2017–18 USHL season
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| 2017–18 USHL Season | |
|---|---|
| League | United States Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | October 6, 2017 – April 14, 2018 |
| Number of games | 60 |
| Number of teams | 17 |
| Regular season | |
| Anderson Cup | Waterloo Black Hawks |
| Season MVP | Anthony Del Gaizo (Muskegon Lumberjacks) |
| Clark Cup Playoffs | |
| Clark Cup Playoffs MVP | Griffin Loughran (Force) |
| Finals champions | Fargo Force |
| Runners-up | Youngstown Phantoms |
The 2017–18 USHL season was the 39th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from October 6, 2017, to April 14, 2018.[1] The regular season champions, the Waterloo Black Hawks, were awarded the Anderson Cup. The playoff champions, the Fargo Force, were awarded the Clark Cup.
League changes
[edit]The Bloomington Thunder were rebranded as the Central Illinois Flying Aces.[2]
While the alignment remained the same from the previous season, the league increased the number of teams that qualify for the playoffs from eight to twelve. The top two seeds in each conference now have a bye in the first round. The third and fourth conference seeds than host the fifth and sixth conference seeds in a best-of-three series. The rest of the playoffs are a best-of-five series.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Final standings:[3]
Eastern Conference[edit]
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Western Conference[edit]
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x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title
Post season awards
[edit]USHL awards
[edit]| Award | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Year | Anthony Del Gaizo | Muskegon Lumberjacks[4] |
| Forward of the Year | Jackson Cates | Waterloo Black Hawks[4] |
| Defenseman of the Year | Ben Finkelstein | Waterloo Black Hawks[4] |
| Rookie of the Year | Matěj Pekař | Muskegon Lumberjacks[4] |
| Goaltender of the Year | Filip Larsson | Tri-City Storm[4] |
| Coach of the Year | P.K. O'Handley | Waterloo Black Hawks[5] |
| Scholar-Athlete | Alex Steeves | Dubuque Fighting Saints[6] |
| Curt Hammer | Marc McLaughlin | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders[7] |
| General Manager of the Year | P.K. O'Handley | Waterloo Black Hawks[5] |
| Executive of the Year | Brandon Bruss[8] | Green Bay Gamblers |
| Organization of the Year | Sioux Falls Stampede[9] | |
All-USHL First Team
[edit]| Pos | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| G | Filip Larsson | Tri-City |
| D | Ben Finkelstein | Waterloo |
| D | Graham Lillibridge | Chicago |
| F | Jackson Cates | Waterloo |
| F | Anthony Del Gaizo | Muskegon |
| F | Jack Dugan | Chicago |
Source[10]
All-USHL Second Team
[edit]| Pos | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| G | Zach Driscoll | Youngstown |
| D | Marc Del Gaizo | Muskegon |
| D | Ty Farmer | Fargo |
| F | Jack Drury | Waterloo |
| F | Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup | Fargo |
| F | Filip Suchý | Omaha |
Source[10]
All Rookie First Team
[edit]| Pos | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| G | Oskar Autio | Chicago |
| D | Michael Callahan | Youngstown |
| D | Tyler Jubenvill | Cedar Rapids |
| F | Paul Cotter | Lincoln |
| F | Robert Mastrosimone | Chicago |
| F | Matěj Pekař | Muskegon |
Source[11]
All Rookie Second Team
[edit]| Pos | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| G | Zach Borgiel | Muskegon |
| D | Mason Klee | Lincoln |
| D | Matt Staudacher | Muskegon |
| F | Ryan O'Reilly | Madison |
| F | Tyler Madden | Tri-City |
| F | Michael Mancinelli | Madison |
Clark Cup playoffs
