Sioux Falls Stampede The Sioux Falls Stampede is a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League ( USHL ) . Based in Sioux Falls , South Dakota , the Stampede plays its home games at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center . In the 2005 - 2006 season , the Stampede won their first Anderson Cup for the best regular season record as well as their first division championship . The Stampede advanced in the playoffs , dispatching the Tri - City Storm in five games ( best - of - five ) and the Lincoln Stars in four games ( best - of - five ) , earning the right to represent the West division in the Clark Cup Finals . They lost to the Des Moines Buccaneers in five games ( best - of - five ) . The 2006 - 07 season looked grim at the outset with the Stampede earning but a single point in their first six games . After bottom dwelling for the entire first half , the Stampede became one of the hottest teams during the second half of the season . They entered the playoffs as the four seed in the West and quickly dispatched the Lincoln Stars in four games for the second straight year ( best - of - seven ) . After losing to Des Moines in the first game of the round robin , Sioux Falls defeated the Tri - City Storm in overtime to make it into the final four . The Indiana Ice were their next opponent and were undefeated in the playoffs until the Stampede prevailed over them , again in overtime , to advance to the championship game against the host team of the event , the Waterloo Black Hawks . The Stampede shutout the Black Hawks 3 - 0 to win their first Clark Cup . Eight years later in the 2014 - 15 season the Stampede followed a similar path . Though they were moving into the brand new Denny Sanford PREMIER Center , drawing a sellout crowd of 10 , 678 for their first game in the new arena against Waterloo , Sioux Falls struggled to win with just four returning players from the previous year and started 3 - 7 - 1 . Around New Years the team ' s fortunes began to change , and at the end of the season they qualified for the 4th seed in the Western Conference , and last playoff spot in the Clark Cup Playoffs , with 69 points . During the season the Stampede , who had led the league in attendance during their final year at the Sioux Falls Arena the previous season , smashed the USHL ' s all - time attendance record with 191 , 280 fans . In the Western Conference Semifinals the Stampede faced their arch rivals , the Sioux City Musketeers , who had led the Western Conference with 81 points . After splitting the first four games , the Stampede dominated the decisive fifth game in Sioux City , scoring five times in the second period en route to a 6 - 1 victory and 3 - 2 series win . In the Western Conference Finals the Stampede faced second seeded Tri - City Storm . After dropping the opening game of the series , Sioux Falls won the next three to capture the Western Conference Championship . In the Clark Cup Finals Sioux Falls faced the # 4 seed from the Eastern Conference , the Muskegon Lumberjacks , marking just the second time in USHL history the two lowest seeds in the playoffs had advanced to the league championship . After winning the first two games in Muskegon , the Stampede returned to Sioux Falls to play game three on May 15th . In front of 8 , 178 frenzied fans in a " Blue Out " , Sioux Falls defeated Muskegon 4 - 2 to complete the sweep and capture their second Clark Cup championship . Current NHLers Thomas Vanek ( Minnesota Wild ) , Andreas Nodl ( Carolina Hurricanes ) , Chad LaRose ( Carolina Hurricanes ) , T . J . Oshie ( St . Louis Blues ) , Alex Goligoski ( Dallas Stars ) , Dan Sexton ( Anaheim Ducks ) , and Corey Tropp ( Columbus Blue Jackets ) have played for the Stampede . Vanek , from 1999 to 2002 and LaRose , from 1999 to 2001 . Season - by - season record . United States Hockey League