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2018–19 USHL season

2018–19 USHL Season
United States Hockey League
Ice hockey
September 27, 2018 – April 13, 2019
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Trevor Janicke
Central Illinois Flying Aces
Tri-City Storm
Ronnie Attard (Tri-City Storm)
Nick Abruzzese (Chicago Steel)
Jaxson Stauber (Stampede)
Sioux Falls Stampede
Chicago Steel

The 2018–19 USHL season was the 40th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from September 27, 2018, to April 13, 2019. The Tri-City Storm were awarded the Anderson Cup as regular season champions for accumulating 95 points over 62 games. The season concluded with the Sioux Falls Stampede defeating the Chicago Steel in the Clark Cup Final series 3–0 on May 17, 2019.

After serving as the interim commissioner since November 2017, Tom Garrity was named the ninth commissioner in league history. He replaced Bob Fallen who had served as commissioner since 2014. On April 5, 2018, the league announced the annual Fall Classic in partnership with the National Hockey League would count towards the regular season standings, with all member clubs playing two games between September 27 and 30 at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Pittsburgh.

Final standings:

x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title

Players are listed by points, then goals.

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

Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Nick Abruzzese	Chicago Steel	62	29	51	80	20
Brett Murray	Youngstown Phantoms	62	41	35	76	35
Matias Maccelli	Dubuque Fighting Saints	54	31	41	72	42
Bobby Brink	Sioux City Musketeers	43	35	33	68	22
Ben Meyers	Fargo Force	59	33	32	65	26
Ronnie Attard	Tri-City Storm	48	30	35	65	66
Hank Crone	Fargo Force	60	19	46	65	66
Emil Öhrvall	Waterloo Black Hawks	59	31	32	63	52
Martin Pospíšil	Sioux City Musketeers	44	16	47	63	118
Egor Afanasyev	Muskegon Lumberjacks	58	27	35	62	36

These are the goaltenders that lead the league in GAA that have played at least 1380 minutes.

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


No scoring	First period	No scoring
10:21 - Brett Murray (1)	Second period	No scoring
No scoring	Third period	Bram Scheerer (1) - 1:58 Dylan Jackson (1) - 11:32 Derek Contessa (1) - en - 19:29
Chad Veltri (27 saves / 29 shots)	Goalie stats	Matthew Thiessen (16 saves / 17 shots)


8:18 - Liam Robertson (1)	First period	No scoring
No scoring	Second period	No scoring
2:59 - Josh De Luca (1)	Third period	Dallas Tulik (1) - 0:20 Logan Pietila (1) - pp - 14:46
No scoring	First overtime period	Willie Knierim (1) - 4:47
Chad Veltri (22 saves / 25 shots)	Goalie stats	Matthew Thiessen (30 saves / 32 shots)

Column 1	Column 2
Dubuque wins series 2 – 0


6:56 - pp - Jason Polin (1) 7:16 - Jason Polin (2)	First period	No scoring
1:48 - Jason Polin (3) 13:51 - pp - Max Sasson (1) 17:20 - pp - Aidan McDonough (1)	Second period	No scoring
19:26 - en - Liam Walsh (1)	Third period	Thomas Bordeleau (1) - pp - 1:59 Daniyal Dzhaniyev (1) - 4:40 Ryder Rolston (1) - pp - 7:47
Blake Pietila (26 saves / 29 shots)	Goalie stats	Drew Commesso (7 saves / 10 shots) Noah Grannan (5 saves / 7 shots)


10:03 - Grant Silianoff (1) 19:58 - Jerry Harding (1)	First period	No scoring
1:02 - Jason Polin (4) 8:07 - Jordan Tonelli (1) 9:57 - pp - Jason Polin (5) 12:27 - pp - Grant Silianoff (2)	Second period	Jacob Truscott (1) - pp - 8:49 Eamon Powell (1) - pp - 14:57
12:17 - en - Joe Hankinson (1)	Third period	No scoring
Blake Pietila (13 saves / 15 shots)	Goalie stats	Drew Commesso (12 saves / 16 shots) Noah Grannan (15 saves / 17 shots)

