Schedule Set for USHL Clark Cup Playoffs First Round
April 7, 2014 - United States Hockey League (USHL) News Release
Chicago, IL - The 2013-14 regular season for United States Hockey League has come to a close after a 480-game schedule over 29 weeks, and now eight teams have qualified for the postseason and are set to begin the 2014 USHL Clark Cup Playoffs this week.
The Waterloo Black Hawks finished with the USHL's best regular season record (44-11-5, 93 points), capturing the Anderson Cup title in addition to securing the top overall seed in the Clark Cup Playoffs. They will meet the Sioux Falls Stampede in a first-round series in the Western Conference beginning on Friday. The Omaha Lancers make a return to the postseason after a one-year absence and earned the second seed in the Western Conference. They are set to face the Sioux City Musketeers in a first-round series that opens on Saturday in Omaha.
In the Eastern Conference, the Indiana Ice won a team record 42 games to finish first in the standings by a margin of 17 points. They will meet the Green Bay Gamblers in the first round, who qualified for the playoffs on the final night of the regular season. That series begins Friday in Indianapolis. The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders return to the postseason after missing last year and secured the second seed in the Eastern Conference. They are set to meet the defending Clark Cup champion Dubuque Fighting Saints in an opening-round series that starts on Friday in Cedar Rapids.
All series in the first round and throughout the Clark Cup Playoffs have a best-of-five game format.
USHL Clark Cup Playoffs - First Round
Western Conference
#1 Waterloo Black Hawks vs. #4 Sioux Falls Stampede
Game 1: Friday, April 11th, 7:05 PM - Sioux Falls @ Waterloo
Game 2: Saturday, April 12th, 7:05 PM - Sioux Falls @ Waterloo
Game 3: Thursday, April 17th, 7:05 PM - Waterloo @ Sioux Falls
Game 4: Friday, April 18th, 7:05 PM - Waterloo @ Sioux Falls**
Game 5: Tuesday, April 22nd, 7:05 PM - Sioux Falls @ Waterloo**
#2 Omaha Lancers vs. #3 Sioux City Musketeers
Game 1: Saturday, April 12th, 7:05 PM - Sioux City @ Omaha
Game 2: Sunday, April 13th, 7:05 PM - Sioux City @ Omaha
Game 3: Friday, April 18th, 7:00 PM - Omaha @ Sioux City
Game 4: Saturday, April 19th, 7:00 PM - Omaha @ Sioux City**
Game 5: Tuesday, April 22nd, 7:05 PM - Sioux City @ Omaha**
Eastern Conference
#1 Indiana Ice vs. #4 Green Bay Gamblers
Game 1: Friday, April 11th, 7:05 PM - Green Bay @ Indiana
Game 2: Saturday, April 12th, 7:05 PM - Green Bay @ Indiana
Game 3: Thursday, April 17th, 7:05 PM - Indiana @ Green Bay
Game 4: Friday, April 18th, 7:05 PM - Indiana @ Green Bay**
Game 5: Monday, April 21st, 7:05 PM - Green Bay @ Indiana**
#2 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. #3 Dubuque Fighting Saints
Game 1: Friday, April 11th, 7:05 PM - Dubuque @ Cedar Rapids
Game 2: Saturday, April 12th, 7:05 PM - Dubuque @ Cedar Rapids
Game 3: Friday, April 18th, 7:05 PM - Cedar Rapids @ Dubuque
Game 4: Saturday, April 19th, 7:05 PM - Cedar Rapids @ Dubuque**
Game 5: Monday, April 21st, 7:05 PM - Dubuque @ Cedar Rapids**
**if necessary
(All times reflect local start time)
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- Stampede Finish Regular Season with Highest Attendance in the USHL - Sioux Falls Stampede
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