2024–25 USHL season
46th season of the USHL
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The 2024–25 USHL season was the 46th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from September 2024 to April 2025 with a 62-game schedule for each team. All 16 teams played their first two games of the season in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania as part of the 8th DICK'S Sporting Goods Fall Classic hosted by the Pittsburgh Penguins.[1][2]
SportIce hockey
DurationRegular season
September 18, 2024 – April 12, 2025
Postseason
April – May
September 18, 2024 – April 12, 2025
Postseason
April – May
Games62
| 2024–25 USHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | United States Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | Regular season September 18, 2024 – April 12, 2025 Postseason April – May |
| Games | 62 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Draft | |
| Top draft pick | Heikki Ruohonen |
| Picked by | Dubuque Fighting Saints |
| Regular season | |
| Anderson Cup | Lincoln Stars |
| Season MVP | Will Zellers (Green Bay Gamblers) |
| Top scorer | Giacomo Martino (Sioux City Musketeers) |
| Clark Cup Playoffs | |
| Clark Cup Playoffs MVP | Tynan Lawrence (Lumberjacks) |
| Finals champions | Muskegon Lumberjacks |
| Runners-up | Waterloo Black Hawks |
League changes
The league expanded its video review policy to allow coaches to challenge calls, or the lack thereof, related to possible goaltender interference, in-game stoppage, and unobserved major penalties. The league will pilot an initiative to review all game misconduct penalties.[3]
Regular season
The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:[4]
Note: x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title
Eastern Conference
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| y – Youngstown Phantoms | 62 | 42 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 232 | 167 |
| x – Dubuque Fighting Saints | 62 | 41 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 85 | 226 | 186 |
| x – Madison Capitols | 62 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 84 | 250 | 185 |
| x – Muskegon Lumberjacks | 62 | 38 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 84 | 215 | 174 |
| x – Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | 62 | 27 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 178 | 187 |
| x – Green Bay Gamblers | 62 | 27 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 202 | 242 |
| Team USA | 62 | 23 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 202 | 295 |
| Chicago Steel | 62 | 20 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 187 | 251 |
Western Conference
| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| z – Lincoln Stars | 62 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 91 | 272 | 166 |
| x – Sioux Falls Stampede | 62 | 40 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 85 | 247 | 190 |
| x – Waterloo Black Hawks | 62 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 78 | 212 | 176 |
| x – Sioux City Musketeers | 62 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 70 | 221 | 202 |
| x – Fargo Force | 62 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 64 | 190 | 207 |
| x – Tri-City Storm | 62 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 62 | 199 | 225 |
| Des Moines Buccaneers | 62 | 25 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 181 | 223 |
| Omaha Lancers | 62 | 7 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 116 | 254 |
Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of games played on April 12, 2025.[5]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giacomo Martino | Sioux City Musketeers | 62 | 32 | 42 | 74 | 14 |
| Landen Gunderson | Sioux City Musketeers | 62 | 28 | 45 | 73 | 51 |
| Will Zellers | Green Bay Gamblers | 52 | 44 | 27 | 71 | 59 |
| Ryker Lee | Madison Capitols | 58 | 31 | 37 | 68 | 18 |
| Aidan Park | Green Bay Gamblers | 55 | 33 | 33 | 66 | 49 |
| Jack Pechar | Lincoln Stars | 56 | 27 | 34 | 61 | 12 |
| Nolan Roed | Tri-City Storm | 61 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 26 |
| Aiden Long | Madison Capitols | 62 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 59 |
| Adam Benák | Youngstown Phantoms | 56 | 17 | 42 | 59 | 36 |
| Jamison Sluys | Omaha/Youngstown | 63 | 16 | 42 | 58 | 34 |
Leading goaltenders
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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yan Shostak | Lincoln Stars | 43 | 2421 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2.40 | 0.911 |
