2007–08 USHL season

2007-08 USHL season
2007-08 USHL season
League	United States Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	Regular season ; October 2007 – April 2008 ; Playoffs ; April – May 2008
Games	60
Teams	12
Draft
Top draft pick	Will Weber
Picked by	Chicago Steel
Regular season
Anderson Cup	Omaha Lancers
Season MVP	Jason Gregoire (Lincoln Stars)
Top scorer	Jack Connolly (Sioux Falls Stampede) & John Kemp (Indiana Ice)
Clark Cup Playoffs
Finals champions	Omaha Lancers
Runners-up	Waterloo Black Hawks
Finals MVP	Drew Palmisano (Lancers)
USHL seasons
	2006–07 2008–09

The 2007–08 USHL season is the 29th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on October 5, 2007, and concluded on April 5, 2008^[1] with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. This was the final season of operation for the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets after failing to find a suitable relocation arrangement.

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
yIndiana Ice	60	39	15	6	84	223	193
xWaterloo Black Hawks	60	38	17	5	81	183	151
xCedar Rapids RoughRiders	60	33	22	5	71	200	156
xChicago Steel	60	32	22	6	70	218	199
Ohio Junior Blue Jackets	60	26	28	6	58	182	215
Green Bay Gamblers	60	13	41	6	32	130	224

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
zOmaha Lancers	60	43	12	5	91	224	139
xSioux Falls Stampede	60	35	19	6	76	199	175
xLincoln Stars	60	31	22	7	69	186	163
xSioux City Musketeers	60	32	25	4	67	194	185
Tri-City Storm	60	24	34	2	50	153	213
Des Moines Buccaneers	60	14	40	6	34	134	213

Clark Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Clark Cup Championship

1	Indiana	3	7	1	0	–

4	Chicago	4	2	3	5	–
							4	Chicago	1	1	2	–	–
East Division
							2	Waterloo	4	5	3	–	–
2	Waterloo	4	3	5	–	–

3	Cedar Rapids	3	0	2	–	–
														E	Waterloo	4	0	3	0	3

														W	Omaha	3	2	1	2	4
1	Omaha	3	2	5	3	–

4	Sioux City	0	6	4	2	–
							1	Omaha	5	3	3	3	5
West Division
							3	Lincoln	0	2	6	4	4
2	Sioux Falls	2	3	3	–	–

3	Lincoln	3	5	7	–	–

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Quarterfinals

Eastern Division

(E1) Indiana Ice vs. (E4) Chicago Steel

April 10	Indiana Ice		3 – 4	Chicago Steel	Pepsi Coliseum
17:56 - pp - Jake Skjodt (1)		First period		Tim Buttery (1) - pp - 17:45
13:21 - John Carlson (1)		Second period		Luca Cunti (1) - 15:23
2:15 - Will MacDonald (1)		Third period		Aaron Schmit (1) - 3:08 Eric Alexander (1) - 17:30
Scott Darling (27 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Rob Madore (35 saves / 38 shots)

April 12

Indiana Ice

7 – 2

Chicago Steel

Pepsi Coliseum

April 15

Chicago Steel

3 – 1

Indiana Ice

Edge Ice Arena

April 18

Chicago Steel

5 – 0

Indiana Ice

Edge Ice Arena

Chicago wins series 3 – 1

(E2) Waterloo Black Hawks vs. (E3) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders

April 11	Waterloo Black Hawks		4 – 3	2OT	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	Young Arena
13:22 - pp - Billy Maday (1)		First period			No scoring
0:28 - pp - Chad Billins (1) 7:51 - pp - Nick Larson (1)		Second period			Ian Slater (1) - 19:09
No scoring		Third period			Mike Seidel (1) - 1:24 Robin Bergman (1) - pp - 17:18
17:24 - Craig Smith (1)		Second overtime period			No scoring
Matt Di Girolamo (30 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Brady Hjelle (42 saves / 46 shots)

April 12	Waterloo Black Hawks		3 – 0	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	Young Arena
15:24 - pp - Brett Beebe (1)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
11:44 - pp - Nick Larson (2) 19:26 - en - Jan-Mikael Juutilainen (1)		Third period		No scoring
Matt Di Girolamo (21 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Brady Hjelle (29 saves / 31 shots)

April 16	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders		2 – 5	Waterloo Black Hawks	Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
1:45 - pp - Casey Wellman (1)		First period		Chad Billins (2) - pp - 8:02 Siim Liivik (1) - 14:59
0:06 - sh - David Boehm (1)		Second period		Paul Weisgarber (1) - 9:53
No scoring		Third period		Jan-Mikael Juutilainen (2) - 7:50 Billy Maday (2) - 12:52
Brady Hjelle (34 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats		Matt Di Girolamo (20 saves / 22 shots)

Waterloo wins series 3 – 0

Western Division

(W1) Omaha Lancers vs. (W4) Sioux City Musketeers

April 8	Omaha Lancers		3 – 0	Sioux City Musketeers	Omaha Civic Auditorium
16:32 - Seth Soley (1)		First period		No scoring
12:35 - Ben Arnt (1)		Second period		No scoring
3:40 - Aaron Lewadniuk (1)		Third period		No scoring
Drew Palmisano (24 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Josh Robinson (35 saves / 38 shots)

April 11	Sioux City Musketeers		6 – 2	Omaha Lancers	Tyson Events Center
Matt Crandell (1) - 11:57 Travis Oleksuk (1) - 13:26		First period		13:45 - Chris Connolly (1)
Joe Miller (1) - 19:18		Second period		No scoring
Steve Quailer (1) - 1:49 Ben Kinne (1) - pp - 9:32 Ben Kinne (2) - pp - 18:13		Third period		19:07 - Seth Soley (2)
Josh Robinson (34 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Drew Palmisano (18 saves / 22 shots) Shane Madolora (8 saves / 10 shots)

