2010–11 USHL season
| 2010-11 USHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | United States Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | October 1, 2010 – May 21, 2011 |
| Number of games | 60 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Anderson Cup Champions | |
| Season champions | Cedar Rapids Roughriders |
| Clark Cup Champions | |
| Champions | Dubuque Fighting Saints |
The 2010–11 USHL season is the 32nd season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on October 1, 2010, and concluded on April 9, 2011,[1] with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. The 2010–11 season was the first to include the Dubuque Fighting Saints and Muskegon Lumberjacks, both of whom were resurrected franchises of the same name (USHL and IHL respectively)
The Clark Cup playoffs featured the top six teams from each conference competing for the league title. The increase to twelve teams resulted from the addition of four teams in two years.
Regular season[edit]
Current standings as of November 7, 2010[2]
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title
Eastern Conference[edit]
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yCedar Rapids RoughRiders | 60 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 90 | 212 | 151 |
| xGreen Bay Gamblers | 60 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 86 | 189 | 131 |
| xIndiana Ice | 60 | 37 | 19 | 4 | 78 | 237 | 166 |
| xUS NTDP | 60 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 65 | 170 | 172 |
| xMuskegon Lumberjacks | 60 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 56 | 187 | 235 |
| xWaterloo Black Hawks | 60 | 24 | 29 | 7 | 55 | 164 | 183 |
| Youngstown Phantoms | 60 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 53 | 167 | 205 |
| Chicago Steel | 60 | 9 | 43 | 8 | 26 | 103 | 248 |
Western Conference[edit]
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yDubuque Fighting Saints | 60 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 83 | 195 | 152 |
| xOmaha Lancers | 60 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 75 | 170 | 144 |
| xSioux Falls Stampede | 60 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 74 | 197 | 168 |
| xFargo Force | 60 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 71 | 173 | 151 |
| xLincoln Stars | 60 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 71 | 195 | 188 |
| xSioux City Musketeers | 60 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 68 | 174 | 167 |
| Des Moines Buccaneers | 60 | 29 | 25 | 6 | 64 | 174 | 177 |
| Tri-City Storm | 60 | 19 | 30 | 11 | 49 | 137 | 206 |
Clark Cup Playoffs[edit]
| Conference Quarter-finals | Conference Semi-finals | Conference Finals | Clark Cup Championship | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cedar Rapids | ||||||||||||||||||
| - | Bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cedar Rapids | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Muskegon | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | US NTDP | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Muskegon | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cedar Rapids | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Green Bay | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Indiana | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Waterloo | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Green Bay | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Indiana | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Green Bay | ||||||||||||||||||
| - | Bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| E | Green Bay | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W | Dubuque | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Dubuque | ||||||||||||||||||
| - | Bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Dubuque | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Fargo | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Fargo | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Lincoln | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Dubuque | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sioux Falls | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sioux Falls | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sioux City | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sioux Falls | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Omaha | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Omaha | ||||||||||||||||||
| - | Bye | ||||||||||||||||||
Conference Quarterfinals[edit]
Eastern Conference[edit]
(3) Indiana Ice vs. (6) Waterloo Black Hawks[edit]
| April 14 | Indiana Ice | 4 – 0 | Waterloo Black Hawks | Pepsi Coliseum | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:59 - Dan Cesarz (1) 15:37 - Brian Ferlin (1) 17:53 - David Johnstone (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 18:06 - pp - Blake Coleman (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Casey DeSmith (38 saves / 38 shots) | Goalie stats | C.J. Motte (30 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| April 15 | Indiana Ice | 6 – 3 | Waterloo Black Hawks | Pepsi Coliseum | ||||
| 16:52 - Sean Kuraly (1) 18:28 - Alex Barron (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 13:34 - pp - Blake Coleman (2) 14:50 - pp - David Johnstone (2) |
Second period | Aaron Pearce (1) - 2:57 Tyler Zepeda (1) - pp - 16:04 | ||||||
| 2:24 - Dan Cesarz (2) 15:11 - pp - Daniil Tarasov (1) |
Third period | Jacob MacDonald (1) - 13:34 | ||||||
