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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

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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(1) Green Bay Gamblers vs. (4) 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


(2) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. (3) 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 - Mike 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 - Mike 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
Cedar Rapids wins series 3 – 2


Western Division

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(1) Lincoln Stars vs. (4) Sioux Falls Stampede

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April 10 Lincoln Stars 6 – 1 Sioux Falls Stampede Ice Box
April 11 Lincoln Stars 1 – 4 Sioux Falls Stampede Ice Box
April 14 Sioux Falls Stampede 3 – 4 OT Lincoln Stars Sioux Falls Arena
April 16 Sioux Falls Stampede 1 – 6 Lincoln Stars Sioux Falls Arena
Lincoln wins series 3 – 1


(2) Omaha Lancers vs. (3) Fargo Force

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April 10 Omaha Lancers 2 – 6 Fargo Force Omaha Civic Auditorium
April 11 Omaha Lancers 2 – 4 Fargo Force Omaha Civic Auditorium
April 12 Fargo Force 4 – 3 OT Omaha Lancers Scheels Arena
Fargo wins series 3 – 0


Players

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Scoring Leaders

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Player Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM
1 Andrew Miller Chicago Steel 58 33 50 82 +7 76
2 Mike Cichy Indiana Ice 56 34 42 76 -15 23
Craig Smith Waterloo Black Hawks 54 28 48 76 +32 108
4 Mike Seidel Cedar Rapids Roughriders 59 28 48 73 +14 36
5 Stephane Da Costa Sioux City Musketeers 48 31 36 67 -3 23
6 Kirt Hill Lincoln Stars 56 24 42 66 +10 112
7 Stanislav Galiev Indiana Ice 60 29 35 64 +11 46
8 Brandon Richardson Indiana Ice 55 21 42 63 +12 145
9 Michael Forney Green Bay Gamblers 59 26 34 60 +33 40
10 Andy Taranto Fargo Force 60 34 25 59 +33 53
Louis Leblanc Omaha Lancers 60 28 31 59 +7 78

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Leading Goaltenders

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Player Team GP MIN W L OTL SO GA GAA SV SV%
1 Kevin Murdock Lincoln Stars 35 2005 21 10 4 1 75 2.24 860 .920
2 Troy Grosenick Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 24 1363 13 5 4 1 53 2.33 533 .910
3 Steve Summerhays Green Bay Gamblers 23 1327 15 6 1 1 52 2.35 522 .909
4 Mike Johnson Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 39 2263 25 12 1 3 90 2.39 903 .909
5 Mike Lee Fargo Force 48 2745 26 15 4 3 110 2.40 1235 .918

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