Dells Ducks

The Dells Ducks are a junior ice hockey team from Lake Delton, Wisconsin. The team is a member of the United States Premier Hockey League. The team is based out of Poppy Waterman Ice Arena.
The team began play with the 2011-12 season in the Minnesota Junior Hockey League. In 2015 the team would end up in the newly formed USPHL Midwest Division along with the membership of the Midwest Junior Hockey League and the majority of the members of the Minnesota Junior Hockey League. The team moved to the USPHL Elite Division when the USPHL aligned the Midwest Division into the Elite and USP3HL leagues.
The team has twice qualified for the USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship.  They qualified in 2014 and 2015.  They failed to advance beyond the round robin portion of the tournament both times.
The team won the 2016 United States Premier 3 Hockey League championship.  There was no national championship at the Tier III level in 2016 for USA Hockey.
Bill Zaniboni coached the team from 2012 to 2017 compiling a record of 173-49-10.  He left the team after the 2016-17 season.
==Season-by-season results==
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	OL 	SL 	Pts 	GF 	GA 	Finish 	1stround 	2ndround 	3rdround 	Finals 	
Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League 	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League 	Minnesota Junior Hockey League 	
2011–12 	48 	20 	24 	4 	- 	44 	189 	202 	5th 	 	- 	- 	- 	
2012–13 	50 	29 	19 	2 	- 	60 	201 	148 	3rd, Minnesota 	W 2-0 (Edina) 	W 2-0 (Rochester) 	L 2-1 (Twin Cities) 	- 	
2013–14 	46 	38 	6 	2 	0 	78 	242 	106 	1st, Minnesota 	W 2-0 (Minnesota) 	W 2-0, (Rochester) 	W 2-0 (Illiana) 	L (Marquette 3-2 (ot) 	
2014–15 	42 	35 	6 	1 	- 	71 	231 	71 	2nd,  Minnesota 	W 2-0 (Minnesota) 	W 2-0, (Forest Lake) 	W 2-0, (Wooster) 	W 2-1, (Rochester) 	
USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	
2015-16 	48 	38 	8 	2 	- 	78 	214 	80 	3rd, Western4th, League 	W 2-1, (Illiana Blackbirds) 	W 2-1, (Chicago Cougars) 	W (2-0) Pool A Round Robin,W Semifinal 5-2 (Florida Eels) 	W Final 5-0 (Hampton Roads Whalers	
USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	
2016-17 	44 	33 	8 	3 	- 	69 	171 	80 	2nd, Midwestern,6th overall 	W 2-0 (Blaine Energy) Series forfeited	W 2-0 (Steele County Blades) 	Finished Round Robin, 1-2-0L, SF 5-0 (Hampton Roads Whalers)	- 	
USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	
2017-18 	44 	15 	26 	3 	- 	33 	109 	173 	8th Midwestern-West 	L 0-2 (Minnesota Moose) 	- 	- 	 	
2018-19 	43 	18 	23 	2 	- 	38 	124 	156 	7th Midwestern-West 	W 2-0 (Hudson Havoc) 	L, 0-2 (Minnesota Moose) 	- 	-- 	
2019-20 	44 	9 	32 	3 	- 	21 	108 	221 	8th Midwestern-West 	L 0-2 (Hudson Havoc) 	- 	- 	-- 	
2020-21 	43 	3 	38 	2 	- 	8 	65 	356 	9th Midwest-West 	Did not qualify 	-- 	-- 	-- 	
2021-22 	44 	4 	39 	1 	- 	9 	94 	333 	8th Midwest-West 	L, 0-2 (Minnesota Blue Ox) 	-- 	-- 	-- 	
2022-23 	44 	12 	29 	2 	1 	27 	116 	217 	8th Midwest-West 	L, 0-2 (Hudson Havoc) 	-- 	-- 	-- 	
2023-24 	44 	11 	31 	1 	1 	24 	106 	235 	9th Midwest-West 	Did not qualify 	-- 	-- 	-- 	
==2014 USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship==
By virtue of finishing as runner-up in the Bush Cup playoffs, the team qualified for the 2014 USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship. The team finished with a 2-1 record and were eliminated in a tie-breaker goal differential to qualify for the semifinals.
===Results===
*defeated Boston Bandits 3-1
*lost to North Iowa Bulls 5-1
*defeated Florida Jr. Blades 5-2
==2015 USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship==
By virtue of winning the Bush Cup playoffs the team qualified for the 2015 USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship.  The team finished the round robin with an 0-3 record for 4th place in Division 1 and were eliminated from further play.
===Results===
*lost to Granite City Lumberjacks, 3-1
*lost to North Iowa Bulls, 2-1
*lost to Northern Cyclones, 3-1
Category:Established in 2011
Category:Minnesota Junior Hockey League team
Category:USPHL teams