Fargo Force 5225 31st Ave S, Fargo, ND 58104 [email protected] 701.356.7656 Buy Tickets: 1.800.745.3000 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER issue NO. 12 march 19, 2018

WEEK IN REVIEW PLAYER SHOWCASE AROUND THE USHL #27 Ben Meyers Meyers continued his scoring streak with three goals this weekend against Dubuque.

The Delano, Minnesota native has 37 points (22-15- 37) in 51 games this season Fargo turned in a with the Force. The USHL has named its dominating performance this players of the week for Week weekend as it marched to a Meyers recently committed 19 of the regular season: weekend sweep of the to play at the University of . Nebraska-Omaha. Forward: Jake Wise Wise tallied six points Three goals from three in two games and was a different scorers in the first +5 for the NTDP. period paced the Force to a 3-1 win on Friday night at Defenseman: Ben Finkelstein Scheels Arena. The defender had four points to earn POTW Ben Meyers scored two first honors again. period goals and the Force tallied three more in the Goalie: Wouter Peeters second period on their way to Peeters stopped all a 5-1 win on Saturday. 39 shots he faced this ALUMNI OF THE WEEK weekend for a shutout.

This week's alumni of the week are Neal Goff (11- 14) and Gavin Bayreuther (12-13). Goff signed an amateur try-out contract with the San Antonio Rampage this week and Bayreuther has three points in his last two games for the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League.

gavin bayreuther (12-13) THIS WEEK'S GAMES

The Force are back at Scheels Arena this week for a Thursday-Friday series with the . The Lancers currently sit in second place in the Western Conference with a record of 31-14-5, good for 67 points. Fargo sits in fourth place with 65 points, two points behind Omaha. The Lancers are led by Filip Suchy, who ranks third in the League in scoring with 59 points (30-29-59) in 44 games for Omaha.

fargoforce.com facebook.com/fargoforce @fargoforce @fargoforce TheFargoForce SCHEDULE FORCE NEWS 2017-18 Fargo Force Schedule FORCE SWEEP DUBUQUE WITH BIG WEEKEND Results: 18-7-5 Fargo finally returned to Scheels Arena last weekend, and it made quick work of the Dubuque Fighting Saints with two straight wins. On Friday night, the Force racked DATE RESULTS OPPONENT Oct. 6 5-2 L Sioux Falls up three first period goals to take a lead in the momentum category on their way to Oct. 7 3-2 OTL Sioux City a 3-1 win. On Saturday, Ben Meyers tallied the first two goals of the game as the Oct. 13 3-2 OTW Youngstown Oct. 14 4-3 SOL Youngstown Force dominated in a 5-1 win. Strauss Mann stopped 47 of 49 shots he faced in Oct. 19 2-1 L Sioux Falls Oct. 21 5-2 W @ Omaha two games as he earned wins number 16 and 17. Oct. 22 4-1 W @ Omaha Oct. 27 3-1 W @ Waterloo Oct. 28 6-5 W @ Des Moines MEYERS STREAK CONTINUES Nov.3 5-0 W Cedar Rapids Ben Meyers continued his goal scoring streak this weekend with three goals in the Nov. 4 6-3 W Waterloo Nov. 9 4-2 L Des Moines two games against Dubuque. Meyers has goals in his last seven games for the Nov. 10 4-0 W Des Moines Nov. 11 4-2 W @ Sioux City Force, stretching back to Feb. 24. His streak is the longest goal streak in the USHL Nov. 17 3-0 L @ Lincoln this season. The previous long streak was six games. Meyers has 22 goals in 51 Nov. 18 5-1 W @ Sioux City Nov. 22 4-3 L Sioux Falls games this year for the Force, good for second on the team behind only Jacob Nov. 24 4-3 W @ Des Moines Schmidt-Svejstrup's 23 markers. Nov. 25 5-1 W @ Des Moines Nov.30 6-3L @USANTDP Dec.1 6-1W @USANTDP MANN QUIETLY MOVING UP GOALIE RANKINGS Dec. 8 5-3 W @ Waterloo Dec. 9 4-2 W @ Waterloo Strauss Mann has slowly made his way up the USHL goalie rankings over the past Dec. 15 4-0 W Waterloo Dec. 16 4-1 L Waterloo month. Mann now ranks second in the USHL in both goals against average (1.82) Dec. 29 3-2 OTL Sioux Falls and save percentage (.934) and third in the league in shutouts (3). The Greenwich, Dec. 30 4-3 SOL Omaha Dec. 31 3-2 SOL @ Sioux Falls Connecticut native leads the league in winning percentage with a mark of .607. Jan. 5 5-3 W Chicago Jan. 6 2-1 W Chicago Jan. 12 3-2 L @ Sioux Falls GOFF SIGNS ATO WITH SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE Jan. 13 4-0 W @ Sioux Falls Fresh off his senior season with Western Michigan, Neal Goff signed an amateur Jan. 19 2-1 L Sioux City Jan. 20 3-1 L Sioux City try-out contract with the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL this weekend. The Jan. 25 4-3 SOL Sioux City Jan. 26 2-1 L @ Sioux City Rampage are the AHL affiliate of the . Goff played for the Force Feb. 2 1-0 L Muskegon from 2011 to 2014. Feb. 3 6-1 W Muskegon Feb. 6 4-3 L @ Sioux Falls Feb. 9 3-1 W @ Tri-City OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS TO APPEAR AT FORCE GAME MARCH 30 Feb. 10 6-3 W @ Tri-City Feb. 16 3-0 W Tri-City Olympic gold medalists Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux- Feb. 17 2-1 OTL Tri-City Morando will be appearing at the Fargo Force game against the on Feb. 23 4-2 L @ Lincoln Feb. 24 3-0 W @ Cedar Rapids Mar. 30. Girls youth hockey players can get a free reserved seat ticket by wearing Mar. 2 6-2 W @ Central Illinois Mar. 3 8-0 W @ Central Illinois their jerseys to the game. Mar. 9 4-2 L @ Madison Mar. 10 5-1 W @ Madison Mar. 16 3-1 W Dubuque PLAYER SPOTLIGHTS Mar. 17 5-1 W Dubuque The player spotlights for this coming weekend are as follows: Mar. 22 Omaha Mar. 23 Omaha Mar. 25 @ Sioux City Thursday, March 22: #2 Robbie Stucker Mar. 30 Lincoln Mar. 31 Lincoln Apr. 7 @ Green Bay Apr. 8 @ Green Bay Friday, March 23: #11 Xan Gurney Apr. 13 @ Sioux Falls Apr. 14 Sioux Falls This week's PROMOTIONS THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS Pre-Game Specials: 2 for $5 Coors Light and Bud THURSDAY, MARCH 22: THIRSTY THURSDAY Light 20 oz draft beer. Game sponsored by Bergseth Brothers. $2 Bud and Bud Light beer pounders for anyone 21+. $5 tickets for college and high school Beer Special: $6 Fargo Force Dark Lager 20 oz beer students with valid student ID.

FRIDAY, MARCH 23: MINI STICK GIVEAWAY Game sponsored by Holiday Station Stores. The first 1,000 fans will receive a customized mini stick featuring former forward and current LA Kings player, Jonny Brodzinski! Check out the RC Car show on the ice during the first intermission and the RC Car booths in the upper lobby to demo some cars!

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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-Svjestrup (Maine), William Fallstrom (Quinnipiac), Jonathan McDonald (UMass-Lowell), Griffin Loughran (Northern Michigan), Garrett Van Wyhe (Michigan), Connor Mayer (Connecticut), AJ Drobot (Maine), Mark Senden (), 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 (Nebraska-Omaha).

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