DES MOINES – The Des Moines Buccaneers handed the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders their first loss of the season, 3-1, in front of 1,919 fans Friday at Buccaneer Arena.

Des Moines scored goals in all three periods, with Patrick Grasso scoring twice and Zach Jordan once.

Riese Zmolek got the RoughRiders on the board in the third period with an assist from Jack Ahcan.

The Buccaneers held a 21-20 edge on shots. Des Moines goalie Jan Ruzicka made 19 saves. Benjamin Blacker had 18 saves for Cedar Rapids.

The RoughRiders fell to 5-1, but maintained first place in the Eastern Conference with 10 points. Des Moines is 2-3-1.

RoughRiders  0 0 1 – 1

Des Moines     1 1 1 – 3

DM – Zach Jordan (Nikita Pavlychev, Laine McKay)

DM – Patrick Grasso (Alec Rauhauser, Kenneth Hausinger)

RR – Riese Zmolek (Jack Ahcan)

DM – Grasso (Hausinger, Georgy Gorodesky)