2021–22 USHL season

2021–22 USHL season
LeagueUnited States Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 23, 2021 – May 21, 2022
Number of games62
Number of teams16
Regular season
Anderson CupTri-City Storm
Season MVPMitchell Miller (Tri-City Storm)
Top scorerJeremy Wilmer (Tri-City Storm)
Clark Cup Playoffs
Clark Cup Playoffs MVPAlex Tracy (Musketeers)
Finals championsSioux City Musketeers
  Runners-upMadison Capitols
USHL seasons

The 2021–22 USHL season was the 43rd season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league.

The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders and Madison Capitols returned from their hiatus for this season. The RoughRiders' absence was due to derecho damage to ImOn Ice Arena, while the Capitols was caused by COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Madison, Wisconsin.[1]

The regular season ran from September 23, 2021, to April 23, 2022, with a 62-game schedule for each team.[2] The Western Conference champions Tri-City Storm were awarded the Anderson Cup for accumulating 98 points. The Western Conference runners-up Sioux City Musketeers won the Clark Cup playoff championship.[3]

Regular season

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Final standings:[4]

x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title

Clark Cup playoffs

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Final results:[4]

First Round
(Best-of-3) 		Conference Semifinals
(Best-of-3) 		Conference Finals
(Best-of-5) 		Clark Cup Championship
(Best-of-5)
E1 Chicago 1
E4 Youngstown 0 E5 Madison 2
E5 Madison 2 Eastern ConferenceE5 Madison 3
E3 Muskegon 2
E2 Dubuque 0
E3 Muskegon 2 E3 Muskegon 2
E6 Cedar Rapids 0 E5 Madison 1
W2 Sioux City 3
W1 Tri-City 2
W4 Omaha 2 W4 Omaha 0
W5 Fargo 0 Western ConferenceW1 Tri-City 0
W2 Sioux City 3
W2 Sioux City 2
W3 Lincoln 1 W6 Waterloo 1
W6 Waterloo 2

First Round

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Eastern Conference

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(E4) Youngstown Phantoms vs. (E5) Madison Capitols

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April 25 Youngstown Phantoms 2 – 3 Madison Capitols Covelli Centre  
No scoring First period Tyler Haskins (1) - 15:06
1:55 - William Whitelaw (1) Second period No scoring
14:29 - Tiernan Shoudy (1) Third period Jack Horbach (1) - 15:16
Jack Musa (1) - 17:06
Jacob Fowler (24 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Simon Latkoczy (18 saves / 20 shots)
April 26 Youngstown Phantoms 3 – 5 Madison Capitols Covelli Centre  
14:51 - pp - Garrett Wright (1) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Reid Pabich (1) - 2:34
16:43 - Adam Ingram (1)
19:54 - Jaden Grant (1) 		Third period Jake Dunlap (1) - 1:13
Jack Musa (2) - 4:47
Quinn Finley (1) - en - 18:04
Jake Dunlap (2) - en - 19:04
Kyle Chauvette (26 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Simon Latkoczy (31 saves / 34 shots)
Madison wins series 2 – 0


(E3) Muskegon Lumberjacks vs. (E6) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders

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April 25 Muskegon Lumberjacks 6 – 0 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Mercy Health Arena  
14:52 - pp - Owen Mehlenbacher (1) First period No scoring
6:27 - Phillip Tresca (1)
13:26 - Quinn Hutson (1)
17:33 - pp - Jack Williams (1) 		Second period No scoring
9:40 - Noah Ellis (1)
14:32 - sh - Owen Mehlenbacher (2) 		Third period No scoring
Chase Clark (31 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Bruno Brūveris (23 saves / 27 shots)
Connor Hasley (11 saves / 13 shots)
April 26 Muskegon Lumberjacks 6 – 1 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Mercy Health Arena  
4:01 - pp - Jake Richard (1) First period No scoring
4:56 - Jacob Braccini (1)
13:09 - Nathan McBrayer (1) 		Second period No scoring
4:47 - pp - Jacob Guevin (1)
5:12 - pp - Noah Ellis (2)
7:09 - Quinn Hutson (2) 		Third period Martins Laviņš (1) - 18:36
Chase Clark (33 saves / 34 shots) Goalie stats Bruno Brūveris (24 saves / 29 shots)
Connor Hasley (7 saves / 8 shots)
Muskegon wins series 2 – 0


Western Conference

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(E4) Omaha Lancers vs. (E5) Fargo Force