Column 1	Column 2
Cedar Rapids wins series 2 – 0


15:40 - Jared Westcott (1)	First period	No scoring
No scoring	Second period	Blake Biondi (1) - 8:03
13:01 - pp - Andre Lee (1)	Third period	No scoring
Jaxson Stauber (12 saves / 13 shots)	Goalie stats	Ben Kraws (24 saves / 26 shots)


11:03 - Ethan Phillips (1)	First period	Blake Biondi (2) - 15:08
No scoring	Second period	Albin Nilsson (1) - 2:20
4:10 - pp - Andre Lee (2)	Third period	No scoring
2:57 - Austen Swankler (1)	Fourth overtime period	No scoring
Jaxson Stauber (39 saves / 41 shots)	Goalie stats	Ben Kraws (49 saves / 52 shots)

Column 1	Column 2
Sioux Falls wins series 2 – 0


3:07 - Rylee St. Onge (1)	First period	No scoring
2:32 - Luke Manning (1) 6:42 - pp - Sam Renlund (1) 14:39 - Matt Brown (1) 18:42 - Jonny Russell (1)	Second period	Ben Meyers (1) - 19:20
0:52 - Nicklas Andrews (1) 17:39 - en - Jonny Russell (2)	Third period	Justin Lee (1) - 5:59 Ondřej Pavel (1) - 15:39
Roman Durný (22 saves / 25 shots)	Goalie stats	Ryan Bischel (14 saves / 17 shots) Tyler Johnson (12 saves / 15 shots)


No scoring	First period	Ondřej Pavel (2) - sh - 14:27
3:37 - sh - Matt Brown (2)	Second period	Kaden Bohlsen (1) - sh - 11:32
4:44 - Matt Brown (3)	Third period	No scoring
15:37 - Michael Mancinelli (1)	First overtime period	No scoring
Roman Durný (28 saves / 30 shots)	Goalie stats	Ryan Bischel (25 saves / 28 shots)

Column 1	Column 2
Des Moines wins series 2 – 0


6:38 - pp - Nolan Sullivan (1)	First period	No scoring
No scoring	Second period	No scoring
1:41 - pp - Max Ellis (1) 10:22 - Mikael Hakkarainen (1) 12:08 - Jack Williams (1)	Third period	No scoring
Brandon Bussi (19 saves / 19 shots)	Goalie stats	Matthew Thiessen (34 saves / 38 shots)


2:10 - Egor Afanasyev (1) 4:33 - Bobby Lynch (1) 8:08 - Colby Bukes (1)	First period	Jacob Semik (1) - pp - 3:04
0:59 - Colby Bukes (2)	Second period	No scoring
16:20 - pp - Jagger Joshua (1)	Third period	No scoring
Brandon Bussi (21 saves / 22 shots)	Goalie stats	Matthew Thiessen (38 saves / 43 shots)


2:53 - J.D. Greenway (1) 6:41 - Dylan Jackson (2) 10:50 - pp - J.D. Greenway (2) 18:34 - Bram Scheerer (2)	First period	No scoring
10:02 - Ty Jackson (1)	Second period	No scoring
No scoring	Third period	Cam McDonald (1) - 2:17
Matthew Thiessen (43 saves / 44 shots)	Goalie stats	Brandon Bussi (19 saves / 23 shots) Ryan McInchak (2 saves / 3 shots)


No scoring	First period	Jagger Joshua (2) - pp - 10:09
8:46 - Matias Maccelli (1)	Second period	Ryan Savage (1) - 6:16
No scoring	Third period	No scoring
Matthew Thiessen (25 saves / 27 shots)	Goalie stats	Brandon Bussi (20 saves / 21 shots)

Column 1	Column 2
Muskegon wins series 3 – 1


5:37 - Matteo Pietroniro (1)	First period	Jerry Harding (2) - 11:19
7:06 - John Spetz (1) 10:19 - Christian Sarlo (1) 10:56 - Nick Abruzzese (1)	Second period	Jerry Harding (3) - sh - 4:46 Max Sasson (2) - pp - 19:24
0:31 - Neil Shea (1) 11:11 - Nick Abruzzese (2)	Third period	No scoring
Justin Robbins (23 saves / 26 shots)	Goalie stats	Blake Pietila (22 saves / 28 shots)


