2015–16 USHL season

2015–16 USHL Season
LeagueUnited States Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 25, 2015 – April 10, 2016
Number of games60
Number of teams17
Regular season
Anderson CupCedar Rapids RoughRiders
Season MVPRem Pitlick (Muskegon Lumberjacks)
Clark Cup Playoffs
Clark Cup Playoffs MVPWade Allison (Storm)
Finals championsTri-City Storm
  Runners-upDubuque Fighting Saints
USHL seasons

The 2015–16 USHL season is the 37th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from September 25, 2015, to April 10, 2016.[1] The regular season champions, the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, were awarded the Anderson Cup and the playoff champions, the Tri-City Storm, were awarded the Clark Cup.

Regular season

Final standings[2]

x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title

  1. ^ The Fargo Force had more total wins (regulation, overtime, and shootout wins) than the Sioux Falls Stampede, but the Stampede win the playoff tiebreaker (29 regulation and overtime wins to the Force's 28).

Statistical leaders

Scoring leaders

Players are listed by points, then goals.

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts. = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Rem Pitlick Muskegon Lumberjacks 56 46 43 89 74
Ross Colton Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 55 35 31 66 79
Cam Morrison Youngstown Phantoms 60 34 32 66 42
Tanner Laczynski Chicago/Lincoln 52 24 39 63 38
Denis Smirnov Fargo Force 60 29 32 61 37
Collin Adams Muskegon Lumberjacks 59 27 34 61 37
Nate Sucese Dubuque Fighting Saints 60 26 33 59 28
Sam McCormick Madison/Waterloo 61 32 25 57 16
Ryan Lohin Madison/Waterloo 62 23 34 57 54
Ludvig Hoff Lincoln Stars 56 20 37 57 35

Leading goaltenders

These are the goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that have played at least 1380 minutes.

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage

Player Team GP Mins W L OTL SOL SO GAA SV%
Adam Húska Green Bay Gamblers 37 2138 26 9 2 0 4 1.82 0.931
Ben Blacker Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 50 2967 33 13 2 2 5 2.24 0.926
Hayden Lavigne Bloomington Thunder 39 2231 26 9 1 1 4 2.26 0.914
Ryan Wischow Fargo Force 53 2827 24 22 1 0 5 2.29 0.917
Daniel Vladař Chicago Steel 30 1766 12 12 1 3 3 2.31 0.920

Post season awards

All-USHL First Team

Pos Name Team
G Adam Húska Green Bay
D Jack Ahcan Cedar Rapids
D Jérémy Davies Bloomington
F Ross Colton Cedar Rapids
F Cam Morrison Youngstown
F Rem Pitlick Muskegon

All-USHL Second Team

Pos Name Team
G Ben Blacker Cedar Rapids
D Mattias Gorannson Tri-City
D Trevor Hamilton Lincoln
F Tanner Laczynski Lincoln
F Denis Smirnov Fargo
F Nate Sucese Dubuque

All Rookie Team

Pos Name Team
G Ryan Edquist Madison
D Jacob Bryson Omaha
D Andrew Peeke Green Bay
F Collin Adams Muskegon
F Cam Morrison Youngstown
F Eeli Tolvanen Sioux City

Clark Cup playoffs

Conference Semi-Finals
(Best of 5) 		Conference Finals
(Best of 5) 		Clark Cup Championship
(Best of 5)
         
1 Cedar Rapids 2
4 Bloomington 3
4 Bloomington 2
Eastern Conference
3 Dubuque 3
3 Dubuque 3
2 Green Bay 1
E3 Dubuque 0
W1 Tri-City 3
2 Lincoln 1
3 Waterloo 3
3 Waterloo 2
Western Conference
1 Tri-City 3
4 Sioux Falls 0
1 Tri-City 3

Conference Semi-Finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. (4) Bloomington Thunder