April 12	Sioux City Musketeers		4 – 5	OT	Omaha Lancers	Tyson Events Center
10:13 - pp - Spencer Heichman (1)		First period			Keir Ross (1) - 4:09
5:09 - Mitch Bruijsten (1)		Second period			Travis Novak (1) - 0:53 Andrew Conboy (1) - pp - 11:50
10:06 - Joe Miller (2) 18:11 - Joe Miller (3)		Third period			Joe Sova (1) - 4:56
No scoring		First overtime period			Andrew Conboy (2) - 18:45
Josh Robinson (54 saves / 59 shots)		Goalie stats			Drew Palmisano (30 saves / 34 shots)

April 17	Omaha Lancers		3 – 2	Sioux City Musketeers	Omaha Civic Auditorium
No scoring		First period		3:24 - Joe Miller (4)
No scoring		Second period		5:15 - pp - Stéphane Da Costa (1)
Matt White (1) - 2:38 Aaron Lewadniuk (2) - 3:46 Andrew Conboy (3) - 11:07		Third period		No scoring
Drew Palmisano (41 saves / 43 shots)		Goalie stats		Josh Robinson (28 saves / 31 shots)

Omaha wins series 3 – 1

(W2) Sioux Falls Stampede vs. (W3) Lincoln Stars

April 9	Sioux Falls Stampede		2 – 3	2OT	Lincoln Stars	Sioux Falls Arena
No scoring		First period			Jared Festler (1) - 16:57
0:36 - Terry Broadhurst (1)		Second period			No scoring
3:41 - Robbie Vrolyk (1)		Third period			Danny Baco (1) - 8:41
No scoring		Second overtime period			Jason Gregoire (1) - 1:16
Eric Hartzell (57 saves / 60 shots)		Goalie stats			David Reekie (43 saves / 45 shots)

April 11

Sioux Falls Stampede

3 – 5

Lincoln Stars

Sioux Falls Arena

April 12

Lincoln Stars

7 – 3

Sioux Falls Stampede

Ice Box

Lincoln wins series 3 – 0

Players

Scoring Leaders

	Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1	Jack Connolly	Sioux Falls Stampede	58	26	46	72	+18	30
	John Kemp	Indiana Ice	58	13	59	72	0	20
3	Gregory Squires	Indiana Ice	58	24	46	70	+13	50
4	Jason Gregoire	Lincoln Stars	54	37	32	69	+18	41
5	Paul Carey	Indiana Ice	60	34	32	66	+2	32
6	Brian O'Neill	Chicago Steel	60	23	38	61	+29	40
7	Barry Almeida	Omaha Lancers	56	22	38	60	+11	22
8	Billy Maday	Waterloo Black Hawks	60	24	35	59	+5	72
9	Jake Hansen	Sioux Falls Stampede	60	31	27	58	+16	57
	Ryan Kretzer	Lincoln Stars	60	22	36	58	0	47

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Leading Goaltenders

	Player	Team	GP	MIN	W	L	OTL	SO	GA	GAA	SV	SV%
1	David Reekie	Lincoln Stars	38	2235	23	10	4	6	75	2.01	1086	.935
2	Drew Palmisano	Omaha Lancers	45	2579	32	8	3	3	87	2.02	1035	.922
3	Joe Howe	Waterloo Black Hawks	22	1215	13	5	1	2	43	2.12	462	.915
4	Matthew DiGirolamo	Waterloo Black Hawks	42	2437	25	12	4	1	98	2.41	879	.900
5	Brady Hjelle	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	41	2380	22	15	4	3	99	2.50	1158	.921

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Awards

Coach of the Year: Steve Poapst Chicago Steel
Curt Hammer Award: Joey Miller Sioux City Musketeers
Defenseman of the Year: Blake Kessel Waterloo Black Hawks
Executive of the Year: Jim Kronschnabel Sioux City Musketeers
Forward of the Year: Jason Gregoire Lincoln Stars
General Manager of the Year: Mike Hastings Omaha Lancers
Goaltender of the Year: David Reekie Lincoln Stars
Organization of the Year: Indiana Ice
Player of the Year: Jason Gregoire Lincoln Stars
Rookie of the Year: Jack Connolly Sioux Falls Stampede
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Matt Farris Sioux Falls Stampede

First Team All-Stars

David Reekie (Goalie) Lincoln Stars
Blake Kessel (Defense) Waterloo Black Hawks
Matt Bartkowski (Defense) Lincoln Stars
Jack Connolly (Forward) Sioux Falls Stampede
Jason Gregoire (Forward) Lincoln Stars
Barry Almeida (Forward) Omaha Lancers

Second Team All-Stars

Drew Palmisano (Goalie) Omaha Lancers
John Carlson (Defense) Indiana Ice
Paul Carey (Defense) Indiana Ice
John Kemp (Forward) Indiana Ice
Eric Springer (Forward) Sioux Falls Stampede
Jake Hansen (Forward) Sioux Falls Stampede

References

↑ "2007-08 League Schedule". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
↑ "2007-08 USHL Standings". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
↑ "2008 Playoffs League Schedule". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
↑ "2007-08 Scoring Leaders". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
↑ "2007-08 Goalie Leaders". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

External links

Official website of the United States Hockey League

[1] "2007-08 League Schedule". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

[2] "2007-08 USHL Standings". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

[3] "2008 Playoffs League Schedule". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

[4] "2007-08 Scoring Leaders". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

[5] "2007-08 Goalie Leaders". USHL. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

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