3:49 - Robert Mastrosimone (1) 18:45 - Neil Shea (2)	First period	Will Zmolek (1) - pp - 3:34 Liam Walsh (2) - 4:10
4:13 - Uula Ruikka (1)	Second period	Aidan McDonough (2) - 4:24
No scoring	Third period	No scoring
No scoring	First overtime period	Aidan McDonough (3) - pp - 9:22
Justin Robbins (19 saves / 23 shots)	Goalie stats	Blake Pietila (16 saves / 19 shots)


No scoring	First period	Christian Sarlo (2) - 6:07 Uula Ruikka (2) - 7:38
0:38 - Aidan McDonough (4)	Second period	No scoring
No scoring	Third period	Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (1) - 1:28
Blake Pietila (20 saves / 23 shots)	Goalie stats	Justin Robbins (24 saves / 25 shots)


No scoring	First period	Nick Abruzzese (3) - 19:49
18:50 - Jack O'Leary (1)	Second period	John Spetz (2) - pp - 1:28
No scoring	Third period	Robert Mastrosimone (2) - 6:07 Robert Mastrosimone (3) - 17:26
Blake Pietila (22 saves / 26 shots)	Goalie stats	Justin Robbins (17 saves / 18 shots)

Column 1	Column 2
Chicago wins series 3 – 1


2:34 - pp - Brendan Budy (1) 4:52 - Brendan Furry (1) 5:55 - Filip Forsmark (1) 11:36 - Connor McMenamin (1)	First period	No scoring
11:05 - Shane Pinto (1) Ian Murphy (1) 18:01 - Brendan Furry (3)	Second period	T.J. Walsh (1) - pp - 0:44
No scoring	Third period	Tony Malinowski (1) - sh - 4:23 Tyler Paquette (1) - sh - 5:45
Isaiah Saville (15 saves / 18 shots)	Goalie stats	Roman Durný (20 saves / 28 shots) Kade Phipps (1 save / 1 shot)


9:09 - pp - Keaton Pehrson (1) 19:17 - Shane Pinto (2)	First period	No scoring
No scoring	Second period	No scoring
No scoring	Third period	No scoring
Isaiah Saville (29 saves / 29 shots)	Goalie stats	Roman Durný (23 saves / 25 shots)


No scoring	First period	Joe Berg (1) - 19:38
18:01 - pp - Matt Brown (4)	Second period	Brendan Furry (4) - pp - 2:16
No scoring	Third period	Benji Eckerle (1) - 2:24 Shane Pinto (3) - 12:31 Connor McMenamin (2) - pp - en - 18:21
Roman Durný (28 saves / 32 shots)	Goalie stats	Isaiah Saville (37 saves / 38 shots)

Column 1	Column 2
Tri-City wins series 3 – 0


No scoring	First period	No scoring
9:18 - pp - Matěj Blümel (1) 15:05 - Griffin Ness (1)	Second period	Matthew Kessel (1) - 5:44
No scoring	Third period	Max Crozier (1) - pp - 10:32
No scoring	First overtime period	Sam Stevens (1) - 19:30
Evan Fear (31 saves / 34 shots)	Goalie stats	Jaxson Stauber (35 saves / 37 shots)


4:59 - Matt Cameron (1) 16:57 - pp - Hank Sorensen (1)	First period	No scoring
10:31 - pp - Brehdan Engum (1) 13:59 - pp - Matěj Blümel (2)	Second period	No scoring
5:29 - Teddy Lagerback (1) 11:08 - pp - Matěj Blümel (3)	Third period	No scoring
Evan Fear (26 saves / 26 shots)	Goalie stats	Jaxson Stauber (23 saves / 27 shots) Josh Langford (8 saves / 10 shots)


