# 2006–07 USHL season

The 2006–07 USHL season is the 28th season of the United States Hockey League 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 2006–07 season added the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets as an expansion team.
The 2007 Clark Cup 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

| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA |
| zWaterloo Black Hawks | 60 | 39 | 17 | 4 | 82 | 225 | 157 |
| Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | 60 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 79 | 239 | 189 |
| Indiana Ice | 60 | 27 | 28 | 5 | 59 | 182 | 223 |
| Green Bay Gamblers | 60 | 24 | 30 | 6 | 54 | 176 | 198 |
| Ohio Junior Blue Jackets | 60 | 13 | 40 | 7 | 33 | 119 | 242 |
| Chicago Steel | 60 | 12 | 46 | 2 | 26 | 150 | 253 |

### West Division

| Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA |
| yOmaha Lancers | 60 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 81 | 218 | 191 |
| Tri-City Storm | 60 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 78 | 203 | 171 |
| Lincoln Stars | 60 | 37 | 20 | 3 | 77 | 241 | 200 |
| Sioux Falls Stampede | 60 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 73 | 195 | 174 |
| Sioux City Musketeers | 60 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 73 | 219 | 178 |
| Des Moines Buccaneers | 60 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 68 | 215 | 216 |

## Clark Cup Playoffs

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

### Opening Round
#### East Division

Waterloo Black Hawks vs. Chicago Steel
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score |
| April 19 | Chicago | 0 | Waterloo | 2 |
| April 21 | Chicago | 1 | Waterloo | 5 |
| April 22 | Waterloo | 3 | Chicago | 6 |
| April 24 | Waterloo | 4 | Chicago | 1 |
| April 25 | Chicago | 4 | Waterloo | 5 |
Waterloo wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. Ohio Junior Blue Jackets
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
| April 17 | Cedar Rapids | 8 | Ohio | 0 | |
| April 18 | Cedar Rapids | 1 | Ohio | 0 | OT |
| April 20 | Ohio | 1 | Cedar Rapids | 5 | |
| April 21 | Ohio | 2 | Cedar Rapids | 5 | |
Cedar Rapids wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0
Indiana Ice vs. Green Bay Gamblers
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
| April 18 | Green Bay | 2 | Indiana | 4 | |
| April 20 | Green Bay | 2 | Indiana | 3 | OT |
| April 21 | Indiana | 6 | Green Bay | 2 | |
| April 23 | Indiana | 5 | Green Bay | 3 | |
Indiana wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0

#### West Division

Omaha Lancers vs. Des Moines Buccaneers
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
| April 18 | Des Moines | 4 | Omaha | 2 | |
| April 20 | Omaha | 2 | Des Moines | 3 | |
| April 21 | Des Moines | 4 | Omaha | 3 | OT |
| April 24 | Omaha | 3 | Des Moines | 1 | |
| April 27 | Des Moines | 3 | Omaha | 2 | 2OT |
Des Moines wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1
Tri-City Storm vs. Sioux City Musketeers
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score |
| April 20 | Sioux City | 4 | Tri-City | 2 |
| April 21 | Sioux City | 3 | Tri-City | 4 |
| April 24 | Tri-City | 2 | Sioux City | 1 |
| April 25 | Tri-City | 1 | Sioux City | 3 |
| April 26 | Sioux City | 6 | Tri-City | 3 |
| April 28 | Tri-City | 4 | Sioux City | 3 |
| April 30 | Sioux City | 2 | Tri-City | 3 |
Tri-City wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 3
Lincoln Stars vs. Sioux Falls Stampede
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score |
| April 18 | Lincoln | 2 | Sioux Falls | 8 |
| April 20 | Lincoln | 1 | Sioux Falls | 5 |
| April 21 | Sioux Falls | 5 | Lincoln | 0 |
| April 23 | Sioux Falls | 8 | Lincoln | 7 |
Sioux Falls wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0

### Quarterfinals
#### East Division

Round-Robin
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score |
| May 2 | Waterloo | 3 | Indiana | 4 |
| May 4 | Indiana | 4 | Cedar Rapids | 3 |
| May 5 | Cedar Rapids | 0 | Waterloo | 6 |
Indiana advances as the top seed from the east with Waterloo as the second seed

#### West Division

Round-Robin
| Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
| May 2 | Tri-City | 0 | Des Moines | 3 | |
| May 4 | Des Moines | 3 | Sioux Falls | 2 | |
| May 5 | Sioux Falls | 4 | Tri-City | 3 | OT |
Des Moines advances as the top seed from the west with Sioux Falls as the second seed

### Final Four

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Clark Cup Championship | Clark Cup Championship | Clark Cup Championship |
| E1 | Indiana Ice | 2 | | | |
| W2 | Sioux Falls Stampede | 3 | | | |
| W2 | Sioux Falls Stampede | 3 | W2 | Sioux Falls Stampede | 3 |
| | | | E2 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 0 |
| W1 | Des Moines Buccaneers | 0 | E2 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 0 |
| E2 | Waterloo Black Hawks | 1 | | | |

## Players
### Scoring leaders

| | Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Richard Purslow | Des Moines Buccaneers | 60 | 27 | 55 | 82 | -2 | 28 |
| 2 | Phil DeSimone | Sioux City Musketeers | 60 | 26 | 47 | 73 | +13 | 60 |
| 3 | Jacob Cepis | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | 58 | 34 | 38 | 72 | +18 | 59 |
| 4 | Jared Brown | Lincoln Stars | 60 | 30 | 41 | 71 | +22 | 30 |
| | James Marcou | Waterloo Black Hawks | 58 | 24 | 47 | 71 | +12 | 60 |
| | Carter Camper | Lincoln Stars | 56 | 23 | 48 | 71 | +24 | 40 |
| 7 | Aaron Palushaj | Des Moines Buccaneers | 56 | 22 | 45 | 67 | +5 | 62 |
| 8 | Mark Olver | Omaha Lancers | 57 | 29 | 35 | 64 | +27 | 84 |
| | Ben Ryan | Des Moines Buccaneers | 59 | 22 | 42 | 64 | -2 | 66 |
| 10 | Stephen Schultz | Lincoln Stars | 57 | 31 | 32 | 63 | +24 | 74 |
| | Garrett Roe | Indiana Ice | 57 | 24 | 39 | 63 | -3 | 143 |
| | Max Pacioretty | Sioux City Musketeers | 60 | 21 | 42 | 63 | +20 | 119 |
| | John Kemp | Indiana Ice | 50 | 16 | 47 | 63 | +3 | 34 |

### Leading goaltenders

| | Player | Team | GP | MIN | W | L | OTL | SO | GA | GAA | SV | SV% |
| 1 | Ryan Rondeau | Waterloo Black Hawks | 33 | 1807 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 74 | 2.46 | 684 | .902 |
| 2 | Matthew DiGirolamo | Waterloo Black Hawks | 33 | 1816 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 2.54 | 735 | .905 |
| 3 | Matt Lundin | Sioux Falls Stampede | 44 | 2611 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 111 | 2.55 | 1156 | .912 |
| 4 | Ian Keserich | Tri-City Storm | 47 | 2546 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 111 | 2.62 | 1005 | .901 |
| 5 | Jerry Kuhn | Sioux City Musketeers | 49 | 2737 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 122 | 2.67 | 1426 | .921 |

## Awards

* 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: Waterloo Black Hawks
* 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