USHL Dubuque Fighting Saints

: Zach Solow Named USHL Forward of the Year

Published on April 12, 2017 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Dubuque Fighting Saints News Release


CHICAGO - The USHL league office announced today that Dubuque Fighting Saints forward Zach Solow (Naples, Fla./Northeastern) has been named Forward of the Year for the 2016-17 season. The award was voted on by USHL general managers.

Solow led the league in scoring, and was a key cog in the Fighting Saints' attack throughout the season. His 69 points finished four points ahead of the next highest scorer, Blake Lizotte of the Fargo Force. Per the USHL, the Saints had a record of 27-12-7 when Solow scored a point, and 13-2-3 when he scored a goal this season.

Among his many accomplishments, Solow led the league in assists, shorthanded points, shorthanded assists, ranked second in power play points, and second in game-winning goals.

This season had many highlights for the second-year USHLer, including a gold medal at the World Junior A Challenge, in which Team USA won gold. He also pieced together a 20-game point streak between October 28 through January 27, which was the third-longest in USHL Tier I history. Additionally, Solow represented the Eastern Conference in the USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game in Sioux Falls, S.D. on January 10.

Most recently, Solow was ranked 183rd among NHL Central Scouting's final draft prospects list. He finishes his regular season career with 26 goals and 68 assists in 95 games, and he finished an astounding +31 with 9 game-winning goals. He will look to lead the Saints into the playoffs in pursuit of the organization's sixth Clark Cup championship.

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About the Dubuque Fighting Saints

The Fighting Saints returned to USHL play in the brand new Mystique Community Ice Center during the 2010-11 season, winning the Clark Cup in their first year back in the USHL. The Fighting Saints continued their success with a historic season in 2012 - 13, finishing with a franchise best 45 - 11â=80=908 record. The team claimed the Anderson Cup as the USHL's regular season champions for the first time in 30 years, and also earned the Clark Cup for second time in three seasons. In August 2013, the team took the Bronze Medal while representing the United States at the Junior Club World Cup in Omsk, Russia. The Fighting Saints have reached the Clark Cup Final three times in the past six seasons. The club has produced a number of players that moved on to NCAA Division I hockey and have been drafted by NHL teams, including Zemgus Girgensons, Johnny Gaudreau and Mike Matheson. The original Fighting Saints competed in the USHL for 21 seasons (1980-2001). The club won the Clark Cup as playoff champions on three occasions (1981, 1983, 1985) under head coach Jack Barzee. One of the most well-known alumni of the original Fighting Saints was Gary Suter, a 17â=80=90year NHL veteran, two-time Olympian, Stanley Cup champion, and member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.

About Northern Lights Hockey, LLC

Northern Lights Hockey, LLC is the company that owns and operates the USHL franchise in Dubuque, Iowa. The owners of Northern Lights Hockey, LLC collectively provide an extensive background in both business and hockey, and represent interests on a national and local level. Philip Falcone, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of HC2 Holdings, Inc. and former part owner of the NHL's Minnesota Wild, is the company's principal owner. The ownership group also includes Peter Chiarelli, Edmonton Oilers President of Hockey Operations and General Manager, Mark Falcone, and Brad Kwong, Managing Partner of Northern Lights Hockey, LLC. Philip Falcone, Chiarelli and Kwong all played hockey together at Harvard University in the mid-1980s. The group also includes local Iowan partners Mark Falb and David S. Field, M.D. Falb currently serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Westmark Enterprises, Inc. and Kendall / Hunt Publishing Company. Dr. Field has practiced orthopedic surgery for 30 years and has been the driving force behind hockey in Dubuque. Dr. Field also owned the Dubuque Thunderbirds, the USA Hockey Tier III team that competed in the Central States Hockey League through the 2009-10 Season.

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