The 2006–07 USHL

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is the 28th season of the

United States Hockey League The United States Hockey League (USHL) is the top junior ice hockey league sanctioned by USA Hockey. The league consists of 16 active teams located in the midwestern United States, for players between the ages of 16 and 21. The USHL is strictly ...

as an all-junior league. The regular season began on October 5, 2006, and concluded on April 14, 2007, with the regular season champion winning the

Anderson Cup The United States Hockey League (USHL) is the top junior ice hockey league sanctioned by USA Hockey. The league consists of 16 active teams located in the midwestern United States, for players between the ages of 16 and 21. The USHL is strictly ...

. The 2006–07 season added the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets as an expansion team. The 2007

Clark Cup The United States Hockey League began in 1961 as a semi-professional ice hockey league. Starting with the 1979–80 season, the league became a strictly Amateur league, and began awarding its champion the Clark Cup Trophy. All champions of the USHL ...

playoffs featured all twelve teams playing in division-based seven-game series in the opening round, followed by a quarterfinal round-robin where the winners of the opening round play each other team once. The semifinal match-ups were made by pitting the top teams in the two round-robin series against the second-place team from the opposite division in a single-elimination game with the two victors meeting in a single-game championship match.

Regular season

Final standings
''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

West Division

Clark Cup Playoffs

The first two rounds are restricted to intra-division matchups.

Opening Round

East Division

Waterloo Black Hawks The Waterloo Black Hawks are a Tier I junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL) under president and general manager P.K. O'Handley. The Black Hawks' home ice is the Young Arena in Waterl ...

vs.

Chicago Steel The Chicago Steel are members of the United States Hockey League, joining the league in 2000. The Steel have played their home games at Fox Valley Ice Arena in Geneva, Illinois, since 2015; previously, the team played at Edge Ice Arena in Bense ...

''Waterloo wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1'' Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. Ohio Junior Blue Jackets ''Cedar Rapids wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0''

Indiana Ice The Indiana Ice was a Tier I junior ice hockey team and member club of the United States Hockey League (USHL) that was formed in 2004 when the Danville Wings were purchased and moved from their location in Danville, Illinois, to Indianapolis, I ...

vs.

Green Bay Gamblers The Green Bay Gamblers are a Junior ice hockey#Tier I, Tier I junior ice hockey team in the Eastern Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL). They play in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, at the Resch Center. History Professional hockey in Gre ...

''Indiana wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0''

West Division

Omaha Lancers The Omaha Lancers are a Tier I junior ice hockey team and are members of the Western Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL). Founded in 1986, the Lancers play at the Liberty First Credit Union Arena in Ralston, Nebraska. Previous ...

vs.

Des Moines Buccaneers The Des Moines Buccaneers are a Tier I junior ice hockey team in the United States Hockey League (USHL). The team has played in the Western Conference since the 2009–10 season. History The Buccaneers began USHL play during the 1980–81 season ...

''Des Moines wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1''

Tri-City Storm The Tri-City Storm is a Tier I junior ice hockey team based in Kearney, Nebraska, that plays in the Western Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL). Its name refers to the three central Nebraskan cities of Kearney, Hastings, and G ...

vs.

Sioux City Musketeers The Sioux City Musketeers are a junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL). The Musketeers' home ice is Tyson Events Center. The team was founded in 1972, and has won three Anderson Cups a ...

''Tri-City wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 3''

Lincoln Stars The Lincoln Stars are a Tier I junior ice hockey team playing in the United States Hockey League (USHL). The Stars' home ice is the Ice Box on the former Nebraska State Fair grounds and adjacent to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. History ...

vs.

Sioux Falls Stampede The Sioux Falls Stampede are a Tier I junior ice hockey team based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Stampede are members of the Western Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL). The team plays home games at the Denny Sanford Premier ...

''Sioux Falls wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0''

Quarterfinals

East Division

Round-Robin ''Indiana advances as the top seed from the east with Waterloo as the second seed''

West Division

Round-Robin ''Des Moines advances as the top seed from the west with Sioux Falls as the second seed''

Final Four

Players

Scoring leaders

Leading goaltenders

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*Coach of the Year: P.K. O'Handley Waterloo Black Hawks * Curt Hammer Award: Zach Redmond Sioux Falls Stampede *Defenseman of the Year:

Jeff Petry Jeffrey Petry ( ; born December 9, 1987) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the second round, 45th overall, at the 2006 NH ...

Des Moines Buccaneers *Executive of the Year: Michael Schupay Indiana Ice *Forward of the Year: Phil DeSimone Sioux City Musketeers *General Manager of the Year: Mike Hastings Omaha Lancers *Goaltender of the Year: Drew Palmisano Omaha Lancers *Organization of the Year:

*Player of the Year: Phil DeSimone Sioux City Musketeers *Rookie of the Year:

Max Pacioretty Maximillian Kolenda Pacioretty (born November 20, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey left winger for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Pacioretty was drafted in the first round, 22nd overall, in the 2007 NHL ...

Sioux City Musketeers

First Team All-Stars

* Matt DiGirolamo (Goalie) Waterloo Black Hawks * Derrick LaPoint (Defense) Green Bay Gamblers *

(Defense) Des Moines Buccaneers * Phil DeSimone (Forward) Sioux City Musketeers *

Jared Brown Jared Brown (born April 27, 1973) is a former American football quarterback who played one season with the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League. He played college football at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas The University of ...

(Forward) Lincoln Stars *

Jacob Cepis Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

(Forward) Omaha Lancers

Second Team All-Stars

* Drew Palmisano (Goalie) Omaha Lancers *

Colby Cohen Colby Shane Cohen (born April 25, 1989) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played in the National Hockey League with the Colorado Avalanche and in the AHL with the Providence Bruins, the minor league affiliate of the Bos ...

(Defense) Lincoln Stars * Nick Petrecki (Defense) Omaha Lancers *

Richard Purslow Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...

(Forward) Des Moines Buccaneers *

James Marcou James Marcou (born February 19, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Worcester Sharks in the American Hockey League. On March 23, 2010, he was signed as a free agent by the San Jose Sharks who assign ...

(Forward) Waterloo Black Hawks * Carter Camper (Forward) Lincoln Stars

References

External links

Official website of the United States Hockey League2006-07 USHL Season (Elite Prospects)
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