April 15 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 7 – 3 Bloomington Thunder ImOn Ice Arena  
11:03 - Matt Filipe (1)
11:38 - John Snodgrass (1) 		First period No scoring
1:23 - Luke Morgan (1)
6:46 - Pavel Tkachkov (1)
13:57 - Jacob Hayhurst (1)
17:29 - Callahan Burke (1) 		Second period No scoring
7:50 - pp - Pavel Tkachkov (2) Third period Logan Lambdin (1) - 1:47
Patrick Curry (1) - pp - 10:12
Tarek Baker (1) - pp - 18:26
Ben Blacker (27 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Hayden Lavigne (18 saves / 22 shots)
Logan Halladay (11 saves / 14 shots)
April 16 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 2 – 7 Bloomington Thunder ImOn Ice Arena  
13:56 - Jack Ahcan (1) First period Logan Lambdin (2) - pp - 6:51
Jake Durflinger (1) - pp - 13:11
No scoring Second period Alec Mehr (1) - 3:50
Jake Durflinger (2) - 10:29
Jake Slaker (1) - 13:15
Ethan Somoza (1) - 16:17
15:34 - pp - Callahan Burke (2) Third period Jake Slaker (2) - pp - 8:10
Ben Blacker (21 saves / 27 shots)
Zack LaRocque (12 saves / 13 shots) 		Goalie stats Hayden Lavigne (26 saves / 28 shots)
April 22 Bloomington Thunder 1 – 3 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders U.S. Cellular Coliseum  
16:35 - pp - Brogan Rafferty (1) First period Mitch Reinke (1) - 17:36
No scoring Second period Callahan Burke (3) - 11:08
No scoring Third period Ross Colton (1) - en - 19:46
Hayden Lavigne (21 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Ben Blacker (28 saves / 29 shots)
April 24 Bloomington Thunder 1 – 0 OT Cedar Rapids RoughRiders U.S. Cellular Coliseum  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
1:22 - Alec Mehr (2) First overtime period No scoring
Hayden Lavigne (21 saves / 21 shots) Goalie stats Ben Blacker (38 saves / 39 shots)
April 26 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 2 – 5 Bloomington Thunder ImOn Ice Arena  
No scoring First period Logan Lambdin (3) - 3:48
0:53 - Will Garin (1) Second period No scoring
12:07 - Zac Robbins (1) Third period Sean Harrison (1) - 7:44
Brogan Rafferty (2) - 14:41
Jake Slaker (3) - en - 18:47
Logan Lambdin (4) - en - 19:01
Ben Blacker (38 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats Hayden Lavigne (29 saves / 31 shots)
Bloomington wins series 3 – 2


(2) Green Bay Gamblers vs. (3) Dubuque Fighting Saints

April 17 Green Bay Gamblers 3 – 2 Dubuque Fighting Saints Resch Center  
No scoring First period No scoring
0:12 - Joey Marooney (1) Second period No scoring
3:24 - Ryan Blankemeier (1)
14:37 - pp - Sam Saliba (1) 		Third period Petter Mäkitalo (1) - 3:48
Mitchell Smith (1) - 8:51
Adam Húska (29 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Hunter Miska (22 saves / 25 shots)
April 18 Green Bay Gamblers 2 – 3 OT Dubuque Fighting Saints Resch Center  
16:57 - Marc Michaelis (1) First period No scoring
5:46 - Ryan Blankemeier (2) Second period Willie Knierim (1) - pp - 18:09
No scoring Third period Petter Mäkitalo (2) - 0:49
No scoring First overtime period Dallas Gerads (1) - pp - 15:02
Adam Húska (33 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Hunter Miska (35 saves / 37 shots)
April 22 Dubuque Fighting Saints 6 – 1 Green Bay Gamblers Mystique Ice Center  
7:22 - Keegan Ford (1)
8:51 - pp - Nate Sucese (1) 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Jason Dhooghe (1) - 17:00
8:35 - Evan Smith (1)
12:21 - Evan Smith (2)
15:57 - en - Nate Sucese (2)
19:37 - Shane Kavanagh (1) 		Third period No scoring
Hunter Miska (28 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Adam Húska (24 saves / 29 shots)
April 23 Dubuque Fighting Saints 2 – 1 OT Green Bay Gamblers Mystique Ice Center  
No scoring First period No scoring
4:01 - pp - Willie Knierim (2) Second period Andrew Peeke (1) - 10:25
No scoring Third period No scoring
16:55 - Brett Boeing (1) First overtime period No scoring
Hunter Miska (37 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Adam Húska (25 saves / 27 shots)
Dubuque wins series 3 – 1


