2008–09 USHL season

2008-09 USHL season
League United States Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration October 3, 2008 – May 8, 2009
Number of games 60
Number of teams 12
Anderson Cup Champions
Season champions Green Bay Gamblers
Clark Cup Champions
Champions Indiana Ice
(1st Clark Cup)

The 2008–09 USHL season is the 29th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on October 3, 2008 and concluded on April 5, 2009[1] with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. The 2008-09 season was the first for the expansion Fargo Force, replacing the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets who folded after only two seasons in existence.

The Clark Cup playoffs features the top four teams from each division competing for the league title.

Regular season

Final Standings[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 league title

East Division

Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GA
zGreen Bay Gamblers 60 39 17 4 82 237 165
xCedar Rapids RoughRiders 60 38 17 5 81 219 147
xIndiana Ice 60 39 19 2 80 221 177
xWaterloo Black Hawks 60 37 20 3 77 246 198
Chicago Steel 60 31 27 2 64 194 213
Des Moines Buccaneers 60 12 43 5 29 167 283

West Division

Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GA
yLincoln Stars 60 37 17 6 80 191 155
xOmaha Lancers 60 32 21 7 71 218 192
xFargo Force 60 32 23 5 69 191 166
xSioux Falls Stampede 60 28 28 4 60 182 199
Sioux City Musketeers 60 24 30 6 54 194 210
Tri-City Storm 60 11 48 1 23 140 295

Clark Cup Playoffs[3]

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Clark Cup Championship
                                                   
  1  Green Bay 4 4 8  
4  Waterloo 1 3 2  
  1  Green Bay 1 4 2 3  
East Division
  3  Indiana 5 3 4 5  
2  Cedar Rapids 2 3 4 1 6
  3  Indiana 7 2 3 5 7  
    E  Indiana 1 5 6 5
  W  Fargo 2 2 0 1
  1  Lincoln 6 1 4 6  
4  Sioux Falls 1 4 3 1  
1  Lincoln 1 3 0
West Division
  3  Fargo 4 7 2  
2  Omaha 2 2 3
  3  Fargo 6 4 4  

Players

Scoring Leaders[4]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM
1Andrew MillerChicago Steel 58335082+776
2Mike CichyIndiana Ice 56344276-1523
Craig Smith Waterloo Black Hawks 54284876+32108
4Mike Seidel Cedar Rapids Roughriders 59284873+1436
5Stephane Da Costa Sioux City Musketeers 48313667-323
6Kirt Hill Lincoln Stars 56244266+10112
7Stanislav Galiev Indiana Ice 60293564+1146
8Brandon Richardson Indiana Ice 55214263+12145
9Michael Forney Green Bay Gamblers 59263460+3340
10Andy Taranto Fargo Force 60342559+3353
Louis Leblanc Omaha Lancers 60283159+778

Leading Goaltenders[5]

Player Team GP MIN W L OTL SO GA GAA SV SV%
1Kevin Murdock Lincoln Stars 35 2005 21 10 4 1 75 2.24860 .920
2Troy Grosenick Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 24 1363 13 5 4 1 532.33 533 .910
3Steve Summerhays Green Bay Gamblers 23 1327 15 6 1 1 52 2.35522.909
4Mike Johnson Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 39 2263 25 12 1 3 90 2.39 903.909
5Mike Lee Fargo Force 48 2745 26 15 4 3 110 2.40 1235.918

Awards

First Team All-Stars

Second Team All-Stars

External links

References

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