1979–80 USHL season

March 2026 1979–80 USHL season #FFFFFF; border-top:#C6093B 3px solid; border-bottom:#000000 3px solid #000000 150px United States Hockey League Ice hockey 48 7 Regular season Anderson Cup Hennepin Nordiques Clark Cup Playoffs Hennepin Nordiques Waterloo Black Hawks List of USHL seasons USHL 1978–79 USHL season 1978–79 1980–81 USHL season 1980–81 The 1979–80 USHL season was the 1st season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The Hennepin Nordiques won the Anderson Cup as regular season champions and the Clark Cup as postseason champions. League changes In 1977, the USHL began the process of converting from a semi-professional senior league into a Tier I Junior league. After about half of the league members operated only with players between the ages of 16 and 20, the remainder followed suit for this season. The result of this caused the league to set aside all of its previous records and results and essentially begin anew with this season. While several league members can trace their history to the previous senior hockey era (or earlier), the USHL currently only recognizes the results since 1979.https://ushl.1rmg.com/ 2024-25 USHL Media Guide USHL June 18, 2025 Member changes Prior to the start of the season the Anoka Nordiques relocated and became the Hennepin Nordiques.https://www.hockeydb.com/stte/hennepin-nordiques-6073.html Hennepin Nordiques Statistics and History [USHL] Hockey DB June 18, 2025 Regular season Final standingshttp://ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com/standings.html?leagueid=49&seasonid=258 USHL Standings Ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com 2013-09-04 Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; y = clinched division title; z = clinched league title North Division Team GP Games played W Wins L Losses SOL Shootout losses Pts Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against yz – Hennepin Nordiques 483018060252228 Bloomington Junior Stars 482818258246213 Green Bay Bobcats 482323248239237 St. Paul Vulcans 481038020205303 South Division Team GP Games played W Wins L Losses SOL Shootout losses Pts Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against y – Waterloo Black Hawks 482719256270235 Austin Mavericks 482422250239219 Sioux City Musketeers 482024444256267 Scoring leaders The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games.https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/top_league.php?lid=ushl1999&sid=1980&leaguenm=USHL USHL 1979-80 League Leaders Hockey DB June 18, 2025 Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes Dan Gerarden Green Bay Bobcats – 41 52 93 97 Mike Valesano Sioux City Musketeers – 40 51 91 92 Andy Widmar Bloomington Junior Stars – 30 57 87 16 Brian Hartman Sioux City Musketeers – 38 48 86 88 Tom Horan Waterloo Black Hawks – 53 32 85 47 Mark Schelde Hennepin Nordiques – 32 48 80 49 Bill Grum Waterloo Black Hawks 48 46 31 77 30 Bill McClellan St. Paul Vulcans – 35 41 76 63 Dave Mogush Bloomington Junior Stars – 50 26 76 10 Pete Goligoski Green Bay Bobcats – 34 39 73 50 Clark Cup playoffs Missing information The Dubuque Fighting Saints won the Clark Cup Awards Award Recipient Team Player of the Year Dave Fehringer Hennepin Nordiques Forward of the Year Dan Gerarden Green Bay Bobcats Defenseman of the Year Bill Grillo Waterloo Black Hawks Goaltender of the Year Scott Stotzner Austin Mavericks Coach of the Year Dan Justin Hennepin Nordiques General Manager of the Year Dan Justin Hennepin Nordiques https://ushl.1rmg.com/ 2024-25 USHL Media Guide USHL June 18, 2025 References 50em External links Hockey DB Elite Prospects USHL Category:United States Hockey League seasons