2018–19 USHL season

2018–19 USHL Season
2018–19 USHL Season
League	United States Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 27, 2018 – April 13, 2019
Number of games	62
Number of teams	17
Regular season
Anderson Cup	Tri-City Storm
Season MVP	Ronnie Attard (Tri-City Storm)
Top scorer	Nick Abruzzese (Chicago Steel)
Clark Cup Playoffs
Clark Cup Playoffs MVP	Jaxson Stauber (Stampede)
Finals champions	Sioux Falls Stampede
Runners-up	Chicago Steel
USHL seasons
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 USHL season was the 40th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from September 27, 2018, to April 13, 2019. The Tri-City Storm were awarded the Anderson Cup as regular season champions for accumulating 95 points over 62 games. The season concluded with the Sioux Falls Stampede defeating the Chicago Steel in the Clark Cup Final series 3–0 on May 17, 2019.

League changes

After serving as the interim commissioner since November 2017, Tom Garrity was named the ninth commissioner in league history.^[1] He replaced Bob Fallen who had served as commissioner since 2014.^[2] On April 5, 2018, the league announced the annual Fall Classic in partnership with the National Hockey League would count towards the regular season standings, with all member clubs playing two games between September 27 and 30 at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Pittsburgh.^[3]

Regular season

Final standings:^[4]

Eastern Conference

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA
y – Muskegon Lumberjacks	62	41	17	3	1	86	228	173
x – Chicago Steel	62	37	21	4	0	78	243	207
x – Youngstown Phantoms	62	36	21	1	4	77	214	209
x – Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	62	36	21	3	2	77	188	161
x – Team USA	62	30	24	2	6	68	269	227
x – Dubuque Fighting Saints	62	28	26	4	4	64	192	204
Central Illinois Flying Aces	62	24	33	3	2	53	183	225
Green Bay Gamblers	62	19	34	6	3	47	173	250
Madison Capitols	62	15	38	5	4	39	145	249

Western Conference

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA
z – Tri-City Storm	62	45	12	3	2	95	232	144
x – Waterloo Black Hawks	62	39	16	5	2	85	232	173
x – Sioux Falls Stampede	62	39	16	5	2	85	234	190
x – Des Moines Buccaneers	62	35	22	1	4	75	202	177
x – Fargo Force	62	34	23	3	2	73	188	172
x – Sioux City Musketeers	62	30	25	5	2	67	187	197
Omaha Lancers	62	27	27	4	4	62	155	197
Lincoln Stars	62	12	42	4	4	32	151	262

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

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
Nick Abruzzese	Chicago Steel	62	29	51	80	20
Brett Murray	Youngstown Phantoms	62	41	35	76	35
Matias Maccelli	Dubuque Fighting Saints	54	31	41	72	42
Bobby Brink	Sioux City Musketeers	43	35	33	68	22
Ben Meyers	Fargo Force	59	33	32	65	26
Ronnie Attard	Tri-City Storm	48	30	35	65	66
Hank Crone	Fargo Force	60	19	46	65	66
Emil Öhrvall	Waterloo Black Hawks	59	31	32	63	52
Martin Pospíšil	Sioux City Musketeers	44	16	47	63	118
Egor Afanasyev	Muskegon Lumberjacks	58	27	35	62	36

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%
Isaiah Saville	Tri-City Storm	34	1992	25	4	2	1	4	1.90	0.925
Akira Schmid	Omaha Lancers	37	2012	16	14	2	0	2	2.18	0.926
Blake Pietila	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	47	2794	30	13	3	1	5	2.30	0.912
Brandon Bussi	Muskegon Lumberjacks	52	2824	33	12	3	1	7	2.44	0.915
Ryan Bischel	Fargo Force	55	3205	28	20	3	2	2	2.55	0.905

Clark Cup playoffs

First Round
(Best-of-3)

Conference Semifinals
(Best-of-5)

Conference Finals
(Best-of-5)

Clark Cup Championship
(Best-of-5)

