2013–14 USHL season

The 2013–14 USHL season is the 35th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from September 20, 2013, to April 5, 2014.^[1] The regular season champion Waterloo Black Hawks were awarded the Anderson Cup. The playoff champion Indiana Ice captured the Clark Cup.

2013–14 USHL Season
League	United States Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 20, 2013 – April 5, 2014
Number of games	60
Number of teams	16
Regular season
Anderson Cup	Waterloo Black Hawks
Season MVP	Brandon Montour (Waterloo Black Hawks)
Top scorer	Jake Randolph (Omaha Lancers)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Jason Pawloski (Ice)
Finals champions	Indiana Ice
Runners-up	Waterloo Black Hawks

Regular season

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; PTS = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes
x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title

Eastern Conference

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM
y-Indiana Ice	60	42	11	7	91	233	141	856
x-Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	60	35	21	4	74	195	183	754
x-Dubuque Fighting Saints	60	33	23	4	70	201	186	957
x-Green Bay Gamblers	60	30	24	6	66	183	176	997
Muskegon Lumberjacks	60	30	25	5	65	190	212	1024
Team USA	60	30	25	5	65	246	233	1055
Chicago Steel	60	29	27	4	62	179	195	1025
Youngstown Phantoms	60	17	37	6	40	172	230	1212

Western Conference

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM
z-Waterloo Black Hawks	60	44	11	5	93	240	153	687
x-Omaha Lancers	60	39	14	7	85	213	141	1016
x-Sioux City Musketeers	60	38	19	3	79	202	157	1169
x-Sioux Falls Stampede	60	34	19	7	75	197	175	1132
Lincoln Stars	60	24	28	8	56	175	219	1474
Des Moines Buccaneers	60	20	32	8	48	154	208	1326
Tri-City Storm	60	21	35	4	46	153	217	1062
Fargo Force	60	14	39	7	35	122	229	1275

Players

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; PTS = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus Rating; PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Jake Randolph	Omaha Lancers	60	26	60	86	35
Kyle Connor	Youngstown Phantoms	56	31	43	74	12
Tyler Vesel	Omaha Lancers	49	33	38	71	22
Scott Conway	Indiana Ice	57	33	35	68	49
Peter Krieger	Waterloo Black Hawks	60	26	41	67	18
Andrew Poturalski	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	60	27	37	64	28
Matt Iacopelli	Muskegon Lumberjacks	58	41	22	63	47
Nick Schmaltz	Green Bay Gamblers	55	18	45	63	16
Brandon Montour	Waterloo Black Hawks	60	14	48	62	36
Liam Pecararo	Waterloo Black Hawks	54	20	41	61	14

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SO = Shutouts; GA = Goals Allowed; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage

Player	Team	GP	MIN	W	L	OTL	SO	GA	GAA	SV%
Hayden Hawkey	Omaha Lancers	33	1901	22	6	3	3	63	1.99	0.926
Hayden Stewart	Dubuque/Indiana	27	1574	17	8	4	5	56	2.13	0.919
Cole Bruns	Omaha Lancers	30	1720	17	8	4	7	65	2.27	0.917
Collin Olson	Team USA	23	1231	14	4	1	2	47	2.29	0.921
Jason Pawloski	Indiana Ice	42	2443	25	8	4	5	100	2.46	0.904

Post Season Awards

All-USHL First Team

Pos	Name	Team	Notes
G	Hayden Hawkey	Omaha	Goaltender of the Year; All Rookie Team
D	Brandon Montour	Waterloo	Player of the Year; Defenseman of the Year
D	Tucker Poolman	Omaha
F	Kyle Connor	Youngstown
F	Scott Conway	Indiana
F	Matt Iacopelli	Muskegon
F	Jake Randolph	Omaha	Forward of the Year

All-USHL Second Team

Pos	Name	Team
G	Cal Petersen	Waterloo
D	Mark Friedman	Waterloo
D	Alexx Privitera	Dubuque
F	Jack Eichel	Team USA
F	Peter Krieger	Waterloo
F	Tyler Vesel	Omaha

