2006–07 USHL season

2006-07 USHL season
2006-07 USHL season
League	United States Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	Regular season ; October 2006 – April 2007 ; Playoffs ; April – May 2007
Number of games	60
Number of teams	12
Anderson Cup Champions
Season champions	Waterloo Black Hawks
Clark Cup Champions
Champions	Sioux Falls Stampede
USHL seasons
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 USHL season is the 28th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on October 5, 2006, and concluded on April 14, 2007,^[1] with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. The 2006–07 season added the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets as an expansion team.

The 2007 Clark Cup playoffs featured all twelve teams playing in division-based seven-game series in the opening round, followed by a quarterfinal round-robin where the winners of the opening round play each other team once. The semifinal match-ups were made by pitting the top teams in the two round-robin series against the second-place team from the opposite division in a single-elimination game with the two victors meeting in a single-game championship match.

Regular season

Final standings^[2]
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched league title

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
zWaterloo Black Hawks	60	39	17	4	82	225	157
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	60	37	18	5	79	239	189
Indiana Ice	60	27	28	5	59	182	223
Green Bay Gamblers	60	24	30	6	54	176	198
Ohio Junior Blue Jackets	60	13	40	7	33	119	242
Chicago Steel	60	12	46	2	26	150	253

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
yOmaha Lancers	60	38	17	5	81	218	191
Tri-City Storm	60	36	18	6	78	203	171
Lincoln Stars	60	37	20	3	77	241	200
Sioux Falls Stampede	60	34	21	5	73	195	174
Sioux City Musketeers	60	34	21	5	73	219	178
Des Moines Buccaneers	60	29	21	10	68	215	216

Clark Cup Playoffs

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The first two rounds are restricted to intra-division matchups.

Opening Round

East Division

Waterloo Black Hawks vs. Chicago Steel

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
April 19	Chicago	0	Waterloo	2
April 21	Chicago	1	Waterloo	5
April 22	Waterloo	3	Chicago	6
April 24	Waterloo	4	Chicago	1
April 25	Chicago	4	Waterloo	5

Waterloo wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. Ohio Junior Blue Jackets

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 17	Cedar Rapids	8	Ohio	0
April 18	Cedar Rapids	1	Ohio	0	OT
April 20	Ohio	1	Cedar Rapids	5
April 21	Ohio	2	Cedar Rapids	5

Cedar Rapids wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0

Indiana Ice vs. Green Bay Gamblers

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 18	Green Bay	2	Indiana	4
April 20	Green Bay	2	Indiana	3	OT
April 21	Indiana	6	Green Bay	2
April 23	Indiana	5	Green Bay	3

Indiana wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0

West Division

Omaha Lancers vs. Des Moines Buccaneers

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 18	Des Moines	4	Omaha	2
April 20	Omaha	2	Des Moines	3
April 21	Des Moines	4	Omaha	3	OT
April 24	Omaha	3	Des Moines	1
April 27	Des Moines	3	Omaha	2	2OT

Des Moines wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1

Tri-City Storm vs. Sioux City Musketeers

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
April 20	Sioux City	4	Tri-City	2
April 21	Sioux City	3	Tri-City	4
April 24	Tri-City	2	Sioux City	1
April 25	Tri-City	1	Sioux City	3
April 26	Sioux City	6	Tri-City	3
April 28	Tri-City	4	Sioux City	3
April 30	Sioux City	2	Tri-City	3

Tri-City wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 3

Lincoln Stars vs. Sioux Falls Stampede

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
April 18	Lincoln	2	Sioux Falls	8
April 20	Lincoln	1	Sioux Falls	5
April 21	Sioux Falls	5	Lincoln	0
April 23	Sioux Falls	8	Lincoln	7

Sioux Falls wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0

Quarterfinals

East Division

Round-Robin

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
May 2	Waterloo	3	Indiana	4
May 4	Indiana	4	Cedar Rapids	3
May 5	Cedar Rapids	0	Waterloo	6

Indiana advances as the top seed from the east with Waterloo as the second seed

West Division

Round-Robin

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
May 2	Tri-City	0	Des Moines	3
May 4	Des Moines	3	Sioux Falls	2
May 5	Sioux Falls	4	Tri-City	3	OT

Des Moines advances as the top seed from the west with Sioux Falls as the second seed

