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Fargo Force 5225 31st Ave S, Fargo, ND 58104 [email protected] 701.356.7656 Buy Tickets: 1.800.745.3000 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER issue NO. 21 2018 clark cup champions! ClARK CUP FINAL results force win series 3-1 @ @ friday, may 11 saturday, may 12 friday, may 18 saturday, may 19 4-1 W 3-2 OTL 3-2 W 4-2 W Scheels Arena Scheels Arena covelli center Covelli Center fargoforce.com facebook.com/fargoforce @fargoforce @fargoforce TheFargoForce SCHEDULE FORCE NEWS 2017-18 Fargo Force Schedule FORCE WIN CLARK CUP Results: 37-16-7 After splitting the opening two games of the Clark Cup Final at Scheels Arena, the Playoffs: 11-3 Force went on a 1,000+ mile bus trip to Youngstown, Ohio to finish off the series with two straight wins over the Phantoms at Covelli Centre. A late goal by Bartek DATE RESULTS OPPONENT Oct. 6 5-2 L Sioux Falls Bison in Game 3 sealed a 3-2 win for the Force on Friday night, and they took Oct. 7 3-2 OTL Sioux City Oct. 13 3-2 OTW Youngstown advantage of the series lead on Saturday when Ty Farmer's goal with four minutes Oct. 14 4-3 SOL Youngstown left in regulation was enough to seal the franchise's first Clark Cup ever. Oct. 19 2-1 L Sioux Falls Oct. 21 5-2 W @ Omaha Oct. 22 4-1 W @ Omaha LOUGHRAN NAMED 2018 CLARK CUP PLAYOFFS MVP Oct. 27 3-1 W @ Waterloo Oct. 28 6-5 W @ Des Moines Force forward Griffin Loughran was named the most valuable player of the 2018 Nov.3 5-0 W Cedar Rapids Clark Cup Playoffs after the Force victory on Saturday night. Loughran had 10 Nov. 4 6-3 W Waterloo Nov. 9 4-2 L Des Moines points (7-3-10) in 13 games this postseason for the Force, including a six-game Nov. 10 4-0 W Des Moines Nov. 11 4-2 W @ Sioux City goal streak that stretched from the Western Conference Final into Game 3 of the Nov. 17 3-0 L @ Lincoln Clark Cup Final. Loughran is committed to play college hockey at Northern Nov. 18 5-1 W @ Sioux City Nov. 22 4-3 L Sioux Falls Michigan University after his junior hockey career. Nov. 24 4-3 W @ Des Moines Nov. 25 5-1 W @ Des Moines Nov.30 6-3L @USANTDP SCHMIDT-SVEJSTRUP & BELL LEAD FORCE IN PLAYOFF SCORING Dec.1 6-1W @USANTDP Forward Jacob Schmidt-Svjestrup and defenseman Evan Bell finished tied for the Dec. 8 5-3 W @ Waterloo Dec. 9 4-2 W @ Waterloo team lead in playoff scoring with 11 points each. Schmidt-Svejstrup finished with Dec. 15 4-0 W Waterloo Dec. 16 4-1 L Waterloo four goals and seven assists, including a two-goal game in the Western Conference Dec. 29 3-2 OTL Sioux Falls Final against Waterloo. Bell erupted in the Clark Cup Final, scoring three goals and Dec. 30 4-3 SOL Omaha Dec. 31 3-2 SOL @ Sioux Falls adding two assists -- including a goal and an assist in the decisive Game 4 on Jan. 5 5-3 W Chicago Saturday night -- to pace the Force to victory. Jan. 6 2-1 W Chicago Jan. 12 3-2 L @ Sioux Falls Jan. 13 4-0 W @ Sioux Falls MANN STANDS TALL IN NET Jan. 19 2-1 L Sioux City Jan. 20 3-1 L Sioux City Force goaltender Strauss Mann continued his spectacular season in the