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2008-09 USHL season
LeagueUnited States Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationOctober 3, 2008 – May 8, 2009
Number of games60
Number of teams12
Regular season
Anderson CupGreen Bay Gamblers
Season MVPAndrew Miller (Chicago Steel)
Clark Cup Playoffs
Clark Cup Playoffs MVPMichael Cichy (Ice)
Finals championsIndiana Ice
  Runners-upFargo Force
USHL seasons

The 2008–09 USHL season is the 30th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on October 3, 2008, and concluded on April 5, 2009,[1] with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. The 2008–09 season was the first for the expansion Fargo Force, replacing the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets who folded after only two seasons in existence.

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

Regular season

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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

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Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GA
zGreen Bay Gamblers 60 39 17 4 82 237 165
xCedar Rapids RoughRiders 60 38 17 5 81 219 147
xIndiana Ice 60 39 19 2 80 221 177
xWaterloo Black Hawks 60 37 20 3 77 246 198
Chicago Steel 60 31 27 2 64 194 213
Des Moines Buccaneers 60 12 43 5 29 167 283

West Division

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Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GA
yLincoln Stars 60 37 17 6 80 191 155
xOmaha Lancers 60 32 21 7 71 218 192
xFargo Force 60 32 23 5 69 191 166
xSioux Falls Stampede 60 28 28 4 60 182 199
Sioux City Musketeers 60 24 30 6 54 194 210
Tri-City Storm 60 11 48 1 23 140 295

Players

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Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Andrew Miller Chicago Steel 58 32 50 82 76
Michael Cichy Tri-City/Indiana 56 34 42 76 23
Craig Smith Waterloo Black Hawks 54 28 48 76 108
Mike Seidel Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 59 29 44 73 36
Stéphane Da Costa Sioux City Musketeers 48 31 36 67 23
Kirt Hill Lincoln Stars 56 24 42 66 112
Stanislav Galiev Indiana Ice 60 29 35 64 46
Brandon Richardson Indiana Ice 55 21 42 63 145
Michael Forney Green Bay Gamblers 59 26 34 60 53
Andy Taranto Fargo Force 60 34 25 59 40

Leading goaltenders

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[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
Kevin Murdock Lincoln Stars 35 2005 21 10 4 75 1 0.920 2.24
Troy Grosenick Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 24 1363 13 5 4 53 1 0.910 2.33
Steve Summerhays Green Bay Gamblers 23 1328 15 6 1 52 1 0.909 2.35
Mike Johnson Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 39 2264 23 12 0 90 3 0.909 2.39
Mike Lee Fargo Force 48 2745 26 15 0 110 3 0.918 2.40

Clark Cup Playoffs

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Clark Cup Championship
                     
1 Green Bay 4 4 8 – –
4 Waterloo 1 3 2 – –
1 Green Bay 1 4 2 3 –
East Division
3 Indiana 5 3 4 5 –
2 Cedar Rapids 2 3 4 1 6
3 Indiana 7 2 3 5 7
E Indiana 1 5 6 5 –
W Fargo 2 2 0 1 –
1 Lincoln 6 1 4 6 –
4 Sioux Falls 1 4 3 1 –
1 Lincoln 1 3 0 – –
West Division
3 Fargo 4 7 2 – –
2 Omaha 2 2 3 – –
3 Fargo 6 4 4 – –

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Quarterfinals

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Eastern Division

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(E1) Green Bay Gamblers vs. (E4) Waterloo Black Hawks

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April 9 Green Bay Gamblers 4 – 1 Waterloo Black Hawks Resch Center  
No scoring First period Jordan Samuels-Thomas (1) - 2:54
2:54 - Anthony Hayes (1)
8:53 - Ryan Furne (1)
13:40 - Robert Shea (1) 		Second period No scoring
18:24 - en - William Rapuzzi (1) Third period No scoring
Reid Ellingson (29 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Joe Howe (23 saves / 26 shots)
April 11 Green Bay Gamblers 4 – 3 OT Waterloo Black Hawks Resch Center  
7:33 - pp - Michael Forney (1) First period J. T. Brown (1) - 2:37
No scoring Second period Craig Smith (1) - 12:55
10:00 - pp - Chris Saracino (1)
19:39 - Michael Forney (2) 		Third period Jordan Samuels-Thomas (2) - 3:13
7:48 - pp - Ryan Furne (2) First overtime period No scoring
Steve Summerhays (22 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Parker Milner (31 saves / 35 shots)
April 15 Waterloo Black Hawks 2 – 8 Green Bay Gamblers Young Arena  
7:20 - pp - Eriah Hayes (1)
Keegan Meuer (1) - 12:29 		First period Chris Crane (1) - 2:21
Reed Seckel (1) - pp - 17:08
Anthony Hayes (2) - sh - 19:47
No scoring Second period Reed Seckel (2) - 2:15
No scoring Third period David Makowski (1) - pp - 4:44
Chris Crane (2) - sh - en - 19:03
David Makowski (2) - en - 19:33
Joe Howe (6 saves / 9 shots)
Parker Milner (12 saves / 15 shots) 		Goalie stats Reid Ellingson (26 saves / 28 shots)
Green Bay wins series 3 – 0