All Rookie Team

Pos	Name	Team
G	Hayden Hawkey	Omaha
D	Charlie Curti	Cedar Rapids
D	Hayden Shaw	Waterloo
D	Tim Shoup	Indiana
F	Robby Jackson	Chicago
F	Tyler Sheehy	Waterloo
F	Denis Smirnov	Indiana

Clark Cup Playoffs

	Conference Semi-Finals (Best of 5)					Conference Finals (Best of 5)					Clark Cup Championship (Best of 5)
	1	Indiana	3
	4	Green Bay	1
						1	Indiana	3
	Eastern Conference
						3	Dubuque	0
	3	Dubuque	3
	2	Cedar Rapids	1
											E1	Indiana	3
											W1	Waterloo	2
	2	Omaha	1
	3	Sioux City	3
						1	Waterloo	3
	Western Conference
						3	Sioux City	1
	4	Sioux Falls	0
	1	Waterloo	3

Conference Semi-Finals

Note 1: All times are local.

Note 2: Game times in italics signify games to be played only if necessary.

Note 3: Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference

(1) Indiana Ice vs. (4) Green Bay Gamblers

April 11	Indiana Ice		2 – 0		Green Bay Gamblers	Pan American Arena
No scoring		First period			No scoring
7:24 - Patrick Newell (1) 14:05 - Patrick Newell (2)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Hayden Stewart (22 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats			Jared Rutledge (24 saves / 26 shots)

April 12	Indiana Ice		5 – 6		Green Bay Gamblers	Pan American Arena
No scoring		First period			Gavin Stoick (1) - 10:44 Connor Hurley (1) - pp - 19:49
1:32 - Patrick Newell (3)		Second period			Nick Schmaltz (1) - 6:39 Connor Hurley (2) - pp - 15:57
1:55 - pp - Matt Roy (1) 11:58 - Sam Kurker (1) 18:38 - pp - Aidan Muir (1) 19:08 - Matt Roy (2)		Third period			Matthew Weis (1) - pp - 16:14 Ryan Lough (1) - en - 17:48
Hayden Stewart (11 saves / 15 shots) Jason Pawloski (4 saves / 5 shots)		Goalie stats			Jared Rutledge (39 saves / 44 shots)

April 17	Green Bay Gamblers		0 – 1		Indiana Ice	Resch Center
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Denis Smirnov (1) - 8:31
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Jared Rutledge (31 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Jason Pawloski (12 saves / 12 shots)

April 18	Green Bay Gamblers		0 – 1		Indiana Ice	Resch Center
No scoring		First period			Mitch Hults (1) - pp - 13:19
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Jared Rutledge (21 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats			Jason Pawloski (22 saves / 22 shots)

Indiana wins series 3 – 1

(2) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. (3) Dubuque Fighting Saints

April 11	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders		1 – 2		Dubuque Fighting Saints	Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
7:18 - Dylan Steman (1)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Phil Boje (1) - 3:06
No scoring		Third period			Karson Kuhlman (1) - 0:34
Danny Tirone (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Kevin Reich (17 saves / 18 shots)

April 12	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders		6 – 5		Dubuque Fighting Saints	Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
4:00 - Dylan McLaughlin (1) 11:28 - Andrew Oglevie (1) 18:41 - pp - Dylan Steman (2) 19:54 - pp - Dylan Steman (3)		First period			No scoring
0:33 - pp - Andrew Poturalski (1)		Second period			Alexx Privitera (1) - pp - 8:58 Rob Darrar (1) - pp - 9:14 Jarrid Privitera (1) - 9:58
19:07 - Corey Petrash (1)		Third period			Jacob Benson (1) - 0:12 Seamus Malone (1) - 9:51
Danny Tirone (30 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Kevin Reich (15 saves / 19 shots) Benjamin Johansson (16 saves / 18 shots)

April 18	Dubuque Fighting Saints		1 – 0		Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	Mystique Ice Center
No scoring		First period			No scoring
11:11 - Rob Darrar (2)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Kevin Reich (27 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Danny Tirone (32 saves / 33 shots)