E1

Muskegon

3

E6

Dubuque

1

E3

Youngstown

0

E6

Dubuque

2

E1

Muskegon

1

Eastern Conference

E2

Chicago

3

E4

Cedar Rapids

2

E5

Team USA

0

E2

Chicago

3

E4

Cedar Rapids

1

E2

Chicago

0

W3

Sioux Falls

3

W1

Tri-City

3

W4

Des Moines

0

W3

Sioux Falls

2

W6

Sioux City

0

W1

Tri-City

0

Western Conference

W3

Sioux Falls

3

W4

Des Moines

2

W5

Fargo

0

W2

Waterloo

1

W3

Sioux Falls

3

First Round

Eastern Conference

(E3) Youngstown Phantoms vs. (E6) Dubuque Fighting Saints

April 15	Youngstown Phantoms		1 – 3	Dubuque Fighting Saints	Covelli Centre
No scoring		First period		No scoring
10:21 - Brett Murray (1)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Bram Scheerer (1) - 1:58 Dylan Jackson (1) - 11:32 Derek Contessa (1) - en - 19:29
Chad Veltri (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Matthew Thiessen (16 saves / 17 shots)

April 16	Youngstown Phantoms		2 – 3	OT	Dubuque Fighting Saints	Covelli Centre
8:18 - Liam Robertson (1)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
2:59 - Josh De Luca (1)		Third period			Dallas Tulik (1) - 0:20 Logan Pietila (1) - pp - 14:46
No scoring		First overtime period			Willie Knierim (1) - 4:47
Chad Veltri (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Matthew Thiessen (30 saves / 32 shots)

Dubuque wins series 2 – 0

(E4) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. (E5) Team USA

April 15	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders		6 – 3	Team USA	Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
6:56 - pp - Jason Polin (1) 7:16 - Jason Polin (2)		First period		No scoring
1:48 - Jason Polin (3) 13:51 - pp - Max Sasson (1) 17:20 - pp - Aidan McDonough (1)		Second period		No scoring
19:26 - en - Liam Walsh (1)		Third period		Thomas Bordeleau (1) - pp - 1:59 Daniyal Dzhaniyev (1) - 4:40 Ryder Rolston (1) - pp - 7:47
Blake Pietila (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Drew Commesso (7 saves / 10 shots) Noah Grannan (5 saves / 7 shots)

April 16	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders		7 – 2	Team USA	Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
10:03 - Grant Silianoff (1) 19:58 - Jerry Harding (1)		First period		No scoring
1:02 - Jason Polin (4) 8:07 - Jordan Tonelli (1) 9:57 - pp - Jason Polin (5) 12:27 - pp - Grant Silianoff (2)		Second period		Jacob Truscott (1) - pp - 8:49 Eamon Powell (1) - pp - 14:57
12:17 - en - Joe Hankinson (1)		Third period		No scoring
Blake Pietila (13 saves / 15 shots)		Goalie stats		Drew Commesso (12 saves / 16 shots) Noah Grannan (15 saves / 17 shots)

Cedar Rapids wins series 2 – 0

Western Conference

(W3) Sioux Falls Stampede vs. (W6) Sioux City Musketeers

April 16	Sioux Falls Stampede		2 – 1	Sioux City Musketeers	Denny Sanford Premier Center
15:40 - Jared Westcott (1)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Blake Biondi (1) - 8:03
13:01 - pp - Andre Lee (1)		Third period		No scoring
Jaxson Stauber (12 saves / 13 shots)		Goalie stats		Ben Kraws (24 saves / 26 shots)

April 17	Sioux Falls Stampede		3 – 2	4OT	Sioux City Musketeers	Denny Sanford Premier Center
11:03 - Ethan Phillips (1)		First period			Blake Biondi (2) - 15:08
No scoring		Second period			Albin Nilsson (1) - 2:20
4:10 - pp - Andre Lee (2)		Third period			No scoring
2:57 - Austen Swankler (1)		Fourth overtime period			No scoring
Jaxson Stauber (39 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats			Ben Kraws (49 saves / 52 shots)