(E2) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. (E3) Indiana Ice

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April 10 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 2 – 7 Indiana Ice Cedar Rapids Ice Arena  
No scoring First period Brent Gwidt (1) - sh - 2:53
Zach Golembiewski (1) - sh - 14:50
Brent Gwidt (2) - 19:06
Sebastian Geoffrion (1) - 19:49
9:17 - pp - Mike Seidel (1) Second period Brandon Richardson (1) - 1:56
Shane Berschbach (1) - 13:29
8:24 - Ben Lynch (1) Third period Ben Albertson (1) - sh - en - 13:40
Mike Johnson (9 saves / 13 shots)
Troy Grosenick (7 saves / 9 shots) 		Goalie stats Brett Bennett (37 saves / 39 shots)
April 11 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 3 – 2 OT Indiana Ice Cedar Rapids Ice Arena  
9:31 - pp - Kyle Flanagan (1) First period Stanislav Galiev (1) - pp - 7:43
10:14 - Kyle Flanagan (2) Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Stanislav Galiev (2) - pp - 13:49
1:02 - Kyle Flanagan (3) First overtime period No scoring
Mike Johnson (21 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Brett Bennett (34 saves / 37 shots)
April 15 Indiana Ice 3 – 4 OT Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Pepsi Coliseum  
5:37 - Brent Gwidt (3)
16:47 - pp - Michael Cichy (1) 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Darren Rowe (1) - 4:32
Darren Rowe (2) - 6:16
Tobias Nilsson Roos (1) - 11:36
17:55 - pp - Brandon Richardson (2) Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period Zach Lehrke (1) - 9:33
Brett Bennett (28 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Mike Johnson (38 saves / 41 shots)
April 17 Indiana Ice 5 – 1 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Pepsi Coliseum  
7:59 - Shane Berschbach (2)
15:51 - Michael Cichy (2) 		First period No scoring
12:00 - pp - Ben Albertson (2) Second period Kyle Flanagan (4) - sh - 11:51
10:08 - pp - Zach Golembiewski (2)
17:56 - pp - Stanislav Galiev (3) 		Third period No scoring
Brett Bennett (34 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Mike Johnson (18 saves / 23 shots)
April 17 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 6 – 7 Indiana Ice Cedar Rapids Ice Arena  
13:21 - pp - Mike Seidel (2)
15:54 - Kyle Flanagan (5)
18:48 - pp - Tobias Nilsson Roos (2) 		First period Michael Cichy (3) - pp - 15:28
18:52 - Tobias Nilsson Roos (2) Second period Brandon Richardson (3) - 12:06
Ben Albertson (3) - 16:34
Brent Gwidt (4) - 18:08
3:00 - Kyle Flanagan (6)
11:23 - Mike Seidel (3) 		Third period Brandon Richardson (4) - 1:04
Will MacDonald (1) - 2:04
Torey Krug (1) - 19:45
Mike Johnson (32 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Brett Bennett (27 saves / 33 shots)
Cedar Rapids wins series 3 – 2

Western Division

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(W1) Lincoln Stars vs. (W4) Sioux Falls Stampede

