2010–11 USHL season

The 2010–11 USHL season is the 32nd season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on October 1, 2010, and concluded on April 9, 2011, with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. The 2010–11 season was the first to include the Dubuque Fighting Saints and Muskegon Lumberjacks, both of whom were resurrected franchises of the same name (USHL and IHL respectively)

2010-11 USHL season
League	United States Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	October 1, 2010 – May 21, 2011
Number of games	60
Number of teams	16
Anderson Cup Champions
Season champions	Cedar Rapids Roughriders
Clark Cup Champions
Champions	Dubuque Fighting Saints

The Clark Cup playoffs featured the top six teams from each conference competing for the league title. The increase to twelve teams resulted from the addition of four teams in two years.

Regular season

Current standings as of November 7, 2010

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 conference title

Eastern Conference

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
yCedar Rapids RoughRiders	60	42	12	6	90	212	151
xGreen Bay Gamblers	60	41	15	4	86	189	131
xIndiana Ice	60	37	19	4	78	237	166
xUS NTDP	60	30	25	5	65	170	172
xMuskegon Lumberjacks	60	24	28	8	56	187	235
xWaterloo Black Hawks	60	24	29	7	55	164	183
Youngstown Phantoms	60	23	30	7	53	167	205
Chicago Steel	60	9	43	8	26	103	248

Western Conference

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
yDubuque Fighting Saints	60	37	14	9	83	195	152
xOmaha Lancers	60	34	19	7	75	170	144
xSioux Falls Stampede	60	34	20	6	74	197	168
xFargo Force	60	33	22	5	71	173	151
xLincoln Stars	60	33	22	5	71	195	188
xSioux City Musketeers	60	31	23	6	68	174	167
Des Moines Buccaneers	60	29	25	6	64	174	177
Tri-City Storm	60	19	30	11	49	137	206

Clark Cup Playoffs

	Conference Quarter-finals					Conference Semi-finals					Conference Finals					Clark Cup Championship
	1	Cedar Rapids
	-	Bye
						1	Cedar Rapids	3
						5	Muskegon	1
	4	US NTDP	0
	5	Muskegon	2
											1	Cedar Rapids	1
	Eastern Conference
											2	Green Bay	3
	3	Indiana	2
	6	Waterloo	0
						2	Green Bay	3
						3	Indiana	0
	2	Green Bay
	-	Bye
																E2	Green Bay	1
																W1	Dubuque	3
	1	Dubuque
	-	Bye
						1	Dubuque	3
						4	Fargo	0
	4	Fargo	2
	5	Lincoln	0
											1	Dubuque	3
	Western Conference
											3	Sioux Falls	1
	3	Sioux Falls	2
	6	Sioux City	1
						3	Sioux Falls	3
						2	Omaha	0
	2	Omaha
	-	Bye

Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

(3) Indiana Ice vs. (6) Waterloo Black Hawks

April 14	Indiana Ice		4 – 0		Waterloo Black Hawks	Pepsi Coliseum
No scoring		First period			No scoring
7:59 - Dan Cesarz (1) 15:37 - Brian Ferlin (1) 17:53 - David Johnstone (1)		Second period			No scoring
18:06 - pp - Blake Coleman (1)		Third period			No scoring
Casey DeSmith (38 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			C.J. Motte (30 saves / 34 shots)

April 15	Indiana Ice		6 – 3		Waterloo Black Hawks	Pepsi Coliseum
16:52 - Sean Kuraly (1) 18:28 - Alex Barron (1)		First period			No scoring
13:34 - pp - Blake Coleman (2) 14:50 - pp - David Johnstone (2)		Second period			Aaron Pearce (1) - 2:57 Tyler Zepeda (1) - pp - 16:04
2:24 - Dan Cesarz (2) 15:11 - pp - Daniil Tarasov (1)		Third period			Jacob MacDonald (1) - 13:34
Casey DeSmith (27 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			C.J. Motte (7 saves / 9 shots) Jay Williams (20 saves / 24 shots)

Indiana wins series 2 – 0

(4) Team USA vs. (5) Muskegon Lumberjacks

April 15	Muskegon Lumberjacks		2 – 0		Team USA	Ann Arbor Ice Cube
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Matthew DeBlouw (1) - 5:36 Casey Thrush (1) - en - 19:26		Third period			No scoring
Joel Vienneau (34 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Jared Rutledge (25 saves / 26 shots)