Sioux Falls wins series 2 – 0

(W4) Des Moines Buccaneers vs. (W5) Fargo Force

April 15	Des Moines Buccaneers		7 – 3	Fargo Force	Buccaneer Arena
3:07 - Rylee St. Onge (1)		First period		No scoring
2:32 - Luke Manning (1) 6:42 - pp - Sam Renlund (1) 14:39 - Matt Brown (1) 18:42 - Jonny Russell (1)		Second period		Ben Meyers (1) - 19:20
0:52 - Nicklas Andrews (1) 17:39 - en - Jonny Russell (2)		Third period		Justin Lee (1) - 5:59 Ondřej Pavel (1) - 15:39
Roman Durný (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Ryan Bischel (14 saves / 17 shots) Tyler Johnson (12 saves / 15 shots)

April 16	Des Moines Buccaneers		3 – 2	OT	Fargo Force	Buccaneer Arena
No scoring		First period			Ondřej Pavel (2) - sh - 14:27
3:37 - sh - Matt Brown (2)		Second period			Kaden Bohlsen (1) - sh - 11:32
4:44 - Matt Brown (3)		Third period			No scoring
15:37 - Michael Mancinelli (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Roman Durný (28 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Ryan Bischel (25 saves / 28 shots)

Des Moines wins series 2 – 0

Conference Semifinals

Eastern Conference

(E1) Muskegon Lumberjacks vs. (E6) Dubuque Fighting Saints

April 20	Muskegon Lumberjacks		4 – 0	Dubuque Fighting Saints	L.C. Walker Arena
6:38 - pp - Nolan Sullivan (1)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
1:41 - pp - Max Ellis (1) 10:22 - Mikael Hakkarainen (1) 12:08 - Jack Williams (1)		Third period		No scoring
Brandon Bussi (19 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats		Matthew Thiessen (34 saves / 38 shots)

April 21	Muskegon Lumberjacks		5 – 1	Dubuque Fighting Saints	L.C. Walker Arena
2:10 - Egor Afanasyev (1) 4:33 - Bobby Lynch (1) 8:08 - Colby Bukes (1)		First period		Jacob Semik (1) - pp - 3:04
0:59 - Colby Bukes (2)		Second period		No scoring
16:20 - pp - Jagger Joshua (1)		Third period		No scoring
Brandon Bussi (21 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Matthew Thiessen (38 saves / 43 shots)

April 23	Dubuque Fighting Saints		5 – 1	Muskegon Lumberjacks	Mystique Ice Center
2:53 - J.D. Greenway (1) 6:41 - Dylan Jackson (2) 10:50 - pp - J.D. Greenway (2) 18:34 - Bram Scheerer (2)		First period		No scoring
10:02 - Ty Jackson (1)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Cam McDonald (1) - 2:17
Matthew Thiessen (43 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats		Brandon Bussi (19 saves / 23 shots) Ryan McInchak (2 saves / 3 shots)

April 24	Dubuque Fighting Saints		1 – 2	Muskegon Lumberjacks	Mystique Ice Center
No scoring		First period		Jagger Joshua (2) - pp - 10:09
8:46 - Matias Maccelli (1)		Second period		Ryan Savage (1) - 6:16
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Matthew Thiessen (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Brandon Bussi (20 saves / 21 shots)

Muskegon wins series 3 – 1

(E2) Chicago Steel vs. (E4) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders

April 20	Chicago Steel		6 – 3	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	Fox Valley Ice Arena
5:37 - Matteo Pietroniro (1)		First period		Jerry Harding (2) - 11:19
7:06 - John Spetz (1) 10:19 - Christian Sarlo (1) 10:56 - Nick Abruzzese (1)		Second period		Jerry Harding (3) - sh - 4:46 Max Sasson (2) - pp - 19:24
0:31 - Neil Shea (1) 11:11 - Nick Abruzzese (2)		Third period		No scoring
Justin Robbins (23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Blake Pietila (22 saves / 28 shots)

