Jack Ahcan scored on a power play at the 17:06 mark of the third period Friday night to snap a 2-2 tie and give the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders a 3-2 victory over the Green Bay Gamblers in a USHL game before 2,988 fans at the Ice Arena.

Ross Colton collected an assist on the game-winning goal.

The victory lifted the RoughRiders into first place in the Eastern Conference of the USHL with 45 points, one point ahead of Dubuque.

Green Bay jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first period, but Matt Gosiewski and Colton scored for Cedar Rapids in the second period to tie the game. Colton collected his 19th goal of the campaign.

Ben Blacker made 35 saves in goal for the RoughRiders.

Green Bay      2 0 0 - 2

RoughRiders 0 2 1 - 3

GB - Murphy (Dunne, Blankemeier)

GB - Grando (Gruber, Myer)

CR - Gosiewski (Tkachkov, Foley)

CR - Colton (Tkachkov, Ahcan)

CR - Ahcan (Colton) (power play)