[edit]| First Round (Best-of-3) | Conference Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Conference Finals (Best-of-5) | Clark Cup Championship (Best-of-5) | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Team USA | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Chicago | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Muskegon | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Chicago | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Team USA | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Youngstown | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Green Bay | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Dubuque | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Youngstown | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Dubuque | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Youngstown | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Fargo | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Waterloo | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Lincoln | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Sioux Falls | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Lincoln | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Waterloo | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Fargo | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Fargo | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| W6 | Tri-City | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Omaha | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Fargo | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
First Round
[edit]Eastern Conference
[edit](E3) Muskegon Lumberjacks vs. (E6) Chicago Steel
[edit]| April 16 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 3 – 2 | Chicago Steel | L.C. Walker Arena | ||||
| 3:06 - Wyatt Bongiovanni (1) 13:12 - Nolan Sullivan (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 12:18 - Jáchym Kondelík (1) | Third period | Erik Urbank (1) - 10:22 Jack Dugan (1) - 17:48 | ||||||
| Keegan Karki (25 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Oskar Autio (38 saves / 41 shots) | ||||||
| April 17 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 2 – 6 | Chicago Steel | L.C. Walker Arena | ||||
| April 18 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 4 – 5 | OT | Chicago Steel | L.C. Walker Arena | |||
| Chicago wins series 2 – 1 | |
(E4) Green Bay Gamblers vs. (E5) Dubuque Fighting Saints
[edit]| April 16 | Green Bay Gamblers | 1 – 3 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | Resch Center | ||||
| 1:19 - Nolan Moyle (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Tyce Thompson (1) - 19:03 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Taylor Schneider (1) - 2:40 Quinn Preston (1) - en - 19:50 | ||||||
| Maksim Zhukov (27 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Cole Weaver (23 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| April 17 | Green Bay Gamblers | 1 – 5 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | Resch Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Logan Pietila (1) - 0:47 Alex Steeves (1) - 7:50 Quinn Preston (2) - pp - 18:57 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Dalton Hunter (1) - 8:34 | ||||||
| 1:52 - Robert Herrman (1) | Third period | Alex Steeves (2) - en - 19:05 | ||||||
| Maksim Zhukov (3 saves / 5 shots) Jake Begley (27 saves / 29 shots) |
Goalie stats | Cole Weaver (28 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| Dubuque wins series 2 – 0 | |
Western Conference
[edit](W4) Sioux Falls Stampede vs. (W5) Lincoln Stars
[edit]| April 17 | Sioux Falls Stampede | 5 – 3 | Lincoln Stars | Denny Sanford Premier Center | ||||
| 12:43 - pp - Kevin Conley (1) 13:09 - A.J. Villella (1) |
First period | Logan Jenuwine (1) - 3:53 | ||||||
| 4:19 - Jack St. Ivany (1) 13:30 - Kirill Panyukov (1) |
Second period | Cole Krygier (1) - 7:38 | ||||||
| 9:22 - sh - Cameron Burke (1) | Third period | Paul Cotter (1) - pp - 18:30 | ||||||
| Mikhail Berdin (34 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Tomáš Vomáčka (11 saves / 15 shots) Derek Schaedig (9 saves / 10 shots) | ||||||
| April 18 | Sioux Falls Stampede | 3 – 6 | Lincoln Stars | Denny Sanford Premier Center | ||||
| 9:46 - pp - Adam Dawe (1) | First period | Logan Jenuwine (2) - 8:14 | ||||||