April 21	Chicago Steel		3 – 4	OT	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	Fox Valley Ice Arena
3:49 - Robert Mastrosimone (1) 18:45 - Neil Shea (2)		First period			Will Zmolek (1) - pp - 3:34 Liam Walsh (2) - 4:10
4:13 - Uula Ruikka (1)		Second period			Aidan McDonough (2) - 4:24
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Aidan McDonough (3) - pp - 9:22
Justin Robbins (19 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats			Blake Pietila (16 saves / 19 shots)

April 23	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders		1 – 3	Chicago Steel	Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
No scoring		First period		Christian Sarlo (2) - 6:07 Uula Ruikka (2) - 7:38
0:38 - Aidan McDonough (4)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (1) - 1:28
Blake Pietila (20 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Justin Robbins (24 saves / 25 shots)

April 24	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders		1 – 4	Chicago Steel	Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
No scoring		First period		Nick Abruzzese (3) - 19:49
18:50 - Jack O'Leary (1)		Second period		John Spetz (2) - pp - 1:28
No scoring		Third period		Robert Mastrosimone (2) - 6:07 Robert Mastrosimone (3) - 17:26
Blake Pietila (22 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Justin Robbins (17 saves / 18 shots)

Chicago wins series 3 – 1

Western Conference

(W1) Tri-City Storm vs. (W4) Des Moines Buccaneers

April 19	Tri-City Storm		8 – 3	Des Moines Buccaneers	Viaero Center
2:34 - pp - Brendan Budy (1) 4:52 - Brendan Furry (1) 5:55 - Filip Forsmark (1) 11:36 - Connor McMenamin (1)		First period		No scoring
11:05 - Shane Pinto (1) Ian Murphy (1) 18:01 - Brendan Furry (3)		Second period		T.J. Walsh (1) - pp - 0:44
No scoring		Third period		Tony Malinowski (1) - sh - 4:23 Tyler Paquette (1) - sh - 5:45
Isaiah Saville (15 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats		Roman Durný (20 saves / 28 shots) Kade Phipps (1 save / 1 shot)

April 20	Tri-City Storm		2 – 0	Des Moines Buccaneers	Viaero Center
9:09 - pp - Keaton Pehrson (1) 19:17 - Shane Pinto (2)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Isaiah Saville (29 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Roman Durný (23 saves / 25 shots)

April 23	Des Moines Buccaneers		1 – 5	Tri-City Storm	Buccaneer Arena
No scoring		First period		Joe Berg (1) - 19:38
18:01 - pp - Matt Brown (4)		Second period		Brendan Furry (4) - pp - 2:16
No scoring		Third period		Benji Eckerle (1) - 2:24 Shane Pinto (3) - 12:31 Connor McMenamin (2) - pp - en - 18:21
Roman Durný (28 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Isaiah Saville (37 saves / 38 shots)

Tri-City wins series 3 – 0

(W2) Waterloo Black Hawks vs. (W3) Sioux Falls Stampede

April 19	Waterloo Black Hawks		2 – 3	OT	Sioux Falls Stampede	Young Arena
'No scoring		First period			'No scoring
9:18 - pp - Matěj Blümel (1) 15:05 - Griffin Ness (1)		Second period			Matthew Kessel (1) - 5:44
No scoring		Third period			Max Crozier (1) - pp - 10:32
No scoring		First overtime period			Sam Stevens (1) - 19:30
Evan Fear (31 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Jaxson Stauber (35 saves / 37 shots)

April 20	Waterloo Black Hawks		6 – 0	Sioux Falls Stampede	Young Arena
4:59 - Matt Cameron (1) 16:57 - pp - Hank Sorensen (1)		First period		No scoring
10:31 - pp - Brehdan Engum (1) 13:59 - pp - Matěj Blümel (2)		Second period		No scoring
5:29 - Teddy Lagerback (1) 11:08 - pp - Matěj Blümel (3)		Third period		No scoring
Evan Fear (26 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Jaxson Stauber (23 saves / 27 shots) Josh Langford (8 saves / 10 shots)

