2007–08 USHL season

August 2023 March 2026 2007-08 USHL season United States Hockey League 150px Ice hockey Regular season October 2007 – April 2008 Playoffs April – May 2008 Draft Will Weber Chicago Steel Regular season Jason Gregoire (Lincoln Stars) Jack Connolly (Sioux Falls Stampede) & John Kemp (Indiana Ice) Omaha Lancers Anderson Cup Clark Cup Playoffs Omaha Lancers Waterloo Black Hawks Drew Palmisano (Lancers) 2008–09 2006–07 USHL 60 12 The 2007–08 USHL season is the 29th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on October 5, 2007, and concluded on April 5, 20082007-08 League Schedule http://ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com/leagueschedule.html?leagueid=49&seasonid=2212 USHL 2013-07-18 with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. This was the final season of operation for the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets after failing to find a suitable relocation arrangement. The Clark Cup playoffs featured the top four teams from each division competing for the league title. Regular season Final Standings2007-08 USHL Standings http://ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com/standings.html?leagueid=49&seasonid=2212 USHL 2013-07-18 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 yIndiana Ice 60 39 15 6 84 223 193 xWaterloo Black Hawks 60 38 17 5 81 183 151 xCedar Rapids RoughRiders 60 33 22 5 71 200 156 xChicago Steel 60 32 22 6 70 218 199 Ohio Junior Blue Jackets 60 26 28 6 58 182 215 Green Bay Gamblers 60 13 41 6 32 130 224 West Division Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GA zOmaha Lancers 60 43 12 5 91 224 139 xSioux Falls Stampede 60 35 19 6 76 199 175 xLincoln Stars 60 31 22 7 69 186 163 xSioux City Musketeers 60 32 25 4 67 194 185 Tri-City Storm 60 24 34 2 50 153 213 Des Moines Buccaneers 60 14 40 6 34 134 213 Clark Cup Playoffs 5 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Clark Cup Championship East Division West Division 1 Indiana 3 7 1 0 – 4 Chicago 4 2 3 5 – 2 Waterloo 4** 3 5 – – 3 Cedar Rapids 3 0 2 – – 1 Omaha 3 2 5* 3 – 4 Sioux City 0 6 4 2 – 2 Sioux Falls 2 3 3 – – 3 Lincoln 3** 5 7 – – 4 Chicago 1 1 2 – – 2 Waterloo 4 5 3* – – 1 Omaha 5 3 3 3 5 3 Lincoln 0 2 6 4* 4 E Waterloo 4* 0 3 0 3 W Omaha 3 2 1 2 4* 2008 Playoffs League Schedule http://ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com/leagueschedule.html?leagueid=49&seasonid=2568 USHL 2013-07-18 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Quarterfinals Eastern Division (E1) Indiana Ice vs. (E4) Chicago Steel Indiana Ice Chicago Steel Pepsi Coliseum Edge Ice Arena April 10 3 – 4 2 17:56 - pp - Jake Skjodt (1) Tim Buttery (1) - pp - 17:45 13:21 - John Carlson (1) Luca Cunti (1) - 15:23 2:15 - Will MacDonald (1) Aaron Schmit (1) - 3:08 Eric Alexander (1) - 17:30 Scott Darling (27 saves / 31 shots) Rob Madore (35 saves / 38 shots) April 12 7 – 2 1 15:04 - pp - Ben Blood (1) Andrew Miller (1) - 10:49 Brian O'Neill (1) - pp - 19:18 3:28 - Jake Skjodt (2) 7:08 - pp - Paul Carey (1) 9:31 - Locke Jillson (1) 19:48 - Robert Martini (1) No scoring 6:23 - pp - Nick Bailen (1) 7:43 - Brent Gwidt (1) No scoring Scott Darling (25 saves / 27 shots) Rob Madore (31 saves / 37 shots) Nick Pisellini (7 saves / 8 shots) April 15 3 – 1 2 Ron Cramer (1) - 6:49 0:22 - Drew LeBlanc (1) No scoring 10:34 - Luca Cunti (2) No scoring 16:49 - ps - Eric Alexander (2) Matthew Hoyle (37 saves / 40 shots) Rob Madore (41 saves / 42 shots) April 18 5 – 0 2 No scoring No scoring No scoring 11:01 - sh - Brian O'Neill (2) 18:44 - pp - Simon Olsson (1) No scoring 14:22 - pp - Andrew Miller (2) 19:06 - pp - Eric Alexander (3) 19:51 - pp - Corey Chakeen (1) Scott Darling (36 saves / 41 shots) Rob Madore (37 saves / 37 shots) Chicago wins series 3 – 1 (E2) Waterloo Black Hawks vs. (E3) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Waterloo Black Hawks Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Young Arena Cedar Rapids Ice Arena April 11 4 – 3 2 1 13:22 - pp - Billy Maday (1) No scoring 0:28 - pp - Chad Billins (1) 7:51 - pp - Nick Larson (1) Ian Slater (1) - 19:09 No scoring Mike Seidel (1) - 1:24 Robin Bergman (1) - pp - 17:18 17:24 - Craig Smith (1) No scoring Matt Di Girolamo (30 saves / 33 shots) Brady Hjelle (42 saves / 46 shots) April 12 3 – 0 1 15:24 - pp - Brett Beebe (1) No scoring No scoring No scoring 11:44 - pp - Nick Larson (2) 19:26 - en - Jan-Mikael Juutilainen (1) No scoring Matt Di Girolamo (21 saves / 21 shots) Brady Hjelle (29 saves / 31 shots) April 16 2 – 5 1 Chad Billins (2) - pp - 8:02 Siim Liivik (1) - 14:59 1:45 - pp - Casey Wellman (1) Paul Weisgarber (1) - 9:53 0:06 - sh - David Boehm (1) Jan-Mikael Juutilainen (2) - 7:50 Billy Maday (2) - 12:52 No scoring Matt Di Girolamo (20 saves / 22 shots) Brady Hjelle (34 saves / 39 shots) Waterloo wins series 3 – 0 Western Division (W1) Omaha Lancers vs. (W4) Sioux City Musketeers Omaha Lancers Sioux City Musketeers Omaha Civic Auditorium Tyson Events Center April 8 3 – 0 1 16:32 - Seth Soley (1) No scoring 12:35 - Ben Arnt (1) No scoring 3:40 - Aaron Lewadniuk (1) No scoring Drew Palmisano (24 saves / 24 shots) Josh Robinson (35 saves / 38 shots) April 11 6 – 2 2 2 13:45 - Chris Connolly (1) Matt Crandell (1) - 11:57 Travis Oleksuk (1) - 13:26 No scoring Joe Miller (1) - 19:18 19:07 - Seth Soley (2) Steve Quailer (1) - 1:49 Ben Kinne (1) - pp - 9:32 Ben Kinne (2) - pp - 18:13 Drew Palmisano (18 saves / 22 shots) Shane Madolora (8 saves / 10 shots) Josh Robinson (34 saves / 36 shots) April 12 4 – 5 2 1 1 Keir Ross (1) - 4:09 10:13 - pp - Spencer Heichman (1) Travis Novak (1) - 0:53 Andrew Conboy (1) - pp - 11:50 5:09 - Mitch Bruijsten (1) Joe Sova (1) - 4:56 10:06 - Joe Miller (2) 18:11 - Joe Miller (3) Andrew Conboy (2) - 18:45 No scoring Drew Palmisano (30 saves / 34 shots) Josh Robinson (54 saves / 59 shots) April 17 3 – 2 1 1 No scoring 3:24 - Joe Miller (4) No scoring 5:15 - pp - Stéphane Da Costa (1) Matt White (1) - 2:38 Aaron Lewadniuk (2) - 3:46 Andrew Conboy (3) - 11:07 No scoring Drew Palmisano (41 saves / 43 shots) Josh Robinson (28 saves / 31 shots) Omaha wins series 3 – 1 (W2) Sioux Falls Stampede vs. (W3) Lincoln Stars Sioux Falls Stampede Lincoln Stars Sioux Falls Arena Ice Box April 9 2 – 3 2 2 No scoring Jared Festler (1) - 16:57 0:36 - Terry Broadhurst (1) No scoring 3:41 - Robbie Vrolyk (1) Danny Baco (1) - 8:41 No scoring Jason Gregoire (1) - 1:16 Eric Hartzell (57 saves / 60 shots) David Reekie (43 saves / 45 shots) April 11 3 – 5 2 April 12 7 – 3 2 Lincoln wins series 3 – 0 Semifinals Eastern Division (E2) Waterloo Black Hawks vs. (E4) Chicago Steel Waterloo Black Hawks Chicago Steel Young Arena Edge Ice Arena April 23 4 – 1 1 April 25 5 – 1 1 April 27 2 – 3 1 1 Waterloo win series 3 – 0 Western Division (W1) Omaha Lancers vs. (W3) Lincoln Stars Omaha Lancers Lincoln Stars Omaha Civic Auditorium Ice Box April 22 5 – 0 1 April 25 2 – 3 2 1 April 26 3 – 6 1 2 April 29 4 – 3 2 1 April 30 5 – 4 1 Omaha wins series 3 – 2 Clark Cup Finals (E1) Omaha Lancers vs. (W2) Waterloo Black Hawks Omaha Lancers Waterloo Black Hawks Omaha Civic Auditorium Young Arena May 4 3 – 4 1 2 3:54 - Andrew Conboy (8) No scoring 12:19 - Dakota Eveland (2) Eddie Olczyk (1) - 8:40 Paul Weisgarber (3) - 9:06 5:06 - Joe Diamond (4) Chad Billins (3) - pp - 0:48 No scoring Brett Olson (1) - pp - 11:02 Drew Palmisano (28 saves / 32 shots) Matt Di Girolamo (27 saves / 30 shots) May 5 2 – 0 1 4:58 - Jake Hauswirth (1) 13:35 - Matt White (2) No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring Drew Palmisano (28 saves / 28 shots) Matt Di Girolamo (29 saves / 31 shots) May 7 3 – 1 2 May 9 0 – 2 1 May 10 4 – 3 1 1 Omaha wins series 3 – 2 Players Scoring Leaders Player Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM1Jack ConnollySioux Falls Stampede 58264672+1830John KempIndiana Ice 581359720203Gregory Squires Indiana Ice 58244670+13504Jason Gregoire Lincoln Stars 54373269+18415Paul Carey Indiana Ice 60343266+2326Brian O'Neill Chicago Steel 60233861+29407Barry Almeida Omaha Lancers 56223860+11228Billy Maday Waterloo Black Hawks 60243559+5729Jake Hansen Sioux Falls Stampede 60312758+1657Ryan Kretzer Lincoln Stars 60223658047 2007-08 Scoring Leaders http://ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com/scoringleaders.html?leagueid=49&seasonid=2212 USHL 2013-07-18 Leading Goaltenders Player Team GP MIN W L OTL SO GA GAA SV SV% 1David Reekie Lincoln Stars 38 2235 23 10 4 6 75 2.011086 .935 2Drew Palmisano Omaha Lancers 45 2579 32 8 3 3 872.02 1035 .922 3Joe Howe Waterloo Black Hawks 22 1215 13 5 1 2 43 2.12462.915 4Matthew DiGirolamo Waterloo Black Hawks 42 2437 25 12 4 1 98 2.41 879.900 5Brady Hjelle Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 41 2380 22 15 4 3 99 2.50 1158.921 2007-08 Goalie Leaders http://ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com/goalieleaders.html?leagueid=49&seasonid=2212 USHL 2013-07-18 Awards Coach of the Year: Steve Poapst Chicago Steel Curt Hammer Award: Joey Miller Sioux City Musketeers Defenseman of the Year: Blake Kessel Waterloo Black Hawks Executive of the Year: Jim Kronschnabel Sioux City Musketeers Forward of the Year: Jason Gregoire Lincoln Stars General Manager of the Year: Mike Hastings Omaha Lancers Goaltender of the Year: David Reekie Lincoln Stars Organization of the Year: Indiana Ice Player of the Year: Jason Gregoire Lincoln Stars Rookie of the Year: Jack Connolly Sioux Falls Stampede Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Matt Farris Sioux Falls Stampede First Team All-Stars David Reekie (Goalie) Lincoln Stars Blake Kessel (Defense) Waterloo Black Hawks Matt Bartkowski (Defense) Lincoln Stars Jack Connolly (Forward) Sioux Falls Stampede Jason Gregoire (Forward) Lincoln Stars Barry Almeida (Forward) Omaha Lancers Second Team All-Stars Drew Palmisano (Goalie) Omaha Lancers John Carlson (Defense) Indiana Ice Paul Carey (Defense) Indiana Ice John Kemp (Forward) Indiana Ice Eric Springer (Forward) Sioux Falls Stampede Jake Hansen (Forward) Sioux Falls Stampede References External links Official website of the United States Hockey League USHL Category:United States Hockey League seasons