Sports season
The 2018–19 USHL season was the 40th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from September 27, 2018, to April 13, 2019. The Tri-City Storm were awarded the Anderson Cup as regular season champions for accumulating 95 points over 62 games. The season concluded with the Sioux Falls Stampede defeating the Chicago Steel in the Clark Cup Final series 3–0 on May 17, 2019.
League changes
After serving as the interim commissioner since November 2017, Tom Garrity was named the ninth commissioner in league history.[1] He replaced Bob Fallen who had served as commissioner since 2014.[2] On April 5, 2018, the league announced the annual Fall Classic in partnership with the National Hockey League would count towards the regular season standings, with all member clubs playing two games between September 27 and 30 at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Pittsburgh .[3]
Regular season
Final standings:[4]
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title
Clark Cup playoffs
First Round(Best-of-3)
Conference Semifinals(Best-of-5)
Conference Finals(Best-of-5)
Clark Cup Championship(Best-of-5)
E1
Muskegon
3
E6
Dubuque
1
E3
Youngstown
0
E6
Dubuque
2
E1
Muskegon
1
Eastern Conference
E2
Chicago
3
E4
Cedar Rapids
2
E5
Team USA
0
E2
Chicago
3
E4
Cedar Rapids
1
E2
Chicago
0
W3
Sioux Falls
3
W1
Tri-City
3
W4
Des Moines
0
W3
Sioux Falls
2
W6
Sioux City
0
W1
Tri-City
0
Western Conference
W3
Sioux Falls
3
W4
Des Moines
2
W5
Fargo
0
W2
Waterloo
1
W3
Sioux Falls
3
Post season awards
USHL awards
All-USHL First Team
Source[12]
All-USHL Second Team
Source[12]
All-Rookie First Team
Source[13]
All-Rookie Second Team
References
^ "Tom Garrity Named USHL President and Commissioner" . OurSportsCentral.com . May 29, 2018.
^ "Fallen Departs As USHL President and Commissioner To Seek New Challenges" . JuniorHockey.com. November 4, 2017.
^ "2018 DICK'S Sporting Goods USHL Fall Classic to Return to Pittsburgh" . USHL.com. April 5, 2018.
^ "USHL Standings" . USHL. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2019 .
^ a b c d e "USHL Announces End of Year Awards" . USHL. April 25, 2019.
^ "Anthony Noreen Named USHL Coach of the Year" . USHL . April 26, 2019.
^ "USHL Scholar-Athlete Award and All-Academic Team Announced" . USHL . April 23, 2019.
^ "Liam Walsh Named Curt Hammer Award Recipient" . USHL . April 23, 2019.
^ "Ryan Hardy Named USHL General Manager of the Year" . USHL . April 24, 2019.
^ "USHL Announces 2019 Executive of the Year" . OurSports Central . July 11, 2019.
^ "Huge Award for Lumberjacks" . OurSports Central . June 26, 2019.
^ a b "All-USHL Teams Announced" . USHL . April 23, 2019.
^ "All-USHL Rookie Teams Announced" . USHL . April 23, 2019.
External links
Western Conference Eastern Conference Seasons