April 23	Sioux Falls Stampede		6 – 2	Waterloo Black Hawks	Denny Sanford Premier Center
No scoring		First period		No scoring
9:14 - Jared Westcott (2) 11:46 - Jami Krannila (1) 13:15 - Brian Chambers (1) 14:34 - Brenden Olson (1)		Second period		Kyle Haskins (1) - 13:28 Xander Lamppa (1) - pp - 16:24
8:58 - Cade Borchardt (1) 18:13 - pp - Ryan Johnson (1)		Third period		No scoring
Jaxson Stauber (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Evan Fear (11 saves / 14 shots) Jared Moe (14 saves / 17 shots)

April 24	Sioux Falls Stampede		2 – 1	OT	Waterloo Black Hawks	Denny Sanford Premier Center
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Kyle Haskins (2) - pp - 14:01
15:55 - pp - Max Crozier (2)		Third period			No scoring
8:25 - Brian Chambers (2)		First overtime period			No scoring
Jaxson Stauber (29 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Evan Fear (26 saves / 28 shots)

Sioux Falls wins series 3 – 1

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

(E1) Muskegon Lumberjacks vs. (E2) Chicago Steel

April 27	Muskegon Lumberjacks		4 – 5	OT	Chicago Steel	L.C. Walker Arena
17:41 - pp - Mikael Hakkarainen (2) 18:28 - pp - Mikael Hakkarainen (3)		First period			No scoring
7:03 - pp - Jagger Joshua (3)		Second period			Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (2) - 1:06 Josiah Slavin (1) - 7:44
2:41 - Bobby Lynch (2)		Third period			Nick Abruzzese (4) - 2:53 Josiah Slavin (2) - pp - 19:57
No scoring		First overtime period			Nick Abruzzese (5) - 5:16
Brandon Bussi (29 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Justin Robbins (36 saves / 40 shots)

April 28	Muskegon Lumberjacks		3 – 2	Chicago Steel	L.C. Walker Arena
0:19 - Jagger Joshua (4) 13:01 - Mikael Hakkarainen (4)		First period		Robert Mastrosimone (4) - 9:46
1:34 - Jack Williams (2)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (3) - pp - 0:22
Brandon Bussi (24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Justin Robbins (28 saves / 31 shots)

May 3	Chicago Steel		4 – 1	Muskegon Lumberjacks	Fox Valley Ice Arena
3:12 - Robert Mastrosimone (5)		First period		No scoring
3:34 - pp - Nick Abruzzese (6) 9:48 - sh - Robert Mastrosimone (6)		Second period		Nolan Sullivan (2) - 1:57
1:34 - Neil Shea (3)		Third period		No scoring
Justin Robbins (35 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Brandon Bussi (23 saves / 27 shots)

May 4	Chicago Steel		3 – 2	OT	Muskegon Lumberjacks	Fox Valley Ice Arena
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
5:25 - pp - Nick Abruzzese (7) 11:09 - Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (4)		Third period			Egor Afanasyev (2) - pp - 7:15 Ryan Savage (2) - 19:31
1:13 - Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (5)		First overtime period			No scoring
Justin Robbins (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Brandon Bussi (13 saves / 16 shots)

Chicago wins series 3 – 1

Western Conference

(W1) Tri-City Storm vs. (W3) Sioux Falls Stampede

April 30	Tri-City Storm		0 – 3	Sioux Falls Stampede	Viaero Center
No scoring		First period		No scoring
		Second period		Blake Bride (1) - 6:32 Andre Lee (3) - pp - 10:56
No scoring		Third period		Cade Borchardt (2) - 15:48
Isaiah Saville (16 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats		Jaxson Stauber (24 saves / 24 shots)

May 1	Tri-City Storm		1 – 4	Sioux Falls Stampede	Viaero Center
17:41 - Filip Forsmark (2)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Carl Berglund (1) - 17:01 Andre Lee (4) - 17:19
No scoring		Third period		Max Crozier (3) - 7:45 Jared Westcott (3) - pp - en - 18:40
Isaiah Saville (18 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Jaxson Stauber (31 saves / 32 shots)

