The 2010–11 USHL

season A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and pol ...

is the 32nd 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 1, 2010, and concluded on April 9, 2011, 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 2010–11 season was the first to include the

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and

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, both of whom were resurrected franchises of the same name (USHL and IHL respectively) The

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 the top six teams from each conference competing for the league title. The increase to twelve teams resulted from the addition of four teams in two years.

Regular season

''Current standings as of November 7, 2010'' ''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 conference title''

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Clark Cup Playoffs

Players

Scoring leaders

''Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes''

Leading goaltenders

''Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average''

All-Star teams

First Team

* Brady Hjelle (Goalie) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders *

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(Forward)Indiana Ice *

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(Forward) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders * Jimmy Mullin (Forward) Fargo Force * Nick Mattson (Defense) Indiana Ice * Jordan Schmaltz (Defense) Sioux City Musketeers

Second Team

* Ryan McKay (Goalie) Green Bay Gamblers * Matt Morris (Goalie) Dubuque Fighting Saints * Daniil Tarasov (Forward) Indiana Ice *

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(Forward) Dubuque Fighting Saints * Vinny Saponari (Forward) Dubuque Fighting Saints * Brian Cooper (Defense) Fargo Force * Ben Marshall (Defense) Omaha Lancers

External links

Official website of the United States Hockey League

References

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