The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders collected a pair of power play goals Saturday night and tripped Madison, 4-1, for a crucial USHL victory before 2,865 fans at the Ice Arena.

The triumph kept Cedar Rapids one point behind Youngstown in the Eastern Conference standings with nine games left in the regular season for both teams. Youngstown has a 33-13-5 record for 71 points and Cedar Rapids has a 35-16-0 mark for 70 points in the two-team race for the conference title.

Erik Foley and Andrew Oglevie scored on power plays to give Cedar Rapids a 2-1 lead. Cal Burke had an unassisted goal in the second period for a 3-1 edge. Adam Gaudette finished the scoring into an empty net late in the game.

Ben Blacker made 21 saves for the RoughRiders.

Youngstown moved ahead of Cedar Rapids in the standings Friday night when the RoughRiders were idle. Dubuque and Muskegon are tied for third place in the Eastern Conference with 62 points, well behind the front-runners.

Madison      1  0  0 - 1
RoughRiders  1  2  1 - 4

CR - Erik Foley (power play) (Adam Gaudette, Andrew Oglevie)
MAD - Tommy Muck (power play) (Sam McCormick, Ryan Lohin)
CR - Oglevie (power play) (Dylan McLaughlin, Charlie Curti)
CR - Cal Burke (unassisted)
CR - Gaudette (empty net) (Andrew Gaus)