1998–99 USHL season

March 2026 1998–99 USHL season #FFFFFF; border-top:#C6093B 3px solid; border-bottom:#000000 3px solid #000000 150px United States Hockey League Ice hockey Regular seasonSeptember 1998 – March 1999PostseasonMarch 24 – April 23, 1999 56 13 Regular season Anderson Cup Des Moines Buccaneers Clark Cup Playoffs Des Moines Buccaneers Green Bay Gamblers List of USHL seasons USHL 1997–98 USHL season 1997–98 1999–2000 USHL season 1999–2000 The 1998–99 USHL season was the 20th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began in September 1998 and concluded in March 1999. The Des Moines Buccaneers won the Anderson Cup as regular season champions. The Des Moines Buccaneers also defeated the Omaha Lancers 4 games to 2 for the Clark Cup. Member changes The USNTDP played a full league schedule for the first time but was unavailable for postseason play due to participating in the NAHL playoffs. 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; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched league title Central Division Team GP Games played W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime losses Pts Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against xyz – Des Moines Buccaneers 56487197304133 x – Thunder Bay Flyers 561930745164247 x – Twin City Vulcans 562234044183246 Rochester Mustangs 562032444170206 North Iowa Huskies 561836238150221 East Division Team GP Games played W Wins L Losses SOL Shootout losses Pts Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against xy – Green Bay Gamblers 564111486213143 USNTDP 563815379211133 x – Dubuque Fighting Saints 562232246164217 Waterloo Black Hawks 561637335167245 West Division Team GP Games played W Wins L Losses SOL Shootout losses Pts Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against xy – Omaha Lancers 564313086234130 x – Sioux City Musketeers 563419371196148 x – Lincoln Stars 562920765198174 Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks 561441129164275 Note: The USNTDP was unavailable for postseason play due to participating in the NAHL playoffs. Statistics Scoring leaders The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games.https://www.eliteprospects.com/league/ushl/stats/1998-1999 USHL - 1998-1999 Elite Prospects June 17, 2025 Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes Peter Fregoe Des Moines Buccaneers 56 46 57 103 43 Ruslan Fedotenko Sioux City Musketeers 55 43 34 77 139 Tyler Palmiscno Sioux City Musketeers 56 13 57 70 18 Peter Sejna Des Moines Buccaneers 52 40 23 63 26 Noah Clarke Des Moines Buccaneers 52 31 32 63 47 Jed Ortmeyer Omaha Lancers 52 23 36 59 81 Andy Hilbert USNTDP 46 23 35 58 140 Chris Fournier Lincoln Stars 54 23 33 56 54 B. J. Abel Rochester Mustangs 50 31 24 55 52 Mike Perpich Green Bay Gamblers 56 23 32 55 64 Tom Preissing Green Bay Gamblers 53 18 37 55 40 Leading goaltenders Minimum 1000 minutes played. Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage Player Team GP Mins W L OTL SO GA SV SV% GAA Tony Zasowski Omaha Lancers 47 2786 35 11 0 5 91 972 .914 1.96 Matt Carney Des Moines Buccaneers 38 2177 31 5 1 4 76 888 .921 2.10 Chris Gartman USNTDP 17 1007 11 3 2 1 36 375 .922 2.15 Rob Anderson Green Bay Gamblers 44 2607 32 8 3 5 100 1,143 .920 2.30 Rick DiPietro USNTDP 30 1733 22 6 1 3 67 656 .907 2.32 Clark Cup playoffs The regular season division champions received the top three seeds.Teams were reseeded after the quarterfinal round. 5/5/7 220 high 0 Quarterfinal(Best-of-5) Semifinal(Best-of-5) Championship(Best-of-7) C1 Des Moines Buccaneers 6 8 5* - - 8 Twin City Vulcans 1 5 4 - - E1 Green Bay Gamblers 4 5 6 - - 7 Thunder Bay Flyers 2 4 3 - - W1 Omaha Lancers 5 10 4 - - 6 Dubuque Fighting Saints 2 0 2 - - 4 Lincoln Stars 4 4 2 0 3* 5 Sioux City Musketeers 5* 1 0 2 2 C1 Des Moines Buccaneers 3* 1 6 4 4 4 Lincoln Stars 2 2 2 5* 2 E1 Green Bay Gamblers 1 1 3 - - W1 Omaha Lancers 2 2 4* - - C1 Des Moines Buccaneers 0 5 3 2 5 5 - W1 Omaha Lancers 2 3 3 2 4 0 - Note: * denotes overtime period(s) Awards Award Recipient Team Player of the Year Pete Fregoe Des Moines Buccaneers Forward of the Year Pete Fregoe Des Moines Buccaneers Defenseman of the Year Tom Preissing Green Bay Gamblers Goaltender of the Year Tony Zasowski Omaha Lancers Rookie of the Year Tyler Palmiscno Sioux City Musketeers Coach of the Year Mark Osiecki Green Bay GamblersGeneral Manager of the Year Scott Owens Des Moines Buccaneers 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