USHL Weekly

Published on February 16, 2009 under United States Hockey League (USHL) News Release

2008-09 USHL STANDINGS

EAST DIVISION

Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GA

Cedar Rapids 41 28 9 4 60 161 95

Indiana 42 28 12 2 58 158 125

Green Bay 40 27 10 3 57 156 107

Waterloo 41 25 13 3 53 170 133

Chicago 43 22 19 2 46 139 156

Des Moines 40 9 27 4 22 122 185

WEST DIVISION

Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GA

Lincoln 41 26 12 3 55 132 102

Omaha 42 22 13 7 51 143 135

Fargo 44 22 19 3 47 132 130

Sioux Falls 42 18 21 3 39 128 139

Sioux City 42 16 23 3 35 132 147

Tri-City 42 7 34 1 15 98 217

SCORING LEADERS

Player Team GP G A PTS PIM

Andrew Miller CHI 42 25 40 65 55

Craig Smith WAT 36 21 33 54 79

Mike Seidel CR 40 20 32 52 22

Mike Cichy IND 38 20 31 51 15

Kirt Hill LIN 39 19 32 51 79

Pat Mullane OMA 40 21 24 45 16

S. Da Costa SC 30 20 24 44 14

Stanislav Galiev IND 42 19 25 44 30

David Eddy SF 42 16 28 44 46

B. Richardson IND 38 15 28 43 70

GOALTENDING LEADERS

Player TM GP W-L-SOL GAA SV% SO

Anthony Borelli LIN 16 10-4-0 2.07 .923 1

Troy Grosenick CR 17 10-2-3 2.10 .918 1

Kevin Murdock LIN 25 15-7-3 2.25 .914 1

Mike Johnson CR 26 18-7-1 2.34 .910 2

Brett Bennett IND 37 25-10-2 2.50 .915 2

RECENT RESULTS

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Fargo 3 Omaha 2, OT

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Des Moines 3 Indiana 2

Cedar Rapids 4 Waterloo 3

Sioux Falls 6 Green Bay 5

Chicago 4 Lincoln 3, SO

Friday, February 13, 2009

Chicago 5 Tri-City 4, SO

Sioux Falls 3 Fargo 2, SO

Indiana 3 Cedar Rapids 1

Waterloo 10 Des Moines 3

Green Bay 3 Sioux City 2

Omaha 3 Lincoln 2, SO

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Indiana 4 Des Moines 0

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Cedar Rapids 5 Green Bay 4, SO

Sioux City 7 Tri-City 3

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Fargo 4 Lincoln 3

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Sioux City at Omaha

Tri-City at Cedar Rapids

Waterloo at Lincoln

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Sioux City at Sioux Falls

Indiana at Chicago

Friday, February 20, 2009

Green Bay at Des Moines

Omaha at Lincoln

Waterloo at Chicago

Indiana at Fargo

Sioux Falls at Cedar Rapids

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Indiana at Fargo

Omaha at Tri-City

Sioux Falls at Green Bay

Lincoln at Waterloo

Sioux City at Des Moines

Cedar Rapids at Chicago

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Des Moines at Green Bay

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Lincoln at Tri-City

Want to know about the longest game in USHL history? Ask Brian Lavelle, radio voice of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. He called it on April 12, 2002.

"With the Riders leading 3-1 late in the third period of game two, overtime seemed an unlikely prospect. The Stars would rally, however, as Ryan Potulny cut the Cedar Rapids lead to 3-2 at 16:08 of the third and then, with just 48 seconds left in regulation and Lincoln on the power play, the Stars' Matt Wavra scored to tie the game. It would be better than three full periods before another goal was scored as goaltenders Philippe Lamoureux of Lincoln and, even more so, Bobby Goepfert of Cedar Rapids stole the show in sudden death. Goepfert, who had already stopped 39 shots in regulation, would go on to make an incredible 77 saves by the end of a game that would stretch into a fourth overtime and see the Stars out shoot the Riders 80-60.

"At 12:42 in the morning- five hours and 39 minutes after it started- the game would finally end. Chase Watson won a face off in the Lincoln end and RoughRider defenseman Alex Valentin wristed the puck through traffic and past Lamoureux at 6:15 of quadruple overtime to give Cedar Rapids an unforgettable 4-3 victory. ‘That was the most important goal of my life,' said Valentin. ‘I saw it go in and that was the best feeling.' The Riders would go on to take the series three games to one and advance to the Clark Cup semi-finals before being eliminated by Omaha."

USHL INSIDER

Alexander The Great: Eric Alexander scored a goal in his first three games with Lincoln, after going without a goal in his last 13 games with Chicago.

