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2020–21 USHL season

The 2020–21 USHL season was the 42nd season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league.

2020–21 USHL Season
LeagueUnited States Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationNovember 6, 2020 – April 24, 2021
Number of games49–54
Number of teams14
Regular season
Anderson CupChicago Steel
Season MVPSean Farrell (Chicago Steel)
Clark Cup Playoffs
Clark Cup Playoffs MVPAdam Fantilli[1] (Steel)
Finals championsChicago Steel
  Runners-upFargo Force
USHL seasons

Due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the previous season was curtailed on March 12, 2020, without holding a playoff or awarding a Clark Cup champion.[2][3] As pandemic-related restrictions were still in effect, the start of the 2020–21 season was delayed to November 2020.[4]

During the offseason, the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders' home arena was damaged during the August 10 derecho, forcing the team to suspend operations for at least the 2020–21 season. The Madison Capitols chose to not participate due to pandemic restrictions in Madison, Wisconsin.[4]

The regular season ran from November 6, 2020, to April 24, 2021, with a 54-game schedule for each team.[5] Due to pandemic safety protocols, several games were postponed or cancelled, with six of the fourteen teams completing all 54 games. For the second consecutive season, the Chicago Steel were awarded the Anderson Cup for accumulating 81 points in 54 games for a 0.750 points percentage. The Steel also won the Clark Cup playoff championship.[1]

Regular season

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Due to the unbalanced schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic, the league ranked teams on points percentage.

Final standings:[6]

x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title

Clark Cup playoffs

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Final results:[7]

Conference Semifinals
(Best-of-3) 		Conference Finals
(Best-of-3) 		Clark Cup Championship
(Best-of-5)
         
E1 Chicago 2
E4 Dubuque 0
E1 Chicago 2
Eastern Conference
E2 Muskegon 0
E2 Muskegon 2
E3 Green Bay 0
E1 Chicago 3
W4 Fargo 1
W1 Tri-City 1
W4 Fargo 2
W3 Sioux City 0
Western Conference
W4 Fargo 2
W2 Omaha 0
W3 Sioux City 2

Conference Semifinals

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Eastern Conference

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(E1) Chicago Steel vs. (E4) Dubuque Fighting Saints

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April 30 Chicago Steel 2 – 1 Dubuque Fighting Saints Fox Valley Ice Arena  
No scoring First period Braden Doyle (1) - 1:18
10:04 - Erik Middendorf (1)
19:51 - Matthew Coronato (1) 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Simon Latkoczy (29 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Lukáš Pařík (27 saves / 29 shots)
May 1 Chicago Steel 6 – 1 Dubuque Fighting Saints Fox Valley Ice Arena  
13:50 - pp - Mackie Samoskevich (1)
18:45 - Ryan Ufko (1) 		First period No scoring
1:45 - Matthew Coronato (2)
9:08 - pp - Sean Farrell (1)
17:52 - Adam Fantilli (1) 		Second period Kenny Connors (1) - pp - 5:26
4:46 - pp - Matthew Coronato (3) Third period No scoring
Simon Latkoczy (24 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Lukáš Pařík (40 saves / 46 shots)
Chicago wins series 2 – 0


(E2) Muskegon Lumberjacks vs. (E3) Green Bay Gamblers

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April 30 Muskegon Lumberjacks 3 – 2 Green Bay Gamblers Mercy Health Arena  
1:54 - Cristophe Tellier (1)
8:29 - Cameron Berg (1) 		First period Jackson Hallum (1) - 8:48
No scoring Second period Jesse Tucker (1) - pp - 12:50
19:22 - Bradley Marek (1) Third period No scoring
Jan Škorpík (21 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Matt Davis (28 saves / 31 shots)
May 1 Muskegon Lumberjacks 3 – 1 Green Bay Gamblers Mercy Health Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
6:24 - Danil Gushchin (1) Second period No scoring
15:05 - Cristophe Tellier (2)
19:15 - en - Cameron Berg (2) 		Third period Mason Lohrei (1) - 5:27
Jan Škorpík (26 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Matt Davis (31 saves / 33 shots)
Muskegon wins series 2 – 0


Western Conference

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(W1) Tri-City Storm vs. (W4) Fargo Force

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April 30 Tri-City Storm 3 – 2 Fargo Force Viaero Center  
10:12 - pp - Cole McWard (1) First period Jack Peart (1) - pp - 17:40
No scoring Second period Bear Hughes (1) - 7:03
11:30 - pp - Hunter Strand (1)
15:31 - pp - Mark Estapa (1) 		Third period No scoring
Todd Scott (13 saves / 15 shots) Goalie stats Brennan Boynton (20 saves / 23 shots)
May 1 Tri-City Storm 4 – 5 OT Fargo Force Viaero Center  
13:33 - Matthew Knies (1) First period Cody Monds (1) - 15:23
5:24 - Gavin Brindley (1)
9:03 - pp - Conner Hutchison (1) 		Second period Austin Wong (1) - sh - 8:10
10:37 - Drew Montgomery (1) Third period Tristan Broz (1) - pp - 5:11
No scoring First overtime period Cody Monds (2) - 2:52
Todd Scott (30 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Brennan Boynton (29 saves/ 33 shots)
May 1 Tri-City Storm 2 – 3 Fargo Force Viaero Center  
Carter Mazur (1) - 1:11
Cole O'Hara (1) - 12:52 		First period 6:44 - Tristan Broz (2)
No scoring Second period 6:05 - pp - Mason Salquist (1)
9:05 - Jeremy Davidson (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Todd Scott (19 saves / 22 shots) Goalie stats Brennan Boynton (36 saves / 38 shots)
Fargo wins series 2 – 1


