# 2005–06 USHL season

The 2005–06 season was the 27th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on September 23, 2005, and concluded on March 1, 2006, with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup.
The Clark Cup playoffs featured the top four teams from each division competing for the league title.

## 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

| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA |
| yCedar Rapids RoughRiders | 60 | 33 | 21 | 6 | 72 | 196 | 170 |
| xDes Moines Buccaneers | 60 | 33 | 21 | 6 | 72 | 208 | 173 |
| xGreen Bay Gamblers | 60 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 64 | 182 | 183 |
| xIndiana Ice | 60 | 25 | 29 | 6 | 56 | 186 | 224 |
| Waterloo Black Hawks | 60 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 53 | 177 | 201 |
| Chicago Steel | 60 | 18 | 36 | 6 | 42 | 163 | 243 |

### West Division

| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA |
| zSioux Falls Stampede | 60 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 90 | 190 | 135 |
| xLincoln Stars | 60 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 74 | 218 | 178 |
| xOmaha Lancers | 60 | 35 | 21 | 4 | 74 | 189 | 176 |
| xTri-City Storm | 60 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 65 | 166 | 158 |
| Sioux City Musketeers | 60 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 62 | 182 | 216 |

## Clark Cup playoffs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Clark Cup Championship | Clark Cup Championship | Clark Cup Championship | Clark Cup Championship | Clark Cup Championship | Clark Cup Championship | Clark Cup Championship |
| 1 | Cedar Rapids | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Indiana Ice | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Indiana Ice | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Cedar Rapids | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | | | | | | | |
| East Division | East Division | East Division | East Division | East Division | East Division | East Division | 1 | Cedar Rapids | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | | | | | | | |
| East Division | East Division | East Division | East Division | East Division | East Division | East Division | 2 | Des Moines | 3 | 3 | 5 | – | – | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Des Moines | 4 | 6 | 3 | – | – | 2 | Des Moines | 3 | 3 | 5 | – | – | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Green Bay | 1 | 0 | 2 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Green Bay | 1 | 0 | 2 | – | – | | | | | | | | E | Des Moines | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | W | Sioux Falls | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | Sioux Falls | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | W | Sioux Falls | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Tri-City Storm | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Tri-City Storm | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Sioux Falls | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | – | | | | | | | |
| West Division | West Division | West Division | West Division | West Division | West Division | West Division | 1 | Sioux Falls | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | – | | | | | | | |
| West Division | West Division | West Division | West Division | West Division | West Division | West Division | 3 | Lincoln | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Lincoln | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Lincoln | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Omaha | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Players
### Scoring leaders

| | Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Chad Costello | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | 59 | 31 | 45 | 76 | +2 | 15 |
| 2 | Trevor Lewis | Des Moines Buccaneers | 56 | 35 | 40 | 75 | +25 | 69 |
| 3 | Mike Davies | Lincoln Stars | 51 | 28 | 43 | 71 | +9 | 48 |
| | Teddy Purcell | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | 55 | 19 | 52 | 71 | +3 | 14 |
| 5 | Andreas Nödl | Sioux Falls Stampede | 58 | 29 | 30 | 59 | +13 | 16 |
| 6 | Kyle Okposo | Des Moines Buccaneers | 50 | 27 | 31 | 58 | +28 | 56 |
| 7 | Eli Vlaisavljevich | Lincoln Stars | 58 | 16 | 41 | 57 | +6 | 42 |
| 8 | Matt Schepke | Omaha Lancers | 60 | 37 | 19 | 56 | +12 | 98 |
| | Sean Backman | Green Bay Gamblers | 57 | 29 | 27 | 56 | +24 | 30 |
| | Colin Vock | Des Moines Buccaneers | 57 | 25 | 31 | 56 | +8 | 66 |

### Leading goaltenders

| | Player | Team | GP | MIN | W | L | OTL | SO | GA | GAA | SV | SV% |
| 1 | Aaron Rock | Tri-City Storm | 48 | 2722 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 95 | 2.09 | 907 | .905 |
| 2 | John Murray | Sioux Falls Stampede | 32 | 1908 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 2.14 | 898 | .930 |
| 3 | Alex Kangas | Sioux Falls Stampede | 29 | 1733 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 2.15 | 819 | .930 |
| 4 | Michael Spillane | Omaha Lancers | 43 | 2479 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 95 | 2.30 | 1058 | .918 |
| 5 | Bryan Hogan | Lincoln Stars | 39 | 2277 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 95 | 2.50 | 1039 | .916 |

## Awards

* Coach of the Year: Kevin Hartzell Sioux Falls Stampede
* Curt Hammer Award: Trevor Lewis Des Moines Buccaneers
* Defenseman of the Year: Nick Schaus Omaha Lancers
* Forward of the Year: Trevor Lewis Des Moines Buccaneers
* General Manager of the Year: Regg Simon Des Moines Buccaneers
* Goaltender of the Year: Alex Stalock Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
* Organization of the Year: Sioux Falls Stampede
* Player of the Year: Trevor Lewis Des Moines Buccaneers
* Rookie of the Year: Kyle Okposo Des Moines Buccaneers