April 19	Dubuque Fighting Saints		7 – 3		Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	Mystique Ice Center
9:05 - Josh Elmes (1)		First period			No scoring
11:48 - Josh Elmes (2) 15:48 - Jason Ford (1)		Second period			Andrew Oglevie (2) - ps - 5:30
5:20 - Rob Darrar (3) 16:03 - Jarrid Privitera (2) 18:33 - en - Rob Darrar (4)		Third period			Frederik Tiffels (1) - pp - 12:43 Andrew Poturalski (2) - 16:37
Kevin Reich (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Danny Tirone (28 saves / 34 shots)

Dubuque wins series 3 – 1

Western Conference

(1) Waterloo Black Hawks vs. (4) Sioux Falls Stampede

April 11	Waterloo Black Hawks		7 – 4		Sioux Falls Stampede	Young Arena
4:49 - Brandon Montour (1) 9:57 - pp - Blake Winiecki (1)		First period			Zeb Knutson (1) - 15:10
6:39 - Drew Melanson (1) 8:10 - Blake Winiecki (2)		Second period			Christian Horn (1) - pp - 3:30 Louis Nanne (1) - 8:32
0:19 - pp - Brandon Montour (2) 6:45 - Liam Pecararo (1) 17:16 - Brandon Montour (3)		Third period			Nolan Gluchowski (1) - 10:57
Cal Petersen (25 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			David Jacobson (40 saves / 47 shots)

April 12	Waterloo Black Hawks		6 – 3		Sioux Falls Stampede	Young Arena
16:01 - Drew Melanson (2)		First period			Tony Calderone (1) - 14:20
4:18 - Blake Winiecki (3) 19:59 - Patrick Russell (1)		Second period			C.J. Franklin (1) - pp - 3:45
3:01 - Jake Horton (1) 6:31 - pp - Zach Sanford (1) 18:22 - en - Tyler Sheehy (1)		Third period			R.J. Majkozak (1) - 7:29
Cal Petersen (25 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Artt Brey (35 saves / 40 shots)

April 17	Sioux Falls Stampede		2 – 7		Waterloo Black Hawks	Sioux Falls Arena
17:23 - Zeb Knutson (2)		First period			Hayden Shaw (1) - 1:49 Tyler Sheehy (2) - pp - 4:24 Peter Krieger (1) - pp - 15:05 Brandon Montour (4) - pp - 15:45
No scoring		Second period			Blake Winiecki (4) - pp - 11:51
0:14 - C.J. Franklin (2)		Third period			Tim Lappin (1) - 4:56 Tim Lappin (2) - 18:08
Artt Brey (10 saves / 14 shots) David Jacobson (32 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Cal Petersen (23 saves / 25 shots)

Waterloo wins series 3 – 0

(2) Omaha Lancers vs. (3) Sioux City Musketeers

April 12	Omaha Lancers		3 – 4	OT	Sioux City Musketeers	Ralston Arena
4:23 - pp - Jimmy Schuldt (1)		First period			Brock Boeser (1) - 0:47
No scoring		Second period			Brandon Hawkins (1) - 8:45 Avery Peterson (1) - 13:07
11:53 - Jake Randolph (1) 16:21 - Brendan Smith (1)		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Avery Peterson (2) - 1:49
Hayden Hawkey (25 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Kyle Hayton (40 saves / 43 shots)

April 13	Omaha Lancers		1 – 2		Sioux City Musketeers	Ralston Arena
No scoring		First period			Jared Thomas (1) - 11:20
18:53 - Tyler Vesel (1)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Brandon Hawkins (2) - 9:29
Hayden Hawkey (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Kyle Hayton (33 saves / 34 shots)

April 18	Sioux City Musketeers		3 – 4	OT	Omaha Lancers	Tyson Events Center
No scoring		First period			No scoring
1:46 - Trevor Olson (1)		Second period			Tyler Vesel (2) - pp - 11:03 Tucker Poolman (1) - 15:36
14:39 - Adam Johnson (1) 16:24 - pp - Avery Peterson (3)		Third period			Tyler Vesel (3) - 14:14
No scoring		First overtime period			Jake Randolph (2) - 16:46
Kyle Hayton (30 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Hayden Hawkey (25 saves / 28 shots)