Western Conference

(1) Tri-City Storm vs. (4) Sioux Falls Stampede

April 14 Tri-City Storm 4 – 0 Sioux Falls Stampede Viaero Center  
11:32 - Wade Allison (1)
13:18 - Carson Meyer (1)
17:59 - Jake Wahlin (1) 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
4:37 - Carson Meyer (2) Third period No scoring
Jake Kielly (27 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Stefanos Lekkas (36 saves / 40 shots)
April 15 Tri-City Storm 4 – 2 Sioux Falls Stampede Viaero Center  
12:29 - Wade Allison (2) First period Jack Becker (1) - 5:31
Lawton Courtnall (1) - 10:40
2:06 - pp - Tory Dello (1)
5:41 - Alex Limoges (1) 		Second period No scoring
3:44 - Nico Sturm (1) Third period No scoring
Jake Kielly (23 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Stefanos Lekkas (41 saves / 45 shots)
April 22 Sioux Falls Stampede 1 – 4 Tri-City Storm Denny Sanford Premier Center  
12:37 - Carson Gicewicz (1) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Max Humitz (1) - 2:57
Alex Limoges (2) - 4:00
Nico Sturm (2) - pp - 19:26
No scoring Third period Dan Labosky (1) - pp - en - 18:41
Stefanos Lekkas (40 saves / 43 shots) Goalie stats Jake Kielly (32 saves / 33 shots)
Tri-City wins series 3 – 0


(2) Lincoln Stars vs. (3) Waterloo Black Hawks

April 15 Lincoln Stars 1 – 2 Waterloo Black Hawks Ice Box  
No scoring First period Mikey Anderson (1) - pp - 14:32
No scoring Second period Sam McCormick (1) - pp - 11:05
14:32 - pp - Collin Peters (1) Third period No scoring
Peyton Jones (26 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Cale Morris (23 saves / 24 shots)
April 16 Lincoln Stars 5 – 0 Waterloo Black Hawks Ice Box  
9:46 - Joachim Weberg (1) First period No scoring
3:32 - sh - Collin Peters (2)
13:29 - pp - Trevor Hamilton (1) 		Second period No scoring
14:07 - Trevor Hamilton (2)
16:45 - en - Grant Jozefek (1) 		Third period No scoring
Peyton Jones (23 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Cale Morris (19 saves / 23 shots)
April 23 Waterloo Black Hawks 4 – 3 Lincoln Stars Young Arena  
4:26 - Nick Swaney (1)
10:00 - pp - Ronnie Hein (1) 		First period Trevor Hamilton (3) - pp - 16:26
6:13 - Zach Yon (1)
15:35 - Ryan Lohin (1) 		Second period Tanner Laczynski (1) - 13:42
No scoring Third period 8:42 - Anthony Wyse (1)
Cale Morris (38 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats Peyton Jones (28 saves / 32 shots)
April 24 Waterloo Black Hawks 4 – 3 2OT Lincoln Stars Young Arena  
11:10 - pp - Yuri Terao (1) First period Ludvig Hoff (1) - 15:31
12:48 - sh - Mikey Anderson (2)
18:36 - Sam McCormick (2) 		Second period Biagio Lerario (1) - pp - 13:26
Collin Peters (3) - 14:12
No scoring Third period No scoring
9:32 - Ronnie Hein (2) Second overtime period No scoring
Cale Morris (49 saves / 52 shots) Goalie stats Peyton Jones (66 saves / 70 shots)
Waterloo wins series 3 – 1


Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

(3) Dubuque Fighting Saints vs. (4) Bloomington Thunder

April 29 Dubuque Fighting Saints 7 – 1 Bloomington Thunder Mystique Ice Center  
No scoring First period Steve Merl (1) - 2:42
5:50 - Dallas Gerads (2)
7:34 - Keegan Ford (2)
10:42 - Michael O'Leary (1)
12:19 - Petter Mäkitalo (3) 		Second period No scoring
3:15 - pp - Keegan Ford (3)
17:46 - pp - Willie Knierim (3)
19:07 - Michael O'Leary (2) 		Third period No scoring
Hunter Miska (18 saves / 19 shots) Goalie stats Hayden Lavigne (17 saves / 21 shots)
Logan Halladay (14 saves / 17 shots)
April 30 Dubuque Fighting Saints 3 – 4 Bloomington Thunder Mystique Ice Center  
No scoring First period Patrick Curry (2) - pp - 9:33
Jake Slaker (4) - ps - 18:18
No scoring Second period Mitchell Mattson (1) - 5:44
3:02 - sh - Michael O'Leary (3)
6:16 - pp - Mitchell Smith (2)
19:41 - Petter Mäkitalo (4) 		Third period Blake Gober (1) - 18:18
Hunter Miska (15 saves / 19 shots) Goalie stats Hayden Lavigne (26 saves / 29 shots)
May 6 Bloomington Thunder 4 – 6 Dubuque Fighting Saints U.S. Cellular Coliseum  
9:14 - Alec Mehr (3)
13:18 - pp - Blake Gober (2) 		First period Shane Kavanagh (2) - sh - 12:52
11:48 - Cam Spicer (1) Second period Mitchell Smith (3) - 2:45
Michael O'Leary (4) - 3:15
Keegan Ford (4) - 14:41
18:11 - Patrick Curry (3) Third period Joey Keane (1) - pp - 2:37
Nate Sucese (3) - sh - en - 19:53
Hayden Lavigne (25 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Hunter Miska (38 saves / 42 shots)
May 7 Bloomington Thunder 3 – 2 OT Dubuque Fighting Saints U.S. Cellular Coliseum  
8:03 - pp - Jake Slaker (5) First period Mitchell Smith (4) - 11:53
No scoring Second period No scoring
14:28 - Tarek Baker (2) Third period Keegan Ford (5) - pp - 8:21
8:45 - Brogan Rafferty (3) First overtime period No scoring
Hayden Lavigne (39 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats Hunter Miska (24 saves / 27 shots)
May 10 Dubuque Fighting Saints 3 – 0 Bloomington Thunder Mystique Ice Center  
No scoring First period No scoring
6:56 - sh - Casey Johnson (1)
10:55 - Zach Solow (1) 		Second period No scoring
18:28 - en - Andrew Kerr (1) Third period No scoring
Hunter Miska (25 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Hayden Lavigne (36 saves / 38 shots)
Dubuque wins series 3 – 2


Western Conference

(1) Tri-City Storm vs. (3) Waterloo Black Hawks

April 29 Tri-City Storm 4 – 0 Waterloo Black Hawks Viaero Center  
9:26 - pp - Carson Meyer (3)
15:26 - Nico Sturm (3) 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
19:26 - en - Dan Labosky (2)
19:57 - en - Walker Duehr (1) 		Third period No scoring
Jake Kielly (32 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Cale Morris (39 saves / 41 shots)
April 30 Tri-City Storm 1 – 3 Waterloo Black Hawks Viaero Center  
No scoring First period Ben Newhouse (1) - 3:11
9:03 - Carson Meyer (4) Second period Yuri Terao (2) - 17:47
No scoring Third period Nick Swaney (2) - en - 19:54
Jake Kielly (28 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Cale Morris (32 saves / 33 shots)
May 6 Waterloo Black Hawks 0 – 3 Tri-City Storm Young Arena  
No scoring First period Wade Allison (3) - 5:45
No scoring Second period Max Humitz (2) - 4:01
No scoring Third period Jake Wahlin (2) - en - 19:54
Cale Morris (24 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Jake Kielly (41 saves / 41 shots)
May 7 Waterloo Black Hawks 7 – 4 Tri-City Storm Young Arena  
9:12 - Yuri Terao (3)
11:41 - sh - Ronnie Hein (3) 		First period No scoring
8:31 - pp - Nick Swaney (3) Second period Brandon Duhaime (1) - 4:35
Monte Graham (1) - 5:50
12:13 - Sam McCormick (3)
15:26 - Nick Swaney (4)
17:12 - pp - Mikey Anderson (3)
18:59 - en - Nick Swaney (5) 		Third period Carson Meyer (5) - 11:26
Alex Limoges (3) - pp - 18:27
Cale Morris (25 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Jake Kielly (33 saves / 39 shots)
May 10 Tri-City Storm 5 – 3 Waterloo Black Hawks Viaero Center  
1:37 - Max Humitz (3) First period Liam Pecararo (1) - pp - 9:01
Collin Saccoman (1) - 12:06
0:48 - Wade Allison (4)
3:59 - sh - Brandon Duhaime (2) 		Second period No scoring
0:17 - Jake Wahlin (3)
18:58 - en - Jake Wahlin (4) 		Third period Michael Davies (1) - 17:47
Jake Kielly (35 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Cale Morris (31 saves / 35 shots)
Tri-City wins series 3 – 2


