2014-15 USHL Season

This is the 2014-15 United States Hockey League season.  This was the league's 38th season with junior teams. The league began play on September 26th with 17 franchises.
==Franchise changes==
*The Indianapolis-based Indiana Ice franchise announced that they would sit out the 2014-15 season while looking for a new venue to play in as the minor league, ECHL added an expansion franchise, the Indy Fuel, to be based out of the Fairgrounds Coliseum, where the Ice had played.  The team announced a return for either the 2016-17 or 2017-18 season pending the completion of a new arena being built in Indianapolis.
*The league added two expansion franchises for the season, the Madison Capitols were announced as an expansion team on August 5, 2013 and the Bloomington Thunder were announced on April 1, 2014
*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
==Standings==
===Eastern Conference===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	PTS	GF 	GA 	PIM
Youngstown Phantoms 	60	40	14	6 	86 	233	166	1178
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	60	39	21	0 	78 	210	162	687
Dubuque Fighting Saints 	60	36	19	5 	77 	207	167	1327
Muskegon Lumberjacks 	60	35	21	4 	74 	184	179	1107
Bloomington Thunder 	60	29	24	3 	65 	173	187	1108
Chicago Steel 	60	30	27	7 	63 	199	209	977
Madison Capitols 	60	24	25	11 	59 	172	212	1193
Team USA 	60	25	32	3 	53 	208	209	1120
Green Bay Gamblers 	60	18	34	8 	44 	156	213	1010
===Western Conference===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	PTS	GF 	GA 	PIM
Sioux City Musketeers	60	38	17	5 	81 	225	170	1129
Tri-City Storm 	60	37	17	6 	80 	202	158	1017
Omaha Lancers 	60	34	17	9 	77 	195	176	1258
Sioux Falls Stampede 	60	32	23	5 	69 	191	181	1110
Waterloo Black Hawks 	60	28	26	6 	62 	191	182	889
Fargo Force 	60	26	28	6 	58 	48 	191	933
Des Moines Buccaneers	60	21	26	13 	55 	164	204	1050
Lincoln Stars 	60	18	37	5 	41 	150	242	1183
==Clark Cup Playoffs==
===Eastern Conference Semifinals===
*Muskegon defeated Youngstown 3 games to 1 (5-4 (ot), 2-4, 2-1 (2ot), 4-2)
*Dubuque defeated Cedar Rapids 3 games to none (6-3, 5-1, 2-1)
===Western Conference Semifinals===
*Sioux Falls defeated Sioux City 3 games to 2 (5-1, 2-4, 4-1, 1-2, 6-1)
*Tri-City defeated Omaha 3 games to none (2-1, 3-2, 3-1)
===Eastern Conference Final===
*Muskegon defeated Dubuque 3 games to 2 (4-2, 3-7, 3-1, 0-6, 4-3)
===Western Conference Final===
*Sioux Falls defeated Tri-City 3 games to 1 (2-4, 3-2, 4-3, 7-3)
===Clark Cup Final===
*Sioux Falls defeated Muskegon 3 games to none (3-2, 6-1, 4-2)
==League Awards==
*Anderson Cup (regular season champion): Youngstown Phantoms
*Clark Cup (playoff champion):
*Player of the Year:
*Goaltender of the Year:
*Defencemen of the Year
*Forward of the Year:
*Rookie of the Year:
*Coach of the Year
*General Manager of the Year:
*Scholar-Athlete Award:
*Executive of the Year:
*Organization of the Year:
*Distinguished Service Award:
*Curt Hammer Award (recognizes the USHL player who distinguishes himself both on and off the ice by demonstrating outstanding performance skills, pride, and determination):
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