Des Moines Buccaneers

The Des Moines Buccaneers are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team of the United States Hockey League (USHL). The team played in the West Division starting in the 2009–2010 season.
The Buccaneers began USHL play during the 1980-81 and have played all their home games at Buccaneer Arena located in Urbandale, Iowa.
The Buccaneers have won four Anderson Cup Championships (1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98 and 1998–99) and four Clark Cup Championships (1991–92, 1995–96, 1998–99 and 2005–06) in the thirty years they have been in existence.
The Buccaneers have also had many players continue to play hockey after completing their USHL career in Des Moines. Many players have been given scholarships and move on to play NCAA Division I hockey, while others have gone on to play professional hockey. Most notably, Scott Clemmensen, a native of Des Moines, played for the Buccaneers before going to Boston College to play NCAA Division 1 hockey and then onto the New Jersey Devils and currently plays for the Florida Panthers. Also of note is Kyle Okposo, who played on the 2005-06 Clark Cup championship team prior to playing for the University of Minnesota and is now playing for the New York Islanders.
The team was sold in October of 2017 to Orchard View Sports and Entertainment, a group which includes former Buccaneer Scott Clemmensen, Michael Devlin, and other investorshttp://www.ushl.com/news_article/show/849792?referral=rss&referrer_id=1348814
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== Year-by-year record ==
Year 	Coach 	GP	W 	L 	T 	BP	GF 	GA 	PTS 	Finish 	Titles
1980–81	Ivan Prediger 	48	23	25	0 	0 	240	299	46 	2nd, South 	
1981–82	Ivan Prediger 	48	18	29	1 	0 	265	314	37 	6th 	
1982–83	Ivan Prediger 	48	25	22	1 	0 	298	309	51 	3rd 	
1983–84	Ivan Prediger 	48	23	21	3 	1 	270	259	50 	4th 	
1984–85	Ivan Prediger*, Jim Wiley 	48	7 	37	3 	1 	183	255	18 	10th 	
1985–86	Jim Wiley 	48	11	37	0 	1 	194	331	23 	9th 	
1986–87	Jim Wiley 	48	23	23	2 	3 	277	241	51 	6th 	
1987–88	Jim Wiley 	48	23	22	3 	3 	266	270	52 	4th 	
1988–89	Jim Wiley 	48	18	29	1 	2 	250	276	39 	6th 	
1989–90	Jim Wiley 	48	17	29	2 	0 	216	297	36 	8th 	
1990–91	Bob Ferguson 	48	28	18	2 	5 	247	187	63 	t2nd, USHL 	
1991–92	Bob Ferguson 	48	35	11	2 	1 	291	157	73 	2nd, USHL 	Clark Cup, Gold Cup
1992–93	Bob Ferguson 	48	33	11	4 	0 	231	171	70 	2nd, USHL 	
1993–94	Bob Ferguson 	48	36	12	0 	0 	231	150	72 	1st, USHL 	Anderson Cup
1994–95	Bob Ferguson 	48	38	5 	5 	0 	290	144	81 	1st, USHL 	Anderson Cup, Clark Cup, Gold Cup
1995–96	Scott Owens 	46	21	23	2 	2 	177	174	46 	7th, USHL 	
1996–97	Scott Owens 	54	37	13	0 	4 	245	168	78 	3rd, South 	
1997–98	Scott Owens 	56	40	14	2 	0 	226	148	82 	1st, South 	Anderson Cup, Gold Cup
1998–99	Scott Owens 	56	48	7 	1 	0 	304	133	97 	1st, Central	Anderson Cup, Clark Cup
1999–00	Tom Carroll 	58	35	20	3 	3 	220	196	73 	4th, West 	
2000–01	Tom Carroll 	56	32	21	3 	3 	195	190	67 	4th, West 	
2001–02	Bob Ferguson 	61	32	24	5 	5 	222	202	69 	3rd, East 	
2002–03	Bob Ferguson 	60	27	27	6 	6 	200	223	60 	3rd, East 	
2003–04	Bob Ferguson 	60	29	26	5 	5 	202	200	63 	4th, West 	
2004–05	Bob Ferguson†, Regg Simon 	60	17	37	6 	6 	174	244	40 	6th, East 	
2005–06	Regg Simon 	60	33	21	6 	6 	208	173	72 	t1st, East 	Clark Cup, National Champions
2006–07	Regg Simon 	60	29	21	10	10	215	206	68 	6th, West 	
2007–08	Regg Simon‡, Todd Knott 	60	14	40	6 	6 	134	213	34 	6th, West 	
2008–09	JP Parise 	60	12	43	5 	5 	167	283	29 	6th, East 	
2009–10	Mike Guentzel 	60	20	34	6 	6 	143	220	40 	6th, West 	
2010–11	Regg Simon 	60	29	25	6 	6 	174	177	64 	7th, West 	
2011–12	Regg Simonæ, Graham Johnson	60	20	33	7 	7 	168	215	47 	7th, West 	
2012–13	Jon Rogger 	64	25	35	4 	4 	189	245	54 	7th, West 	
2013-14	Jon Rogger 	60	20	32	8 	8 	154	208	48 	6th, West 	
2014–15	Dave Allison 	60	21	26	13	13	164	204	55 	7th, West 	
2015-16	Dave Allison 	60	25	30	- 	5 	165	205	55 	7th, West 	
2016-17	Dave Allison 	60	36	20	- 	4 	177	154	76 	4th, West 	
Year 	Coach 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	PTS 	Finish 	Titles
2017-18	Dave Allison 	60	20	33	4 	3 	145	199	47 	8th, West 	Did not qualify
2018-19	Gene Reilly 	62	35	22	1 	4 	202	177	75 	4th, West 	Won First Rd. 2-0 (Fargo ForceLost, Conf Semifinals 0-3 (Tri-City Storm)
2019-20	Peter Mannino 	47	21	23	1 	2 	147	174	45 	7th, West 	Playoffs cancelled
2020-21	Peter Mannino 	51	26	21	4 	0 	158	152	.549	5th, West 	Did not qualify
2021-22	Matt Curley 	62	18	39	3 	2 	166	238	41 	8th Western 	Did not qualify
2022-23	Rocky Russo 	62	25	28	5 	4 	167	194	59 	6th Eastern 	Lost First Round 0-2 (Lincoln Stars)
2023-24	 	62	25	30	5 	2 	185	209	57 	7th Western 	Did not qualify
* – Prediger resigned during the 1984-1985 season and was replaced by Wiley.
† – Ferguson resigned during the 2004-2005 season and was replaced by Simon.
‡ – Knott took over on an interim basis following Simon's February 2008 resignation.
æ - Johnson took over on an interim basis following Simon's firing.
==Notes==
==External links==
*Des Moines Buccaneers
*Des Moines Buccaneers Cup Records
*Des Moines Buccaneers Standings
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