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April 25 Omaha Lancers 5 – 2 Fargo Force Liberty First Credit Union Arena  
3:34 - Morgan Winters (1) First period No scoring
18:39 - Nate Benoit (1) Second period No scoring
1:45 - pp - Jared Wright (1)
5:33 - pp - Cam Mitchell (1)
18:18 - en - Vincent Salice (1) 		Third period Trevor Griebel (1) - 4:53
Thomas Weis (1) - 11:08
Kevin Pasche (22 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Matej Marinov (19 saves / 23 shots)
April 26 Omaha Lancers 4 – 2 Fargo Force Liberty First Credit Union Arena  
9:40 - Alex Bump (1) First period Bret Link (1) - 8:39
5:59 - Evan Werner (1) Second period No scoring
8:54 - Evan Werner (2)
19:17 - en - Michael Cameron (1) 		Third period Kyle Smolen (1) - pp - 12:02
Kevin Pasche (22 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Louden Hogg (20 saves / 23 shots)
Omaha wins series 2 – 0


(W3) Lincoln Stars vs. (W6) Waterloo Black Hawks

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April 25 Lincoln Stars 5 – 2 Waterloo Black Hawks Ice Box  
5:24 - Killian Kiecker-Olson (1)
9:11 - Lucas Wahlin (1)
Henry Nelson 		First period No scoring
1:15 - Mason Marcellus (1) Second period Garrett Schifsky (1) - 1:04
Garrett Schifsky (2) - 15:05
19:59 - en - Lucas Wahlin (2) Third period No scoring
Kaidan Mbereko (30 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Emmett Croteau (33 saves / 37 shots)
April 26 Lincoln Stars 2 – 3 Waterloo Black Hawks Ice Box  
7:19 - Yu Sato (1) First period Garrett Schifsky (3) - 6:07
Gavin Lindberg (1) - 14:26
Tucker Ness (1) - 15:32
No scoring Second period No scoring
16:57 - Lucas Wahlin (3) Third period No scoring
Kaidan Mbereko (15 saves / 18 shots) Goalie stats Emmett Croteau (35 saves / 37 shots)
April 27 Lincoln Stars 4 – 5 OT Waterloo Black Hawks Ice Box  
Killian Kiecker-Olson (2) - pp - 6:38
Noah Laba (1) - 10:54
Lucas Wahlin (4) - sh - 18:53 		First period 19:48 - pp - Connor Brown (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Killian Kiecker-Olson (3) - 7:34 Third period 1:59 - Gavin Lindberg (2)
17:05 - Connor Brown (2)
18:04 - Connor Brown (3)
No scoring First overtime period 1:21 - Connor Brown (4)
Kaidan Mbereko (28 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Emmett Croteau (22 saves / 26 shots)
Waterloo wins series 2 – 1


Conference Semifinals

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Eastern Conference

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(E1) Chicago Steel vs. (E5) Madison Capitols

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April 30 Madison Capitols 4 – 2 Chicago Steel Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena  
Jack Horbach (2) - 8:11 First period No scoring
Jack Musa (3) - 10:35
Casey Severo (1) - pp - 19:18 		Second period 15:27 - Lukas Gustafsson (1)
Jake Dunlap (3) - en - 19:00 Third period 18:40 - Jackson Blake (1)
Simon Latkoczy (30 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Christian Manz (31 saves / 34 shots)
May 2 Chicago Steel 2 – 0 Madison Capitols Fox Valley Ice Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
5:34 - pp - Sam Lipkin (1)
8:25 - Joe Miller (1) 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Christian Manz (26 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Simon Latkoczy (22 saves / 24 shots)
May 3 Chicago Steel 2 – 4 Madison Capitols Fox Valley Ice Arena  
Jayden Perron (1) - 16:51 First period No scoring
Nicholas Moldenhauer (1) - pp - 5:27 Second period 5:36 - Jake Dunlap (4)
13:26 - Jack Musa (4)
17:48 - pp - Luke Mittelstadt (1)
No scoring Third period 19:43 - en - Jake Dunlap (5)
Christian Manz (26 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Simon Latkoczy (28 saves / 30 shots)
Madison wins series 2 – 1


