| 2017–18 USHL Season | |
|---|---|
| League | United States Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | October 6, 2017 – April 14, 2018 |
| Number of games | 60 |
| Number of teams | 17 |
| Regular season | |
| Anderson Cup | Waterloo Black Hawks |
| Clark Cup Playoffs | |
| Western champions | Fargo Force |
| Western runners-up | Waterloo Black Hawks |
| Eastern champions | Youngstown Phantoms |
| Eastern runners-up | Team USA |
| Clark Cup Playoffs MVP | Griffin Loughran |
| Clark Cup Champions | |
| Champions | Fargo Force |
| USHL seasons | |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → | |
The 2017–18 USHL season was the 39th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from October 6, 2017, to April 14, 2018.[1] The regular season champions, the Waterloo Black Hawks, were awarded the Anderson Cup. The playoff champions, the Fargo Force, were awarded the Clark Cup.
The Bloomington Thunder were rebranded as the Central Illinois Flying Aces.[2]
While the alignment remained the same from the previous season, the league increased the number of teams that qualify for the playoffs from eight to twelve. The top two seeds in each conference now have a bye in the first round. The third and fourth conference seeds than host the fifth and sixth conference seeds in a best-of-three series. The rest of the playoffs are a best-of-five series.[1]
Final standings:[3]
Eastern Conference
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Western Conference
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x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title
| Award | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Year | Anthony Del Gaizo | Muskegon Lumberjacks[4] |
| Forward of the Year | Jackson Cates | Waterloo Black Hawks[4] |
| Defenseman of the Year | Ben Finkelstein | Waterloo Black Hawks[4] |
| Rookie of the Year | Matej Pekar | Muskegon Lumberjacks[4] |
| Goaltender of the Year | Filip Larsson | Tri-City Storm[4] |
| Coach of the Year | P.K. O'Handley | Waterloo Black Hawks[5] |
| Scholar-Athlete | Alex Steeves | Dubuque Fighting Saints[6] |
| Curt Hammer | Marc McLaughlin | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders[7] |
| General Manager of the Year | P.K. O'Handley | Waterloo Black Hawks[5] |
| Executive of the Year | Brandon Bruss[8] | Green Bay Gamblers |
| Organization of the Year | Sioux Falls Stampede[9] | |
| Pos | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| G | Filip Larsson | Tri-City |
| D | Ben Finkelstein | Waterloo |
| D | Graham Lillibridge | Chicago |
| F | Jackson Cates | Waterloo |
| F | Anthony Del Gaizo | Muskegon |
| F | Jack Dugan | Chicago |
Source[10]
| Pos | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| G | Zach Driscoll | Youngstown |
| D | Marc Del Gaizo | Muskegon |
| D | Ty Farmer | Fargo |
| F | Jack Drury | Waterloo |
| F | Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup | Fargo |
| F | Filip Suchy | Omaha |
Source[10]
| Pos | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| G | Oskar Autio | Chicago |
| D | Michael Callahan | Youngstown |
| D | Tyler Jubenvill | Cedar Rapids |
| F | Paul Cotter | Lincoln |
| F | Robert Mastrosimone | Chicago |
| F | Matej Pekar | Muskegon |
Source[11]
| Pos | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| G | Zach Borgiel | Muskegon |
| D | Mason Klee | Lincoln |
| D | Matt Staudacher | Muskegon |
| F | Ryan O'Reilly | Madison |
| F | Tyler Madden | Tri-City |
| F | Michael Mancinelli | Madison |
| First Round (Best-of-3) | Conference Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Conference Finals (Best-of-5) | Clark Cup Championship (Best-of-5) | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Team USA | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Chicago | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Muskegon | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E6 | Chicago | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Team USA | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Youngstown | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Green Bay | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Dubuque | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Youngstown | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Dubuque | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Youngstown | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Fargo | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Waterloo | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Lincoln | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Sioux Falls | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Lincoln | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Waterloo | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Fargo | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Fargo | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| W6 | Tri-City | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Omaha | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Fargo | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