| Melvin Strahl | Youngstown Phantoms | 48 | 2704 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2.42 | 0.903 |
| Stephen Peck | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 31 | 1755 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2.43 | 0.909 |
| Aiden Wright | Sioux Falls Stampede | 33 | 1813 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.58 | 0.905 |
| Calvin Vachon | Waterloo Black Hawks | 38 | 1811 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2.62 | 0.896 |
Clark Cup playoffs
| First Round (Best-of-3)[6] | Conference Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Conference Finals (Best-of-5)[7] | Clark Cup Championship (Best-of-5)[8] | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Youngstown | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Muskegon | 2 | E4 | Muskegon | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| E5 | Cedar Rapids | 1 | Eastern Conference | E2 | Dubuque | 0 | |||||||||||||
| E4 | Muskegon | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Dubuque | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Madison | 2 | E3 | Madison | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| E6 | Green Bay | 0 | W3 | Waterloo | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| E4 | Muskegon | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Lincoln | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Sioux City | 2 | W4 | Sioux City | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| W5 | Fargo | 0 | Western Conference | W1 | Lincoln | 1 | |||||||||||||
| W3 | Waterloo | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Sioux Falls | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Waterloo | 2 | W3 | Waterloo | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| W6 | Tri-City | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
First Round
Eastern Conference
(E4) Muskegon Lumberjacks vs. (E5) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
| April 14 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 2 – 1 | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Trinity Health Arena | ||||
| 15:14 - Jack Galanek (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 18:52 - Václav Nestrašil (1) | Third period | Amine Hajibi (1) - 4:56 | ||||||
| Stephen Peck (31 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | A.J. Reyelts (26 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| April 15 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 3 – 4 | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Trinity Health Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | John McNelis (1) - pp - 7:31 | ||||||
| 15:50 - pp - Tynan Lawrence (1) 17:16 - Chase Stefanek (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 1:08 - Tynan Lawrence (2) | Third period | Grant Young (1) - 3:33 Kole Hyles (1) - 11:30 Heath Nelson (1) - 19:01 | ||||||
| Stephen Peck (22 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | A.J. Reyelts (15 saves / 18 shots) | ||||||
| April 16 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 4 – 1 | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Trinity Health Arena | ||||
| Teddy Spitznagel (1) - 2:09 David Deputy (1) - 4:58 David Klee (1) - pp - 15:13 Xavier Veilleux (1) - pp - 16:05 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:23 - pp - Grant Young (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Shikhabutdin Gadzhiev (30 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | A.J. Reyelts (30 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| Muskegon wins series 2 – 1 | |
(E4) Madison Capitols vs. (E5) Green Bay Gamblers
| April 14 | Madison Capitols | 4 – 3 | Green Bay Gamblers | Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena | ||||
| 15:21 - Ian Scherzer (1) | First period | Niles Benson (1) - 4:10 Aidan Park (1) - 10:09 | ||||||
| 8:02 - Sam Kappell (1) 14:41 - Mason Moe (1) |
Second period | Aidan Park (2) - 10:09 | ||||||
| 4:57 - Mason Moe (2) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Caleb Heil (20 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Gavin Moffatt (31 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| April 15 | Madison Capitols | 5 – 3 | Green Bay Gamblers | Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena | ||||
| 7:02 - Ryker Lee (1) 8:19 - Egor Barabanov (1) 18:04 - pp - Mason Moe (3) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 12:19 - Sam Kappell (2) | Second period | Will Zellers (1) - 15:23 | ||||||
