General | 11/13/2026 9:37:10 PM
Henry Lechner had a goal and an assist against his brother as the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders beat the Muskegon Lumberjacks 5-2 on Friday. The RoughRiders earned their fifth straight win and took sole possession of first place in the USHL with 26 points.
The Madison Capitols opened Wings Arena at DeForest Yards with a 5-1 win over the Green Bay Gamblers. Madison broke a 1-1 tie on the power play late in the second period and added three goals in the third.
By the Numbers
1 - Career USHL goal for Quinn Kaiser, who scored the first goal at Wings Arena 6:28 into the opening period.
2 - Third-period goals for Dallas Vieau, who broke a 2-2 tie at 9:51 and scored again at 16:47 in the Chicago Steel’s 5-2 win over the USA Hockey NTDP Under-18 Team.
3 - Points apiece for Nikita Koltsov and Jesse Orlowsky in the Youngstown Phantoms’ 6-3 win over the Waterloo Black Hawks. Koltsov had two goals and an assist, and Orlowsky had a goal and two assists.
8 - Straight games with an assist for Henry Lechner, who set up the opening goal 35 seconds in and added his 12th goal of the season in the third period. David Bosco extended his point streak to eight games with two assists.
9 - Straight games with a point for Jake Merens, who assisted on both Daniil Butin goals in the Sioux City Musketeers’ 6-3 win over the Fargo Force. Merens has 14 points over that span.
24 - Saves for Luke Carrithers, who also assisted on the empty-net goal that sealed the Dubuque Fighting Saints’ 3-1 win over the Des Moines Buccaneers.
28 - Seconds it took Griffin Sturm to open the scoring in the Lincoln Stars’ 5-2 win over the Tri-City Storm. Lincoln scored three times in the first period, including the eventual game-winner on the power play from Jackson Rudh.
34 - Saves on 35 shots for Anthony Sciere in the Omaha Lancers’ 2-1 win over the Sioux Falls Stampede. Ryan Aaronson broke the tie with an unassisted goal at 11:53 of the second period.
About the USHL
The United States Hockey League (USHL) and its 16 teams are committed to being the world’s leading junior hockey league. This season, 45% of NCAA Division I men’s hockey players and 25% of NHL players have USHL experience. The USHL has developed more than 315 direct NHL Draft picks since 2020, and nine of the last 10 Hobey Baker Award winners, including Macklin Celebrini (Chicago Steel).
Elevated through the recently announced Declaration of Excellence with the NHL and USA Hockey, the league’s player-first approach, including a 2:1 practice-to-game ratio and a schedule with 90% of games played on weekends, provides its players with the optimal environment for athletic and personal growth, creating pathways for the next generation of stars like Jack Hughes (NTDP), Jeremy Swayman (Sioux Falls Stampede), and Johnny Gaudreau (Dubuque Fighting Saints).