| 1:06 - pp - Noah Walker (1) 11:33 - Cameron Burke (2) |
Second period | Gustaf Westlund (1) - 4:31 Collin Peters (1) - 5:15 Josiah Slavin (1) - 7:09 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Casey Dornbach (1) - pp - 2:02 Ashton Calder (1) - sh - 7:59 | ||||||
| Mikhail Berdin (37 saves / 43 shots) Jaxson Stauber (1 save / 1 shot) |
Goalie stats | Derek Schaedig (27 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| April 19 | Sioux Falls Stampede | 4 – 5 | OT | Lincoln Stars | Denny Sanford Premier Center | |||
| Adam Dawe (2) - 3:19 Adam Dawe (3) - 14:00 |
First period | 19:17 - Tristan Ashbrook (1) | ||||||
| Kirill Panyukov (2) - pp - 6:40 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Paul DeNaples (1) - 10:19 | Third period | 1:15 - Collin Peters (2) 8:56 - Casey Dornbach (2) 14:09 - Eero Teräväinen (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 19:26 - Paul Cotter (2) | ||||||
| Mikhail Berdin (44 saves / 49 shots) | Goalie stats | Derek Schaedig (21 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| Lincoln wins series 2 – 1 | |
(W4) Fargo Force vs. (W5) Tri-City Storm
[edit]| April 17 | Fargo Force | 5 – 1 | Tri-City Storm | Scheels Arena | ||||
| April 18 | Fargo Force | 3 – 0 | Tri-City Storm | Scheels Arena | ||||
| Fargo wins series 2 – 0 | |
Conference Semifinals
[edit]Eastern Conference
[edit](E1) Team USA vs. (E6) Chicago Steel
[edit]| April 21 | Team USA | 3 – 0 | Chicago Steel | USA Hockey Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:53 - sh - Owen Lindmark (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:47 - Drew Helleson (1) 10:30 - sh - John Beecher (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cameron Rowe (34 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Oskar Autio (24 saves / 27 shots) | ||||||
| April 22 | Team USA | 2 – 6 | Chicago Steel | USA Hockey Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Samuel Buček (2) - 9:51 | ||||||
| 2:46 - Matt Boldy (1) | Second period | Nick Abruzzese (1) - 9:26 Graham Lillibridge (1) - 14:59 Matteo Pietroniro (1) - 17:02 | ||||||
| 9:18 - pp - Danny Weight (1) | Third period | Graham Lillibridge (2) - 4:54 Samuel Buček (3) - pp - 11:51 | ||||||
| Cameron Rowe (33 saves / 39 shots) Josh Graziano (2 saves / 2 shots) |
Goalie stats | Oskar Autio (43 saves / 45 shots) | ||||||
| April 26 | Chicago Steel | 2 – 3 | OT | Team USA | Fox Valley Ice Arena | |||
| No scoring | First period | John Beecher (2) - 6:37 | ||||||
| 9:52 - pp - Blake McLaughlin (3) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 19:00 - Robert Mastrosimone (2) | Third period | Erik Middendorf (1) - 6:46 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Danny Weight (2) - 2:51 | ||||||
| Oskar Autio (27 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Cameron Rowe (34 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| April 27 | Chicago Steel | 3 – 4 | OT | Team USA | Fox Valley Ice Arena | |||
| No scoring | First period | Erik Middendorf (2) - 6:33 Drew Helleson (2) - 17:01 | ||||||
| 3:03 - Jeremie Bucheler (1) 5:20 - Jack Dugan (2) |
Second period | Trevor Zegras (1) - 14:19 | ||||||
| 6:28 - pp - Aaro Vidgren (4) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Alex Vlasic (1) - sh - 3:48 | ||||||
| Oskar Autio (32 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Cameron Rowe (38 saves / 41 shots) | ||||||
| USA wins series 3 – 1 | |
(E2) Youngstown Phantoms vs. (E5) Dubuque Fighting Saints
[edit]| April 20 | Youngstown Phantoms | 3 – 1 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | Covelli Centre | ||||
| April 21 | Youngstown Phantoms | 3 – 2 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | Covelli Centre | ||||
| April 24 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | 0 – 3 | Youngstown Phantoms | Mystique Ice Center | ||||
| Youngstown wins series 3 – 1 | |
Western Conference
[edit](W1) Waterloo Black Hawks vs. (W5) Lincoln Stars
[edit]| April 21 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 2 – 3 | OT | Lincoln Stars | Young Arena | |||