(W2) Omaha Lancers vs. (W3) Sioux City Musketeers

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May 1 Omaha Lancers 0 – 2 Sioux City Musketeers Ralston Arena  
No scoring First period Ben Doran (1) - 12:01
No scoring Second period Shai Buium (1) - 3:04
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jakub Dobeš (17 saves / 19 shots) Goalie stats Akira Schmid (25 saves / 25 shots)
May 2 Omaha Lancers 1 – 2 Sioux City Musketeers Ralston Arena  
No scoring First period Chase Bradley (1) - pp - 2:12
12:05 - Cam Mitchell (1) Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Justin Hryckowian (1) - sh - 11:50
Jakub Dobeš (31 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Akira Schmid (29 saves / 30 shots)
Sioux City wins series 2 – 0


Conference Finals

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Eastern Conference

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(E1) Chicago Steel vs. (E2) Muskegon Lumberjacks

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May 7 Chicago Steel 3 – 2 OT Muskegon Lumberjacks Fox Valley Ice Arena  
No scoring First period Cameron Berg (3) - 18:54
16:43 - pp - Josh Doan (1) Second period Bradley Marek (2) - 19:16
8:06 - Adam Fantilli (2) Third period No scoring
7:09 - Matthew Coronato (4) First overtime period No scoring
Simon Latkoczy (29 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Jan Škorpík (22 saves / 25 shots)
May 8 Muskegon Lumberjacks 4 – 5 Chicago Steel Mercy Health Arena  
Danil Gushchin (2) - 18:08 First period 2:37 - Adam Fantilli (3)
Cameron Berg (4) - 7:02
Danil Gushchin (3) - 7:52
Jacob Guevin (1) - pp - 15:14 		Second period 1:41 - Erik Middendorf (2)
8:24 - Matthew Coronato (5)
19:47 - Matthew Coronato (6)
No scoring Third period 8:34 - Adam Fantilli (4)
Jan Škorpík (25 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Simon Latkoczy (27 saves / 31 shots)
Chicago wins series 2 – 0


Western Conference

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(W3) Sioux City Musketeers vs. (W4) Fargo Force

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May 7 Sioux City Musketeers 1 – 6 Fargo Force Tyson Events Center  
No scoring First period Jacob Braccini (1) - 6:44
Cody Monds (3) - 9:37
Aaron Huglen (2) - 13:22
10:56 - Ethan Edwards (1) Second period Jacob Braccini (2) - 2:19
Jacob Braccini (3) - 18:03
No scoring Third period Bear Hughes (2) - pp - 15:56
Akira Schmid (21 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Brennan Boynton (13 saves / 13 shots)
Andrew Miller (18 saves / 19 shots)
May 8 Fargo Force 3 – 0 Sioux City Musketeers Scheels Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
Tristan Broz (3) - 5:15 Second period No scoring
Matt Crasa (1) - 2:59
Jeremy Davidson (2) - en - 19:58 		Third period No scoring
Andrew Miller (34 saves / 34 shots) Goalie stats Akira Schmid (29 saves / 31 shots)
Fargo wins series 2 – 0


Clark Cup Finals

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(E1) Chicago Steel vs. (W4) Fargo Force

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May 14 Chicago Steel 0 – 3 Fargo Force Fox Valley Ice Arena  
No scoring First period Kyle Smolen (1) - 7:27
Jake Peart (2) - 15:01
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Aaron Huglen (3) - 7:32
Simon Latkoczy (23 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Andrew Miller (20 saves / 20 shots)
May 15 Chicago Steel 4 – 1 Fargo Force Fox Valley Ice Arena  
1:01 - Adam Fantilli (5)
11:53 - Adam Robbins (1) 		First period Austin Wong (2) - pp - 8:32
No scoring Second period No scoring
18:49 - sh - en - Matthew Coronato (7)
19:27 - en - Erik Middendorf (3) 		Third period No scoring
Simon Latkoczy (29 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Andrew Miller (30 saves / 32 shots)
May 21 Fargo Force 1 – 7 Chicago Steel Scheels Arena  
Cody Monds (4) - 12:42 First period Matthew Coronato (8) - pp - 12:29
Erik Middendorf (4) - 19:17
No scoring Second period Matthew Coronato (9) - 4:58
Josh Doan (2) - 10:44
No scoring Third period Sean Farrell (2) - 3:21
Adam Fantilli (6) - pp - 17:33
Sam Lipkin (1) - pp - 18:31
Brennan Boynton (13 saves / 17 shots)
Andrew Miller (13 saves / 16 shots) 		Goalie stats Simon Latkoczy (22 saves / 23 shots)
May 22 Fargo Force 1 – 3 Chicago Steel Scheels Arena  
Cody Monds (5) - 12:40 First period Adam Fantilli (7) - 11:08
No scoring Second period Jackson Blake (1) - 13:17
No scoring Third period Adam Fantilli (8) - 17:55
Andrew Miller (29 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Simon Latkoczy (27 saves / 28 shots)
Chicago wins series 3 – 1