April 16	Muskegon Lumberjacks		5 – 2		Team USA	Ann Arbor Ice Cube
Charlie Taft (1) - 11:08 Matthew DeBlouw (2) - 11:54		First period			No scoring
Matt Berry (1) - 12:36 Alexx Privitera (1) - pp - 19:59		Second period			No scoring
Matt Berry (2) - 4:26		Third period			6:36 - Ryan Hartman (1) 7:54 - Frank Vatrano (1)
Joel Vienneau (28 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Jared Rutledge (14 saves / 18 shots) Collin Olson (4 saves / 5 shots)

Muskegon wins series 2 – 0

Western Conference

(3) Sioux Falls Stampede vs. (6) Sioux City Musketeers

April 13	Sioux Falls Stampede		5 – 1		Sioux City Musketeers	Sioux Falls Arena
11:44 - pp - Christian Isackson (1)		First period			No scoring
5:35 - pp - Brent Darnell (1) 6:32 - Christian Isackson (2)		Second period			Alex Velischek (1) - 11:30
7:47 - Kyle Rau (1) 19:30 - en - Joseph Lordo (1)		Third period			No scoring
Stephon Williams (27 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Matt Skoff (37 saves / 41 shots)

April 14	Sioux Falls Stampede		4 – 3	OT	Sioux City Musketeers	Sioux Falls Arena
6:44 - pp - Connor Reilly (1)		First period			Ryan Carpenter (1) - 11:18
No scoring		Second period			Richard Zehnal (1) - 11:08
0:41 - Christian Isackson (3) 9:09 - Joseph Lordo (2)		Third period			Max McCormick (1) - 8:23
No scoring		First overtime period			Brett Patterson (1) - 9:48
Stephon Williams (27 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Matt Skoff (45 saves / 48 shots)

April 17	Sioux Falls Stampede		5 – 3		Sioux City Musketeers	Sioux Falls Arena
No scoring		First period			12:59 - pp - Brad Robbins (1)
Marcus Perrier (1) - pp - 1:49 Kyle Rau (2) - pp - 16:04 Nolan Youngmun (1) - 18:39		Second period			0:25 - Tommy Olczyk (1) 19:14 - Ryan Carpenter (2)
Kyle Rau (3) - pp - 14:47 Ryan Jacobson (1) - en - 18:27		Third period			No scoring
Stephon Williams (19 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats			Matt Skoff (30 saves / 34 shots)

Sioux Falls wins series 2 – 1

(4) Fargo Force vs. (5) Lincoln Stars

April 15	Fargo Force		2 – 0		Lincoln Stars	Scheels Arena
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
16:05 - Brian Cooper (1) 19:11 - en - Joe Rehkamp (1)		Third period			No scoring
Ryan Massa (23 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats			Kevin Murdock (29 saves / 30 shots)

April 16	Fargo Force		4 – 2		Lincoln Stars	Scheels Arena
12:21 - pp - Tanner Kero (1)		First period			Ryan Dzingel (1) - pp - 13:07
0:42 - Colten St. Clair (1)		Second period			No scoring
11:29 - Joe Rehkamp (2) 19:52 - en - Brian Cooper (2)		Third period			Rasmus Juell (1) - 4:26
Ryan Massa (20 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats			Kevin Murdock (40 saves / 43 shots)

Fargo wins series 2 – 0

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

(1) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. (5) Muskegon Lumberjacks

April 20	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders		4 – 1		Muskegon Lumberjacks	Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
19:22 - Ryan McGrath (1)		First period			Brendan Woods (1) - pp - 18:31
15:11 - Jayson Megna (1)		Second period			No scoring
2:25 - Jayson Megna (2) 14:11 - pp - Stu Wilson (1)		Third period			No scoring
Brady Hjelle (20 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats			Joel Vienneau (28 saves / 32 shots)

April 22	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders		6 – 1		Muskegon Lumberjacks	Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
No scoring		First period			No scoring
5:14 - Cason Hohmann (1) 13:42 - Sam Warning (1) 15:49 - Jayson Megna (3)		Second period			No scoring
5:18 - Justin Kovacs (1) 11:39 - Peter Maric (1) 16:47 - Michael Parks (1)		Third period			Matt Berry (3) - 3:43
Brady Hjelle (25 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Joel Vienneau (39 saves / 44 shots) Paul Berrafato (2 saves / 3 shots)

