2009–10 USHL season explained

The 2009–10 USHL season is the 31st season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on October 2, 2009, and concluded on April 3, 2010,^[1] with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. The 2009–10 USHL season was the first to include both the Youngstown Phantoms and the US Nation Team Development Program, both of whom left the North American Hockey League. As a result of two new teams being added to the East Division, the Des Moines Buccaneers were moved to the West Division.

The Clark Cup playoffs featured the top four teams from each division competing for the league title.

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
	60	45	10	5	95	212	140
	60	38	19	3	79	214	154
	60	33	24	3	69	199	187
	60	31	27	2	64	227	221
	60	24	30	6	54	178	212
	60	25	31	4	54	198	215
	60	20	36	4	44	170	247

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
	60	42	12	6	90	238	146
	60	37	17	6	80	227	214
	60	33	15	12	78	223	182
	60	29	25	6	64	172	189
	60	27	24	9	63	158	175
	60	20	34	6	46	199	256
	60	16	36	8	40	143	220

Players

Scoring leaders

^[3] Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jaden Schwartz		60	33	50	83	18
		57	35	47	82	53
		60	34	43	77	64
		60	23	51	74	90
Erik Haula		56	28	44	72	59
		60	17	55	72	55
Matt Lindblad		57	24	46	70	20
		55	28	41	69	94
		60	35	33	68	27
Anders Lee		59	35	31	66	54

Leading goaltenders

^[4] Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	Mins	W	L	OTL	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
		39	2323	30	2	3	84	2	0.914	2.17
		24	1339	14	8	2	49	4	0.909	2.20
		45	2700	30	10	5	102	4	0.921	2.27
		29	1547	17	8	1	63	2	0.904	2.44
		38	2107	18	13	2	90	3	0.913	2.57

Clark Cup Playoffs

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Quarterfinals

Eastern Division

(2) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. (3) Indiana Ice

Western Division

(2) Fargo Force vs. (3) Sioux Falls Stampede

Semifinals

Eastern Division

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

Western Division

(1) Omaha Lancers vs. (2) Fargo Force

Clark Cup Finals

(W1) Green Bay Gamblers vs. (E2) Fargo Force

(1) Green Bay Gamblers vs. (2) Fargo Force

Playoff scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
		12	10	12	22	13
		12	10	8	18	28
		12	9	5	14	16
		12	7	7	14	6
		12	6	8	14	24
		8	4	7	11	6
		8	2	9	11	2
		12	1	10	11	29
		13	6	4	10	14
		8	4	6	10	4

Playoff leading goaltenders

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

Player	Team	GP	Mins	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
		4	192	2	1	6	1	0.949	1.88
		12	758	9	3	28	0	0.909	2.22
		8	479	5	3	19	1	0.896	2.38
		13	789	8	5	32	1	0.918	2.43
		8	412	4	3	17	0	0.918	2.48

Awards

• Coach of the Year: Jon Cooper Green Bay Gamblers
• Curt Hammer Award

Derek Arnold Waterloo Black Hawks

• Defenseman of the Year: David Makowski Green Bay Gamblers
• Executive of the Year: Ben Robert Omaha Lancers
• Forward of the Year: Jaden Schwartz Tri-City Storm
• General Manager of the Year: Jon Cooper Green Bay Gamblers
• Goaltender of the Year: Steve Summerhays Green Bay Gamblers
• Organization of the Year: Omaha Lancers
• Player of the Year: Matt White Omaha Lancers
• Rookie of the Year: Anders Lee Green Bay Gamblers
• Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Anthony Hamburg Omaha Lancers, Matt Mahalak Youngstown Phantoms

First Team All-Stars

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• Steve Summerhays (Goalie) Green Bay Gamblers
• David Makowski (Defense) Green Bay Gamblers
• Bryce Aneloski (Defense) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
• Matt White (Forward) Omaha Lancers
• Jaden Schwartz (forward) Tri-City Storm
• Anders Lee (forward) Green Bay Gamblers

Second Team All-Stars

• Jeff Teglia (Goalie) Omaha Lancers
• Anthony Bitetto (Defense) Indiana Ice
• C.J. Ludwig (Defense) Omaha Lancers
• J.T. Brown (Forward) Waterloo Black Hawks
• Brock Montpetit (Forward) Waterloo Black Hawks
• Erik Haula (Forward) Omaha Lancers

External links

• Official website of the United States Hockey League

Notes and References

1. Web site: USHL Standings . Ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com . 2013-09-04.
2. Web site: USHL Standings . Ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com . 2013-09-04.
3. Web site: USHL Standings . Ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com . 2013-09-04.
4. Web site: USHL Standings . Ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com . 2013-09-04.
5. Web site: USHL Standings . Ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com . 2013-09-04.
6. Web site: United States Hockey League - All-USHL First and Second Teams Named . https://archive.today/20130616145315/http://www.ushl.com/news_archive.php?news_id=827&version=archive . dead . 2013-06-16 . Ushl.com . 2010-04-21 . 2013-09-04 .