2015-16 USHL Season

This is the 2015-16 United States Hockey League season. This is the league's 39th season with junior teams. The league began play on September 26th with 17 active franchises plus one dormant franchise.
==Membership changes==
*On March 31, 2015 the USA Hockey foundation announced it had purchased the Compuware Arena in Plymouth, Michigan (which was the home of the Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League).  The USA Hockey National Team Development Program then announced they would be moving the teams operations to Plymouth after having been based out of the Ann Arbor Ice Cube since its' founding in 1996.  USA Hockey announced the arena would be renamed to the USA Hockey Arena.  The Plymouth Whalers would be relocated to Flint, Michigan and become the Flint Firebirds
==Teams==
Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference
Team 	Founded 	Arena 	City
Bloomington Thunder 	2014 	U.S. Cellular Coliseum 	Bloomington, Illinois
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	1999 	Cedar Rapids Ice Arena 	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Chicago Steel 	2000 	Edge Ice Arena 	Bensenville, Illinois
Dubuque Fighting Saints 	2010 	Mystique Ice Center 	Dubuque, Iowa
Green Bay Gamblers 	1994 	Resch Center 	Green Bay, Wisconsin
Madison Capitols 	2014 	Alliant Energy Center 	Madison, Wisconsin
Muskegon Lumberjacks 	2010 	L. C. Walker Arena 	Muskegon, Michigan
USNDTP 	1996 	USA Hockey Arena 	Plymouth, Michigan
Youngstown Phantoms 	2003 	Covelli Centre 	Youngstown, Ohio
Western Conference 	Western Conference 	Western Conference 	Western Conference
Team 	Founded 	Arena 	City
Des Moines Buccaneers 	1980 	Buccaneer Arena 	Urbandale, Iowa
Fargo Force 	2008 	Scheels Arena 	Fargo, North Dakota
Lincoln Stars 	1996 	Ice Box 	Lincoln, Nebraska
Omaha Lancers 	1986 	Ralston Arena 	Ralston, Nebraska
Sioux City Musketeers 	1972 	Gateway Arena 	Sioux City, Iowa
Sioux Falls Stampede 	1999 	Denny Sanford PREMIER Center	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Tri-City Storm 	2000 	Viaero Event Center 	Kearney, Nebraska
Waterloo Black Hawks 	1962 	Young Arena 	Waterloo, Iowa
Dormant for 2014–16 	Dormant for 2014–16	Dormant for 2014–16 	Dormant for 2014–16
Team 	Founded 	Arena 	City
Indiana Ice 	2004 	TBD-working on new arena 	Indianapolis, Indiana
==Standings==
The regular season champion is awarded the Anderson Cup.
Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference
Team 	GP 	W 	L 	OL 	SL 	ROW 	GF 	GA 	PIM 	P
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	60 	40 	15 	3 	2 	37 	198 	150 	876 	85
Green Bay Gamblers 	60 	37 	16 	4 	3 	36 	191 	135 	881 	81
Dubuque Fighting Saints 	60 	39 	19 	1 	1 	37 	209 	152 	1082 	80
Bloomington Thunder 	60 	36 	18 	5 	1 	32 	176 	152 	752 	78
Youngstown Phantoms 	60 	31 	20 	4 	5 	30 	192 	177 	1020 	71
Muskegon Lumberjacks 	60 	27 	26 	3 	4 	23 	189 	217 	986 	61
Chicago Steel 	60 	27 	26 	4 	3 	24 	168 	168 	1035 	61
Madison Capitols 	60 	25 	27 	5 	3 	22 	169 	198 	892 	58
USNDTP 	60 	22 	31 	5 	2 	20 	172 	219 	818 	51
Western Conference 	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference
Team 	GP 	W 	L 	OL 	SL 	ROW 	GF 	GA 	PIM 	P
Tri-City Storm 	60 	28 	15 	10 	7 	28 	183 	164 	726 	73
Lincoln Stars 	60 	33 	24 	2 	1 	31 	177 	163 	1152 	69
Waterloo Black Hawks 	60 	31 	24 	2 	3 	29 	198 	183 	919 	67
Sioux Falls Stampede 	60 	31 	25 	3 	1 	29 	164 	174 	908 	66
Fargo Force 	60 	32 	26 	2 	0 	28 	157 	150 	995 	66
Omaha Lancers 	60 	26 	29 	4 	1 	26 	157 	189 	1034 	57
Des Moines Buccaneers 	60 	25 	30 	5 	0 	22 	165 	205 	957 	55
Sioux City Musketeers 	60 	20 	39 	1 	0 	18 	148 	210 	929 	41
==Clark Cup Playoffs==
===Format===
The top four teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs. The first place team plays the fourth place team and the second place team plays the third place team.  The conference semifinal winners meet in the conference finals and the conference finals winners meet in the Clark Cup Final.  All series are best-of-five.  As this is presently the only Tier-I junior league in the United States there are no further playoffs beyond the league final.
===Eastern Conference Semifinals===
*Bloomington Thunder defeated Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 3 games to 2 (3-7, 7-2, 1-3, 1-0 (ot), 5-2)
*Dubuque Fighting Saints defeated Green Bay Gamblers 3 games to 1 (2-3, 3-2 (ot), 6-1, 2-1 (ot))
===Western Conference Semifinals===
*Tri-City Storm defeated Sioux Falls Stampede 3 games to none (4-0, 4-2, 4-1)
*Waterloo Black Hawks defeated Lincoln Stars 3 games to 1 (2-1, 0-5, 4-3, 4-3 (2ot))
===Eastern Conference Final===
*Dubuque Fighting Saints defeated Bloomington Thunder 3 games to 2 (7-1, 3-4, 6-4, 2-3 (ot), 3-0)
===Western Conference Final===
*Tri-City Storm defeated Waterloo Black Hawks 3 games to 2 (4-0, 1-3, 3-0, 4-7, 5-3)
===Clark Cup Final===
*Tri-City Storm defeated Dubuque Fighting Saints 3 games to none (5-1, 4-2, 4-1)
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