The 2010–11 USHL

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is the 32nd 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 and Great Plains, for players between the ages of 16 and 21. Th ...

as an all-junior league. The regular season began on October 1, 2010, and concluded on April 9, 2011, 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 and Great Plains, for players between the ages of 16 and 21. Th ...

. The 2010–11 season was the first to include the

Dubuque Fighting Saints The Dubuque Fighting Saints are a Tier I junior ice hockey team playing in the United States Hockey League (USHL) and are based in the city of Dubuque, Iowa, on the banks of the Mississippi River at the intersection of Iowa, Illinois, and Wis ...

and

Muskegon Lumberjacks The Muskegon Lumberjacks are a Tier I junior ice hockey team in the Eastern Conference of the United States Hockey League. They play in Muskegon, Michigan, at Trinity Health Arena. The Lumberjacks replaced the International Hockey League fr ...

, both of whom were resurrected franchises of the same name (USHL and IHL respectively) The

Clark Cup The United States Hockey League began in 1961 as a semi-professional ice hockey league. Starting with the 1979–80 season, the league became a strictly Amateur league, and began awarding its champion the Clark Cup Trophy. All champions of the USH ...

playoffs featured the top six teams from each conference competing for the league title. The increase to twelve teams resulted from the addition of four teams in two years.

Regular season

''Current standings as of November 7, 2010'' ''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 conference title''

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Players

Scoring leaders

''Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes''

Leading goaltenders

''Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average''

Clark Cup Playoffs

Conference Quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

(3) Indiana Ice vs. (6) Waterloo Black Hawks

(4) Team USA vs. (5) Muskegon Lumberjacks

Western Conference

(3) Sioux Falls Stampede vs. (6) Sioux City Musketeers

(4) Fargo Force vs. (5) Lincoln Stars

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

(1) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. (5) Muskegon Lumberjacks

(2) Green Bay Gamblers vs. (3) Indiana Ice

Western Conference

(1) Dubuque Fighting Saints vs. (4) Fargo Force

(2) Omaha Lancers vs. (3) Sioux Falls Stampede

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Cedar Rapids Roughriders vs. (2) Green Bay Gamblers

Western Conference

(1) Dubuque Fighting Saints vs. (3) Sioux Falls Stampede

Clark Cup Finals

(W1) Dubuque Fighting Saints vs. (E2) Green Bay Gamblers

Playoff scoring leaders

''Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes''

Playoff leading goaltenders

''Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average''

All-Star teams

First Team

* Brady Hjelle (Goalie) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders * Blake Coleman (Forward)Indiana Ice *

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(Forward) Cedar Rapids RoughRiders * Jimmy Mullin (Forward) Fargo Force * Nick Mattson (Defense) Indiana Ice * Jordan Schmaltz (Defense) Sioux City Musketeers

Second Team

* Ryan McKay (Goalie) Green Bay Gamblers * Matt Morris (Goalie) Dubuque Fighting Saints * Daniil Tarasov (Forward) Indiana Ice * John Gaudreau (Forward) Dubuque Fighting Saints * Vinny Saponari (Forward) Dubuque Fighting Saints * Brian Cooper (Defense) Fargo Force * Ben Marshall (Defense) Omaha Lancers

External links

Official website of the United States Hockey League

References

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