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April 10 Lincoln Stars 6 – 1 Sioux Falls Stampede Ice Box  
4:46 - Jimmy Siers (1)
7:42 - Jake Newton (1)
14:25 - Garrett Peterson (1)
15:12 - Jake Newton (2) 		First period Dane Walters (1) - 16:52
19:11 - Garrett Vermeersch (1) Second period No scoring
6:01 - Garrett Vermeersch (2) Third period No scoring
Kevin Murdock (35 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Eric Hartzell (13 saves / 17 shots)
Clay Witt (26 saves / 28 shots)
April 11 Lincoln Stars 1 – 4 Sioux Falls Stampede Ice Box  
No scoring First period Luke Greiner (1) - 7:19
Robbie Vrolyk (1) - sh - 19:59
No scoring Second period Dane Walters (2) - sh - 9:55
4:34 - Garrett Vermeersch (3) Third period Dane Walters (3) - en - 19:13
Kevin Murdock (19 saves / 22 shots) Goalie stats Clay Witt (41 saves / 42 shots)
April 14 Sioux Falls Stampede 3 – 4 OT Lincoln Stars Sioux Falls Arena  
No scoring First period Ross Henry (1) - 6:31
No scoring Second period Chris Forfar (1) - sh - 14:58
3:13 - Max Grover (1)
16:57 - pp - Terry Broadhurst (1)
19:39 - Terry Broadhurst (2) 		Third period Ryan Kretzer (1) - 4:12
No scoring First overtime period Eric Alexander (1) - 4:33
Clay Witt (34 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Anthony Borelli (27 saves / 30 shots)
April 16 Sioux Falls Stampede 1 – 6 Lincoln Stars Sioux Falls Arena  
No scoring First period Garrett Vermeersch (4) - 0:32
Garrett Vermeersch (5) - pp - 12:07
No scoring Second period Garrett Vermeersch (6) - 15:43
0:27 - pp - Robbie Vrolyk (2) Third period Kirt Hill (1) - 11:42
Kirt Hill (2) - en - 19:26
Corey Chakeen (1) - 19:59
Clay Witt (20 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Anthony Borelli (34 saves / 35 shots)
Lincoln wins series 3 – 1

(W2) Omaha Lancers vs. (W3) Fargo Force

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April 10 Omaha Lancers 2 – 6 Fargo Force Omaha Civic Auditorium  
No scoring First period Andy Taranto (1) - 4:40
Corey Leivermann (1) - 14:45
6:34 - pp - Danny Kristo (1) Second period Chris Stafne (1) - 12:02
Andy Taranto (2) - sh - 12:52
6:34 - pp - Jake Hauswirth (1) Third period Colten St. Clair (1) - 2:30
Gavin Hartzog (1) - 3:25
Kris Lazaruk (15 saves / 21 shots)
Jeff Teglia (4 saves / 4 shots) 		Goalie stats Mike Lee (25 saves / 27 shots)
April 11 Omaha Lancers 2 – 4 Fargo Force Omaha Civic Auditorium  
10:09 - pp - Danny Kristo (2) First period 16:08 - pp - Andy Taranto (3)
6:43 - sh - Louis Leblanc (1) Second period Johnnie Searfoss (1) - 9:43
No scoring Third period Colten St. Clair (2) - pp - 1:19
Matt Leitner (1) - en - 19:31
Kris Lazaruk (23 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Mike Lee (33 saves / 35 shots)
April 12 Fargo Force 4 – 3 OT Omaha Lancers Scheels Arena  
2:57 - sh - Andy Taranto (4)
19:49 - pp - Luke Witkowski (1) 		First period Matt White (1) - pp - 12:26
No scoring Second period Louis Leblanc (2) - 10:20
9:03 - Chris Stafne (2) Third period Danny Kristo (3) - pp - 1:54
4:47 - pp - Andy Taranto (5) First overtime period No scoring
Mike Lee (42 saves / 45 shots) Goalie stats Kris Lazaruk (35 saves / 39 shots)
Fargo wins series 3 – 0

Semifinals

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Eastern Division

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(E1) Green Bay Gamblers vs. (E3) Indiana Ice

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April 23 Green Bay Gamblers 1 – 5 Indiana Ice Resch Center  
No scoring First period Zach Golembiewski (3) - 2:39
Brandon Richardson (5) - 10:54
No scoring Second period No scoring
18:19 - Anthony Hayes (3) Third period Sebastian Geoffrion (2) - 3:13
Mike Cichy (4) - pp - 14:08
Will MacDonald (2) - en - 16:48
Reid Ellingston (25 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Brett Bennett (23 saves / 24 shots)
April 25 Green Bay Gamblers 4 – 3 Indiana Ice Resch Center  
No scoring First period No scoring
14:19 - Michael Forney (3)
17:17 - Chris Saracino (2) 		Second period Loren Barron (1) - 5:50
13:30 - Kevin Albers (1)
19:28 - Chris Saracino (3) 		Third period Stanislav Galiev (4) - 4:54
John Parker (1) - 6:29
Steve Summerhays (34 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Brett Bennett (24 saves / 28 shots)
April 27 Indiana Ice 4 – 2 Green Bay Gamblers Pepsi Coliseum  
8:47 - Zach Golembiewski (4) First period C.J. Lee (1) - sh - 15:48
David Makowski (3) - pp - 19:32
No scoring Second period No scoring
15:52 - Max Cook (1)
19:05 - en - Brent Gwidt (5) 		Third period No scoring
Brett Bennett (22 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Reid Ellingston (20 saves / 23 shots)
April 28 Indiana Ice 5 – 3 Green Bay Gamblers Pepsi Coliseum  
No scoring First period Ryan Furne (4) - pp - 12:53
William Rapuzzi (2) - pp - 14:58
1:15 - Max Cook (2)
7:06 - pp - Ben Albertson (4)
10:16 - pp - Zach Golembiewski (6)
16:02 - Grant Blakey (1) 		Second period No scoring
19:34 - en - Joe Hartman (1) Third period William Rapuzzi (3) - pp - 6:39
Brett Bennett (21 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Steve Summerhays (25 saves / 29 shots)
Indiana wins series 3 – 1