| April 22 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 3 – 0 | Lincoln Stars | Young Arena | ||||
| April 25 | Lincoln Stars | 1 – 2 | OT | Waterloo Black Hawks | Ice Box | |||
| April 26 | Lincoln Stars | 2 – 3 | Waterloo Black Hawks | Ice Box | ||||
| Waterloo wins series 3 – 1 | |
(W2) Omaha Lancers vs. (W3) Fargo Force
[edit]| April 21 | Omaha Lancers | 1 – 2 | Fargo Force | Ralston Arena | ||||
| April 22 | Omaha Lancers | 6 – 3 | Fargo Force | Ralston Arena | ||||
| April 24 | Fargo Force | 6 – 5 | Omaha Lancers | Scheels Arena | ||||
| April 25 | Fargo Force | 2 – 0 | Omaha Lancers | Scheels Arena | ||||
| Fargo wins series 3 – 1 | |
Conference Finals
[edit]Eastern Conference
[edit](E1) Team USA vs. (E2) Youngstown Phantoms
[edit]| May 1 | Team USA | 3 – 4 | OT | Youngstown Phantoms | USA Hockey Arena | |||
| 3:45 - Patrick Moynihan (1) | First period | Max Ellis (1) - sh - 12:31 Joey Abate (3) - 15:35 | ||||||
| 4:05 - sh - Erik Middendorf (3) 18:02 - Matt Boldy (2) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Eric Esposito (1) - 13:18 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Tommy Parrottino (2) - 5:59 | ||||||
| Cameron Rowe (31 saves / 35 shots) | Goalie stats | Ivan Prosvetov (37 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
| May 2 | Team USA | 10 – 6 | Youngstown Phantoms | USA Hockey Arena | ||||
| 3:40 - Owen Lindmark (2) 6:21 - Danny Weight (3) 14:25 - sh - Owen Lindmark (3) 19:42 - pp - Henry Thrun (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:40 - Marshall Warren (1) 2:10 - Owen Lindmark (4) 12:06 - Matt Boldy (3) |
Second period | Jason Smallidge (1) - 1:57 Michael Regush (1) - 10:46 Eric Esposito (2) - 11:11 Joey Abate (4) - 17:25 Curtis Hall (2) - 18:25 | ||||||
| 11:06 - Marshall Warren (2) 11:28 - Patrick Moynihan (2) 17:51 - en - Erik Middendorf (4) |
Third period | Samuel Salonen (2) - 1:45 | ||||||
| Cameron Rowe (29 saves / 35 shots) | Goalie stats | Ivan Prosvetov (16 saves / 21 shots) Wouter Peeters (5 saves / 9 shots) | ||||||
| May 4 | Youngstown Phantoms | 7 – 5 | Team USA | Covelli Centre | ||||
| May 5 | Youngstown Phantoms | 5 – 1 | Team USA | Covelli Centre | ||||
| Youngstown wins series 3 – 1 | |
Western Conference
[edit](W1) Waterloo Black Hawks vs. (W3) Fargo Force
[edit]| April 28 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 2 – 0 | Fargo Force | Young Arena | ||||
| April 29 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 2 – 3 | OT | Fargo Force | Young Arena | |||
| May 4 | Fargo Force | 6 – 4 | Waterloo Black Hawks | Scheels Arena | ||||
| May 5 | Fargo Force | 3 – 2 | Waterloo Black Hawks | Scheels Arena | ||||
| Fargo wins series 3 – 1 | |
Clark Cup Championship
[edit](E2) Youngstown Phantoms vs. (W3) Fargo Force
[edit]| May 11 | Fargo Force | 4 – 1 | Youngstown Phantoms | Scheels Arena | ||||
| May 12 | Fargo Force | 2 – 3 | OT | Youngstown Phantoms | Scheels Arena | |||
| May 18 | Youngstown Phantoms | 2 – 3 | Fargo Force | Covelli Centre | ||||
| May 19 | Youngstown Phantoms | 2 – 4 | Fargo Force | Covelli Centre | ||||
| Fargo wins series 3 – 1 | |
References
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- ^ "It's Official: Thunder Hockey Team Becomes Flying Aces". WGLT. August 24, 2017.
- ^ "USHL Standings". USHL. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "USHL Announces End of Year Awards". OurSportsCentral.com. April 30, 2018.
- ^ a b "P.K. O'Handley Named USHL Coach & General Manager of the Year". USHL. May 2, 2018.
- ^ "USHL Scholar-Athlete Award and All-Academic Team Announced". USHL. May 1, 2018.
- ^ "Marc McLaughlin Named Curt Hammer Award Recipient". USHL. May 1, 2018.
- ^ "EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR". USHL. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ^ "Sioux Falls Stampede Named USHL Organization of the Year". OurSportsCentral.com. June 27, 2018.
- ^ a b "All-USHL Teams Announced". USHL. May 1, 2018.
- ^ "All-USHL Rookie Teams Announced". USHL. May 1, 2018.