The 2006–07 USHL

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is the 28th season of the

United States Hockey League The United States Hockey League (USHL) is the top junior ice hockey league sanctioned by USA Hockey. The league consists of 16 active teams located in the midwestern United States, for players between the ages of 16 and 21. The USHL is strictl ...

as an all-junior league. The regular season began on October 5, 2006, and concluded on April 14, 2007, with the regular season champion winning the

Anderson Cup The United States Hockey League (USHL) is the top junior ice hockey league sanctioned by USA Hockey. The league consists of 16 active teams located in the midwestern United States, for players between the ages of 16 and 21. The USHL is strictl ...

. The 2006–07 season added the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets as an expansion team. The 2007 Clark Cup playoffs featured all twelve teams playing in division-based seven-game series in the opening round, followed by a quarterfinal round-robin where the winners of the opening round play each other team once. The semifinal match-ups were made by pitting the top teams in the two round-robin series against the second-place team from the opposite division in a single-elimination game with the two victors meeting in a single-game championship match.

Regular season

Final standings
''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched league title''

East Division

West Division

Clark Cup Playoffs

The first two rounds are restricted to intra-division matchups.

Opening Round

East Division

Waterloo Black Hawks vs. Chicago Steel ''Waterloo wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1''

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders are a Tier I junior ice hockey team playing in the United States Hockey League (USHL). Before moving to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1999, the team was based in Mason City, where they were known as the North Iowa Huskies. ...

vs. Ohio Junior Blue Jackets ''Cedar Rapids wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0''

Indiana Ice The Indiana Ice was a Tier I junior ice hockey team and member club of the United States Hockey League (USHL) that was formed in 2004 when the Danville Wings were purchased and moved from their location in Danville, Illinois, to Indianapolis, I ...

vs.

Green Bay Gamblers The Green Bay Gamblers are a Tier I junior ice hockey team in the Eastern Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL). They play in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, at the Resch Center. History Professional hockey in Green Bay The first professi ...

''Indiana wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0''

West Division

Omaha Lancers vs. Des Moines Buccaneers ''Des Moines wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1'' Tri-City Storm vs. Sioux City Musketeers ''Tri-City wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 3'' Lincoln Stars vs. Sioux Falls Stampede ''Sioux Falls wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0''

Quarterfinals

East Division

Round-Robin ''Indiana advances as the top seed from the east with Waterloo as the second seed''

West Division

Round-Robin ''Des Moines advances as the top seed from the west with Sioux Falls as the second seed''

Final Four

Players

Scoring leaders

Leading goaltenders

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*Coach of the Year: P.K. O'Handley Waterloo Black Hawks *

Curt Hammer Award List of United States Hockey League award winners. Player awards USHL Player of the Year USHL Rookie of the Year Forward of the Year Defenseman of the Year Goaltender of the Year Curt Hammer Award Awarded to an ...

Zach Redmond Zachary Thomas Redmond (born July 26, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for EHC München in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He was drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers in the seventh round, 184th overall, of ...

Sioux Falls Stampede *Defenseman of the Year: Jeff Petry Des Moines Buccaneers *Executive of the Year: Michael Schupay Indiana Ice *Forward of the Year:

Phil DeSimone Philip DeSimone (born 19 March 1987) is an American former professional ice hockey center. Playing career Prior to attending the University of New Hampshire, DeSimone played three seasons (2004–07) with the Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL. ...

Sioux City Musketeers *General Manager of the Year: Mike Hastings Omaha Lancers *Goaltender of the Year:

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Omaha Lancers *Organization of the Year: Waterloo Black Hawks *Player of the Year:

Sioux City Musketeers *Rookie of the Year: Max Pacioretty Sioux City Musketeers

First Team All-Stars

* Matt DiGirolamo (Goalie) Waterloo Black Hawks * Derrick LaPoint (Defense) Green Bay Gamblers * Jeff Petry (Defense) Des Moines Buccaneers *

(Forward) Sioux City Musketeers * Jared Brown (Forward) Lincoln Stars *

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(Forward) Omaha Lancers

Second Team All-Stars

(Goalie) Omaha Lancers * Colby Cohen (Defense) Lincoln Stars *

Nick Petrecki Nicholas Griffin Petrecki (born July 11, 1989 in Clifton Park, New York) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played one game with the San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2012–13 season. Playin ...

(Defense) Omaha Lancers *

Richard Purslow Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...

(Forward) Des Moines Buccaneers *

James Marcou James Marcou (born February 19, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Worcester Sharks in the American Hockey League. On March 23, 2010, he was signed as a free agent by the San Jose Sharks who assign ...

(Forward) Waterloo Black Hawks * Carter Camper (Forward) Lincoln Stars

References

External links

Official website of the United States Hockey League2006-07 USHL Season (Elite Prospects)
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