Clark Cup Finals

(W1) Tri-City Storm vs. (E3) Dubuque Fighting Saints

May 13 Tri-City Storm 5 – 1 Dubuque Fighting Saints Viaero Center  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Evan Smith (3) - pp - 19:47
1:04 - Wade Allison (5)
5:12 - pp - Tory Dello (2)
15:47 - pp - Dan Labosky (3)
17:33 - sh - en - Wade Allison (6)
19:45 - en - Brandon Duhaime (3) 		Third period No scoring
Jake Kielly (34 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Hunter Miska (27 saves / 30 shots)
May 14 Tri-City Storm 4 – 2 Dubuque Fighting Saints Viaero Center  
15:52 - Wade Allison (7) First period Carson Vance (1) - 6:21
3:17 - sh - Dan Labosky (4)
7:06 - Wade Allison (8) 		Second period Casey Johnson (2) - 19:50
18:28 - en - Dan Labosky (5) Third period No scoring
Jake Kielly (25 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Hunter Miska (16 saves / 19 shots)
May 20 Dubuque Fighting Saints 1 – 4 Tri-City Storm Mystique Ice Center  
No scoring First period Alex Limoges (4) - pp - 16:29
12:15 - Nate Sucese (4) Second period Alex Limoges (5) - 4:39
No scoring Third period Wade Allison (9) - 0:57
Brandon Duhaime (4) - en - 18:15
Hunter Miska (40 saves / 43 shots) Goalie stats Jake Kielly (30 saves / 31 shots)
Tri-City wins series 3 – 0


Playoff scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Dan Labosky Tri-City Storm 11 5 14 19 16
Wade Allison Tri-City Storm 11 9 7 16 4
Alex Limoges Tri-City Storm 11 5 9 14 6
Jake Slaker Bloomington Thunder 10 5 7 12 25
Keegan Ford Dubuque Fighting Saints 12 5 7 12 0
Carson Meyer Tri-City Storm 11 5 6 11 4
Logan Lambdin Bloomington Thunder 9 4 6 10 2
Nate Sucese Dubuque Fighting Saints 12 4 6 10 2
Evan Smith Dubuque Fighting Saints 12 3 7 10 12
Nick Swaney Waterloo Black Hawks 9 5 4 9 2

Playoff leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player Team GP Mins W L GA SO SV% GAA
Jake Kielly Tri-City Storm 11 657 9 2 18 3 .950 1.64
Peyton Jones Lincoln Stars 4 278 1 3 10 1 .935 2.16
Hunter Miska Dubuque Fighting Saints 12 750 6 6 28 1 .921 2.24
Cale Morris Waterloo Black Hawks 9 577 5 4 24 0 .921 2.50
Adam Húska Green Bay Gamblers 4 271 1 3 12 0 .902 2.65

References

  1. ^ "USHL Announces 2015-16 Schedule". USHL. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  2. ^ "USHL Standings". USHL. Retrieved March 9, 2016.