Western Division

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(E1) Lincoln Stars vs. (E3) Fargo Force

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April 22 Lincoln Stars 1 – 4 Fargo Force Ice Box  
3:22 - Eric Meland (1) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Chase Grant (1) - 14:24
Andy Taranto (6) - 16:35
No scoring Third period Corey Leivermann (2) - 10:00
Chase Grant (2) - en - 19:40
Kevin Murdock (20 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Mike Lee (37 saves / 38 shots)
April 24 Lincoln Stars 3 – 7 Fargo Force Ice Box  
13:06 - David Gerths (1)
14:05 - Kirt Hill (3) 		First period Chase Grant (3) - 3:07
Eamonn McDermott (1) - pp - 9:39
Tom McCarthy (1) - pp - 11:02
Josh Birkholz (1) - pp - 16:57
3:05 - Kirt Hill (4) Second period Josh Birkholz (2) - pp - 1:31
No scoring Third period Luke Witkowski (2) - pp - 2:41
Johnnie Searfoss (2) - sh - 15:04
Anthony Borelli (3 saves / 6 shots)
Kevin Murdock (19 saves / 23 shots) 		Goalie stats Mike Lee (31 saves / 34 shots)
April 25 Fargo Force 2 – 0 Lincoln Stars Scheels Arena  
15:02 - Chris Franks (1) First period No scoring
9:03 - Josh Birkholz (3) Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Mike Lee (32 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Anthony Borelli (26 saves / 28 shots)
Fargo wins series 3 – 0

Clark Cup Finals

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(E3) Indiana Ice vs. (W3) Fargo Force

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May 1 Indiana Ice 1 – 2 Fargo Force Pepsi Coliseum  
No scoring First period No scoring
7:19 - pp - Loren Barron (2) Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Eamonn McDermott (2) - 9:31
Steve Spinell (1) - 19:22
Brett Bennett (28 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Mike Lee (33 saves / 34 shots)
May 2 Indiana Ice 5 – 2 Fargo Force Pepsi Coliseum  
No scoring First period No scoring
12:27 - Stanislav Galiev (5)
16:15 - John Parker (2) 		Second period Matt Leitner (2) - 12:56
5:42 - Grant Blakey (2)
5:51 - Sebastian Geoffrion (3)
18:04 - pp - Brandon Richardson (6) 		Third period Andy Taranto (7) - pp - 15:13
Brett Bennett (23 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Mike Lee (30 saves / 35 shots)
May 6 Fargo Force 0 – 6 Indiana Ice Scheels Arena  
No scoring First period Shane Berschbach (3) - pp - 3:30
Ben Albertson (5) - 4:01
Max Cook (3) - 4:14
No scoring Second period Michael Cichy (5) - 6:09
Michael Cichy (6) - pp - 13:04
No scoring Third period John Parker (3) - 16:45
Mike Lee (4 saves / 7 shots)
Cody Campbell (18 saves / 21 shots) 		Goalie stats Brett Bennett (20 saves / 20 shots)
May 8 Fargo Force 1 – 5 Indiana Ice Scheels Arena  
3:47 - Nate Condon (1) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Shane Berschbach (4) - pp - 8:36
Brandon Richardson (7) - 14:08
No scoring Third period Brandon Richardson (8) - 2:21
Grant Blakey (3) - 4:48
Zach Golembiewski (7) - en - 14:46
Mike Lee (14 saves / 18 shots) Goalie stats Brett Bennett (36 saves / 37 shots)
Indiana wins series 3 – 1

Awards

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First Team All-Stars

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Second Team All-Stars

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References

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  1. ^ "LEAGUE SCHEDULE". ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  2. ^ "STANDINGS". ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "SCORING LEADERS". ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "GOALIE LEADERS". ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  5. ^ "LEAGUE SCHEDULE". ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
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