2007–08 USHL season

{{Infobox sports season

| title =2007-08 USHL season

| league =United States Hockey League

| logo =

| pixels = 150px

| sport =Ice hockey

| duration = Regular season
October 2007 – April 2008
Playoffs
April – May 2008

| season =Anderson Cup Champions

| season_champs =Omaha Lancers

| finals =Clark Cup Champions

| finals_champ =Omaha Lancers

| nextseason_year = 2008–09

| prevseason_year = 2006–07

| seasonslistnames =USHL

| no_of_games = 60

| no_of_teams = 12

}}

The 2007–08 USHL season is the 29th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began on October 5, 2007, and concluded on April 5, 2008{{cite news|title=2007-08 League Schedule|url=http://ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com/leagueschedule.html?leagueid=49&seasonid=2212|publisher=USHL|accessdate=2013-07-18}} with the regular season champion winning the Anderson Cup. This was the final season of operation for the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets after failing to find a suitable relocation arrangement.

The Clark Cup playoffs featured the top four teams from each division competing for the league title.

Regular season

Final Standings{{cite news|title=2007-08 USHL Standings |url=http://ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com/standings.html?leagueid=49&seasonid=2212|publisher=USHL|accessdate=2013-07-18}}

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=

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%" \| Team ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| OTL ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" \| PTS ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" \| GF ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" \| GA
class="wikitable"
yIndiana Ice	60	39	15	6	84	223	193
xWaterloo Black Hawks	60	38	17	5	81	183	151
xCedar Rapids RoughRiders	60	33	22	5	71	200	156
xChicago Steel	60	32	22	6	70	218	199
Ohio Junior Blue Jackets	60	26	28	6	58	182	215
Green Bay Gamblers	60	13	41	6	32	130	224

=West Division=

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%" \| Team ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| GP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| OTL ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" \| PTS ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" \| GF ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" \| GA
class="wikitable"
zOmaha Lancers	60	43	12	5	91	224	139
xSioux Falls Stampede	60	35	19	6	76	199	175
xLincoln Stars	60	31	22	7	69	186	163
xSioux City Musketeers	60	32	25	4	67	194	185
Tri-City Storm	60	24	34	2	50	153	213
Des Moines Buccaneers	60	14	40	6	34	134	213