| 19:10 - en - Gavin Uhlenkamp (1) | Third period | Anthony Cardilli (1) - 6:17 Egor Shilov (1) - pp - 13:10 | ||||||
| Caleb Heil (31 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Gavin Moffatt (16 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
| Madison wins series 2 – 0 | |
Western Conference
(W4) Sioux City Musketeers vs. (W5) Fargo Force
| April 15 | Sioux City Musketeers | 7 – 0 | Fargo Force | Tyson Events Center | ||||
| 7:51 - pp - Drake Murray (1) 9:19 - Trey Jefferis (1) 10:54 - Liam Hupka (1) 15:34 - sh - Drake Murray (2) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 9:50 - Nikita Klepov (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 2:47 - Liam Hupka (2) 7:06 - Justin Stupka (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Samuel Urban (14 saves / 14 shots) | Goalie stats | Alan Lendak (4 saves / 7 shots) Dane Callaway (16 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
| April 16 | Sioux City Musketeers | 5 – 2 | Fargo Force | Tyson Events Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 1:58 - pp - Landen Gunderson (1) 8:56 - Giacomo Martino (1) |
Second period | Kuzma Voronin (1) - pp - 18:27 | ||||||
| 8:05 - Tate Pritchard (1) 12:13 - Drake Murray (3) 18:03 - en - Tate Pritchard (2) |
Third period | Matthew Lansing (1) - pp - 4:06 | ||||||
| Samuel Urban (22 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Alan Lendak (12 saves / 16 shots) | ||||||
| Sioux City wins series 2 – 0 | |
(W3) Waterloo Black Hawks vs. (W6) Tri-City Storm
| April 14 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 2 – 1 | Tri-City Storm | Young Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Carmelo Crandell (1) - 17:05 | ||||||
| 13:27 - Bradley Walker (1) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 13:57 - Brendan McMorrow (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carter Casey (23 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Michal Pradel (34 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| April 15 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 7 – 3 | Tri-City Storm | Young Arena | ||||
| 1:55 - Kaeden Hawkins (1) 4:36 - Brendan McMorrow (2) |
First period | Artemi Nizameyev (1) - 3:36 Shaun McEwen (1) - 12:52 | ||||||
| 4:18 - pp - Easton Hewson (1) 16:43 - pp - Chase Jette (1) |
Second period | Dylan Nolan (1) - 19:24 | ||||||
| 10:22 - Teddy Townsend (1) 14:20 - pp - Kaeden Hawkins (2) 17:07 - en - Teddy Mallgrave (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carter Casey (20 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Kyle Jones (33 saves / 39 shots) | ||||||
| Waterloo wins series 2 – 0 | |
Conference Semifinals
Eastern Conference
(E1) Youngstown Phantoms vs. (E4) Muskegon Lumberjacks
| April 19 | Youngstown Phantoms | 3 – 5 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | Covelli Centre | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Ivan Ryabkin (1) - 1:37 David Deputy (2) - 5:41 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Ivan Ryabkin (2) - 0:23 Teddy Spitznagel (2) - pp - 3:59 Jack Christ (1) - 4:25 | ||||||
| 4:51 - Ryan Rucinski (1) 11:55 - Ryan Rucinski (2) 13:18 - Conner de Haro (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Melvin Strahl (7 saves / 12 shots) Owen Lepak (11 saves / 11 shots) |
Goalie stats | Shikhabutdin Gadzhiev (32 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| April 20 | Youngstown Phantoms | 2 – 6 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | Covelli Centre | ||||
| 5:18 -Brecken Smith (1) | First period | David Deputy (3) - pp - 7:32 Tynan Lawrence (3) - pp - 16:00 | ||||||
| 10:45 - Luke Osburn (1) | Second period | David Deputy (4) - 1:57 Jack Galanek (2) - pp - 19:12 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Jack Christ (2) - 9:20 Tynan Lawrence (4) - en - 16:04 | ||||||
| Melvin Strahl (17 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Stephen Peck (28 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| April 22 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 5 – 3 | Youngstown Phantoms | Trinity Health Arena | ||||
| 0:23 - David Deputy (5) 7:38 - Chase Stefanek (2) |
First period | Ryan Rucinski (3) - pp - 14:16 | ||||||
| 13:13 - pp - David Deputy (6) 18:16 - Ivan Ryabkin (3) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 19:15 - en - Tynan Lawrence (5) | Third period | Kazimier Sobieski (1) - 16:36 Michael Mesic (1) - en - 18:17 | ||||||
