2015–16 USHL season

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.

2015–16 USHL Season
League	United States Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 25, 2015 – April 10, 2016
Number of games	60
Number of teams	17
Regular season
Anderson Cup	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
Season MVP	Rem Pitlick (Muskegon Lumberjacks)
Clark Cup Playoffs
Clark Cup Playoffs MVP	Wade Allison (Storm)
Finals champions	Tri-City Storm
Runners-up	Dubuque Fighting Saints

Regular season

Final standings^[2]

Eastern Conference Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA PIM z – Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 60 40 15 3 2 85 198 150 876 x – Green Bay Gamblers 60 37 16 4 3 81 191 135 881 x – Dubuque Fighting Saints 60 39 19 1 1 80 209 159 1082 x - Bloomington Thunder 60 36 18 5 1 78 176 152 752 Youngstown Phantoms 60 31 20 4 5 71 192 177 1020 Chicago Steel 60 27 26 4 3 61 168 168 1035 Muskegon Lumberjacks 60 27 26 3 4 61 189 217 986 Madison Capitols 60 25 27 5 3 58 169 198 892 Team USA 60 22 30 5 2 51 172 219 818

Western Conference Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA PIM y – Tri-City Storm 60 28 15 10 7 73 183 164 726 x – Lincoln Stars 60 33 24 2 1 69 177 163 1152 x – Waterloo Black Hawks 60 31 24 2 3 67 198 183 919 x – Sioux Falls Stampede 60 31 25 3 1 66 164 174 908 Fargo Force[lower-alpha 1] 60 32 26 2 0 66 157 150 995 Omaha Lancers 60 26 29 4 1 57 157 189 1034 Des Moines Buccaneers 60 25 30 5 0 55 165 205 957 Sioux City Musketeers 60 20 39 1 0 41 148 210 929

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 - 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	Dubuque Fighting Saints	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.

External links

• Official website of the United States Hockey League