2016–17 USHL season

Sports season

2016–17 USHL Season

League| United States Hockey League
Sport| Ice hockey
Duration| September 23, 2016 – April 8, 2017
Number of games| 60
Number of teams| 17
Regular season
Anderson Cup| Sioux City Musketeers
Season MVP| Matiss Kivlenieks (Sioux City)
Clark Cup Playoffs
Western champions| Sioux City Musketeers
Western runners-up| Waterloo Black Hawks
Eastern champions| Chicago Steel
Eastern runners-up| Dubuque Fighting Saints
Clark Cup Playoffs MVP| Eduards Tralmaks (Chicago)
Clark Cup Champions
Champions| Chicago Steel
USHL seasons

← 2015–16

2017–18 →

The 2016–17 USHL season is the 38th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from September 23, 2016, to April 8, 2017.[1] The regular season champions, the Sioux City Musketeers, were awarded the Anderson Cup. The playoff champions, the Chicago Steel, 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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y – Chicago Steel | 60 | 38 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 81 | 196 | 144 | 748
x – Dubuque Fighting Saints | 60 | 36 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 79 | 201 | 163 | 1038
x – Muskegon Lumberjacks | 60 | 37 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 79 | 192 | 157 | 1021
x – Youngstown Phantoms | 60 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 74 | 161 | 135 | 1054
Green Bay Gamblers | 60 | 34 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 173 | 145 | 900
Bloomington Thunder | 60 | 25 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 58 | 150 | 177 | 1012
Madison Capitols | 60 | 23 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 51 | 135 | 192 | 851
Team USA | 60 | 23 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 164 | 214 | 819
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | 60 | 12 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 109 | 228 | 931

### Western Conference[edit]

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

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z – Sioux City Musketeers | 60 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 87 | 179 | 125 | 787
x – Waterloo Black Hawks | 60 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 84 | 210 | 161 | 891
x – Fargo Force | 60 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 77 | 193 | 149 | 792
x – Des Moines Buccaneers | 60 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 76 | 177 | 154 | 797
Lincoln Stars | 60 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 171 | 161 | 1147
Omaha Lancers | 60 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 159 | 214 | 1246
Sioux Falls Stampede | 60 | 21 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 169 | 193 | 902
Tri-City Storm | 60 | 21 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 153 | 180 | 714

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

## Post season awards[edit]

### USHL awards[edit]

Award  | Name  | Team

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Player of the Year | Matiss Kivlenieks | Sioux City Musketeers[3]
Forward of the Year | Zach Solow | Dubuque Fighting Saints[4]
Defenseman of the Year | Connor Mackey | Green Bay Gamblers[5]
Rookie of the Year | Andrei Svechnikov | Muskegon Lumberjacks[6]
Goaltender of the Year | Matiss Kivlenieks | Sioux City Musketeers[3]
Coach of the Year | Jay Varady | Sioux City Musketeers
Scholar-Athlete | Michael Karow
Graham Lillibridge | Youngstown Phantoms
Chicago Steel
Curt Hammer | Logan Halladay
Riese Zmolek | Bloomington Thunder
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
General Manager of the Year | Mark LeRose | Sioux City Musketeers
Executive of the Year | Not awarded |
Organization of the Year | Not awarded |

### All-USHL First Team[edit]

Pos  | Name  | Team

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G | Matiss Kivlenieks | Sioux City
D | Mario Ferraro | Des Moines
D | Connor Mackey | Green Bay
F | Zach Solow | Dubuque
F | Andrei Svechnikov | Muskegon
F | Eeli Tolvanen | Sioux City

### All-USHL Second Team[edit]

Pos  | Name  | Team

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G | Ivan Kulbakov | Youngstown
D | Mikey Anderson | Waterloo
D | Quinn Hughes | Team USA
F | Jack Adams | Fargo
F | Blake Lizotte | Fargo
F | Nick Swaney | Waterloo

### All Rookie Team[edit]

Pos  | Name  | Team

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G | Keith Petruzzelli | Muskegon
D | Mario Ferraro | Des Moines
D | Clayton Phillips | Fargo
F | Cole Guttman | Dubuque
F | Isaac Johnson | Des Moines
F | Andrei Svechnikov | Muskegon

## 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 | Chicago | 3 | | |
| 4 | Youngstown | 2 |
| | 1 | Chicago | 3 |
| Eastern Conference |
| | | 2 | Dubuque | 1 |
| 2 | Dubuque | 3 |

| 3 | Muskegon | 1 |
| | E1 | Chicago | 3 |
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| | | W1 | Sioux City | 2 |
| 1 | Sioux City | 3 | |

| 4 | Des Moines | 0 |
| | 1 | Sioux City | 3 |
| Western Conference |
| | | 2 | Waterloo | 2 |
| 2 | Waterloo | 3 |

| 3 | Fargo | 0 |

## References[edit]

1. ^ "USHL Announces 2016-17 Schedule". USHL. Archived from the original on April 20, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
2. ^ "USHL Standings". USHL. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
3. ^ a b "Matiss Kivlenieks Named USHL Player & Goaltender of the Year". USHL. April 12, 2017. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
4. ^ "Zach Solow Named USHL Forward of the Year". USHL. April 12, 2017.
5. ^ "Connor Mackey Named USHL Defenseman of the Year". USHL. April 12, 2017.
6. ^ "Andrei Svechnikov Named USHL Rookie of the Year". USHL. April 12, 2017.

## External links[edit]

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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|

* Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
* Chicago Steel
* Dubuque Fighting Saints
* Green Bay Gamblers
* Madison Capitols
* Muskegon Lumberjacks
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* Youngstown Phantoms

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