Determined Riders set for season
They all marched in and sat at tables surrounding Coach Mark Carlson on Wednesday at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena.
Carlson’s theme for the 2013-14 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders is “team” and that was on display for the media during a preseason press conference.
In past years, Carlson was joined by selected players at the opening media press conference. This time around nearly all of his players and assistant coaches were on hand.
“We wanted to have every single one of our players be here who could be here,” Carlson said. “This is a symbol of our group this year. This is going to be a team and we are conscious of everybody every night so we’re starting off in this fashion.”
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