| Shikhabutdin Gadzhiev (30 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Owen Lepak (12 saves / 16 shots) | ||||||
| Muskegon wins series 3 – 0 | |
(E2) Dubuque Fighting Saints vs. (E3) Madison Capitols
| April 18 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | 0 – 3 | Madison Capitols | Mystique Ice Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Finn Brink (1) - 1:48 Mason Moe (4) - en - 19:19 Sam Kappell (3) - en - 19:47 | ||||||
| Liam Beerman (27 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Caleb Heil (23 saves / 23 shots) | ||||||
| April 19 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | 6 – 1 | Madison Capitols | Mystique Ice Center | ||||
| 14:51 - ps - Michael Barron (1) | First period | Ryker Lee (2) - 1:13 | ||||||
| 1:37 - pp - Cole Spicer (1) 3:43 - pp - Lucas Van Vliet (1) 10:30 - pp - Josh Giuliani (1) 12:00 - Gavin Cornforth (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 7:33 - pp - Matthew Desiderio (1) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Liam Beerman (19 saves / 20 shots) | Goalie stats | Caleb Heil (14 saves / 19 shots) Ajay White (7 saves / 8 shots) | ||||||
| April 21 | Madison Capitols | 2 – 4 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena | ||||
| 7:59 - Gavin Uhlenkamp (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 4:31 - Ryker Lee (3) | Second period | Colin Frank (1) - 3:13 Jonathan Morello (1) - pp - 8:09 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Cooper Dennis (1) - 8:07 Heikki Ruohonen (1) - en - 19:34 | ||||||
| Caleb Heil (23 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Liam Beerman (23 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| April 22 | Madison Capitols | 1 – 6 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 9:50 - Mason Moe (5) | Second period | Michael Barron (2) - 1:47 Colin Frank (2) - 2:25 Matthew Desiderio (2) - pp - 6:39 Cole Spicer (2) - 14:47 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Lucas Van Vliet (2) - 12:04 Melvin Ekman (1) - en - 19:52 | ||||||
| Caleb Heil (24 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Liam Beerman (29 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| Dubuque wins series 3 – 1 | |
Western Conference
(W1) Lincoln Stars vs. (W4) Sioux City Musketeers
| April 18 | Lincoln Stars | 3 – 2 | Sioux City Musketeers | Ice Box | ||||
| 7:28 - Bruno Idžan (1) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Giacomo Martino (2) - pp - 17:06 Nicholas Sykora (1) - pp - 19:17 | ||||||
| 5:27 - pp - Daniel Shlaine (1) 6:55 - Aiden Janz (1) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Yan Shostak (19 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Samuel Urban (19 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| April 19 | Lincoln Stars | 6 – 3 | Sioux City Musketeers | Ice Box | ||||
| 11:33 - Bruno Idžan (2) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 4:29 - Layne Loomer (1) 16:09 - Hunter Anderson (1) |
Second period | Kason Muscutt (1) - 7:47 Giacomo Martino (3) - 8:53 Luke Garry (1) - 11:05 | ||||||
| 8:05 - Alex Pelletier (1) 17:22 - en - Dashel Oliver (1) 17:57 - en - Bruno Idžan (3) |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Yan Shostak (21 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Samuel Urban (33 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| April 21 | Sioux City Musketeers | 0 – 2 | Lincoln Stars | Tyson Events Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Matt Maltais (1) - 18:50 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Layne Loomer (2) - en - 19:35 | ||||||
| Samuel Urban (30 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Yan Shostak (17 saves / 17 shots) | ||||||
| Lincoln wins series 3 – 0 | |
(W2) Sioux Falls Stampede vs. (W3) Waterloo Black Hawks
| April 18 | Sioux Falls Stampede | 2 – 4 | Waterloo Black Hawks | Denny Sanford PREMIER Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 6:05 - pp - Sam Spehar (1) 16:32 - pp - Gennadi Chaly (1) |
Second period | Reid Daavettila (1) - 9:35 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Brendan McMorrow (3) - 0:39 Grady Deering (1) - 4:48 Brendan McMorrow (4) - pp - 11:06 | ||||||
| Waylon Esche (18 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Carter Casey (32 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| April 19 | Sioux Falls Stampede | 5 – 2 | Waterloo Black Hawks | Denny Sanford PREMIER Center | ||||
