WATERLOO —  The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders lost a marathon shootout to the Waterloo Blackhawks in a USHL game in Waterloo on Saturday night, 3-2.

The game was tied, 2-2, after the third period. Neither team scored in overtime, which led to a shootout that went nine rounds before Jake Horton won the game for Waterloo before 3,471 fans at Young Arena.

The first eight skaters for both teams came up empty in the shootout. Alec Marsh, Andrew Poturalski, Dylan Steman, Charlie Curti, Frederik Tiffels, Judd Peterson, Dylan McLaughlin, Mark Auk and Andrew Oglevie all failed to score for the RoughRiders.

Likewise, the first eight skaters for Waterloo could not get the puck past Danny Tirone in goal for Cedar Rapids until Horton scored the game-winner in the final regular-season contest for both clubs.

Poturalski gave the RoughRiders a 1-0 lead in the second period, but Waterloo tied the game on a goal by Drew Melanson.

Steman gave Cedar Rapids a 2-1 edge in the third period, but Peter Krieger countered for Waterloo and it stayed tied until the ninth and final man in the shootout.

Waterloo outshot the RoughRiders, 54-23, to sweep the weekend series. Tirone made 51 saves for Cedar Rapids.

The RoughRiders will host Dubuque in the first round of the USHL playoffs Friday night in a best-of-5 series.

Cedar Rapids    0  1  1  0  0 - 2

Waterloo        0  1  1  0  1 - 3

CR —  Andrew Poturalski (power play) (Andrew Oglevie, Frederik Tiffels)

W —  Drew Melanson (Brandon Montour, Blake Winiecki)

CR — Dylan Steman (Jason Kalinowski)

W —  Peter Krieger (Patrick Russell, Brandon Montour)