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 (4th Clark Cup)

The 2010–11 USHL season is the 31st 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 features 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

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

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

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

	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

Players

Scoring leaders

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
John 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

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

First Team

• 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

• 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

External links

• Official website of the United States Hockey League

References

1. http://ushl.stats.pointstreak.com/templatepreview/leagueschedule.html?leagueid=49&seasonid=5967
2. http://ushl.stats.pointstreak.com/templatepreview/standings.html?leagueid=49&seasonid=5967