April 23	Muskegon Lumberjacks		5 – 1		Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	L.C. Walker Arena
No scoring		First period			Jayson Megna (4) - pp - 3:19
12:30 - Jordan Masters (1) 15:00 - Ryan Misiak (1) 18:18 - Matt Berry (4)		Second period			No scoring
7:35 - Charlie Taft (2) 15:25 - Travis Belohrad (1)		Third period			No scoring
Joel Vienneau (25 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Brady Hjelle (34 saves / 39 shots)

April 25	Muskegon Lumberjacks		3 – 7		Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	L.C. Walker Arena
No scoring		First period			Michael Parks (2) - 1:04 Peter Maric (2) - 3:55
2:40 - Matthew DeBlouw (3) 9:13 - Casey Thrush (2)		Second period			Nick Saracino (1) - 11:34
13:57 - pp - John Parker (1)		Third period			Justin Kovacs (2) - 0:24 Sam Warning (2) - 6:19 Sam Warning (3) - pp - 11:58 Stu Wilson (2) - pp - en - 19:58
Joel Vienneau (28 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Brady Hjelle (33 saves / 36 shots)

Cedar Rapids wins series 3 – 1

(2) Green Bay Gamblers vs. (3) Indiana Ice

April 20	Green Bay Gamblers		5 – 1		Indiana Ice	Resch Center
2:58 - Sam Herr (1) 5:09 - Austin Czarnik (1) 13:34 - Will Kessel (1)		First period			Daniil Tarasov (2) - 5:54
0:32 - sh - Austin Czarnik (2) 18:18 - Andrew Welinski (1)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Ryan McKay (15 saves / 16 shots)		Goalie stats			Casey DeSmith (26 saves / 31 shots) Jon Gillies (13 saves / 13 shots)

April 22	Green Bay Gamblers		3 – 1		Indiana Ice	Resch Center
6:09 - Andrew Welinski (2)		First period			Peter Schneider (1) - 2:44
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
10:36 - Grant Arnold (1) 16:27 - pp - Aaron Harstad (1)		Third period			No scoring
Ryan McKay (20 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats			Jon Gillies (28 saves / 31 shots)

April 23	Indiana Ice		1 – 2	OT	Green Bay Gamblers	Pepsi Coliseum
No scoring		First period			No scoring
0:36 - David Johnstone (3)		Second period			Ludwig Karlsson (1) - pp - 14:48
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Austin Czarnik (3) - 10:16
Casey DeSmith (39 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats			Adam Wilcox (30 saves / 31 shots)

Green Bay wins series 3 – 0

Western Conference

(1) Dubuque Fighting Saints vs. (4) Fargo Force

April 20	Dubuque Fighting Saints		2 – 1	OT	Fargo Force	Mystique Ice Center
No scoring		First period			No scoring
15:18 - pp - Joakim Ryan (1)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Dan Weissenhofer (1) - 17:26
5:57 - pp - Nick Luukko (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Matt Morris (20 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats			Ryan Massa (18 saves / 20 shots)

April 22	Dubuque Fighting Saints		2 – 1		Fargo Force	Mystique Ice Center
No scoring		First period			Garrett Haar (1) - 14:49
10:00 - Johnny Gaudreau (1) 16:39 - Shane Sooth (1)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Matt Morris (25 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Ryan Massa (26 saves / 28 shots)

April 23	Fargo Force		0 – 3		Dubuque Fighting Saints	Scheels Arena
No scoring		First period			Zemgus Girgensons (1) - pp - 3:07 Vinny Saponari (1) - 5:07
No scoring		Second period			Riley Barber (1) - 14:14
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Zane Gothberg (16 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats			Matt Morris (29 saves / 29 shots)

Dubuque wins series 3 – 0

(2) Omaha Lancers vs. (3) Sioux Falls Stampede

April 20	Omaha Lancers		2 – 5		Sioux Falls Stampede	Omaha Civic Auditorium
No scoring		First period			Nolan Youngmun (2) - 1:37
5:36 - Ryan Daugherty (1)		Second period			Joseph Lordo (3) - 12:27 Ryan Jacobson (2) - 13:16 Connor Reilly (2) - 14:35
19:03 - Ryan Daugherty (2)		Third period			Dominic Zombo (1) - sh - 2:57
Todd Mathews (19 saves / 22 shots) John Keeney (9 saves / 11 shots)		Goalie stats			Stephon Williams (26 saves / 28 shots)

