2016–17 USHL season

2016–17 USHL Season
2016–17 USHL Season
League	United States Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 23, 2016 – April 8, 2017
Number of games	60
Number of teams	17
Regular season
Anderson Cup	Sioux City Musketeers
Season MVP	Matīss Kivlenieks (Sioux City Musketeers)
Top scorer	Zach Solow (Dubuque Fighting Saints)
Clark Cup Playoffs
Clark Cup Playoffs MVP	Eduards Tralmaks (Steel)
Finals champions	Chicago Steel
Runners-up	Sioux City Musketeers
USHL seasons
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 USHL season is the 38th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from September 23, 2016, to April 8, 2017.^[1] The regular season champions, the Sioux City Musketeers, were awarded the Anderson Cup. The playoff champions, the Chicago Steel, were awarded the Clark Cup.

Regular season

Final standings^[2]

Eastern Conference

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM
y – Chicago Steel	60	38	17	2	3	81	196	144	748
x – Dubuque Fighting Saints	60	36	17	5	2	79	201	163	1038
x – Muskegon Lumberjacks	60	37	18	3	2	79	192	157	1021
x – Youngstown Phantoms	60	34	20	5	1	74	161	135	1054
Green Bay Gamblers	60	34	22	2	2	72	173	145	900
Bloomington Thunder	60	25	27	5	3	58	150	177	1012
Madison Capitols	60	23	32	1	4	51	135	192	851
Team USA	60	23	34	1	2	49	164	214	819
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	60	12	44	3	1	28	109	228	931

Western Conference

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM
z – Sioux City Musketeers	60	40	13	5	2	87	179	125	787
x – Waterloo Black Hawks	60	40	16	2	2	84	210	161	891
x – Fargo Force	60	36	19	4	1	77	193	149	792
x – Des Moines Buccaneers	60	36	20	1	3	76	177	154	797
Lincoln Stars	60	32	22	5	1	70	171	161	1147
Omaha Lancers	60	22	31	5	2	51	159	214	1246
Sioux Falls Stampede	60	21	30	3	6	51	169	193	902
Tri-City Storm	60	21	31	6	2	50	153	180	714

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

Post season awards

USHL awards

Award	Name	Team
Player of the Year	Matīss Kivlenieks	Sioux City Musketeers^[3]
Forward of the Year	Zach Solow	Dubuque Fighting Saints^[4]
Defenseman of the Year	Connor Mackey	Green Bay Gamblers^[5]
Rookie of the Year	Andrei Svechnikov	Muskegon Lumberjacks^[6]
Goaltender of the Year	Matiss Kivlenieks	Sioux City Musketeers^[3]
Coach of the Year	Jay Varady	Sioux City Musketeers
Scholar-Athlete	Michael Karow Graham Lillibridge	Youngstown Phantoms Chicago Steel
Curt Hammer	Logan Halladay Riese Zmolek	Bloomington Thunder Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
General Manager of the Year	Mark LeRose	Sioux City Musketeers
Executive of the Year	Not awarded
Organization of the Year	Not awarded

All-USHL First Team

Pos	Name	Team
G	Matīss Kivlenieks	Sioux City
D	Mario Ferraro	Des Moines
D	Connor Mackey	Green Bay
F	Zach Solow	Dubuque
F	Andrei Svechnikov	Muskegon
F	Eeli Tolvanen	Sioux City

All-USHL Second Team

Pos	Name	Team
G	Ivan Kulbakov	Youngstown
D	Mikey Anderson	Waterloo
D	Quinn Hughes	Team USA
F	Jack Adams	Fargo
F	Blake Lizotte	Fargo
F	Nick Swaney	Waterloo

All Rookie Team

Pos	Name	Team
G	Keith Petruzzelli	Muskegon
D	Mario Ferraro	Des Moines
D	Clayton Phillips	Fargo
F	Cole Guttman	Dubuque
F	Isaac Johnson	Des Moines
F	Andrei Svechnikov	Muskegon

Clark Cup playoffs

Conference Semi-Finals (Best of 5)			Conference Finals (Best of 5)			Clark Cup Championship (Best of 5)