| 6:16 - Javon Moore (1) 17:12 - pp - Noah Urness (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 3:07 - Sam Spehar (2) 18:52 - en - Brock James (1) 19:22 - en - Joseph McGraw (1) |
Third period | Chase Jette (2) - pp - 4:24 Teddy Mallgrave (2) - 9:04 | ||||||
| Waylon Esche (32 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Carter Casey (33 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| April 21 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 6 – 2 | Sioux Falls Stampede | Young Arena | ||||
| 16:50 - pp - Kaeden Hawkins (3) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 6:30 - pp - Brock Schultz (1) 15:23 - Hunter Ramos (1) 19:18 - Morgan Brady (1) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:58 - Teddy Townsend (2) 16:45 - sh - en - Bradley Walker (2) |
Third period | Ethan Wyttenbach (1) - 13:43 Ben Wilmott (1) - 19:46 | ||||||
| Carter Casey (30 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Aiden Wright (34 saves / 39 shots) | ||||||
| April 22 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 6 – 5 | 2OT | Sioux Falls Stampede | Young Arena | |||
| No scoring | First period | Joseph McGraw (2) - 12:40 Bryce Ingles (1) - 19:41 | ||||||
| 2:54 - Dylan Compton (1) 13:42 - pp - Kaeden Hawkins (4) |
Second period | Joseph McGraw (3) - 7:34 Joseph McGraw (4) - 18:43 | ||||||
| 9:13 - Chase Jette (3) 13:01 - Reid Morich (1) 19:01 - Reid Morich (2) |
Third period | J.J. Monteiro (1) - 14:39 | ||||||
| 2:32 - Brendan McMorrow (5) | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carter Casey (44 saves / 49 shots) | Goalie stats | Aiden Wright (38 saves / 44 shots) | ||||||
| Waterloo wins series 3 – 1 | |
Conference Finals
Eastern Conference
(E2) Dubuque Fighting Saints vs. (E4) Muskegon Lumberjacks
| April 25 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | 1 – 2 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | Mystique Ice Center | ||||
| No scoring | First period | Václav Nestrašil (2) - 19:26 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Chase Stefanek (3) - 6:20 | ||||||
| 8:04 - Josh Giuliani (2) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Liam Beerman (30 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Shikhabutdin Gadzhiev (36 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| April 26 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | 4 – 7 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | Mystique Ice Center | ||||
| 8:51 - pp - Josh Giuliani (3) | First period | Ivan Ryabkin (4) - pp - 11:37 Ivan Ryabkin (5) - pp - 12:44 Jack Galanek (3) - 17:38 | ||||||
| Second period | Xavier Veilleux (2) - 1:54 David Deputy (7) - 3:42 David Deputy (8) - 15:57 | |||||||
| 2:17 - Lucas Van Vliet (3) 8:18 - Jonathan Morello (2) 9:33 - James Mackey (1) |
Third period | Ivan Ryabkin (6) - en - 19:22 | ||||||
| Liam Beerman (13 saves / 19 shots) Kyle Ozgun (5 saves / 5 shots) |
Goalie stats | Stephen Peck (14 saves / 18 shots) Shikhabutdin Gadzhiev (5 saves / 5 shots) | ||||||
| April 29 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 3 – 1 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | Trinity Health Arena | ||||
| 8:06 - Václav Nestrašil (3) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 13:57 - Matthew Van Blaricom (1) | Second period | Lucas Van Vliet (4) - pp - 1:11 | ||||||
| 19:52 - en - Tynan Lawrence (6) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Shikhabutdin Gadzhiev (30 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Liam Beerman (29 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| Muskegon wins series 3 – 0 | |
Western Conference
(W1) Lincoln Stars vs. (W3) Waterloo Black Hawks
| April 25 | Lincoln Stars | 4 – 6 | Waterloo Black Hawks | Ice Box | ||||
| 3:17 - Kade Kohanski (1) | First period | Teddy Townsend (3) - 13:28 | ||||||
| 13:31 - Hunter Anderson (2) | Second period | Chase Jette (4) - 0:48 Hunter Ramos (2) - 1:15 Kaeden Hawkins (5) - 2:31 Reid Morich (3) - 17:35 | ||||||
| 10:19 - Alex Pelletier (2) 19:25 - Lefty Markonidis (1) |
Third period | Brady Peddle (1) - 6:54 | ||||||
| Yan Shostak (6 saves / 10 shots) William Prowse (11 saves / 13 shots) |
Goalie stats | Carter Casey (29 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| April 26 | Lincoln Stars | 4 – 3 | Waterloo Black Hawks | Ice Box | ||||
| 2:00 - Matt Maltais (2) 3:27 - Lefty Markonidis (2) 12:55 - Ethan Weber (1) |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 5:17 - Alex Pelletier (3) | Second period | Hunter Ramos (3) - 6:10 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Kaeden Hawkins (6) - 17:53 Brendan McMorrow (6) - 19:39 | ||||||
