2015–16 USHL season

June 2015 March 2026 2015–16 USHL Season United States Hockey League 150px Ice hockey September 25, 2015 – April 10, 2016 Draft Christian Evers Lincoln Stars Regular season Anderson Cup Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Rem Pitlick (Muskegon Lumberjacks) Rem Pitlick (Muskegon Lumberjacks) Clark Cup Playoffs Tri-City Storm Dubuque Fighting Saints Wade Allison (Storm) 2014–15 2016–17 USHL 60 17 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.http://www.ushl.com/news_article/show/534691?referrer_id=1348814-top-story USHL Announces 2015-16 Schedule USHL March 9, 2016 March 10, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160310180749/http://www.ushl.com/news_article/show/534691?referrer_id=1348814-top-story dead 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. Regular season Final standingshttp://www.leaguestat.com/ushl/ushl/en/stats/statdisplay.php?type=standings&season_id=48&tournament_id=0&division_id=-1 USHL Standings USHL March 9, 2016 Eastern Conference Team GP Games played W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime losses SOL Shootout loss PTS Points GF Goals for GA Goals against PIM Penalties in minutes z – Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 6040153285198150876 x – Green Bay Gamblers 6037164381191135881 x – Dubuque Fighting Saints 60391911802091591082 x - Bloomington Thunder 6036185178176152752 Youngstown Phantoms 60312045711921771020 Chicago Steel 6027264361 1681681035 Muskegon Lumberjacks 6027263461189217986 Madison Capitols 6025275358169198892 Team USA 6022305251172219818 Western Conference Team GP Games played W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime losses SOL Shootout loss PTS Points GF Goals for GA Goals against PIM Penalties in minutes y – Tri-City Storm 60281510773183164726 x – Lincoln Stars 60332421691771631152 x – Waterloo Black Hawks 6031242367198183919 x – Sioux Falls Stampede 6031253166164174908 Fargo ForceThe 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). 6032262066157150995 Omaha Lancers 60262941571571891034 Des Moines Buccaneers 6025305055165205957 Sioux City Musketeers 6020391041148210929 x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title 1 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) Eastern Conference Western Conference 1 Cedar Rapids 2 4 Bloomington 3 3 Dubuque 3 2 Green Bay 1 2 Lincoln 1 3 Waterloo 3 4 Sioux Falls 0 1 Tri-City 3 4 Bloomington 2 3 Dubuque 3 3 Waterloo 2 1 Tri-City 3 E3 Dubuque 0 W1 Tri-City 3 Conference Semi-Finals Eastern Conference (1) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. (4) Bloomington Thunder Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Bloomington Thunder ImOn Ice Arena U.S. Cellular Coliseum April 15 7 – 3 1 1 11:03 - Matt Filipe (1) 11:38 - John Snodgrass (1) No scoring 1:23 - Luke Morgan (1) 6:46 - Pavel Tkachkov (1) 13:57 - Jacob Hayhurst (1) 17:29 - Callahan Burke (1) No scoring 7:50 - pp - Pavel Tkachkov (2) Logan Lambdin (1) - 1:47 Patrick Curry (1) - pp - 10:12 Tarek Baker (1) - pp - 18:26 Ben Blacker (27 saves / 30 shots) Hayden Lavigne (18 saves / 22 shots) Logan Halladay (11 saves / 14 shots) April 16 2 – 7 1 2 13:56 - Jack Ahcan (1) Logan Lambdin (2) - pp - 6:51 Jake Durflinger (1) - pp - 13:11 No scoring 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) Jake Slaker (2) - pp - 8:10 Ben Blacker (21 saves / 27 shots) Zack LaRocque (12 saves / 13 shots) Hayden Lavigne (26 saves / 28 shots) April 22 1 – 3 2 1 Mitch Reinke (1) - 17:36 16:35 - pp - Brogan Rafferty (1) Callahan Burke (3) - 11:08 No scoring Ross Colton (1) - en - 19:46 No scoring Ben Blacker (28 saves / 29 shots) Hayden Lavigne (21 saves / 23 shots) April 24 1 – 0 1 2 2 No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring 1:22 - Alec Mehr (2) Ben Blacker (38 saves / 39 shots) Hayden Lavigne (21 saves / 21 shots) April 26 2 – 5 1 2 No scoring Logan Lambdin (3) - 3:48 0:53 - Will Garin (1) No scoring 12:07 - Zac Robbins (1) 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) Hayden Lavigne (29 saves / 31 shots) Bloomington wins series 3 – 2 (2) Green Bay Gamblers vs. (3) Dubuque Fighting Saints Green Bay Gamblers Dubuque Fighting Saints Resch Center Mystique Ice Center April 17 3 – 2 1 1 No scoring No scoring 0:12 - Joey Marooney (1) No scoring 3:24 - Ryan Blankemeier (1) 14:37 - pp - Sam Saliba (1) Petter Mäkitalo (1) - 3:48 Mitchell Smith (1) - 8:51 Adam Húska (29 saves / 31 shots) Hunter Miska (22 saves / 25 shots) April 18 2 – 3 1 1 2 16:57 - Marc Michaelis (1) No scoring 5:46 - Ryan Blankemeier (2) Willie Knierim (1) - pp - 18:09 No scoring Petter Mäkitalo (2) - 0:49 No scoring Dallas Gerads (1) - pp - 15:02 Adam Húska (33 saves / 36 shots) Hunter Miska (35 saves / 37 shots) April 22 6 – 1 2 2 No scoring 7:22 - Keegan Ford (1) 8:51 - pp - Nate Sucese (1) Jason Dhooghe (1) - 17:00 No scoring No scoring 8:35 - Evan Smith (1) 12:21 - Evan Smith (2) 15:57 - en - Nate Sucese (2) 19:37 - Shane Kavanagh (1) Adam Húska (24 saves / 29 shots) Hunter Miska (28 saves / 29 shots) April 23 2 – 1 1 2 2 No scoring No scoring Andrew Peeke (1) - 10:25 4:01 - pp - Willie Knierim (2) No scoring No scoring No scoring 16:55 - Brett Boeing (1) Adam Húska (25 saves / 27 shots) Hunter Miska (37 saves / 38 shots) Dubuque wins series 3 – 1 Western Conference (1) Tri-City Storm vs. (4) Sioux Falls Stampede Tri-City Storm Sioux Falls Stampede Viaero Center Denny Sanford Premier Center April 14 4 – 0 1 1 11:32 - Wade Allison (1) 13:18 - Carson Meyer (1) 17:59 - Jake Wahlin (1) No scoring No scoring No scoring 4:37 - Carson Meyer (2) No scoring Jake Kielly (27 saves / 27 shots) Stefanos Lekkas (36 saves / 40 shots) April 15 4 – 2 1 1 12:29 - Wade Allison (2) Jack Becker (1) - 5:31 Lawton Courtnall (1) - 10:40 2:06 - pp - Tory Dello (1) 5:41 - Alex Limoges (1) No scoring 3:44 - Nico Sturm (1) No scoring Jake Kielly (23 saves / 25 shots) Stefanos Lekkas (41 saves / 45 shots) April 22 1 – 4 2 2 No scoring 12:37 - Carson Gicewicz (1) Max Humitz (1) - 2:57 Alex Limoges (2) - 4:00 Nico Sturm (2) - pp - 19:26 No scoring Dan Labosky (1) - pp - en - 18:41 No scoring Jake Kielly (32 saves / 33 shots) Stefanos Lekkas (40 saves / 43 shots) Tri-City