No scoring	First period	No scoring
9:14 - Jared Westcott (2) 11:46 - Jami Krannila (1) 13:15 - Brian Chambers (1) 14:34 - Brenden Olson (1)	Second period	Kyle Haskins (1) - 13:28 Xander Lamppa (1) - pp - 16:24
8:58 - Cade Borchardt (1) 18:13 - pp - Ryan Johnson (1)	Third period	No scoring
Jaxson Stauber (27 saves / 29 shots)	Goalie stats	Evan Fear (11 saves / 14 shots) Jared Moe (14 saves / 17 shots)


No scoring	First period	No scoring
No scoring	Second period	Kyle Haskins (2) - pp - 14:01
15:55 - pp - Max Crozier (2)	Third period	No scoring
8:25 - Brian Chambers (2)	First overtime period	No scoring
Jaxson Stauber (29 saves / 30 shots)	Goalie stats	Evan Fear (26 saves / 28 shots)

Column 1	Column 2
Sioux Falls wins series 3 – 1


17:41 - pp - Mikael Hakkarainen (2) 18:28 - pp - Mikael Hakkarainen (3)	First period	No scoring
7:03 - pp - Jagger Joshua (3)	Second period	Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (2) - 1:06 Josiah Slavin (1) - 7:44
2:41 - Bobby Lynch (2)	Third period	Nick Abruzzese (4) - 2:53 Josiah Slavin (2) - pp - 19:57
No scoring	First overtime period	Nick Abruzzese (5) - 5:16
Brandon Bussi (29 saves / 34 shots)	Goalie stats	Justin Robbins (36 saves / 40 shots)


0:19 - Jagger Joshua (4) 13:01 - Mikael Hakkarainen (4)	First period	Robert Mastrosimone (4) - 9:46
1:34 - Jack Williams (2)	Second period	No scoring
No scoring	Third period	Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (3) - pp - 0:22
Brandon Bussi (24 saves / 26 shots)	Goalie stats	Justin Robbins (28 saves / 31 shots)


3:12 - Robert Mastrosimone (5)	First period	No scoring
3:34 - pp - Nick Abruzzese (6) 9:48 - sh - Robert Mastrosimone (6)	Second period	Nolan Sullivan (2) - 1:57
1:34 - Neil Shea (3)	Third period	No scoring
Justin Robbins (35 saves / 36 shots)	Goalie stats	Brandon Bussi (23 saves / 27 shots)


No scoring	First period	No scoring
No scoring	Second period	No scoring
5:25 - pp - Nick Abruzzese (7) 11:09 - Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (4)	Third period	Egor Afanasyev (2) - pp - 7:15 Ryan Savage (2) - 19:31
1:13 - Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (5)	First overtime period	No scoring
Justin Robbins (30 saves / 32 shots)	Goalie stats	Brandon Bussi (13 saves / 16 shots)

Column 1	Column 2
Chicago wins series 3 – 1


No scoring	First period	No scoring
	Second period	Blake Bride (1) - 6:32 Andre Lee (3) - pp - 10:56
No scoring	Third period	Cade Borchardt (2) - 15:48
Isaiah Saville (16 saves / 19 shots)	Goalie stats	Jaxson Stauber (24 saves / 24 shots)


17:41 - Filip Forsmark (2)	First period	No scoring
No scoring	Second period	Carl Berglund (1) - 17:01 Andre Lee (4) - 17:19
No scoring	Third period	Max Crozier (3) - 7:45 Jared Westcott (3) - pp - en - 18:40
Isaiah Saville (18 saves / 21 shots)	Goalie stats	Jaxson Stauber (31 saves / 32 shots)


5:18 - Austen Swankler (2) 9:39 - Jami Krannila (2)	First period	No scoring
No scoring	Second period	No scoring
19:09 - Brian Chambers (3)	Third period	Benji Eckerle (2) - 3:08 Shane Pinto (4) - pp - 10:09
Jaxson Stauber (28 saves / 30 shots)	Goalie stats	Isaiah Saville (17 saves / 20 shots)

Column 1	Column 2
Sioux Falls wins series 3 – 0


No scoring	First period	No scoring
Carl Berglund (2) - 0:51 Andre Lee (5) - 6:37	Second period	11:04 - Josiah Slavin (3)
Jared Westcott (4) - 14:59	Third period	2:32 - John Spetz (3)
Jaxson Stauber (20 saves / 22 shots)	Goalie stats	Justin Robbins (26 saves / 29 shots)