Final Four

Semi-finals			Clark Cup Championship

E1	Indiana Ice	2

W2	Sioux Falls Stampede	3
			W2	Sioux Falls Stampede	3

			E2	Waterloo Black Hawks	0
W1	Des Moines Buccaneers	0

E2	Waterloo Black Hawks	1

Players

Scoring leaders

	Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1	Richard Purslow	Des Moines Buccaneers	60	27	55	82	-2	28
2	Phil DeSimone	Sioux City Musketeers	60	26	47	73	+13	60
3	Jacob Cepis	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	58	34	38	72	+18	59
4	Jared Brown	Lincoln Stars	60	30	41	71	+22	30
	James Marcou	Waterloo Black Hawks	58	24	47	71	+12	60
	Carter Camper	Lincoln Stars	56	23	48	71	+24	40
7	Aaron Palushaj	Des Moines Buccaneers	56	22	45	67	+5	62
8	Mark Olver	Omaha Lancers	57	29	35	64	+27	84
	Ben Ryan	Des Moines Buccaneers	59	22	42	64	-2	66
10	Stephen Schultz	Lincoln Stars	57	31	32	63	+24	74
	Garrett Roe	Indiana Ice	57	24	39	63	-3	143
	Max Pacioretty	Sioux City Musketeers	60	21	42	63	+20	119
	John Kemp	Indiana Ice	50	16	47	63	+3	34

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Leading goaltenders

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	Player	Team	GP	MIN	W	L	OTL	SO	GA	GAA	SV	SV%
1	Ryan Rondeau	Waterloo Black Hawks	33	1807	17	8	4	2	74	2.46	684	.902
2	Matthew DiGirolamo	Waterloo Black Hawks	33	1816	22	9	0	3	77	2.54	735	.905
3	Matt Lundin	Sioux Falls Stampede	44	2611	24	15	5	2	111	2.55	1156	.912
4	Ian Keserich	Tri-City Storm	47	2546	26	13	5	3	111	2.62	1005	.901
5	Jerry Kuhn	Sioux City Musketeers	49	2737	27	18	3	3	122	2.67	1426	.921

Awards

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Coach of the Year: P.K. O'Handley Waterloo Black Hawks
Curt Hammer Award: Zach Redmond Sioux Falls Stampede
Defenseman of the Year: Jeff Petry Des Moines Buccaneers
Executive of the Year: Michael Schupay Indiana Ice
Forward of the Year: Phil DeSimone Sioux City Musketeers
General Manager of the Year: Mike Hastings Omaha Lancers
Goaltender of the Year: Drew Palmisano Omaha Lancers
Organization of the Year: Waterloo Black Hawks
Player of the Year: Phil DeSimone Sioux City Musketeers
Rookie of the Year: Max Pacioretty Sioux City Musketeers

First Team All-Stars

Matt DiGirolamo (Goalie) Waterloo Black Hawks
Derrick LaPoint (Defense) Green Bay Gamblers
Jeff Petry (Defense) Des Moines Buccaneers
Phil DeSimone (Forward) Sioux City Musketeers
Jared Brown (Forward) Lincoln Stars
Jacob Cepis (Forward) Omaha Lancers

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Second Team All-Stars

Drew Palmisano (Goalie) Omaha Lancers
Colby Cohen (Defense) Lincoln Stars
Nick Petrecki (Defense) Omaha Lancers
Richard Purslow (Forward) Des Moines Buccaneers
James Marcou (Forward) Waterloo Black Hawks
Carter Camper (Forward) Lincoln Stars

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References

^ "2006-07 League Schedule". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
^ "2006-07 USHL Standings". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
^ "2007 Playoffs League Schedule". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
^ "2006-07 Scoring Leaders". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
^ "2006-07 Goalie Leaders". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
^ "USHL Names Its Best For 2006-07". USHL. April 16, 2007. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
^ "USHL First All-Star Team". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
^ "USHL Second All-Star Team". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

External links

[1] "2006-07 League Schedule". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

[2] "2006-07 USHL Standings". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

[3] "2007 Playoffs League Schedule". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

[4] "2006-07 Scoring Leaders". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

[5] "2006-07 Goalie Leaders". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

[6] "USHL Names Its Best For 2006-07". USHL. April 16, 2007. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

[7] "USHL First All-Star Team". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

[8] "USHL Second All-Star Team". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

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