wins series 3 – 0 (2) Lincoln Stars vs. (3) Waterloo Black Hawks Lincoln Stars Waterloo Black Hawks Ice Box Young Arena April 15 1 – 2 1 2 No scoring Mikey Anderson (1) - pp - 14:32 No scoring Sam McCormick (1) - pp - 11:05 14:32 - pp - Collin Peters (1) No scoring Peyton Jones (26 saves / 28 shots) Cale Morris (23 saves / 24 shots) April 16 5 – 0 1 1 9:46 - Joachim Weberg (1) No scoring 3:32 - sh - Collin Peters (2) 13:29 - pp - Trevor Hamilton (1) No scoring 14:07 - Trevor Hamilton (2) 16:45 - en - Grant Jozefek (1) No scoring Peyton Jones (23 saves / 23 shots) Cale Morris (19 saves / 23 shots) April 23 4 – 3 2 2 Trevor Hamilton (3) - pp - 16:26 4:26 - Nick Swaney (1) 10:00 - pp - Ronnie Hein (1) Tanner Laczynski (1) - 13:42 6:13 - Zach Yon (1) 15:35 - Ryan Lohin (1) 8:42 - Anthony Wyse (1) No scoring Peyton Jones (28 saves / 32 shots) Cale Morris (38 saves / 41 shots) April 24 4 – 3 2 2 2 Ludvig Hoff (1) - 15:31 11:10 - pp - Yuri Terao (1) Biagio Lerario (1) - pp - 13:26 Collin Peters (3) - 14:12 12:48 - sh - Mikey Anderson (2) 18:36 - Sam McCormick (2) No scoring No scoring No scoring 9:32 - Ronnie Hein (2) Peyton Jones (66 saves / 70 shots) Cale Morris (49 saves / 52 shots) Waterloo wins series 3 – 1 Conference Finals Eastern Conference (3) Dubuque Fighting Saints vs. (4) Bloomington Thunder Dubuque Fighting Saints Bloomington Thunder Mystique Ice Center U.S. Cellular Coliseum April 29 7 – 1 1 1 No scoring 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) No scoring 3:15 - pp - Keegan Ford (3) 17:46 - pp - Willie Knierim (3) 19:07 - Michael O'Leary (2) No scoring Hunter Miska (18 saves / 19 shots) Hayden Lavigne (17 saves / 21 shots) Logan Halladay (14 saves / 17 shots) April 30 3 – 4 1 2 No scoring Patrick Curry (2) - pp - 9:33 Jake Slaker (4) - ps - 18:18 No scoring Mitchell Mattson (1) - 5:44 3:02 - sh - Michael O'Leary (3) 6:16 - pp - Mitchell Smith (2) 19:41 - Petter Mäkitalo (4) Blake Gober (1) - 18:18 Hunter Miska (15 saves / 19 shots) Hayden Lavigne (26 saves / 29 shots) May 6 4 – 6 2 1 Shane Kavanagh (2) - sh - 12:52 9:14 - Alec Mehr (3) 13:18 - pp - Blake Gober (2) Mitchell Smith (3) - 2:45 Michael O'Leary (4) - 3:15 Keegan Ford (4) - 14:41 11:48 - Cam Spicer (1) Joey Keane (1) - pp - 2:37 Nate Sucese (3) - sh - en - 19:53 18:11 - Patrick Curry (3) Hunter Miska (38 saves / 42 shots) Hayden Lavigne (25 saves / 30 shots) May 7 3 – 2 1 2 2 Mitchell Smith (4) - 11:53 8:03 - pp - Jake Slaker (5) No scoring No scoring Keegan Ford (5) - pp - 8:21 14:28 - Tarek Baker (2) 8:45 - Brogan Rafferty (3) Hunter Miska (24 saves / 27 shots) Hayden Lavigne (39 saves / 41 shots) May 10 3 – 0 1 1 No scoring No scoring 6:56 - sh - Casey Johnson (1) 10:55 - Zach Solow (1) No scoring 18:28 - en - Andrew Kerr (1) No scoring Hunter Miska (25 saves / 25 shots) Hayden Lavigne (36 saves / 38 shots) Dubuque wins series 3 – 2 Western Conference (1) Tri-City Storm vs. (3) Waterloo Black Hawks Tri-City Storm Waterloo Black Hawks Viaero Center Young Arena April 29 4 – 0 1 1 9:26 - pp - Carson Meyer (3) 15:26 - Nico Sturm (3) No scoring No scoring No scoring 19:26 - en - Dan Labosky (2) 19:57 - en - Walker Duehr (1) No scoring Jake Kielly (32 saves / 32 shots) Cale Morris (39 saves / 41 shots) April 30 1 – 3 1 2 No scoring Ben Newhouse (1) - 3:11 9:03 - Carson Meyer (4) Yuri Terao (2) - 17:47 No scoring Nick Swaney (2) - en - 19:54 Jake Kielly (28 saves / 30 shots) Cale Morris (32 saves / 33 shots) May 6 0 – 3 2 1 Wade Allison (3) - 5:45 No scoring Max Humitz (2) - 4:01 No scoring Jake Wahlin (2) - en - 19:54 No scoring Jake Kielly (41 saves / 41 shots) Cale Morris (24 saves / 26 shots) May 7 7 – 4 2 2 No scoring 9:12 - Yuri Terao (3) 11:41 - sh - Ronnie Hein (3) Brandon Duhaime (1) - 4:35 Monte Graham (1) - 5:50 8:31 - pp - Nick Swaney (3) Carson Meyer (5) - 11:26 Alex Limoges (3) - pp - 18:27 12:13 - Sam McCormick (3) 15:26 - Nick Swaney (4) 17:12 - pp - Mikey Anderson (3) 18:59 - en - Nick Swaney (5) Jake Kielly (33 saves / 39 shots) Cale Morris (25 saves / 29 shots) May 10 5 – 3 1 1 1:37 - Max Humitz (3) Liam Pecararo (1) - pp - 9:01 Collin Saccoman (1) - 12:06 0:48 - Wade Allison (4) 3:59 - sh - Brandon Duhaime (2) No scoring 0:17 - Jake Wahlin (3) 18:58 - en - Jake Wahlin (4) Michael Davies (1) - 17:47 Jake Kielly (35 saves / 38 shots) Cale Morris (31 saves / 35 shots) Tri-City wins series 3 – 2 Clark Cup Finals (W1) Tri-City Storm vs. (E3) Dubuque Fighting Saints Tri-City Storm Dubuque Fighting Saints Viaero Center Mystique Ice Center May 13 5 – 1 1 1 No scoring No scoring No scoring 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) No scoring Jake Kielly (34 saves / 35 shots) Hunter Miska (27 saves / 30 shots) May 14 4 – 2 1 1 15:52 - Wade Allison (7) Carson Vance (1) - 6:21 3:17 - sh - Dan Labosky (4) 7:06 - Wade Allison (8) Casey Johnson (2) - 19:50 18:28 - en - Dan Labosky (5) No scoring Jake Kielly (25 saves / 27 shots) Hunter Miska (16 saves / 19 shots) May 20 1 – 4 2 1 Alex Limoges (4) - pp - 16:29 No scoring Alex Limoges (5) - 4:39 12:15 - Nate Sucese (4) Wade Allison (9) - 0:57 Brandon Duhaime (4) - en - 18:15 No scoring Jake Kielly (30 saves / 31 shots) Hunter Miska (40 saves / 43 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 PIMDan Labosky Tri-City Storm 115141916Wade Allison Tri-City Storm 1197164Alex Limoges Tri-City Storm 1159146Jake Slaker Bloomington Thunder 10571225Keegan Ford Dubuque Fighting Saints 1257120Carson Meyer Tri-City Storm 1156114Logan Lambdin Bloomington Thunder 946102Nate Sucese Dubuque Fighting Saints 1246102Evan Smith Dubuque Fighting Saints 12371012 Nick Swaney Waterloo Black Hawks 95492Jake Wahlin Tri-City Storm 114596Mitchell Smith Dubuque Fighting Saints 114596Brogan Rafferty Bloomington Thunder 103694 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% GAAJake Kielly Tri-City Storm 11 657 9 2 18 3 .950 1.64Peyton Jones Lincoln Stars 4 278 1 3 10 1 .935 2.16Hunter Miska Dubuque Fighting Saints 12 750 6 6 28 1 .921 2.24Cale Morris Waterloo Black Hawks 9 577 5 4 24 0 .921 2.50Adam Húska Green Bay Gamblers 4 271 1 3 12 0 .902 2.65 References External links Official website of the United States Hockey League Category:United States Hockey League seasons Ushl