This Week in the USHL
February 23, 2009 - United States Hockey League (USHL) News Release
2008-09 USHL STANDINGS
EAST DIVISION
Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GA
Green Bay 43 29 10 4 62 171 118
Cedar Rapids 44 29 11 4 62 168 101
Indiana 45 29 14 2 60 164 130
Waterloo 44 26 15 3 55 179 147
Chicago 46 25 19 2 52 149 159
Des Moines 43 9 30 4 22 129 203
WEST DIVISION
Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GA
Lincoln 44 28 13 3 59 145 111
Omaha 45 23 15 7 53 152 145
Fargo 46 23 20 3 49 135 135
Sioux Falls 45 21 21 3 45 141 149
Sioux City 45 17 24 4 38 146 159
Tri-City 44 8 35 1 17 103 225
RECENT RESULTS
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Green Bay 5 Des Moines 3
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Fargo 2 Indiana 1
Waterloo 5 Lincoln 1
Tri-City 4 Omaha 3
Sioux Falls 6 Green Bay 5, SO
Sioux City 8 Des Moines 2
Chicago 3 Cedar Rapids 1
Friday, February 20, 2009
Green Bay 5 Des Moines 2
Lincoln 4 Omaha 1
Chicago 5 Waterloo 1
Indiana 4 Fargo 1
Sioux Falls 2 Cedar Rapids 1
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Chicago 2 Indiana 1
Sioux Falls 5 Sioux City 4, SO
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Omaha 5 Sioux City 2
Lincoln 8 Waterloo 3
Cedar Rapids 5 Tri-City 1
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Fargo 3 Omaha 2, OT
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Lincoln at Tri-City
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Omaha at Sioux Falls
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Waterloo at Des Moines
Friday, February 27, 2009
Des Moines at Sioux City
Indiana at Waterloo
Tri-City at Omaha
Fargo at Sioux Falls
Lincoln at Green Bay
Cedar Rapids at Chicago
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Des Moines at Tri-City
Fargo at Sioux City
Waterloo at Green Bay
Cedar Rapids at Indiana
Sioux Falls at Omaha
Lincoln at Chicago
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Cedar Rapids at Green Bay
Tri-City at Sioux Falls
SCORING LEADERS
Player Team GP G A PTS PIM
Andrew Miller CHI 45 27 41 68 57
Craig Smith WAT 39 22 34 56 84
Kirt Hill LIN 42 21 33 54 85
Mike Cichy IND 41 21 31 52 19
Mike Seidel CR 43 20 32 52 24
Michael Forney GB 42 23 25 48 43
S. Da Costa SC 33 22 26 48 19
David Eddy SF 45 17 31 48 46
Terry Broadhurst SF 45 21 25 46 26
Stanislav Galiev IND 45 19 27 46 34
GOALTENDING LEADERS
Player TM GP W-L-SOL GAA SV% SO
Troy Grosenick CR 18 10-3-3 2.09 .916 1
S. Summerhays GB 15 12-2-1 2.15 .919 0
Anthony Borelli LIN 19 12-5-0 2.23 .920 1
Kevin Murdock LIN 25 15-7-3 2.25 .914 1
Mike Johnson CR 28 19-8-1 2.32 .909 2
In 1993-94, Waterloo's Jason Blake enjoyed one of the most magical seasons in USHL history. Blake ran away with the USHL scoring title, putting up 100 points (50 goals, 50 assists) in 47 games, besting the next-highest scorer by 15 points. What makes the total noteworthy is that he is the last USHL player to hit the 100-point mark while the league still played a 48-game regular season.
Blake's offensive prowess helped the Black Hawks reach their highest win and point totals as a junior team (both totals have since been eclipsed) and he was rewarded in a big-time way. That season, Blake was named USHL Player of the Year, USHL Forward of the Year and was a First-Team All-USHL selection. He was also chosen as USA Hockey's first-ever Junior Player of the Year.
USHL INSIDER
Point Night: Lincoln defeated Waterloo 8-3 on Tuesday and nine different players had multi-point games. Brett Chartier led the way with four assists, while Garrett Peterson and Ross Henry had three points each.
Herd Charging: Sioux Falls picked up wins in all three games this week, two of them coming via the shootout, and have now won five games in a row.
Capitol Return: Former Des Moines standout Marty Mjelleli has returned to the Buccaneers as an assistant coach and scout. Mjelleli played parts of two seasons in Des Moines, including an all-star campaign in 2003-04. Mjelleli played four seasons at St. Cloud State University and briefly in the ECHL after college.