April 19	Sioux City Musketeers		4 – 2		Omaha Lancers	Tyson Events Center
No scoring		First period			Luca Frigo (1) - 19:59
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
2:37 - Adam Johnson (2) 8:55 - Brandon Hawkins (3) 17:56 - Jake Montgomery (1) 19:48 - en - Jake Montgomery (2)		Third period			Gage Hough (1) - 3:56
Kyle Hayton (35 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Hayden Hawkey (28 saves / 31 shots)

Sioux City wins series 3 – 1

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Indiana Ice vs. (3) Dubuque Fighting Saints

April 25	Indiana Ice		4 – 1		Dubuque Fighting Saints	Pan American Arena
14:54 - pp - Jacob Pritchard (1)		First period			Rob Darrar (5) - 1:49
18:25 - pp - Scott Conway (1)		Second period			No scoring
5:08 - Brian Pinho (1) 15:07 - Denis Smirnov (2)		Third period			No scoring
Jason Pawloski (22 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats			Kevin Reich (24 saves / 28 shots)

April 26	Indiana Ice		3 – 2		Dubuque Fighting Saints	Pan American Arena
8:06 - Sam Kurker (2) 11:37 - Denis Smirnov (3)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Jacob Benson (2) - pp - 18:48
1:25 - Sam Kurker (3)		Third period			Jacob Benson (3) - 17:39
Jason Pawloski (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Kevin Reich (29 saves / 32 shots)

May 2	Dubuque Fighting Saints		2 – 3		Indiana Ice	Mystique Ice Center
4:17 - pp - Seamus Malone (3)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Scott Conway (2) - 11:02 Alex Talcott (1) - 13:41
18:42 - Jacob Benson (4)		Third period			Joe Sullivan (1) - 5:17
Kevin Reich (11 saves / 14 shots)		Goalie stats			Jason Pawloski (22 saves / 24 shots)

Indiana wins series 3 – 0

Western Conference

(1) Waterloo Black Hawks vs. (3) Sioux City Musketeers

April 25	Waterloo Black Hawks		3 – 2		Sioux City Musketeers	Young Arena
15:23 - Drew Melanson (3)		First period			Avery Peterson (4) - 4:52
15:41 - Tyler Sheehy (3)		Second period			No scoring
9:55 - pp - Patrick Russell (2)		Third period			Trevor Olson (2) - 10:35
Cal Petersen (31 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Kyle Hayton (33 saves / 36 shots)

April 26	Waterloo Black Hawks		3 – 1		Sioux City Musketeers	Young Arena
No scoring		First period			Bobby Nardella (1) - 11:46
19:02 - pp - Drew Melanson (4) 19:32 - pp - Tyler Sheehy (4)		Second period			No scoring
8:34 - pp - Liam Pecararo (2)		Third period			No scoring
Cal Petersen (25 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Kyle Hayton (38 saves / 41 shots)

May 2	Sioux City Musketeers		4 – 3	OT	Waterloo Black Hawks	Tyson Events Center
No scoring		First period			No scoring
4:53 - Adam Johnson (3) 6:58 - Adam Johnson (4)		Second period			Dane Cooper (1) - 6:36 Liam Pecararo (3) - 7:48
12:43 - Avery Peterson (5)		Third period			Brandon Montour (5) - 19:56
16:50 - Joel L'Esperance (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Collin Olson (32 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Cal Petersen (35 saves / 39 shots)

May 4	Sioux City Musketeers		1 – 5		Waterloo Black Hawks	Tyson Events Center
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Drew Melanson (5) - 15:01 Peter Krieger (2) - 15:45
6:43 - Brandon Hawkins (4)		Third period			Blake Winiecki (5) - pp - 8:25 Tyler Sheehy (5) - 16:29 Zach Sanford (2) - en - 16:50
Collin Olson (34 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Cal Petersen (37 saves / 38 shots)