| Yan Shostak (28 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Carter Casey (29 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| April 30 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 5 – 0 | Lincoln Stars | Young Arena | ||||
| 4:54 - Teddy Townsend (3) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 0:33 - Teddy Townsend (4) 2:31 - pp - Teddy Townsend (5) 11:47 - Kaeden Hawkins (7) 15:27 - Dylan Compton (2) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carter Casey (29 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Yan Shostak (9 saves / 14 shots) William Prowse (11 saves / 11 shots) | ||||||
| May 1 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 3 – 0 | Lincoln Stars | Young Arena | ||||
| 16:19 - pp - Kaeden Hawkins (8) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 11:28 - pp - Grady Deering (2) | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 17:57 - en - Grady Deering (3) | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carter Casey (27 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Yan Shostak (31 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| Waterloo wins series 3 – 1 | |
Clark Cup Finals
(W3) Waterloo Black Hawks vs. (E4) Muskegon Lumberjacks
| May 9 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 8 – 5 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | Young Arena | ||||
| 1:38 - Ty Mason (1) 9:04 - Teddy Townsend (7) 9:26 - Samuel Huck (1) 16:43 - Teddy Townsend (8) |
First period | Finn McLaughlin (1) - 1:29 | ||||||
| 8:33 - Teddy Townsend (9) | Second period | Václav Nestrašil (5) - 11:59 Finn McLaughlin (2) - 17:14 Ivan Ryabkin (6) - 18:36 | ||||||
| 1:11 - Reid Morich (4) 15:14 - pp - Grady Deering (4) 19:10 - en - Reid Morich (5) |
Third period | Chase Stefanek (4) - 16:25 | ||||||
| Carter Casey (31 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Shikhabutdin Gadzhiev (1 save / 4 shots) Stephen Peck (25 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| May 10 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 1 – 4 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | Young Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 1:44 - Reid Morich (6) | Second period | Tynan Lawrence (7) - 9:49 David Deputy (9) - 16:33 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | David Deputy (10) - pp - 9:46 Václav Nestrašil 6) - en - 19:59 | ||||||
| Carter Casey (25 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Shikhabutdin Gadzhiev (22 saves / 23 shots) | ||||||
| May 16 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 2 – 1 | 2OT | Waterloo Black Hawks | Trinity Health Arena | |||
| 14:28 - Václav Nestrašil (7) | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Reid Daavettila (2) - 5:59 | ||||||
| 8:22 - Ivan Ryabkin (7) | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Shikhabutdin Gadzhiev (40 saves / 41 shots) | Goalie stats | Carter Casey (40 saves / 42 shots) | ||||||
| May 17 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 2 – 3 | OT | Waterloo Black Hawks | Trinity Health Arena | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | Easton Hewson (2) - pp - 15:25 | ||||||
| 18:55 - Teddy Spitznagel (3) 19:59 - pp - Xavier Veilleux (3) |
Third period | Grady Deering (5) - 14:33 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Chase Jette (5) - 1:32 | ||||||
| Shikhabutdin Gadzhiev (29 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Carter Casey (28 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| May 20 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 3 – 4 | OT | Muskegon Lumberjacks | Young Arena | |||
| No scoring | First period | Tynan Lawrence (8) - 3:53 Jack Christ (3) - 14:03 | ||||||
| 4:03 - Brendan McMorrow (7) 16:11 - Reid Morich (7) |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 11:30 - Hunter Ramos (4) | Third period | Jack Christ (4) - 1:54 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Jack Christ (5) - 6:01 | ||||||
| Carter Casey (28 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Shikhabutdin Gadzhiev (34 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
| Muskegon wins series 3 – 2 | |
Playoff scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tynan Lawrence | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 14 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 2 |