No scoring	First period	14:06 - Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (6)
Max Crozier (4) - 15:41	Second period	No scoring
Sam Stevens (2) - 17:10	Third period	12:05 - pp - Robert Mastrosimone (7)
Andre Lee (6) - 16:05	Second overtime period	No scoring
Jaxson Stauber (30 saves / 32 shots)	Goalie stats	Justin Robbins (33 saves / 36 shots)


No scoring	First period	17:42 - pp - Anthony Romano (1)
No scoring	Second period	4:22 - Blake Bride (2) 15:23 - sh - Sam Stevens (3)
Josiah Slavin (4) - 16:06	Third period	18:33 - en - Jared Westcott (5) 18:40 - en - Ryan Johnson (2)
Justin Robbins (12 saves / 15 shots)	Goalie stats	Jaxson Stauber (20 saves / 21 shots)

Column 1	Column 2
Sioux Falls wins series 3 – 0

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Robert Mastrosimone	Chicago Steel	11	7	8	15	4
Nick Abruzzese	Chicago Steel	11	7	7	14	0
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine	Chicago Steel	9	6	6	12	2
Andre Lee	Sioux Falls Stampede	12	6	5	11	10
Max Crozier	Sioux Falls Stampede	12	4	7	11	10
Bobby Lynch	Muskegon Lumberjacks	8	2	8	10	12
Jason Polin	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	6	5	4	9	4
Shane Pinto	Tri-City Storm	6	4	5	9	8
Mikael Hakkarainen	Muskegon Lumberjacks	8	4	5	9	12
Matteo Pietroniro	Chicago Steel	11	1	8	9	10

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
Jaxson Stauber	Sioux Falls Stampede	12	821	11	1	20	1	.941	1.46
Ben Kraws	Sioux City Musketeers	2	181	0	2	5	0	.936	1.66
Evan Fear	Waterloo Black Hawks	4	241	1	3	8	1	.922	1.99
Isaiah Saville	Tri-City Storm	6	355	3	3	13	1	.910	2.20
Justin Robbins	Chicago Steel	11	704	6	5	28	0	.910	2.38

Award	Name	Team
Player of the Year	Ronnie Attard	Tri-City Storm
Forward of the Year	Bobby Brink	Sioux City Musketeers
Defenseman of the Year	Ronnie Attard	Tri-City Storm
Rookie of the Year	Zac Jones	Tri-City Storm
Goaltender of the Year	Isaiah Saville	Tri-City Storm
Coach of the Year	Anthony Noreen	Tri-City Storm
Scholar-Athlete	Mason McCormick	Dubuque Fighting Saints
Curt Hammer	Liam Walsh	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
General Manager of the Year	Ryan Hardy	Chicago Steel
Executive of the Year	Jim Olander	Sioux Falls Stampede
Organization of the Year	Muskegon Lumberjacks

Pos	Name	Team
G	Isaiah Saville	Tri-City
D	Ronnie Attard	Tri-City
D	Alex Yakovenko	Muskegon
F	Nick Abruzzese	Chicago
F	Bobby Brink	Sioux City
F	Brett Murray	Youngstown

Source

Pos	Name	Team
G	Blake Pietila	Cedar Rapids
D	Zac Jones	Tri-City
D	Matteo Pietroniro	Chicago
F	Matt Brown	Des Moines
F	Matias Maccelli	Dubuque
F	Ben Meyers	Fargo

Source

Pos	Name	Team
G	Isaiah Saville	Tri-City
D	Ryan Johnson	Sioux Falls
D	Zac Jones	Tri-City
F	Vladislav Firstov	Waterloo
F	Marcus Kallionkieli	Sioux City
F	Shane Pinto	Tri-City

Source

Pos	Name	Team
G	Logan Stein	Waterloo
D	Anthony Kehrer	Sioux City
D	Owen Power	Chicago
F	Josh Nodler	Fargo
F	Anthony Romano	Sioux Falls
F	Grant Silianoff	Cedar Rapids

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