| Casey DeSmith (27 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | C.J. Motte (7 saves / 9 shots) Jay Williams (20 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| Indiana wins series 2 – 0 | |
(4) Team USA vs. (5) Muskegon Lumberjacks[edit]
| April 15 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 2 – 0 | Team USA | Ann Arbor Ice Cube | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt DeBlouw (1) - 5:36 Casey Thrush (1) - en - 19:26 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joel Vienneau (34 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Jared Rutledge (25 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
| April 16 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 5 – 2 | Team USA | Ann Arbor Ice Cube | ||||
| Charlie Taft (1) - 11:08 Matt DeBlouw (2) - 11:54 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Berry (1) - 12:36 Alexx Privitera (1) - pp - 19:59 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Berry (2) - 4:26 | Third period | 6:36 - Ryan Hartman (1) 7:54 - Frank Vatrano (1) | ||||||
| Joel Vienneau (28 saves / 30 shots) | Goalie stats | Jared Rutledge (14 saves / 18 shots) Collin Olson (4 saves / 5 shots) | ||||||
| Muskegon wins series 2 – 0 | |
Western Conference[edit]
(3) Sioux Falls Stampede vs. (6) Sioux City Musketeers[edit]
| April 13 | Sioux Falls Stampede | 5 – 1 | Sioux City Musketeers | Sioux Falls Arena | ||||
| 11:44 - pp - Christian Isackson (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:35 - pp - Brent Darnell (1) 6:32 - Christian Isackson (2) |
Second period | Alex Velischek (1) - 11:30 | ||||||
| 7:47 - Kyle Rau (1) 19:30 - en - Joseph Lordo (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Stephon Williams (27 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Matt Skoff (37 saves / 41 shots) | ||||||
| April 14 | Sioux Falls Stampede | 4 – 3 | OT | Sioux City Musketeers | Sioux Falls Arena | |||
| 6:44 - pp - Connor Reilly (1) | First period | Ryan Carpenter (1) - 11:18 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Richard Zehnal (1) - 11:08 | ||||||
| 0:41 - Christian Isackson (3) 9:09 - Joseph Lordo (2) |
Third period | Max McCormick (1) - 8:23 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Brett Patterson (1) - 9:48 | ||||||
| Stephon Williams (27 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Matt Skoff (45 saves / 48 shots) | ||||||
| April 17 | Sioux Falls Stampede | 5 – 3 | Sioux City Musketeers | Sioux Falls Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | 12:59 - pp - Brad Robbins (1) | ||||||
| Marcus Perrier (1) - pp - 1:49 Kyle Rau (2) - pp - 16:04 Nolan Youngmun (1) - 18:39 |
Second period | 0:25 - Tommy Olczyk (1) 19:14 - Ryan Carpenter (2) | ||||||
| Kyle Rau (3) - pp - 14:47 Ryan Jacobson (1) - en - 18:27 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Stephon Williams (19 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Matt Skoff (30 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| Sioux Falls wins series 2 – 1 | |
(4) Fargo Force vs. (5) Lincoln Stars[edit]
| April 15 | Fargo Force | 2 – 0 | Lincoln Stars | Scheels Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 16:05 - Brian Cooper (1) 19:11 - en - Joe Rehkamp (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Massa (23 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Kevin Murdock (29 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| April 16 | Fargo Force | 4 – 2 | Lincoln Stars | Scheels Arena | ||||
| 12:21 - pp - Tanner Kero (1) | First period | Ryan Dzingel (1) - pp - 13:07 | ||||||
| 0:42 - Colten St. Clair (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 11:29 - Joe Rehkamp (2) 19:52 - en - Brian Cooper (2) |
Third period | Rasmus Juell (1) - 4:26 | ||||||
| Ryan Massa (20 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Kevin Murdock (40 saves / 43 shots) | ||||||
| Fargo wins series 2 – 0 | |
Conference semifinals[edit]
Eastern Conference[edit]
(1) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. (5) Muskegon Lumberjacks[edit]
| April 20 | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | 4 – 1 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | Cedar Rapids Ice Arena | ||||
| 19:22 - Ryan McGrath (1) | First period | Brendan Woods (1) - pp - 18:31 | ||||||
| 15:11 - Jayson Megna (1) | Second period | |||||||
| 2:25 - Jayson Megna (2) 14:11 - pp - Stu Wilson (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brady Hjelle (20 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Joel Vienneau (28 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| April 22 | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | 6 – 1 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | Cedar Rapids Ice Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:14 - Cason Hohmann (1) 13:42 - Sam Warning (1) 15:49 - Jayson Megna (3) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:18 - Justin Kovacs (1) 11:39 - Peter Maric (1) 16:47 - Michael Parks (1) |
Third period | Matt Berry (3) - 3:43 | ||||||
| Brady Hjelle (25 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Joel Vienneau (39 saves / 44 shots) Paul Berrafato (2 saves / 3 shots) | ||||||
| April 23 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 5 – 1 | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | L.C. Walker Arena | ||||
| April 25 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 3 – 7 | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | L.C. Walker Arena | ||||
