Force Schedule Announced

by KVRR Sports
July 11, 2012


The United States Hockey League released Wednesday morning the 16-team 2012-13 regular season schedule. The USHL has extended the upcoming season to 64 total games, equaling out to 32 at home and 32 away. The Fargo Force regular season and home opener is set for Friday, Sept. 28 at Scheels Arena versus the Sioux City Musketeers at 7:35 PM.

The USHL is divided into two conferences, Western and Eastern, with the Fargo Force aligned in the Western Conference.  

2012-13 USHL Conference Alignment
Western Conference                                       Eastern Conference
Des Moines Buccaneers                                 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
Fargo Force                                                    Chicago Steel
Lincoln Stars                                                   Dubuque Fighting Saints
Omaha Lancers                                              Green Bay Gamblers
Sioux City Musketeers                                    Indiana Ice
Sioux Falls Stampede                                     Muskegon Lumberjacks
Tri-City Storm                                                 Team USA
Waterloo Black Hawks                                    Youngstown Phantoms

The Fargo Force are scheduled to play 15 Friday games, 12 Saturday games, and 5 midweek games. All home games are to be played at Scheels Arena in Fargo. Puck will drop at 7:35 PM on all Friday games and 7:05 PM on all other nights. A full promotional nights schedule will be released at a later date on the official Fargo Force website.  

The full season schedule is below:

2012-13 Season
Home games are in bold
*All times are central

Date                                         Opponent     Time
Friday, September 28, 2012    vs    Sioux City    7:35 PM
Friday, October 5, 2012    @    Cedar Rapids    7:05 PM
Saturday, October 6, 2012    @    Dubuque    7:05 PM
Thursday, October 11, 2012    vs    Indiana    7:05 PM
Friday, October 12, 2012    vs    Sioux City    7:35 PM
Saturday, October 13, 2012    @    Sioux Falls    7:05 PM
Thursday, October 18, 2012    vs    Youngstown    7:05 PM
Friday, October 19, 2012    @    Lincoln    7:05 PM
Saturday, October 20, 2012    @    Lincoln    7:05 PM
Friday, October 26, 2012    vs    Chicago    7:35 PM
Friday, November 2, 2012    @    Sioux Falls    7:05 PM
Saturday, November 3, 2012    @    Lincoln    7:05 PM
Friday, November 9, 2012    @    Des Moines    7:05 PM
Saturday, November 10, 2012    @    Des Moines    7:05 PM
Sunday, November 11, 2012    @    Tri-City    7:05 PM
Friday, November 16, 2012    vs    Omaha    7:35 PM
Saturday, November 17, 2012    vs    Omaha    7:05 PM
Wednesday, November 21, 2012    @    Sioux Falls    7:05 PM
Saturday, November 24, 2012    vs    Sioux Falls    7:05 PM
Wednesday, November 28, 2012    @    Omaha    7:05 PM
Friday, November 30, 2012    vs    Tri-City    7:35 PM
Saturday, December 1, 2012    vs    Tri-City    7:05 PM
Saturday, December 8, 2012    vs    Sioux City    7:05 PM
Thursday, December 13, 2012    @    Team USA    6:00 PM
Friday, December 14, 2012    @    Team USA    6:00 PM
Saturday, December 15, 2012    @    Muskegon    6:15 PM
Friday, December 21, 2012    vs    Cedar Rapids    7:35 PM
Friday, December 28, 2012    vs    Sioux Falls    7:35 PM
Saturday, December 29, 2012    vs    Des Moines    7:05 PM
Monday, December 31, 2012    vs    Dubuque    7:05 PM
Friday, January 4, 2013    @    Omaha    7:05 PM
Saturday, January 5, 2013    @    Omaha    7:05 PM
Tuesday, January 8, 2013    @    Sioux City    7:00 PM
Friday, January 11, 2013    @    Tri-City    7:05 PM
Saturday, January 12, 2013    @    Tri-City    7:05 PM
Wednesday, January 16, 2013    vs    Tri-City    7:05 PM
Friday, January 18, 2013    vs    Tri-City    7:35 PM
Saturday, January 19, 2013    vs    Tri-City    7:05 PM
Friday, January 25, 2013    @    Omaha    7:05 PM
Saturday, January 26, 2013    @    Lincoln    7:05 PM
Friday, February 1, 2013    vs    Omaha    7:35 PM
Saturday, February 2, 2013    vs    Omaha    7:05 PM
Friday, February 8, 2013    @    Sioux City    7:00 PM
Saturday, February 9, 2013    @    Tri-City    7:05 PM
Monday, February 11, 2013    @    Waterloo    7:05 PM
Friday, February 15, 2013    vs    Waterloo    7:35 PM
Saturday, February 16, 2013    vs    Waterloo    7:05 PM
Friday, February 22, 2013    vs    Sioux Falls    7:35 PM
Saturday, February 23, 2013    @    Sioux City    7:00 PM
Friday, March 1, 2013    vs    Lincoln    7:35 PM
Saturday, March 2, 2013    vs    Lincoln    7:05 PM
Wednesday, March 6, 2013    @    Sioux Falls    7:05 PM
Saturday, March 9, 2013    vs    Lincoln    7:05 PM
Tuesday, March 12, 2013    vs    Lincoln    7:05 PM
Friday, March 15, 2013    vs    Des Moines    7:35 PM
Saturday, March 16, 2013    vs    Des Moines    7:05 PM
Friday, March 22, 2013    @    Waterloo    7:05 PM
Sunday, March 24, 2013    @    Green Bay    3:05 PM
Friday, March 29, 2013    @    Des Moines    7:05 PM
Saturday, March 30, 2013    @    Waterloo    7:05 PM
Friday, April 5, 2013    vs    Sioux Falls    7:35 PM
Saturday, April 6, 2013    @    Sioux City    7:00 PM
Friday, April 12, 2013    vs    Sioux City    7:35 PM
Saturday, April 13, 2013    vs    Sioux City    7:05 PM

Season tickets for the Fargo Force are currently on sale. Fans should contact Trevor at 701.356.7658 for more information.

The on-sale date for single game tickets has yet to be determined and will be announced as soon as possible.

Courtesy: Fargo Force