1	Chicago	3

4	Youngstown	2
			1	Chicago	3
Eastern Conference
			2	Dubuque	1
2	Dubuque	3

3	Muskegon	1
						E1	Chicago	3

						W1	Sioux City	2
1	Sioux City	3

4	Des Moines	0
			1	Sioux City	3
Western Conference
			2	Waterloo	2
2	Waterloo	3

3	Fargo	0

Conference Semifinals

Eastern Conference

(1) Chicago Steel vs. (4) Youngstown Phantoms

April 14	Chicago Steel		4 – 1	Youngstown Phantoms	Fox Valley Ice Arena
14:19 - Baker Shore (1)		First period		No scoring
16:50 - Mitch Lewandowski (1)		Second period		No scoring
12:20 - Reggie Lutz (1) 18:32 - en - Marc Johnstone (1)		Third period		Max Ellis (1) - 16:49
Aleš Stezka (25 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Ivan Kulbakov (33 saves / 36 shots)

April 15	Chicago Steel		6 – 0	Youngstown Phantoms	Fox Valley Ice Arena
6:05 - pp - Reggie Lutz (2) 7:56 - pp - Reggie Lutz (3)		First period		No scoring
0:16 - sh - Jack Badini (1) 12:40 - Mitch Lewandowski (2) 16:08 - pp - Jack Badini (2)		Second period		No scoring
5:09 - pp - Eduards Tralmaks (1)		Third period		No scoring
Aleš Stezka (40 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats		Ivan Kulbakov (12 saves / 17 shots) Britt League (5 saves / 6 shots)

April 21	Youngstown Phantoms		4 – 1	Chicago Steel	Covelli Centre
7:41 - Michael Karow (1)		First period		No scoring
6:10 - Marshall Moise (1) 9:23 - sh - Tommy Apap (1)		Second period		Eduards Tralmaks (2) - 1:49
7:17 - Brandon Estes (1)		Third period		No scoring
Ivan Kulbakov (23 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Aleš Stezka (23 saves / 27 shots)

April 22	Youngstown Phantoms		3 – 2	Chicago Steel	Covelli Centre
14:56 - Austin Pooley (1)		First period		No scoring
1:00 - Coale Norris (1)		Second period		No scoring
12:33 - Evan Wisocky (1)		Third period		Marc Johnstone (2) - 10:04 Eduards Tralmaks (3) - 13:23
Ivan Kulbakov (16 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats		Aleš Stezka (27 saves / 30 shots)

April 25	Chicago Steel		2 – 0	Youngstown Phantoms	Fox Valley Ice Arena
No scoring		First period		No scoring
11:50 - Jack Badini (3)		Second period		No scoring
17:09 - en - Derek Daschke (1)		Third period		No scoring
Aleš Stezka (40 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats		Ivan Kulbakov (25 saves / 26 shots)

Chicago wins series 3 – 2

(2) Dubuque Fighting Saints vs. (3) Muskegon Lumberjacks

April 14	Dubuque Fighting Saints		4 – 3	OT	Muskegon Lumberjacks	Mystique Ice Center
10:17 - Dallas Gerads (1)		First period			Collin Adams (1) - pp - 7:27 Collin Adams (2) - 13:13
10:42 - pp - Austin Rueschhoff (1)		Second period			No scoring
4:55 - Quinn Preston (1)		Third period			Bo Hanson (1) - 18:15
14:46 - Colin Theisen (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Jaxon Castor (25 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Keith Petruzzelli (27 saves / 31 shots)

April 15	Dubuque Fighting Saints		3 – 0	Muskegon Lumberjacks	Mystique Ice Center
No scoring		First period		No scoring
3:12 - Dallas Gerads (2) 5:36 - pp - Austin Rueschhoff (2)		Second period		No scoring
19:17 - en - Keenan Suthers (1)		Third period		No scoring
Jaxon Castor (36 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Keith Petruzzelli (19 saves / 21 shots)