Clutch Scorer: Radoslav Illo has scored goals in four straight games and has netted the game-winner in Tri-City's last two victories.
Andy Is Dandy: Andy Taranto scored all three goals that Fargo scored this weekend. On Saturday, he scored twice, including the game-winner with 49 seconds to play in regulation of the Force's 2-1 win over Indiana.
Balch Is Burying âEm: After going scoreless in his first two games after a trade from Des Moines, Josh Balch is on a five-game streak with eight points in those five games.
New "Mark": Donnie Hallmark scored a pair of goals in the Sioux City's 5-4 shootout loss to Sioux Falls on Wednesday. The points gave Hallmark 27 points on the year, setting a new career high. His previous high was 25 points set last season.
On A Vroll: Robbie Vrolyk scored twice in Sioux Falls' 6-5 shootout win over Green Bay on Saturday night. Vrolyk, who has seven goals in his last four games, has hit the 20-goal plateau for the first time in his USHL career.
Steel Solid: Don't look now but the Chicago Steel are charging hard to the fourth and final playoff spot in the East Division. They have won seven straight and now trail Waterloo by just three points.
PRO ALUMNI NEWS
Joe Jensen (Sioux Falls) was one of five people hospitalized after being injured when the Albany River Rats bus crashed last week. Jensen incurred a concussion in the crash. None of the five people that were hospitalized had life-threatening injuries. The River Rats are the AHL affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes.
Tom Gilbert (Chicago) through 59 games has scored three goals and 34 points for the Edmonton Oilers, establishing a new career-high for points in a season.
Kevin Swider (Omaha) once again has a commanding lead in the SPHL scoring race. In 47 games, Swider has scored 31 goals and 79 points. He has a 15-point lead over the next closest player.
Jason Blake (Waterloo) now has 22 goals on the year, tops on the Toronto Maple Leafs. Blake has reached the 20-goal plateau in five of the last six years.
Tim Stapleton (Green Bay) is the top scorer for the AHL's Toronto Marlies and is now 11th in the league in scoring with 16 goals and 53 points in 51 games.
Philippe Lamoureux (Lincoln) is fifth in the ECHL in goals against average with a mark of 2.41. He has a record of 23-13-2 in 38 games for the Alaska Aces.
Ruslan Fedotenko (Sioux City) scored twice in Pittsburgh's 5-4 win over Philadelphia on Saturday. They were the first two goals Fedotenko scored since returning from injury last week. Fedotenko, who missed 15 games with a broken hand, also had an assist in the game.
COLLEGE ALUMNI NEWS
Brian Gifford (Indiana) scored his third goal of the season, the game-winner in overtime, as Denver rallied to beat Wisconsin 4-3 on Friday. The Pioneers tied the game with 15 seconds left in regulation.
Billy Maday (Waterloo) scored twice, including the game-winner in Notre Dame's 4-3 overtime win over Nebraska-Omaha on Friday.
Chad Beiswenger (Omaha) was named the NCHA Player of the Year. Beiswenger is currently 22-2-3 on the year for Wisconsin-Superior, where he is a senior. Beiswenger was also named to the All-NCHA First Team, along with other former USHLers Sean Garritty (Green Bay) of Wisconsin- Eau Claire and Nick Tabisz (Green Bay) of St. Norbert.
Nick Tabisz (Green Bay) scored the game-winner in overtime as St. Norbert rallied to beat Wisconsin-Stevens Point 4-3 on Saturday, helping the Green Knights sweep their NCHA quarterfinal series.
Brian Keane (Indiana) scored the game-winning goal in overtime as Massachusetts defeated Maine 4-3 on Friday.
Zane Kalemba (Tri-City) make 31 saves as Princeton blanked Ivy League rival Yale 2-0 on Saturday. It was Kalemba's second shutout of the season.
Chris VandeVelde (Lincoln) had a hat trick, helping North Dakota to a 6-2 win and a weekend sweep of Alaska-Anchorage. VandeVelde now has 13 goals on the year.
Dan Barczuk (Ohio) scored a goal, his fourth of the season, and had two assists as Lake Superior State beat Western Michigan 7-4 on Friday.
United States Hockey League Stories from February 23, 2009
- Broadhurst named USHL Offensive Player of the Week - Sioux Falls Stampede
- This Week in the USHL - USHL
- USHL Players of the Week - USHL
- Pack The House Emerges This Saturday - Indiana Ice
- Red Hot Stampede Home this Wednesday and Friday night - Sioux Falls Stampede
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