Postseason awards

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USHL awards

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Main article: List of USHL award winners
Award Name Team
Player of the Year Sean Farrell Chicago Steel[8]
Forward of the Year Matthew Coronato Chicago Steel[9]
Defenseman of the Year Mason Lohrei Green Bay Gamblers[10]
Rookie of the Year Cole Sillinger Sioux Falls Stampede[11]
Goaltender of the Year Akira Schmid Sioux City Musketeers[12]
Coach of the Year Mike Hamilton Muskegon Lumberjacks[13]
Scholar-Athlete Connor Kurth Dubuque Fighting Saints[14]
Curt Hammer Will Dineen Sioux Falls Stampede[15]
General Manager of the Year Ryan Hardy Chicago Steel[16]
Executive of the Year Jeff Mitchell Green Bay Gamblers[17]
Organization of the Year All member organizations[18]

All-USHL First Team

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Pos Name Team
G Akira Schmid Sioux City
D Mason Lohrei Green Bay
D Ryan Ufko Chicago
F Matthew Coronato Chicago
F Sean Farrell Chicago
F Danil Gushchin Muskegon

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All-USHL Second Team

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Pos Name Team
G Jakub Dobeš Omaha
D Brent Johnson Sioux Falls
D Cole McWard Tri-City
F Josh Doan Chicago
F Ayrton Martino Omaha
F Cole Sillinger Sioux Falls

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All-USHL Third Team

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Pos Name Team
G Brennan Boynton Fargo
D Alex Gagne Muskegon
D Henry Thrun Dubuque
F Cameron Berg Muskegon
F Robert Cronin Dubuque
F Jake Schmaltz Green Bay

Source[19]

USHL All-Rookie Team

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Pos Name Team
G Jack Stark Chicago
D Jacob Guevin Muskegon
D Brent Johnson Sioux Falls
F Ayrton Martino Omaha
F Matthew Savoie Dubuque
F Cole Sillinger Sioux Falls

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All-Rookie Second Team

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Pos Name Team
G Emmett Croteau Waterloo
D Shai Buium Sioux City
D Jack Peart Fargo
F Gavin Brindley Tri-City
F Adam Fantilli Chicago
F Connor Kurth Dubuque

Source[20]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Chicago Steel Win Clark Cup Championship". USHL. May 22, 2021.
  2. ^ Rose, Joshua (March 12, 202). "Green Bay Gamblers season suspended due to COVID-19". WFRV-TV. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Remainder of USHL season canceled". Nebraska TV. March 18, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Cedar Rapids RoughRiders and Madison Capitols Will Not Participate in 2020-21 USHL Season". OurSports Central. September 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "USHL Announces 2020-21 Schedule". USHL. September 29, 2020.
  6. ^ "USHL Standings". USHL. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  7. ^ "2020-21 Clark Cup Playoff Hub". USHL. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  8. ^ "Sean Farrell Named USHL Player of the Year". OurSports Central. June 7, 2021.
  9. ^ "Matt Coronato Named USHL Forward of the Year". OurSports Central. June 7, 2021.
  10. ^ "Lohrei Named USHL Defenseman of the Year". OurSports Central. June 7, 2021.
  11. ^ "USHL Announces 2020-21 Individual Player Awards". USHL. June 7, 2021.
  12. ^ "Schmid Named USHL Goaltender of the Year". OurSports Central. June 7, 2021.
  13. ^ "Head Coach Mike Hamilton Named USHL Coach of the Year". OurSports Central. May 28, 2021.
  14. ^ "Connor Kurth Named USHL Scholar-Athlete of the Year". OurSports Central. July 19, 2021.
  15. ^ "Will Dineen Wins 2020-21 USHL Curt Hammer Award". USHL. July 2, 2021.
  16. ^ "Ryan Hardy Named USHL General Manager of the Year". OurSports Central. May 28, 2021.
  17. ^ "Gamblers President Named USHL Executive of the Year". OurSports Central. July 23, 2021.
  18. ^ "USHL Awards 2020-21 Organization of the Year". OurSports Central. July 28, 2021.
  19. ^ a b c "USHL Announces All-USHL Teams for 2020-21 Season". USHL. June 14, 2021.
  20. ^ a b "USHL Announces All-Rookie Teams for 2020-21 Season". USHL. June 25, 2021.
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