2016–17 USHL season

The 2016–17 USHL season is the 37th 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.

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

Regular season

Final standings[2]

Eastern Conference Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA PIM 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 Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA PIM 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

USHL awards

Award	Name	Team
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

Pos	Name	Team
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

Pos	Name	Team
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

Pos	Name	Team
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

	Conference Semi-Finals (Best of 5)					Conference Finals (Best of 5)					Clark Cup Championship (Best of 5)
	1	Chicago	3
	4	Youngstown	2
						1	Chicago	3
	Eastern Conference
						2	Dubuque	1
	2	Dubuque	3
	3	Muskegon	1
											E1	Chicago	3
											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

1. "USHL Announces 2016-17 Schedule". USHL. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
2. "USHL Standings". USHL. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
3. "Matiss Kivlenieks Named USHL Player & Goaltender of the Year". USHL. 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

• Official website of the United States Hockey League