April 22	Omaha Lancers		3 – 4		Sioux Falls Stampede	Omaha Civic Auditorium
14:03 - Aaron Ave (1)		First period			Jordan Oesterle (1) - 13:08
No scoring		Second period			Connor Reilly (3) - pp - 10:53
11:45 - pp - Anthony Hamburg (1) 19:49 - Seth Ambroz (1)		Third period			Connor Reilly (4) - 1:39 Kyle Rau (4) - en - 19:06
Todd Mathews (25 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Juho Olkinuora (30 saves / 33 shots)

April 23	Sioux Falls Stampede		5 – 1		Omaha Lancers	Sioux Falls Arena
12:54 - Clark Cristofoli (1)		First period			Seth Ambroz (2) - 11:49
0:34 - Daniel Doremus (1) 5:49 - Kyle Rau (5) 7:38 - Kyle Rau (6) 8:39 - sh - Sam Coatta (1)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Stephon Williams (34 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Todd Mathews (16 saves / 19 shots) John Keeney (14 saves / 16 shots)

Sioux Falls wins series 3 – 0

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Cedar Rapids Roughriders vs. (2) Green Bay Gamblers

April 29	Cedar Rapids Roughriders		2–3		Green Bay Gamblers	Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
14:28 - Tanner Pond (1)		First period			Nolan LaPorte (1) - 6:31 Nolan LaPorte (2) - 9:57
No scoring		Second period			Ludwig Karlsson (2) - 19:00
Ryan McGrath (2) - 16:05		Third period			No scoring
Brady Hjelle (28 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Ryan McKay (24 saves / 26 shots)

April 30	Cedar Rapids Roughriders		2–1		Green Bay Gamblers	Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
6:07 - Nick Saracino (2)		First period			No scoring
16:55 - pp - Sam Warning (4)		Second period			C.J. Eick (1) - 1:56
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Brady Hjelle (19 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Ryan McKay (32 saves / 34 shots)

May 6	Green Bay Gamblers		4–1		Cedar Rapids Roughriders	Resch Center
5:38 - Alex Broadhurst (1)		First period			No scoring
13:52 - C.J. Eick (2) 17:55 - Nolan LaPorte (3)		Second period			Michael Parks (3) - 5:15
12:20 - Aaron Harstad (2)		Third period			No scoring
Ryan McKay (17 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats			Brady Hjelle (32 saves / 36 shots)

May 8	Green Bay Gamblers		3–1		Cedar Rapids Roughriders	Resch Center
5:58 - pp - Jean-Paul LaFontaine (1) 6:56 - David Goodwin (1)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Nick Saracino (3) - 8:28
19:11 - en - Robert Francis (1)		Third period			No scoring
Ryan McKay (19 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Brady Hjelle (30 saves / 32 shots)

Green Bay wins series 3 – 1

Western Conference

(1) Dubuque Fighting Saints vs. (3) Sioux Falls Stampede

April 29	Dubuque Fighting Saints		5–2		Sioux Falls Stampede	Mystique Ice Center
17:21 - pp - Zemgus Girgensons (2)		First period			Kyle Rau (7) - 7:09
16:08 - pp - Tony Larson (1) 18:29 - pp - Vinny Saponari (2)		Second period			Bryan Moore (1) - pp - 1:22
15:09 - T.J. Moor (1) 18:46 - en - Vinny Saponari (3)		Third period			No scoring
Matt Morris (18 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Stephon Williams (27 saves / 31 shots)

April 30	Dubuque Fighting Saints		2–1		Sioux Falls Stampede	Mystique Ice Center
No scoring		First period			No scoring
18:11 - Johnny Gaudreau (2)		Second period			Daniel Doremus (2) - pp - 14:26
15:50 - Johnny Gaudreau (3)		Third period			No scoring
Matt Morris (26 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Juho Olkinuora (28 saves / 30 shots)

May 6	Sioux Falls Stampede		3–2		Dubuque Fighting Saints	Sioux Falls Arena
14:04 - Jordan Oesterle (2)		First period			Tony Larson (2) - pp - 12:28
5:28 - pp - Jordan Oesterle (3) 17:14 - Dominic Zombo (2)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			John Doherty (1) - 9:44
Juho Olkinuora (29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Matt Morris (25 saves / 28 shots)