| Cedar Rapids wins series 3 – 1 | |
(2) Green Bay Gamblers vs. (3) Indiana Ice[edit]
| April 20 | Green Bay Gamblers | 5 – 1 | Indiana Ice | Resch Center | ||||
| 2:58 - Sam Herr (1) 5:09 - Austin Czarnik (1) 13:34 - Will Kessel (1) |
First period | Daniil Tarasov (2) - 5:54 | ||||||
| 0:32 - sh - Austin Czarnik (2) 18:18 - Andrew Welinski (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan McKay (15 saves / 16 shots) | Goalie stats | Casey DeSmith (26 saves / 31 shots) Jon Gillies (13 saves / 13 shots) | ||||||
| April 22 | Green Bay Gamblers | 3 – 1 | Indiana Ice | Resch Center | ||||
| 6:09 - Andrew Welinski (2) | First period | Peter Schneider (1) - 2:44 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 10:36 - Grant Arnold (1) 16:27 - pp - Aaron Harstad (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan McKay (20 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Jon Gillies (28 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| April 23 | Indiana Ice | 1 – 2 | OT | Green Bay Gamblers | Pepsi Coliseum | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:36 - David Johnstone (3) | Second period | Ludwig Karlsson (1) - pp - 14:48 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Austin Czarnik (3) - 10:16 | ||||||
| Casey DeSmith (39 saves / 41 shots) | Goalie stats | Adam Wilcox (30 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| Green Bay wins series 3 – 0 | |
Western Conference[edit]
(1) Dubuque Fighting Saints vs. (4) Fargo Force[edit]
| April 20 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | 2 – 1 | OT | Fargo Force | Mystique Ice Center | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 15:18 - pp - Joakim Ryan (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Dan Weissenhofer (1) - 17:26 | ||||||
| 5:57 - pp - Nick Luukko (1) | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Morris (20 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Ryan Massa (18 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
| April 22 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | 2 – 1 | Fargo Force | Mystique Ice Center | ||||
| April 23 | Fargo Force | 0 – 3 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | Scheels Arena | ||||
| Dubuque wins series 3 – 0 | |
(2) Omaha Lancers vs. (3) Sioux Falls Stampede[edit]
| April 20 | Omaha Lancers | 2 – 5 | Sioux Falls Stampede | Omaha Civic Auditorium | ||||
| No scoring | First period | 1:37 - Nolan Youngmun (2) | ||||||
| Ryan Daugherty (1) - 5:36 | Second period | 12:27 - Joseph Lordo (3) 13:16 - Ryan Jacobson (2) 14:35 - Connor Reilly (2) | ||||||
| Ryan Daugherty (2) - 19:03 | Third period | 2:57 - sh - Dominic Zombo (1) | ||||||
| Todd Mathews (19 saves / 22 shots) John Keeney (9 saves / 11 shots) |
Goalie stats | Stephon Williams (26 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| April 22 | Omaha Lancers | 3 – 4 | Sioux Falls Stampede | Omaha Civic Auditorium | ||||
| April 22 | Sioux Falls Stampede | 1 – 5 | Omaha Lancers | Sioux Falls Arena | ||||
| Sioux Falls wins 3 – 0 | |
Players[edit]
Scoring leaders[edit]
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Coleman | Indiana Ice | 59 | 34 | 58 | 92 | 72 |
| Daniil Tarasov | Indiana Ice | 57 | 37 | 38 | 75 | 46 |
| Brian Ferlin | Indiana Ice | 55 | 25 | 48 | 73 | 26 |
| Johnny Gaudreau | Dubuque Fighting Saints | 60 | 36 | 36 | 72 | 36 |
| Ryan Dzingel | Lincoln Stars | 54 | 23 | 44 | 67 | 8 |
| Vinny Saponari | Dubuque Fighting Saints | 56 | 18 | 46 | 64 | 35 |
| Jimmy Mullin | Fargo Force | 52 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 26 |
| Justin Kovacs | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | 58 | 17 | 42 | 59 | 20 |
| Jayson Megna | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | 60 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 45 |
| David Johnstone | Indiana Ice | 57 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 32 |
| Ryan Misiak | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 57 | 15 | 43 | 58 | 44 |
Leading goaltenders[edit]
Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | Team | GP | Mins | W | L | OTL | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan McKay | Green Bay Gamblers | 38 | 2216 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 74 | 5 | 0.928 | 2.00 |
| Matt Morris | Dubuque Fighting Saints | 37 | 1990 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 72 | 4 | 0.921 | 2.17 |
| Adam Wilcox | Green Bay Gamblers | 24 | 1420 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 0.922 | 2.20 |
| Brady Hjelle | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | 53 | 3231 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 119 | 5 | 0.923 | 2.21 |
| Todd Mathews | Omaha Lancers | 34 | 1910 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 71 | 3 | 0.919 | 2.23 |
All-Star teams[edit]
First Team[edit]
- Brady Hjelle (Goalie) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
- Blake Coleman (Forward)Indiana Ice
- Jayson Megna (Forward) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
- Jimmy Mullin (Forward) Fargo Force
- Nick Mattson (Defense) Indiana Ice
- Jordan Schmaltz (Defense) Sioux City Musketeers
Second Team[edit]
- Ryan McKay (Goalie) Green Bay Gamblers
- Matt Morris (Goalie) Dubuque Fighting Saints
- Daniil Tarasov (Forward) Indiana Ice
- John Gaudreau (Forward) Dubuque Fighting Saints
- Vinny Saponari (Forward) Dubuque Fighting Saints
- Brian Cooper (Defense) Fargo Force
- Ben Marshall (Defense) Omaha Lancers