2015–16 USHL season

Sports season

2015–16 USHL Season
League	United States Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 25, 2015 – April 10, 2016
Number of games	60
Number of teams	17
Regular season
Anderson Cup	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
Season MVP	Rem Pitlick (Muskegon)
Clark Cup Playoffs
Western champions	Tri-City Storm
Western runners-up	Waterloo Blackhawks
Eastern champions	Dubuque Fighting Saints
Eastern runners-up	Bloomington Thunder
Clark Cup Champions
Champions	Tri-City Storm
USHL seasons
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 USHL season is the 37th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from September 25, 2015, to April 10, 2016.^[1] The regular season champions, the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, were awarded the Anderson Cup and the playoff champions, the Tri-City Storm, were awarded the Clark Cup.

Regular season

Final standings^[2]

Eastern Conference

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM
z – Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	60	40	15	3	2	85	198	150	876
x – Green Bay Gamblers	60	37	16	4	3	81	191	135	881
x – Dubuque Fighting Saints	60	39	19	1	1	80	209	159	1082
x - Bloomington Thunder	60	36	18	5	1	78	176	152	752
Youngstown Phantoms	60	31	20	4	5	71	192	177	1020
Chicago Steel	60	27	26	4	3	61	168	168	1035
Muskegon Lumberjacks	60	27	26	3	4	61	189	217	986
Madison Capitols	60	25	27	5	3	58	169	198	892
Team USA	60	22	30	5	2	51	172	219	818

Western Conference

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM
y – Tri-City Storm	60	28	15	10	7	73	183	164	726
x – Lincoln Stars	60	33	24	2	1	69	177	163	1152
x – Waterloo Black Hawks	60	31	24	2	3	67	198	183	919
x – Sioux Falls Stampede	60	31	25	3	1	66	164	174	908
Fargo Force^[a]	60	32	26	2	0	66	157	150	995
Omaha Lancers	60	26	29	4	1	57	157	189	1034
Des Moines Buccaneers	60	25	30	5	0	55	165	205	957
Sioux City Musketeers	60	20	39	1	0	41	148	210	929

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

^ The Fargo Force had more total wins (regulation, overtime, and shootout wins) than the Sioux Falls Stampede, but the Stampede win the playoff tiebreaker (29 regulation and overtime wins to the Force's 28).

Post season awards

All-USHL First Team

Pos	Name	Team
G	Adam Huska	Green Bay
D	Jack Ahcan	Cedar Rapids
D	Jeremy Davies	Bloomington
F	Ross Colton	Cedar Rapids
F	Cam Morrison	Youngstown
F	Rem Pitlick	Muskegon

All-USHL Second Team

Pos	Name	Team
G	Ben Blacker	Cedar Rapids
D	Mattias Gorannson	Tri-City
D	Trevor Hamilton	Lincoln
F	Tanner Laczynski	Lincoln
F	Denis Smirnov	Fargo
F	Nate Sucese	Dubuque

All Rookie Team

Pos	Name	Team
G	Ryan Edquist	Madison
D	Jacob Bryson	Omaha
D	Andrew Peeke	Green Bay
F	Collin Adams	Muskegon
F	Cam Morrison	Youngstown
F	Eeli Tolvanen	Sioux City

Clark Cup playoffs

Conference Semi-Finals (Best of 5)			Conference Finals (Best of 5)			Clark Cup Championship (Best of 5)

1	Cedar Rapids	2

4	Bloomington	3
			4	Bloomington	2
Eastern Conference
			3	Dubuque	3
3	Dubuque	3

2	Green Bay	1
						E3	Dubuque	0

						W1	Tri-City	3
2	Lincoln	1

3	Waterloo	3
			3	Waterloo	2
Western Conference
			1	Tri-City	3
4	Sioux Falls	0

1	Tri-City	3

References

^ "USHL Announces 2015-16 Schedule". USHL. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
^ "USHL Standings". USHL. Retrieved March 9, 2016.