Waterloo wins series 3 – 1

Clark Cup Finals

(W1) Waterloo Black Hawks vs. (E1) Indiana Ice

May 9	Waterloo Black Hawks		4 – 2		Indiana Ice	Young Arena
No scoring		First period			Scott Conway (3) - 2:31
6:31 - Hayden Shaw (2) 10:19 - Tyler Sheehy (6)		Second period			Josh Jacobs (1) - 5:09
13:49 - Blake Winiecki (6) 19:48 - en - Jake Horton (2)		Third period			No scoring
Cal Petersen (32 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Jason Pawloski (31 saves / 34 shots)

May 10	Waterloo Black Hawks		2 – 3	2OT	Indiana Ice	Young Arena
No scoring		First period			Josh Jacobs (2) - pp - 9:15
12:37 - pp - Tyler Sheehy (7)		Second period			No scoring
0:39 - sh - John Wiitala (1)		Third period			Mitch Hults (2) - pp - 1:38
No scoring		Second overtime period			Joe Sullivan (2) - 6:49
Cal Petersen (59 saves / 62 shots)		Goalie stats			Jason Pawloski (32 saves / 34 shots)

May 16	Indiana Ice		4 – 1		Waterloo Black Hawks	Pan American Arena
12:45 - Tyler Pham (1) 18:14 - Patrick Newell (4)		First period			No scoring
18:12 - pp - Mitch Hults (3)		Second period			Patrick Russell (3) - 19:45
18:17 - en - Scott Conway (4)		Third period			No scoring
Jason Pawloski (27 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Cal Petersen (20 saves / 23 shots)

May 17	Indiana Ice		2 – 7		Waterloo Black Hawks	Pan American Arena
2:14 - Josh Jacobs (3) 9:47 - pp - Mitch Hults (4)		First period			Tyler Sheehy (8) - 7:28
No scoring		Second period			Zach Sanford (3) - 3:10 Zach Sanford (4) - pp - 8:25
No scoring		Third period			Tim Lappin (3) - 6:39 Brandon Montour (6) - 9:27 Liam Pecararo (4) - 12:07 Patrick Russell (4) - en - 18:17
Jason Pawloski (15 saves / 20 shots) Hayden Stewart (6 saves / 7 shots)		Goalie stats			Cal Petersen (36 saves / 38 shots)

May 20	Waterloo Black Hawks		2 – 3		Indiana Ice	Young Arena
3:40 - Patrick Russell (5)		First period			Mitch Hults (5) - 11:21
11:35 - Zach Sanford (5)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Alex Talcott (2) - 11:12 Brian Pinho (2) - 17:45
Cal Petersen (41 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats			Jason Pawloski (33 saves / 35 shots)

Indiana wins series 3 – 2

Playoff Statistics

Statistics reflect games played through May 20, 2014

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Brandon Montour	Waterloo Black Hawks	12	6	10	16	10
Tyler Sheehy	Waterloo Black Hawks	12	8	7	15	0
Blake Winiecki	Waterloo Black Hawks	12	6	8	14	2
Liam Pecararo	Waterloo Black Hawks	12	4	10	14	0
Zach Sanford	Waterloo Black Hawks	12	5	7	12	8
Drew Melanson	Waterloo Black Hawks	12	5	6	11	8
Scott Conway	Indiana Ice	12	4	7	11	14
Peter Krieger	Waterloo Black Hawks	12	2	9	11	14
Avery Peterson	Sioux City Musketeers	8	5	4	9	4
Seamus Malone	Dubuque Fighting Saints	7	3	6	9	4

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SO = Shutouts; GA = Goals Allowed; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage

Player	Team	GP	MIN	W	L	SO	GA	GAA	SV%
Jason Pawloski	Indiana Ice	11	633	8	3	2	19	1.80	0.928
Jared Rutledge	Green Bay Gamblers	4	237	1	3	0	9	2.28	0.927
Cal Petersen	Waterloo Black Hawks	12	760	8	4	0	30	2.37	0.928
Kyle Hayton	Sioux City Musketeers	6	377	3	3	0	16	2.55	0.929
Hayden Stewart	Indiana Ice	3	108	1	0	1	5	2.77	0.886