Andy Headed East?: Cedar Rapids leads the race for the 2009 Anderson Cup with 60 points. They lead second-place Indiana by two points. Green Bay is third with 57 points.

First One: Tri-City's loss to Chicago on Saturday night was their first loss in a shootout this season. Record Setter...NOT!: Sioux City's Stephane Da Costa scored two goals nine seconds apart in the Musketeers' 7-3 win over Tri-City on Tuesday. He missed the league record by one second. The USHL record for fastest two goals by one player is eight seconds, set by Wayne Berlinquette of Thunder Bay on January 4, 1987.

Still A Brick House(r): Michael Houser continues to raise his own bar. Three weeks ago, Houser set a league-high for saves in a game when he made 48 in Des Moines' 4-3 loss to Sioux Falls on January 21. Saturday against Indiana he set the standard again, this time stopping 54 in the Bucs' 3-2 win at Indiana. Half of those saves came in the first period, a league-high this season for saves in the first period.

Dry Spell: Since winning a franchise-record 12 straight games, Green Bay has gone 1-3-1 in their next five games. Luckily, only one of those games was against a divisional opponent.

Bonus Hockey: Last week, four games went to a shootout and one to overtime.

Perfect 10 Again: Waterloo scored ten goals in a game for the second time this season in a 10-3 win over Des Moines on Friday. They also did it on December 20, when they beat Indiana by the same 10-3 score.

Cheli Chipping In: After having one point in six games to start this season with Cedar Rapids, Dean Chelios has 14 goals and 36 points in 33 games since being traded to Chicago.

PRO ALUMNI NEWS

-Joe Pavelski (Waterloo) has scored goals in three straight games and is now just two goals shy of his career-high of 19, set last season. Pavelski has points in 11 of his last 14 games.

-Matt Carle (Omaha) scored the game-winning goal on Sunday in Philadelphia's 5-2 win over the New York Rangers. Carle, the third highest scoring defenseman on the team, leads the Flyers in blocked shots.

-Jeff Taffe (Rochester) an AHL All-Star, is tied for sixth in the AHL in scoring with 56 points in 49 games for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

-Brian Lee (Lincoln) scored his second NHL goal on Saturday in his first professional hockey visit to his home state. His Ottawa Senators battled back from a three-goal deficit in the first period to beat Minnesota 5-3.

-Tim Kennedy (Sioux City) picked up his first professional hat trick, scoring three times as the Portland Pirates beat the Lowell Devils 7-6 in a shootout in AHL action.

-Jason Blake (Waterloo) had a pair of goals, including the game-winner, in Toronto's 6-2 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday. Blake leads the Maple Leafs in goals (23) and points (44).

-Travis Morin (Chicago) has climbed to fourth in the ECHL scoring race. He now has 58 points on 15 goals and 43 assists for the South Carolina Stingrays.

-Bill Thomas (Tri-City) has goals in back-to-back games for Pittsburgh, a 2-1 shootout win over San Jose on Wednesday and a 6-2 loss to Toronto on Saturday.

COLLEGE ALUMNI NEWS

-Jason Gregoire (Lincoln) scored the game-winning goal, his 11th of the season, in Saturday's 4-3 North Dakota win over Minnesota State-Mankato. He is tied for the WCHA lead for goals among freshman (10) in conference games.

-James Marcou (Waterloo) scored twice in Massachusetts' 5-3 loss to Northeastern on Friday. The next night, he set up two goals in the Minutemen's 4-1 win over the Huskies.

-Erik Condra (Lincoln) scored twice and added three assists in Notre Dame's 9-5 win over Northern Michigan on Friday. The next night, the Irish captain added two more assists in their 5-2 win over the Wildcats. Condra is now the team's leading scorer with 31 points in 31 games.

-Phil Ginand (Tri-City) scored twice and added a pair of assists in Mercyhurst's 7-4 win over Connecticut on Saturday. Ginand is the top-scoring freshman this season for the Lakers.

-Garrett Roe (Indiana), Garrett Raboin (Lincoln) and Aaron Marvin (Tri- City) had a goal and an assist each in St. Cloud State's 4-2 win over Michigan Tech on Saturday.

-Vince LoVerde (Waterloo) scored his first college hockey goal, the gamewinning goal, in Miami's 2-1 win over Lake Superior State on Friday. The goal came in LoVerde's 71st game.

-Aaron Palushaj (Des Moines) has 30 assists on the year, good for second in the nation. He leads Garrett Roe (Indiana), who is third, by one and

-Anthony Maiani (Sioux City), who is fourth, by three.

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