April 20	Muskegon Lumberjacks		3 – 0	Dubuque Fighting Saints	L.C. Walker Arena
10:57 - Collin Adams (3)		First period		No scoring
1:41 - pp - Marc Del Gaizo (1)		Second period		No scoring
16:35 - en - Ty Farmer (1)		Third period		No scoring
Adam Brízgala (33 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Jaxon Castor (31 saves / 33 shots)

April 21	Muskegon Lumberjacks		2 – 7	Dubuque Fighting Saints	L.C. Walker Arena
No scoring		First period		Patrick Kudla (1) - 3:40 Cole Guttman (1) - pp - 19:47
8:20 - pp - Austin Alger (1)		Second period		Jacob Hamacher (1) - 0:09
13:38 - Will Smith (1)		Third period		Quinn Preston (2) - pp - 7:05 Jacob Hamacher (2) - 8:11 Michael Boyle (1) - 17:14 Alex Steeves (1) - 17:31
Adam Brízgala (34 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats		Jaxon Castor (27 saves / 29 shots)

Dubuque wins series 3 – 1

Eastern Conference

(1) Sioux City Musketeers vs. (4) Des Moines Buccaneers

April 14	Sioux City Musketeers		4 – 1	Des Moines Buccaneers	Tyson Events Center
14:14 - John Carter MacLean (1)		First period		No scoring
1:51 - Charlie Kelleher (1) 13:41 - Charlie Kelleher (2)		Second period		No scoring
13:30 - pp - Eeli Tolvanen (1)		Third period		Collin Rutherford (1) - 1:05
Matīss Kivlenieks (21 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Jan Růžička (36 saves / 39 shots) Nick MacNab (10 saves / 11 shots)

April 16	Sioux City Musketeers		5 – 0	Des Moines Buccaneers	Tyson Events Center
3:46 - Brady Ferner (1) 13:11 - Carson Vance (1)		First period		No scoring
14:47 - Odeen Tufto (1)		Second period		No scoring
7:33 - pp - Kristián Pospíšil (1) 11:31 - Jackson Keane (1)		Third period		No scoring
Matīss Kivlenieks (23 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Jan Růžička (29 saves / 34 shots)

April 21	Des Moines Buccaneers		1 – 2	Sioux City Musketeers	Buccaneer Arena
No scoring		First period		No scoring
1:29 - Colin Ugbekile (1)		Second period		Charlie Kelleher (3) - 5:16
No scoring		Third period		Kristian Pospisil (2) - pp - 9:14
Jan Růžička (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Matīss Kivlenieks (27 saves / 28 shots)

Sioux City wins series 3 – 0

(2) Waterloo Black Hawks vs. (3) Fargo Force

April 14	Waterloo Black Hawks		4 – 3	OT	Fargo Force	Young Arena
15:35 - Nick Swaney (1)		First period			Shane McMahan (1) - 13:21
No scoring		Second period			Carson Musser (1) - 13:02
8:04 - pp - Mikey Anderson (1) 15:57 - pp - Kevin Charyszyn (1)		Third period			Mitchell Chaffee (1) - 5:00
4:51 - Bailey Conger (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Robbie Beydoun (19 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats			Matt Murray (13 saves / 14 shots) Ryan Bischel (27 saves / 30 shots)

April 15	Waterloo Black Hawks		4 – 1	Fargo Force	Young Arena
11:48 - pp - Dylan Samberg (1)		First period		No scoring
12:34 - Ethan Johnson (1)		Second period		No scoring
18:22 - en - Mikey Anderson (2) 19:37 - en - Shane Bowers (1)		Third period		Shane McMahan (2) - 6:58
Robbie Beydoun (30 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Ryan Bischel (31 saves / 33 shots)

April 18	Fargo Force		0 – 3	Waterloo Black Hawks	Scheels Arena
No scoring		First period		Jackson Cates (1) - 14:28
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Shane Bowers (2) - 1:20 Bailey Conger (2) - sh - en - 18:39
Ryan Bischel (37 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats		Robbie Beydoun (24 saves / 24 shots)