2015–16 USHL season

Sports season

2015–16 USHL Season

League| United States Hockey League
Sport| Ice hockey
Duration| September 25, 2015 – April 10, 2016
Number of games| 60
Number of teams| 17
Regular season
Anderson Cup| Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
Season MVP| Rem Pitlick (Muskegon)
Clark Cup Playoffs
Western champions| Tri-City Storm
Western runners-up| Waterloo Blackhawks
Eastern champions| Dubuque Fighting Saints
Eastern runners-up| Bloomington Thunder
Clark Cup Champions
Champions| Tri-City Storm
USHL seasons

← 2014–15

2016–17 →

The 2015–16 USHL season is the 37th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from September 25, 2015, to April 10, 2016.[1] The regular season champions, the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, were awarded the Anderson Cup and the playoff champions, the Tri-City Storm, were awarded the Clark Cup.

## Regular season[edit]

Final standings[2]

### Eastern Conference[edit]

| Team  | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | GF | GA | PIM

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z – Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | 60 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 85 | 198 | 150 | 876
x – Green Bay Gamblers | 60 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 81 | 191 | 135 | 881
x – Dubuque Fighting Saints | 60 | 39 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 209 | 159 | 1082
x - Bloomington Thunder | 60 | 36 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 78 | 176 | 152 | 752
Youngstown Phantoms | 60 | 31 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 71 | 192 | 177 | 1020
Chicago Steel | 60 | 27 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 61 | 168 | 168 | 1035
Muskegon Lumberjacks | 60 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 61 | 189 | 217 | 986
Madison Capitols | 60 | 25 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 58 | 169 | 198 | 892
Team USA | 60 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 172 | 219 | 818

### Western Conference[edit]

| Team  | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | GF | GA | PIM

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y – Tri-City Storm | 60 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 73 | 183 | 164 | 726
x – Lincoln Stars | 60 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 69 | 177 | 163 | 1152
x – Waterloo Black Hawks | 60 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 198 | 183 | 919
x – Sioux Falls Stampede | 60 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 66 | 164 | 174 | 908
Fargo Force[a] | 60 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 157 | 150 | 995
Omaha Lancers | 60 | 26 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 57 | 157 | 189 | 1034
Des Moines Buccaneers | 60 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 165 | 205 | 957
Sioux City Musketeers | 60 | 20 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 148 | 210 | 929

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

1. ^ The Fargo Force had more total wins (regulation, overtime, and shootout wins) than the Sioux Falls Stampede, but the Stampede win the playoff tiebreaker (29 regulation and overtime wins to the Force's 28).

## Post season awards[edit]

### All-USHL First Team[edit]

Pos  | Name  | Team

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G | Adam Huska | Green Bay
D | Jack Ahcan | Cedar Rapids
D | Jeremy Davies | Bloomington
F | Ross Colton | Cedar Rapids
F | Cam Morrison | Youngstown
F | Rem Pitlick | Muskegon

### All-USHL Second Team[edit]

Pos  | Name  | Team

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G | Ben Blacker | Cedar Rapids
D | Mattias Gorannson | Tri-City
D | Trevor Hamilton | Lincoln
F | Tanner Laczynski | Lincoln
F | Denis Smirnov | Fargo
F | Nate Sucese | Dubuque

### All Rookie Team[edit]

Pos  | Name  | Team

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G | Ryan Edquist | Madison
D | Jacob Bryson | Omaha
D | Andrew Peeke | Green Bay
F | Collin Adams | Muskegon
F | Cam Morrison | Youngstown
F | Eeli Tolvanen | Sioux City

## Clark Cup playoffs[edit]

| Conference Semi-Finals
(Best of 5) | | | Conference Finals
(Best of 5) | | | Clark Cup Championship
(Best of 5) |

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| 1 | Cedar Rapids | 2 | | |
| 4 | Bloomington | 3 |
| | 4 | Bloomington | 2 |
| Eastern Conference |
| | | 3 | Dubuque | 3 |
| 3 | Dubuque | 3 |

| 2 | Green Bay | 1 |
| | E3 | Dubuque | 0 |
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| | | W1 | Tri-City | 3 |
| 2 | Lincoln | 1 | |

| 3 | Waterloo | 3 |
| | 3 | Waterloo | 2 |
| Western Conference |
| | | 1 | Tri-City | 3 |
| 4 | Sioux Falls | 0 |

| 1 | Tri-City | 3 |

## References[edit]

1. ^ "USHL Announces 2015-16 Schedule". USHL. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
2. ^ "USHL Standings". USHL. Retrieved March 9, 2016.

## External links[edit]

* Official website of the United States Hockey League

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* Des Moines Buccaneers
* Fargo Force
* Lincoln Stars
* Omaha Lancers
* Sioux City Musketeers
* Sioux Falls Stampede
* Tri-City Storm
* Waterloo Black Hawks

Eastern Conference|

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* Green Bay Gamblers
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*[OTL]: Overtime losses
*[SOL]: Shootout loss
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