anderson Cup title earning the first overall seed and home-ice advantage in the playoffs. They will host the fourth-seeded Waterloo Black Hawks on Wednesday, April 7th to open the best-of-five series. Cedar Rapids earned the second seed in the East and will host the defending Clark Cup champion Indiana Ice in the series opener on Wednesday, April 7th. Both series represent a rematch of last season's first-round playoff pairings.

Due to a conflict at the Pepsi Coliseum in Indianapolis with Indiana's historic Hoosier Horse Fair & Expo, the Indiana Ice will be playing home games during its first series at the Indiana/World Skating Academy at Pan Am Plaza in downtown Indianapolis.

The winners of each series will meet in the second round and play a best-of-five series to determine the East Division representative for the Clark Cup Finals.

EAST DIVISION

#1 Green Bay Gamblers vs. #4 Waterloo Black Hawks

Game 1: Wednesday, April 7th, 7:05 PM (CDT) – Waterloo at Green Bay (Resch Center)

Game 2: Friday, April 9th, 7:05 PM (CDT) – Waterloo at Green Bay (Resch Center)

Game 3: Saturday, April 10th, 7:05 PM (CDT) – Green Bay at Waterloo (Young Arena)

Game 4: Monday, April 12th, 7:05 PM (CDT) – Green Bay at Waterloo* (Young Arena)

Game 5: Wednesday, April 14th, 7:05 PM (CDT) – Waterloo at Green Bay* (Resch Center)

#2 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. #3 Indiana Ice

Game 1: Wednesday, April 7th, 7:05 PM (CDT) – Indiana at Cedar Rapids (Cedar Rapids Ice Arena)

Game 2: Friday, April 9th, 7:05 PM (CDT) – Indiana at Cedar Rapids (Cedar Rapids Ice Arena)

Game 3: Saturday, April 10th, 7:05 PM (EDT) – Cedar Rapids at Indiana (Pan American Plaza)

Game 4: Monday, April 12th, 7:05 PM (EDT) – Cedar Rapids at Indiana* (Pan American Plaza)

Game 5: Wednesday, April 14th, 7:05 PM (CDT) – Indiana at Cedar Rapids* (Cedar Rapids Ice Arena)

* if necessary

(Note local start time)

Match-ups in the USHL West Division have yet to be determined and will be announced following the completion of the regular season this Saturday.

(Nathan also is a writer for Maineiacs Post to Post and the Maine Hockey Journal. He can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)