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 and Great Plains, for players between the ages of 16 and 21. Th ...

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 and Great Plains, for players between the ages of 16 and 21. Th ...

. 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 USH ...

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 Head Coach Matt Smaby. The Black Hawks' home ice is the Young Arena in Waterloo, Iowa. History ...

vs.

Chicago Steel The Chicago Steel are an ice hockey team that plays in the United States Hockey League since 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 ...

''Waterloo wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1''

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders are a Tier I junior ice hockey team playing in the United States Hockey League (USHL). Before moving to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1999, the team was based in Mason City, where they were known as the North Iowa Huski ...

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, ...

vs.

Green Bay Gamblers The Green Bay Gamblers are a 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 Green Bay The first p ...

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

West Division

Omaha Lancers The Omaha Lancers are a Junior ice hockey#Tier I, 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 Ra ...

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 sea ...

''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 ...

vs. Sioux City Musketeers ''Tri-City wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 3'' Lincoln Stars 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 Premi ...

''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 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 Sioux City Musketeers

First Team All-Stars

* Matt DiGirolamo (Goalie) Waterloo Black Hawks * Derrick LaPoint (Defense) Green Bay Gamblers * Jeff Petry (Defense) Des Moines Buccaneers * Phil DeSimone (Forward) Sioux City Musketeers * Jared Brown (Forward) Lincoln Stars * Jacob Cepis (Forward) Omaha Lancers

Second Team All-Stars

* Drew Palmisano (Goalie) Omaha Lancers * Colby Cohen (Defense) Lincoln Stars * Nick Petrecki (Defense) Omaha Lancers * Richard Purslow (Forward) Des Moines Buccaneers * James Marcou (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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