Shawn Johnson Bobblehead

Shawn Johnson Bobblehead Giveaway

Saturday, February 20th - 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City Storm vs. Des Moines Buccaneers

Olympic Gold Medalist Shawn Johnson will be on hand as the Des Moines Buccaneers and Coca-Cola give away Shawn Johnson Bobbleheads to the first 1,000 fans through the gates.

Regular game tickets are available for purchase at the Buccaneer Arena ticket office or online.

As a special offer, the Des Moines Buccaneers are offering a limited number of VIP PACKAGES ($25) and a GUARANTEED BOBBLEHEAD PACKAGES ($15) - both including a guaranteed Shawn Johnson Bobblehead. 

$25 VIP PACKAGE INCLUDES:
A guaranteed Shawn Johnson Bobblehead
An Arena Level ticket to the game
A ticket to a pre-game reception with Shawn Johnson
Pre-game appetizers during the reception

$15 GUARANTEED BOBBLEHEAD PACKAGE INCLUDES:
A guaranteed Shawn Johnson Bobblehead
An Arena Level ticket to the game

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO PURCHASE TICKETS PLEASE CALL THE BUCCANEER ARENA TICKET OFFICE AT 278-BUCS (2827).

Walters Shines at USHL All-Star Game with Hat Trick; Team CCM defeats Team Reebok 5-4

INDIANAPOLIS - Des Moines Buccaneers forward Ryan Walters registered the fourth hat trick in USHL All-Star Game history at the Pepsi Coliseum Tuesday night.  Despite Walters’s hat trick, Team CCM (East Division) came out on top of Team Reebok (West Division) in a 5-4 overtime decision.

Nate Condon (Fargo) scored the first goal of the All-Star Game for Team Reebok, followed by two goals from Team CCM – the first from Tom Serratore (Youngstown), and the second from Max Cook (Indiana).  Walters scored the first of his three goals to even the contest at 15:32 in the first.

Walters gave Team Reebok their second lead of the game early in the second period with a goal at 3:54.  Shane Berschbach (Indiana) tied the game back up at 3-3 at 12:46.

In the third period, Tyler Barnes (Waterloo) put Team CCM back in the lead at the start of the third, but Walters finished off his hat trick at 13:26 and tied the game at 4-4.

After 60 minutes of play, the game went to overtime with each team skating four players a side.  It appeared to be heading to a shootout but Nick Bailen (Indiana) scored the game winning goal wit 13 seconds remaining in the overtime period giving Team CCM the win.

Troy Grosenick (Cedar Rapids) earned the victory in net making 14 saves after entering the game midway through the second period.

Following the game, Condon was named player of the game for Team Reebok while Bailen was honored as player of the game for Team CCM.  Walters earned the Ron Woodey Award as All-Star MVP with his three-goal performance.

Fellow Buccaneers Austin Coldwell, Connor Brickley and T.J. Tynan also took part in the USHL All-Star game.  Coldwell finished the game +3, Brickley ended the game -3 with 3 shots on goal and Tynan finished +1 with 2 shots on goal.

2010 USHL All-Star Game

Tonight marks the start of the 2010 USHL All-Star Game - but it looks like the weather is affecting some of the travel for the players to get to Indianapolis.

The USHL All-Star Gala is being hosted tonight at the Indianapolis Marriott North.  American NHL Hockey legend Jimmy Carson and General Manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets Scott Howson are just two of the speakers at tonight's gala.

The 2010 USHL All-Star Game will be played at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 26th.  The All-Star game is expected to deliver a hard-hitting display of hockey from today's most exciting players and a glance at future NHL stars.  The USHL announced today that the All-Star game will be broadcast using B2 Express which is the new free-to-view platform now used exclusively for all live free programming on B2 Networks. The video broadcast of the USHL All-Star Game will be available free of charge through USHL.com and on B2TV.com.  Viewers will require a high-speed internet connection and a current version of Microsoft Windows Media Player.