May 3	Sioux Falls Stampede		3 – 2	Tri-City Storm	Denny Sanford Premier Center
5:18 - Austen Swankler (2) 9:39 - Jami Krannila (2)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
19:09 - Brian Chambers (3)		Third period		Benji Eckerle (2) - 3:08 Shane Pinto (4) - pp - 10:09
Jaxson Stauber (28 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Isaiah Saville (17 saves / 20 shots)

Sioux City wins series 3 – 0

Clark Cup Championship

(E2) Chicago Steel vs. (W3) Sioux Falls Stampede

May 10	Sioux Falls Stampede		3 – 2	Chicago Steel	Denny Sanford Premier Center
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Carl Berglund (2) - 0:51 Andre Lee (5) - 6:37		Second period		11:04 - Josiah Slavin (3)
Jared Westcott (4) - 14:59		Third period		2:32 - John Spetz (3)
Jaxson Stauber (20 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Justin Robbins (26 saves / 29 shots)

May 12	Sioux Falls Stampede		3 – 2	2OT	Chicago Steel	Denny Sanford Premier Center
No scoring		First period			14:06 - Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (6)
Max Crozier (4) - 15:41		Second period			No scoring
Sam Stevens (2) - 17:10		Third period			12:05 - pp - Robert Mastrosimone (7)
Andre Lee (6) - 16:05		Second overtime period			No scoring
Jaxson Stauber (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Justin Robbins (33 saves / 36 shots)

May 17	Chicago Steel		1 – 5	Sioux Falls Stampede	Fox Valley Ice Arena
No scoring		First period		17:42 - pp - Anthony Romano (1)
No scoring		Second period		4:22 - Blake Bride (2) 15:23 - sh - Sam Stevens (3)
Josiah Slavin (4) - 16:06		Third period		18:33 - en - Jared Westcott (5) 18:40 - en - Ryan Johnson (2)
Justin Robbins (12 saves / 15 shots)		Goalie stats		Jaxson Stauber (20 saves / 21 shots)

Sioux 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	PIM
Robert Mastrosimone	Chicago Steel	11	7	8	15	4
Nick Abruzzese	Chicago Steel	11	7	7	14	0
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine	Chicago Steel	9	6	6	12	2
Andre Lee	Sioux Falls Stampede	12	6	5	11	10
Max Crozier	Sioux Falls Stampede	12	4	7	11	10
Bobby Lynch	Muskegon Lumberjacks	8	2	8	10	12
Jason Polin	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	6	5	4	9	4
Shane Pinto	Tri-City Storm	6	4	5	9	8
Mikael Hakkarainen	Muskegon Lumberjacks	8	4	5	9	12
Matteo Pietroniro	Chicago Steel	11	1	8	9	10

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%	GAA
Jaxson Stauber	Sioux Falls Stampede	12	821	11	1	20	1	.941	1.46
Ben Kraws	Sioux City Musketeers	2	181	0	2	5	0	.936	1.66
Evan Fear	Waterloo Black Hawks	4	241	1	3	8	1	.922	1.99
Isaiah Saville	Tri-City Storm	6	355	3	3	13	1	.910	2.20
Justin Robbins	Chicago Steel	11	704	6	5	28	0	.910	2.38

Post season awards

USHL awards

Award	Name	Team
Player of the Year	Ronnie Attard	Tri-City Storm^[5]
Forward of the Year	Bobby Brink	Sioux City Musketeers^[5]
Defenseman of the Year	Ronnie Attard	Tri-City Storm^[5]
Rookie of the Year	Zac Jones	Tri-City Storm^[5]
Goaltender of the Year	Isaiah Saville	Tri-City Storm^[5]
Coach of the Year	Anthony Noreen	Tri-City Storm^[6]
Scholar-Athlete	Mason McCormick	Dubuque Fighting Saints^[7]
Curt Hammer	Liam Walsh	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders^[8]
General Manager of the Year	Ryan Hardy	Chicago Steel^[9]
Executive of the Year	Jim Olander	Sioux Falls Stampede^[10]
Organization of the Year	Muskegon Lumberjacks^[11]