Clark Cup Playoffs

{{8TeamBracket

| sets=5

| RD1=Quarter-finals

| RD2=Semi-finals

| RD3=Clark Cup Championship

| RD1-group1=East Division

| RD1-group2=West Division

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1=Indiana

| RD1-score1-1=3

| RD1-score1-2=7

| RD1-score1-3=1

| RD1-score1-4=0

| RD1-score1-5=–

| RD1-seed2=4

| RD1-team2=Chicago Steel

| RD1-score2-1=4

| RD1-score2-2=2

| RD1-score2-3=3

| RD1-score2-4=5

| RD1-score2-5=–

| RD1-seed3=2

| RD1-team3=Waterloo

| RD1-score3-1=4

| RD1-score3-2=3

| RD1-score3-3=5

| RD1-score3-4=–

| RD1-score3-5=–

| RD1-seed4=3

| RD1-team4=Cedar Rapids

| RD1-score4-1=3

| RD1-score4-2=0

| RD1-score4-3=2

| RD1-score4-4=–

| RD1-score4-5=–

| RD1-seed5=1

| RD1-team5=Omaha

| RD1-score5-1=3

| RD1-score5-2=2

| RD1-score5-3=5

| RD1-score5-4=3

| RD1-score5-5=–

| RD1-seed6=4

| RD1-team6=Sioux City

| RD1-score6-1=0

| RD1-score6-2=6

| RD1-score6-3=4

| RD1-score6-4=2

| RD1-score6-5=–

| RD1-seed7=2

| RD1-team7=Sioux Falls

| RD1-score7-1=2

| RD1-score7-2=3

| RD1-score7-3=3

| RD1-score7-4=–

| RD1-score7-5=–

| RD1-seed8=3

| RD1-team8=Lincoln

| RD1-score8-1=3

| RD1-score8-2=5

| RD1-score8-3=7

| RD1-score8-4=–

| RD1-score8-5=–

| RD2-seed1=4

| RD2-team1=Chicago

| RD2-score1-1=1

| RD2-score1-2=1

| RD2-score1-3=2

| RD2-score1-4=–

| RD2-score1-5=–

| RD2-seed2=2

| RD2-team2=Waterloo

| RD2-score2-1=4

| RD2-score2-2=5

| RD2-score2-3=3

| RD2-score2-4=–

| RD2-score2-5=–

| RD2-seed3=1

| RD2-team3=Omaha

| RD2-score3-1=5

| RD2-score3-2=3

| RD2-score3-3=3

| RD2-score3-4=3

| RD2-score3-5=5

| RD2-seed4=3

| RD2-team4=Lincoln

| RD2-score4-1=0

| RD2-score4-2=2

| RD2-score4-3=6

| RD2-score4-4=4

| RD2-score4-5=4

| RD3-seed1=E

| RD3-team1=Waterloo

| RD3-score1-1=4

| RD3-score1-2=0

| RD3-score1-3=3

| RD3-score1-4=0

| RD3-score1-5=3

| RD3-seed2=W

| RD3-team2=Omaha

| RD3-score2-1=3

| RD3-score2-2=2

| RD3-score2-3=1

| RD3-score2-4=2

| RD3-score2-5=4

}}

{{cite news|title=2008 Playoffs League Schedule|url=http://ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com/leagueschedule.html?leagueid=49&seasonid=2568|publisher=USHL|accessdate=2013-07-18}}

Players

=Scoring Leaders=

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style="background:#e0e0e0" ! ! Player ! Team ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! +/- ! PIM
1	Jack Connolly	Sioux Falls Stampede	58	26	46	72	+18	30
style="background:#f0f0f0"	\|John Kemp	Indiana Ice	58	13	59	72	0	20
3	Gregory Squires	Indiana Ice	58	24	46	70	+13	50
style="background:#f0f0f0" \|4	Jason Gregoire	Lincoln Stars	54	37	32	69	+18	41
5	Paul Carey	Indiana Ice	60	34	32	66	+2	32
style="background:#f0f0f0" \|6	Brian O'Neill	Chicago Steel	60	23	38	61	+29	40
7	Barry Almeida	Omaha Lancers	56	22	38	60	+11	22
style="background:#f0f0f0" \|8	Billy Maday	Waterloo Black Hawks	60	24	35	59	+5	72
9	Jake Hansen	Sioux Falls Stampede	60	31	27	58	+16	57
style="background:#f0f0f0"	\|Ryan Kretzer	Lincoln Stars	60	22	36	58	0	47

{{cite news|title=2007-08 Scoring Leaders|url=http://ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com/scoringleaders.html?leagueid=49&seasonid=2212|publisher=USHL|accessdate=2013-07-18}}

=Leading Goaltenders=

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style="background:#e0e0e0" ! ! Player ! Team ! GP ! MIN ! W ! L ! OTL ! SO ! GA ! GAA ! SV ! SV%
1	David Reekie	Lincoln Stars	38	2235	23	10	4	6	75	2.01	1086	.935
style="background:#f0f0f0" \| 2	Drew Palmisano	Omaha Lancers	45	2579	32	8	3	3	87	2.02	1035	.922
3	Joe Howe	Waterloo Black Hawks	22	1215	13	5	1	2	43	2.12	462	.915
style="background:#f0f0f0" \| 4	Matthew DiGirolamo	Waterloo Black Hawks	42	2437	25	12	4	1	98	2.41	879	.900
5	Brady Hjelle	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	41	2380	22	15	4	3	99	2.50	1158	.921

{{cite news|title=2007-08 Goalie Leaders|url=http://ushl2011.stats.pointstreak.com/goalieleaders.html?leagueid=49&seasonid=2212|publisher=USHL|accessdate=2013-07-18}}

Awards

Coach of the Year: Steve Poapst Chicago Steel
Curt Hammer Award: Joey Miller Sioux City Musketeers
Defenseman of the Year: Blake Kessel Waterloo Black Hawks
Executive of the Year: Jim Kronschnabel Sioux City Musketeers
Forward of the Year: Jason Gregoire Lincoln Stars
General Manager of the Year: Mike Hastings Omaha Lancers
Goaltender of the Year: David Reekie Lincoln Stars
Organization of the Year: Indiana Ice
Player of the Year: Jason Gregoire Lincoln Stars
Rookie of the Year: Jack Connolly Sioux Falls Stampede
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Matt Farris Sioux Falls Stampede

=First Team All-Stars=

David Reekie (Goalie) Lincoln Stars
Blake Kessel (Defense) Waterloo Black Hawks
Matt Bartkowski (Defense) Lincoln Stars
Jack Connolly (Forward) Sioux Falls Stampede
Jason Gregoire (Forward) Lincoln Stars
Barry Almeida (Forward) Omaha Lancers

=Second Team All-Stars=

Drew Palmisano (Goalie) Omaha Lancers
John Carlson (Defense) Indiana Ice
Paul Carey (Defense) Indiana Ice
John Kemp (Forward) Indiana Ice
Eric Springer (Forward) Sioux Falls Stampede
Jake Hansen (Forward) Sioux Falls Stampede

References

External links

[http://www.ushl.com/ Official website of the United States Hockey League]

USHL

Category:United States Hockey League seasons