| Ivan Ryabkin | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 14 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 30 |
| Teddy Townsend | Waterloo Black Hawks | 15 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 20 |
| Reid Morich | Waterloo Black Hawks | 15 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 |
| David Deputy | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 14 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 21 |
| Brendan McMorrow | Waterloo Black Hawks | 15 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| Jack Galanek | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 14 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 |
| Václav Nestrašil | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 14 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 8 |
| Chase Jette | Waterloo Black Hawks | 15 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 |
| Beckett Hendrickson | Waterloo Black Hawks | 15 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 26 |
| Dylan Compton | Waterloo Black Hawks | 15 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 8 |
Playoff leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SO = Shutouts; GA = Goals Allowed; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage
| Player | Team | GP | MIN | W | L | SO | GA | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shikhabutdin Gadzhiev | Muskegon Lumberjacks | 11 | 592 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2.09 | 0.935 |
| Liam Beerman | Dubuque Fighting Saints | 7 | 396 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 2.27 | 0.922 |
| Samuel Urban | Sioux City Musketeers | 5 | 296 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2.43 | 0.908 |
| Carter Casey | Waterloo Black Hawks | 15 | 948 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 2.43 | 0.908 |
| Owen Lepak | Youngstown Phantoms | 2 | 87 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2.77 | 0.852 |
Postseason awards
USHL awards
| Award | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Year | Will Zellers | Green Bay Gamblers |
| Forward of the Year | Will Zellers | Green Bay Gamblers |
| Defenseman of the Year | Luke Osburn | Youngstown Phantoms |
| Rookie of the Year | Ryker Lee | Madison Capitols |
| Goaltender of the Year | Yan Shostak | Lincoln Stars |
| Coach of the Year | Rocky Russo | Lincoln Stars |
| Scholar-Athlete of the Year | Dryden Allen | Dubuque Fighting Saints |
| Curt Hammer Award | Coleson Hanrahan | Youngstown Phantoms |
| General Manager of the Year | Nick Fabrizio | Lincoln Stars |
| The Gaudreau Award | Ethan Wyttenbach | Sioux Falls Stampede |
All-USHL First Team
| Position | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Goalie | Yan Shostak | Lincoln Stars |
| Defenseman | Sam Laurila | Fargo Force |
| Defenseman | Luke Osburn | Youngstown Phantoms |
| Forward | Giacomo Martino | Sioux City Musketeers |
| Forward | Ryker Lee | Madison Capitols |
| Forward | Will Zellers | Green Bay Gamblers |
All-USHL Second Team
| Position | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Goalie | Melvin Strahl | Youngstown Phantoms |
| Defenceman | Xavier Veilleux | Muskegon Lumberjacks |
| Defenceman | Dylan Compton | Waterloo Black Hawks |
| Forward | Aidan Park | Green Bay Gamblers |
| Forward | Jack Pechar | Lincoln Stars |
| Forward | Adam Benák | Youngstown Phantoms |
All-USHL Third Team
| Position | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Goalie | Jan Špunar | Dubuque Fighting Saints |
| Defenseman | Étienne Lessard | Lincoln Stars |
| Defenseman | Lukas Peterson | Green Bay Gamblers |
| Forward | Landen Gunderson | Sioux City Musketeers |
| Forward | Artemi Nizameyev | Tri-City Storm |
| Forward | Nolan Roed | Tri-City Storm |
USHL All-Rookie Team
| Position | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Goalie | William Prowse | Lincoln Stars |
| Defenseman | Jet Kwajah | Madison Capitols |
| Defenseman | Luka Radivojevič | Muskegon Lumberjacks |
| Forward | Tynan Lawrence | Muskegon Lumberjacks |
| Forward | Ryker Lee | Madison Capitols |
| Forward | Adam Benák | Youngstown Phantoms |
All-Rookie Second Team
| Position | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Goalie | Michal Pradel | Tri-City Storm |
| Defenseman | Anthony Allain-Samake | Sioux City Musketeers |
| Defenseman | Anthony Bongo | Sioux Falls Stampede |
| Forward | Olivers Mūrnieks | Sioux City Musketeers |
| Forward | Blake Zielinksi | Des Moines Buccaneers |
| Forward | Ethan Wyttenbach | Sioux Falls Stampede |