(E2) Dubuque Fighting Saints vs. (E3) Muskegon Lumberjacks

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April 29 Muskegon Lumberjacks 3 – 4 Dubuque Fighting Saints Mercy Health Arena  
Jacob Guevin (2) - pp - 7:10
Quinn Hutson (3) - 10:02 		First period No scoring
Ethan Whitcomb (1) - 8:05 Second period 0:52 - pp - Connor Kurth (1)
5:07 - Michael Feenstra (1)
Jack Williams (2) - pp - 10:38 Third period 14:56 - pp - Lucas Ölvestad (1)
Chase Clark (30 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Philip Svedebäck (6 saves / 8 shots)
Paxton Geisel (18 saves / 20 shots)
May 1 Dubuque Fighting Saints 5 – 8 Muskegon Lumberjacks Mystique Ice Center  
No scoring First period Owen Mehlenbacher (3) - 1:35
Quinn Hutson (4) - 7:07
Ben Strinden (1) - pp - 19:54
0:54 - pp - Nikita Borodayenko (1)
15:46 - Ryan Beck (1) 		Second period Quinn Hutson (5) - 11:02
Tyler Hotson (1) - 14:01
4:41 - pp - Kenny Connors (1)
4:51 - Ryan Beck (2)
10:52 - pp - Connor Kurth (2) 		Third period Tyler Hotson (2) - 12:34
Quinn Hutson (6) - en - 18:01
Ben Strinden (2) - en - 18:22
Paxton Geisel (19 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Chase Clark (41 saves / 46 shots)
Muskegon wins series 2 – 0


Western Conference

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(W1) Tri-City Storm vs. (W4) Omaha Lancers

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April 30 Tri-City Storm 7 – 4 Omaha Lancers Viaero Center  
3:42 - Cole O'Hara (1)
4:31 - Kieran Cebrian (1) 		First period No scoring
2:39 - pp - Victor Czerneckianair (1)
4:49 - Ilya Nikolaev (1)
12:03 - Ilya Nikolaev (2) 		Second period Evan Werner (3) - pp - 11:01
Evan Werner (4) - 12:52
Alex Bump (2) - pp - 15:06
4:45 - Mitchell Miller (1)
19:06 - en - Joshua Eernisse (1) 		Third period Evan Werner (5) - 11:29
Arsenii Sergeev (19 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Kevin Pasche (34 saves / 40 shots)
May 2 Omaha Lancers 0 – 4 Tri-City Storm Liberty First Credit Union Arena  
No scoring First period 6:22 - Ilya Nikolaev (3)
No scoring Second period 1:42 - Ilya Nikolaev (4)
9:52 - pp - Dane Dowiak (1)
No scoring Third period 14:36 - pp - Lleyton Roed (1)
Kevin Pasche (29 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Arsenii Sergeev (17 saves / 17 shots)
Tri-City wins series 2 – 0


(W2) Sioux City Musketeers vs. (W6) Waterloo Black Hawks

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April 30 Waterloo Black Hawks 1 – 3 Sioux City Musketeers Young Arena  
No scoring First period 4:35 - Ben Steeves (1)
No scoring Second period 7:53 - Bennett Schimek (1)
Tyler Kostelecky (1) - 17:36 Third period 2:56 - Luke Antonacci (1)
Emmett Croteau (34 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Alex Tracy (28 saves / 29 shots)
May 1 Sioux City Musketeers 1 – 2 Waterloo Black Hawks Tyson Events Center  
1:26 - pp - Ben Steeves (2) First period Ray Fust (1) - 9:52
No scoring Second period Tucker Ness (2) - pp - 16:05
No scoring Third period No scoring
Alex Tracy (16 saves / 18 shots) Goalie stats Emmett Croteau (24 saves / 25 shots)
May 2 Sioux City Musketeers 3 – 0 Waterloo Black Hawks Tyson Events Center  
Tabor Heaslip (1) - 17:25 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Tomi Leppänen (1) - 7:24
Ben Steeves (3) - en - 19:15 		Third period No scoring
Alex Tracy (16 saves / 16 shots) Goalie stats Emmett Croteau (20 saves / 22 shots)
Sioux City wins series 2 – 1


Conference Finals

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Eastern Conference

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(E3) Muskegon Lumberjacks vs. (E5) Madison Capitols

