2015–16 USHL 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
Anderson Cup Champions
Season champions	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
Season MVP	Rem Pitlek (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

The 2015–16 USHL season is the 36th 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

Final standings^[2]

Eastern Conference Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA PIM 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 Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA PIM 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 Fargo Force[lower-alpha 1] 60 32 26 2 0 66 157 150 995 x – Sioux Falls Stampede 60 31 25 3 1 66 164 174 908 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. Although the Fargo Force place higher in the division due to having more total wins (regulation, overtime, and shootout wins), the Sioux Falls Stampede win the playoff tiebreaker (29 regulation and overtime wins to the Force's 28).

Post season awards

All-USHL First Team

Pos	Name	Team
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

Pos	Name	Team
G	Ben Blacker	Cedar Rapids
D	Mattias Gorannson	Tri-City
D	Trevor Hamilton	Lincoln
F	Tanner Laczynski	Lincoln
F	Denis Smirnov	Fargo
F	Nathan Sucese	Dubuque

All Rookie Team

Pos	Name	Team
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

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

1. "USHL Announces 2015-16 Schedule". USHL. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
2. "USHL Standings". USHL. Retrieved March 9, 2016.

External links

• Official website of the United States Hockey League