crease for Jan. 25 4-3 SOL Sioux City Jan. 26 2-1 L @ Sioux City Fargo last weekend, stopping 64 of 68 shots he faced against Youngstown to lead Feb. 2 1-0 L Muskegon the Force to a Clark Cup victory. After breaking the Force single-season records for Feb. 3 6-1 W Muskegon Feb. 6 4-3 L @ Sioux Falls goals against average and save percentage during the regular season, Mann Feb. 9 3-1 W @ Tri-City continued his torrid pace in the playoffs. All in all, the Greenwich, Connecticut Feb. 10 6-3 W @ Tri-City Feb. 16 3-0 W Tri-City native went 11-2-1 in 14 games during the postseason with a .932 save percentage Feb. 17 2-1 OTL Tri-City Feb. 23 4-2 L @ Lincoln and a 2.09 goals against average. Mann had two shutouts during the playoffs. Feb. 24 3-0 W @ Cedar Rapids Mar. 2 6-2 W @ Central Illinois Mar. 3 8-0 W @ Central Illinois NATE SCHMIDT PLAYING FOR STANLEY CUP Mar. 9 4-2 L @ Madison Force alumnus Nate Schmidt (09-10) and his Vegas Golden Knights are playing for Mar. 10 5-1 W @ Madison Mar. 16 3-1 W Dubuque the Stanley Cup against the Washington Capitals. The Golden Knights defeated the Mar. 17 5-1 W Dubuque Winnipeg Jets to win the Western Conference Final four games to one. Schmidt has Mar. 22 7-1 W Omaha Mar. 23 8-2 W Omaha six points (2-4-6) in 15 games so far this postseason. Schmidt had 37 points (14- Mar. 25 3-1 W @ Sioux City Mar. 30 7-2 L Lincoln 23-37) in 57 games for the Force during the 2009-2010 season. Fargo lost to Green Mar. 31 3-2 W Lincoln Bay in the Clark Cup Final that season. Apr. 7 4-1 W @ Green Bay Apr. 8 3-2 SOW @ Green Bay Apr. 13 3-0 W @ Sioux Falls THE ROAD TO THE CLARK CUP Apr. 14 3-2 SOW Sioux Falls Western Conference First Round: vs. Tri-City Storm (Force won series 2-0) PLAYOFFS Western Conference Semifinal: vs. Omaha Lancers (Force won series 3-1) Apr. 17 5-1 W Tri-City Apr. 18 3-0 W Tri-City Western Conference Final: vs. Waterloo Black Hawks (Force win series 3-1) Apr. 21 2-1 W @ Omaha Apr. 22 6-3 L @ Omaha Clark Cup Final: vs. Youngstown Phantoms (Force win series 3-1) Apr. 24 6-5 W Omaha Apr. 25 2-0 W Omaha Apr. 28 2-0 L @ Waterloo Apr. 29 3-2 OTW @ Waterloo May 4 6-4 W Waterloo May 5 3-2 W Waterloo May 11 4-1 W Youngstown May 12 3-2 OTL Youngstown May 18 3-2 W @ Youngstown May 19 4-2 W @ Youngstown COLLEGE COMMITMENTS The following players on the 2017-18 roster have committed to play Division I hockey at an NCAA member institution: Ty Farmer (UMass-Amherst), Grant Hebert (Robert Morris), Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup (Maine), William Fallstrom (Quinnipiac), Jonathan McDonald (UMass-Lowell), Griffin Loughran (Northern Michigan), Garrett Van Wyhe (Michigan), Connor Mayer (Connecticut), AJ Drobot (Maine), Mark Senden (North Dakota), Ross Mitton (Northeastern), John Schuldt (Nebraska-Omaha), Sammy Steele (Arizona State), Spencer Meier (St. Cloud State), Strauss Mann (Michigan), Ryan Bischel (Clarkson), Xan Gurney (Western Michigan), Robbie Stucker (Minnesota), Jordan Seyfert (Merrimack), Ben Meyers (Minnesota). 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