May 8	Sioux Falls Stampede		2–3	OT	Dubuque Fighting Saints	Sioux Falls Arena
No scoring		First period			Vinny Saponari (4) - pp - 17:31
0:25 - pp - Marcus Perrier (2) 17:50 - pp - Austyn Young (2)		Second period			Johnny Gaudreau (4) - 7:37
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Zemgus Girgensons (3) - 2:38
Juho Olkinuora (30 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Matt Morris (35 saves / 37 shots)

Dubuque wins series 3 – 1

Clark Cup Finals

(W1) Dubuque Fighting Saints vs. (E2) Green Bay Gamblers

May 13	Green Bay Gamblers		3–0		Dubuque Fighting Saints	Resch Center
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Jean-Paul LaFontaine (2) - 2:01		Second period			No scoring
Robert Francis (2) - 15:08 Alex Broadhurst (2) - 16:00		Third period			No scoring
Ryan McKay (23 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats			Matt Morris (24 saves / 27 shots)

May 14	Green Bay Gamblers		1–2		Dubuque Fighting Saints	Resch Center
No scoring		First period			4:11 - Vinny Saponari (5)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Alex Broadhurst (3) - 10:07		Third period			9:58 - Shane Sooth (2)
Ryan McKay (17 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats			Matt Morris (23 saves / 24 shots)

May 20	Dubuque Fighting Saints		4–2		Green Bay Gamblers	Mystique Ice Center
No scoring		First period			16:38 - Grant Arnold (2)
Tony Larson (3) - 10:12 Joakim Ryan (2) - 11:16 Tyler Lundey (1) - 11:45		Second period			No scoring
Riley Barber (2) - 2:27		Third period			19:31 - C.J. Eick (3)
Matt Morris (18 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Ryan McKay (19 saves / 23 shots) Adam Wilcox (6 saves / 6 shots)

May 21	Dubuque Fighting Saints		6–1		Green Bay Gamblers	Mystique Ice Center
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Tyler Lundey (2) - 9:45 T.J. Schlueter (1) - 12:57		Second period			0:33 - C.J. Eick (4)
T.J. Schlueter (2) - pp - 1:50 John Doherty (2) - 13:38 Johnny Gaudreau (5) - en - 16:24 Shane Walsh (1) - 17:12		Third period			No scoring
Matt Morris (37 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Ryan McKay (29 saves / 34 shots)

Dubuque wins series 3 – 1

Players

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Blake Coleman	Indiana Ice	59	34	58	92	72
Daniil Tarasov	Indiana Ice	57	37	38	75	46
Brian Ferlin	Indiana Ice	55	25	48	73	26
Johnny Gaudreau	Dubuque Fighting Saints	60	36	36	72	36
Ryan Dzingel	Lincoln Stars	54	23	44	67	8
Vinny Saponari	Dubuque Fighting Saints	56	18	46	64	35
Jimmy Mullin	Fargo Force	52	23	37	60	26
Justin Kovacs	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	58	17	42	59	20
Jayson Megna	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	60	30	28	58	45
David Johnstone	Indiana Ice	57	20	38	58	32
Ryan Misiak	Muskegon Lumberjacks	57	15	43	58	44

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	Mins	W	L	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Ryan McKay	Green Bay Gamblers	38	2216	25	9	3	74	5	0.928	2.00
Matt Morris	Dubuque Fighting Saints	37	1990	23	8	4	72	4	0.921	2.17
Adam Wilcox	Green Bay Gamblers	24	1420	16	6	1	52	1	0.922	2.20
Brady Hjelle	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	53	3231	40	8	5	119	5	0.923	2.21
Todd Mathews	Omaha Lancers	34	1910	18	9	4	71	3	0.919	2.23

All-Star teams

First Team

• Brady Hjelle (Goalie) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
• Blake Coleman (Forward)Indiana Ice
• Jayson Megna (Forward) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
• Jimmy Mullin (Forward) Fargo Force
• Nick Mattson (Defense) Indiana Ice
• Jordan Schmaltz (Defense) Sioux City Musketeers

Second Team

• Ryan McKay (Goalie) Green Bay Gamblers
• Matt Morris (Goalie) Dubuque Fighting Saints
• Daniil Tarasov (Forward) Indiana Ice
• John Gaudreau (Forward) Dubuque Fighting Saints
• Vinny Saponari (Forward) Dubuque Fighting Saints
• Brian Cooper (Defense) Fargo Force
• Ben Marshall (Defense) Omaha Lancers

External links

• Official website of the United States Hockey League