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May 6 Muskegon Lumberjacks 5 – 2 Madison Capitols Mercy Health Arena  
7:50 - Phillip Tresca (2) First period Jack Musa (5) - 9:16
6:50 - David Hymovitch (1)
8:20 - sh - Phillip Tresca (3)
17:52 - pp - Jacob Guevin (3) 		Second period Nick DeSantis (1) - 3:58
3:54 - Joey Larson (1) Third period No scoring
Chase Clark (37 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Simon Latkoczy (21 saves / 26 shots)
May 7 Muskegon Lumberjacks 3 – 4 OT Madison Capitols Mercy Health Arena  
0:18 - Jack Williams (3)
19:53 - Jake Richard (2) 		First period Reid Pabich (2) - 3:50
3:43 - Nathan McBrayer (2) Second period Ben Dexheimer (1) - 14:40
No scoring Third period Matthew McGroarty (1) - 2:30
No scoring First overtime period Jake Dunlap (6) - 1:21
Chase Clark (20 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Simon Latkoczy (28 saves / 31 shots)
May 9 Madison Capitols 3 – 4 OT Muskegon Lumberjacks Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena  
19:47 - Quinn Finley (2) First period No scoring
7:08 - Casey Severo (2) Second period Joey Larson (2) - 2:02
Jack Williams (4) - 15:55
0:54 - Tyler Haskins (2) Third period Noah Ellis (3) - 17:04
No scoring First overtime period Joey Larson (3) - 15:22
Simon Latkoczy (30 saves / 34 shots) Goalie stats Chase Clark (43 saves / 46 shots)
May 10 Madison Capitols 3 – 1 Muskegon Lumberjacks Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
0:31 - Nick DeSantis (2)
5:24 - Ben Dexheimer (2)
18:24 - Quinn Finley (3) 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Quinn Hutson (7) - 11:51
Simon Latkoczy (22 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Chase Clark (34 saves / 37 shots)
May 12 Muskegon Lumberjacks 4 – 8 Madison Capitols Mercy Health Arena  
8:03 - pp - Joey Larson (4) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Tyler Haskins (3) - 1:06
D.J. Hart (1) - 2:20
Jack Musa (6) - 9:30
8:25 - Jacob Braccini (2)
12:04 - pp - Ben Strinden (3)
15:38 - pp - Owen Mehlenbacher (4) 		Third period Reid Pabich (3) - 4:08
Jack Musa (7) - 5:11
Luke Mittelstadt (2) - 7:29
Reid Pabich (4) - 12:32
Kyle Kukkonen (1) - en - 17:13
Chase Clark (33 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Simon Latkoczy (28 saves / 32 shots)
Madison wins series 3 – 2


Western Conference

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(W1) Tri-City Storm vs. (W2) Sioux City Musketeers

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May 6 Tri-City Storm 4 – 5 Sioux City Musketeers Viaero Center  
3:06 - Cole O'Hara (2) First period Ben Steeves (4) - 15:40
0:54 - sh - Gavin Brindley (1)
7:42 - Graham Gamache (1)
9:20 - Mitchell Miller (2) 		Second period Dylan James (1) - 9:41
Charlie Schoen (1) - pp - 11:08
No scoring Third period Nick Pierre (1) - 3:22
Bennett Schimek (2) - 19:55
Arsenii Sergeev (20 saves / 25 shots)
Sebastian Wraneschitz (0 saves / 0 shots) 		Goalie stats Alex Tracy (35 saves / 39 shots)
May 7 Tri-City Storm 3 – 4 Sioux City Musketeers Viaero Center  
No scoring First period Nick Pierre (2) - 6:12
Dylan James (2) - 9:51
Ben Steeves (5) - 16:13
Ben Steeves (6) - pp - 19:58
16:32 - Jeremy Wilmer (1) Second period No scoring
3:40 - Drew Montgomery (1)
10:57 - Ilya Nikolaev (5) 		Third period No scoring
Sebastian Wraneschitz (7 saves / 11 shots)
Arsenii Sergeev (10 saves / 10 shots) 		Goalie stats Alex Tracy (21 saves / 24 shots)
May 10 Sioux City Musketeers 2 – 0 Tri-City Storm Tyson Events Center  
No scoring First period No scoring
12:20 - Grant Slukynsky (1) Second period No scoring
19:59 - en - Ben Doran (1) Third period No scoring
Alex Tracy (31 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Arsenii Sergeev (17 saves / 18 shots)
Sioux City wins series 3 – 0


Clark Cup Finals

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(W2) Sioux City Musketeers vs. (E5) Madison Capitols

