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
Season 	GP	W 	L 	OL	PTS	GF 	GA 	PIM 	Finish 	Playoffs
1999-00	58	37	17	4 	78 	239 	179	963 	2nd-West 	
2000-01	56	40	14	2 	82 	267 	182	1023	2nd-West 	
2001-02	61	35	21	5 	75 	252 	217	1372	4th-West 	
2002-03	60	24	30	6 	54 	179 	223	1404	6th-West 	
2003-04	60	15	42	3 	33 	148 	252	1250	6th-West 	
2004-05	60	27	28	5 	59 	178 	200	1154	5th-West 	
2005-06	60	43	13	4 	90 	190 	135	1165	1st-West 	Won Anderson Cup
2006-07	60	34	21	5 	73 	195 	174	1215	4th-West 	WON CLARK CUP FINAL FOUR
2007-08	60	35	19	6 	76 	199 	175	967 	2nd-West 	
2008-09	60	28	28	4 	60 	182 	199	956 	4th-West 	
2009-10	60	33	15	12	78 	223 	182	932 	3rd-West 	
2010-11	60	34	20	6 	74 	197 	168	905 	3rd-West 	
2011-12	60	17	36	7 	41 	127 	215	 	8th of 8, West16th of 16 league	did not qualify for playoffs
2012-13	64	45	17	2 	92 	241 	187	 	1st of 8, West2nd of 16 league 	WON quarter-finals, 3-2 (Stars)lost semi-finals, 2-3 (Force)
2013-14	60	38	19	3 	79 	202 	157	 	3rd of 8, West4th of 16 league 	lost quarter-finals, 0-3 (Black Hawks)
2014-15	60	32	23	5 	69 	191 	181	 	4th of 8, West8th of 16 league 	WON quarter-finals, 3-2 (Musketeers)WON semi-finals, 3-1 (Storm)WON CLARK CUP FINALS, 3-0 (Lumberjacks)
2015-16	60	32	26	2 	66 	164 	174	 	4th of 8, West9th of 17 league 	lost Conf. Semi-finals, 0-3 (Tri-City)
2016-17	60	21	30	9 	51 	169 	193	902 	T-6th of 8, West 	Did not qualify
Season 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL 	PTS 	GF 	GA 	Finish 	Playoffs
2017-18	60	32	19	4 	5 	73 	189	182 	4th of 8, West 	Lost First Round 1-2 (Lincoln)
2018-19	62	39	16	5 	2 	85 	234	190 	3rd of 8, West 	Won First Round 2-0 (Sioux City Musketeers)Won Conf Semifinals 3-1 (Waterloo Black Hawks)W Conf. Final 3-0 (Tri-City)Won Clark Cup Final 3-0 vs (Chicago)
2019-20	47	21	19	5 	2 	49 	134	154 	6th of 8, West 	Playoffs cancelled
2020-21	55	18	32	3 	1 	.370	163	213 	8th of 8, West 	Did not qualify
2021-22	62	19	37	3 	3 	44 	152	237 	7th West 	Did not qualify
2022-23	62	23	31	5 	3 	54 	181	225 	7th West 	Did not quailfy
2023-24	62	28	28	5 	1 	62 	219	250 	5th West 	Lost First Round 1-2 (Tri-City
==References==
==External links==
* Sioux Falls Stampede Official Webpage
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