All-USHL First Team

Pos	Name	Team
G	Isaiah Saville	Tri-City
D	Ronnie Attard	Tri-City
D	Alex Yakovenko	Muskegon
F	Nick Abruzzese	Chicago
F	Bobby Brink	Sioux City
F	Brett Murray	Youngstown

Source^[12]

All-USHL Second Team

Pos	Name	Team
G	Blake Pietila	Cedar Rapids
D	Zac Jones	Tri-City
D	Matteo Pietroniro	Chicago
F	Matt Brown	Des Moines
F	Matias Maccelli	Dubuque
F	Ben Meyers	Fargo

Source^[12]

All-Rookie First Team

Pos	Name	Team
G	Isaiah Saville	Tri-City
D	Ryan Johnson	Sioux Falls
D	Zac Jones	Tri-City
F	Vladislav Firstov	Waterloo
F	Marcus Kallionkieli	Sioux City
F	Shane Pinto	Tri-City

Source^[13]

All-Rookie Second Team

Pos	Name	Team
G	Logan Stein	Waterloo
D	Anthony Kehrer	Sioux City
D	Owen Power	Chicago
F	Josh Nodler	Fargo
F	Anthony Romano	Sioux Falls
F	Grant Silianoff	Cedar Rapids

References

^ "Tom Garrity Named USHL President and Commissioner". OurSportsCentral.com. May 29, 2018.
^ "Fallen Departs As USHL President and Commissioner To Seek New Challenges". JuniorHockey.com. November 4, 2017.
^ "2018 DICK'S Sporting Goods USHL Fall Classic to Return to Pittsburgh". USHL.com. April 5, 2018.
^ "USHL Standings". USHL. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "USHL Announces End of Year Awards". USHL. April 25, 2019.
^ "Anthony Noreen Named USHL Coach of the Year". USHL. April 26, 2019.
^ "USHL Scholar-Athlete Award and All-Academic Team Announced". USHL. April 23, 2019.
^ "Liam Walsh Named Curt Hammer Award Recipient". USHL. April 23, 2019.
^ "Ryan Hardy Named USHL General Manager of the Year". USHL. April 24, 2019.
^ "USHL Announces 2019 Executive of the Year". OurSports Central. July 11, 2019.
^ "Huge Award for Lumberjacks". OurSports Central. June 26, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "All-USHL Teams Announced". USHL. April 23, 2019.
^ "All-USHL Rookie Teams Announced". USHL. April 23, 2019.

External links

Official website of the United States Hockey League

[1] "Tom Garrity Named USHL President and Commissioner". OurSportsCentral.com. May 29, 2018.

[2] "Fallen Departs As USHL President and Commissioner To Seek New Challenges". JuniorHockey.com. November 4, 2017.

[3] "2018 DICK'S Sporting Goods USHL Fall Classic to Return to Pittsburgh". USHL.com. April 5, 2018.

[4] "USHL Standings". USHL. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2019.

[2019_Awards-5] "USHL Announces End of Year Awards". USHL. April 25, 2019.

[6] "Anthony Noreen Named USHL Coach of the Year". USHL. April 26, 2019.

[7] "USHL Scholar-Athlete Award and All-Academic Team Announced". USHL. April 23, 2019.

[8] "Liam Walsh Named Curt Hammer Award Recipient". USHL. April 23, 2019.

[9] "Ryan Hardy Named USHL General Manager of the Year". USHL. April 24, 2019.

[10] "USHL Announces 2019 Executive of the Year". OurSports Central. July 11, 2019.

[11] "Huge Award for Lumberjacks". OurSports Central. June 26, 2019.

[All-USHL-12] "All-USHL Teams Announced". USHL. April 23, 2019.

[All-Rookie-13] "All-USHL Rookie Teams Announced". USHL. April 23, 2019.

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