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May 15 Sioux City Musketeers 2 – 3 Madison Capitols Tyson Events Center  
No scoring First period Quinn Finley (4) - 8:30
Tyler Haskins (4) - 19:12
1:24 - Dylan James (1) Second period Luke Mittelstadt (3) - pp - 7:43
9:54 - Samuel Deckhut (1) Third period No scoring
Alex Tracy (16 saves / 19 shots) Goalie stats Simon Latkoczy (32 saves / 34 shots)
May 16 Sioux City Musketeers 3 – 0 Madison Capitols Tyson Events Center  
19:22 - Ralfs Bergmanis (1) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
7:05 - Bennett Schimek (3)
19:31 - en - Owen Fowler (1) 		Third period No scoring
Alex Tracy (20 saves / 20 shots) Goalie stats Simon Latkoczy (24 saves / 26 shots)
May 20 Madison Capitols 2 – 3 Sioux City Musketeers Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena  
13:38 - pp - Luke Mittelstadt (4)
Quinn Finley (5) - 18:50 		First period Dylan James (4) - 4:11
No scoring Second period Ben Doran (2) - 16:26
No scoring Third period Dylan James (5) - 16:16
Simon Latkoczy (30 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Alex Tracy (31 saves / 33 shots)
May 21 Madison Capitols 1 – 2 OT Sioux City Musketeers Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
14:01 - pp - Luke Mittelstadt (5) Third period Charlie Schoen (2) - 11:40
No scoring First overtime period Nick Pierre (3) - 5:48
Simon Latkoczy (35 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Alex Tracy (23 saves / 24 shots)
Sioux City wins series 3 – 1


Postseason awards

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USHL awards

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Main article: List of USHL award winners
Award Name Team
Player of the Year Mitchell Miller Tri-City Storm[5]
Forward of the Year Jeremy Wilmer Tri-City Storm[5]
Defenseman of the Year Mitchell Miller Tri-City Storm[5]
Rookie of the Year Dylan James Sioux City Musketeers[6]
Goaltender of the Year Arsenii Sergeev Tri-City Storm[7]
Coach of the Year Anthony Noreen Tri-City Storm[8]
Student-Athlete Keaton Peters Lincoln Stars[9]
Curt Hammer Stephen Halliday Dubuque Fighting Saints[10]
Michael Cameron Omaha Lancers[10]
General Manager of the Year Andy Johnson Sioux City Musketeers[11]

All-USHL First Team

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Pos Name Team
G Arsenii Sergeev Tri-City
D Mitchell Miller Tri-City
D Luke Mittelstadt Madison
F Stephen Halliday Dubuque
F Jeremy Wilmer Tri-City
F Adam Fantilli Chicago

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All-USHL Second Team

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Pos Name Team
G Kevin Pasche Omaha
D Dalton Norris Lincoln
D Jacob Guevin Muskegon
F Aidan Thompson Lincoln
F Quinn Hutson Lincoln
F Connor Kurth Dubuque

Source[12]

All-USHL Third Team

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Pos Name Team
G Alex Tracy Sioux City
D Damien Carfagna Sioux City
D Trey Taylor Youngstown
F Ben Steeves Sioux City
F Owen McLaughlin Sioux City
F Jackson Blake Chicago

Source[12]

USHL All-Rookie Team

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Pos Name Team
G Paxton Geisel Dubuque
D Andrew Strathmann Tri-City
D Antonio Fernandez Lincoln
F Dylan James Sioux City
F Adam Ingram Youngstown
F Cole Knuble Fargo

Source[13]

All-Rookie Second Team

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Pos Name Team
G Jacob Fowler Youngstown
D Kent Anderson Green Bay
D Nathan McBrayer Muskegon
F Cameron Lund Green Bay
F Jayden Perron Chicago
F Nick Moldenhauer Chicago

Source[13]

References

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  1. ^ "USHL Training Camps Open this Week". OurSports Central. September 2, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  2. ^ "USHL Announces 2021-22 Schedule". ushl.com. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  3. ^ "Sioux City Musketeers Win Clark Cup Championship". ushl.com. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "2021–22 Standings". ushl.com. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c Slepicka, Justin. "Two Storm players win top USHL honors for 2021-22 season". Kearney Hub. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  6. ^ James, Zach. "Dylan James wins USHL Rookie of the Year honors". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  7. ^ Slepicka, Justin. "Storm goalie honored for top season in four categories". Kearney Hub. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  8. ^ "Anthony Noreen Named USHL Coach of the Year". OurSports Central. June 2, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  9. ^ "Keaton Peters Named USHL Student-Athlete of the Year". OurSports Central. June 8, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Stephen Halliday, Michael Cameron Win 2021-22 Curt Hammer Award". OurSports Central. June 7, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  11. ^ Zubke, Bailey. "Muskies General Manager Andy Johnson named USHL GM of the Year". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  12. ^ a b c "All-USHL Teams Announced". OurSports Central. June 3, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  13. ^ a b "USHL All-Rookie Teams Announced". OurSports Central. June 4, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
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