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United States Hockey League [1979-2024] history and statistics

USHL History

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The United States Hockey League is a Junior hockey league that has operated in this format since 1979. It is currently classified as a US Junior A Tier I hockey league, which is the highest junior hockey category in the US, and is currently the only league in that category in the US.

The USHL has a very unusual lineage; it is the byproduct of a 1970's merger between the NHL-supported Midwest Junior Hockey League and the semi-professional United States Hockey League which had existed in various incarnations since the 1940's. The two leagues started their relationship by playing an interlocking schedule in 1976-77. The leagues then merged for the 1977-78 season, keeping the USHL moniker but playing in a United States division (senior teams) and Midwest Division (junior teams). The league shifted even more to an all-junior format the following season, with younger players assuming more roster spots on the senior teams. In 1979-80, the USHL moved to an all-junior format.
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USHL Seasons

United States Hockey League
Year Teams Champion Runner-Up Result
1979-80 7 Teams
1980-81 8 Teams
1981-82 7 Teams
1982-83 7 Teams
1983-84 8 Teams
1984-85 10 Teams
1985-86 9 Teams
1986-87 10 Teams
1987-88 10 Teams
1988-89 10 Teams
1989-90 10 Teams
1990-91 10 Teams
1991-92 10 Teams
1992-93 10 Teams
1993-94 10 Teams
1994-95 11 Teams
1995-96 11 Teams
1996-97 12 Teams Lincoln Stars Green Bay Gamblers (4-0)
1997-98 13 Teams Omaha Lancers Des Moines Buccaneers (4-0)
1998-99 13 Teams Des Moines Buccaneers Omaha Lancers (4-2)
1999-00 14 Teams Green Bay Gamblers Twin City Vulcans (4-1)
2000-01 13 Teams Omaha Lancers Lincoln Stars (3-2)
2001-02 14 Teams Sioux City Musketeers Omaha Lancers (3-2)
2002-03 11 Teams Lincoln Stars River City Lancers (3-1)
2003-04 12 Teams Waterloo Black Hawks Tri-City Storm (3-1)
2004-05 11 Teams Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Sioux City Musketeers (3-2)
2005-06 11 Teams Des Moines Buccaneers Sioux Falls Stampede (3-2)
2006-07 12 Teams Sioux Falls Stampede Waterloo Black Hawks (1-0)
2007-08 12 Teams Omaha Lancers Waterloo Black Hawks (3-2)
2008-09 12 Teams Indiana Ice Fargo Force (3-1)
2009-10 15 Teams Green Bay Gamblers Fargo Force (3-2)
2010-11 16 Teams Dubuque Fighting Saints Green Bay Gamblers (3-1)
2011-12 16 Teams Green Bay Gamblers Waterloo Black Hawks (3-2)
2012-13 16 Teams Dubuque Fighting Saints Fargo Force (3-0)
2013-14 17 Teams Indiana Ice Waterloo Black Hawks (3-2)
2014-15 18 Teams Sioux Falls Stampede Muskegon Lumberjacks (3-0)
2015-16 18 Teams Tri-City Storm Dubuque Fighting Saints (3-0)
2016-17 18 Teams Chicago Steel Sioux City Musketeers (3-2)
2017-18 18 Teams Fargo Force Youngstown Phantoms (3-1)
2018-19 18 Teams Sioux Falls Stampede Chicago Steel (3-0)
2019-20 17 Teams
2020-21 14 Teams Chicago Steel Fargo Force (3-1)
2021-22 16 Teams Sioux City Musketeers Madison Capitols (3-1)
2022-23 16 Teams Youngstown Phantoms Fargo Force (3-0)
2023-2416 Teams

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Cities in USHL

Ann Arbor, MI
Austin, MN
Mavericks [1979-1985]
Bloomington, MN
Junior Stars [1979-1985]
Twin City Vulcans [1979-2000]
Bloomington, IL
Thunder [2014-2017]
Cedar Rapids, IA
RoughRiders [1999-2024]
Chicago, IL
Steel [2000-2024]
Columbus, OH
Council Bluffs, IA
River City Lancers [2002-2004]
Omaha Lancers [2004-2009]
Danville, IL
Wings [2003-2004]
Des Moines, IA
Buccaneers [1980-2024]
Dubuque, IA
Fighting Saints [1980-2001]
Fighting Saints [2010-2024]
Fargo, ND
Force [2008-2024]
Green Bay, WI
Bobcats [1979-1981]
Gamblers [1994-2024]
Hennepin, IL
Nordiques [1979-1980]
Indianapolis, IN
Indiana Ice [2004-2015]
Kearney, NE
Tri-City Storm [2000-2024]
Lincoln, NE
Stars [1996-2024]
Madison, WI
Capitols [1984-1995]
Capitols [2014-2024]
Mason City, IA
North Iowa Huskies [1983-1999]
Minneapolis, MN
Stars [1979-1985]
Moorhead, MN
Fargo-Bears [1995-1996]
Muskegon, MI
Lumberjacks [2010-2024]
Omaha, NE
Lancers [1986-2002]
Lancers [2004-2009]
Rochester, MN
Mustangs [1985-2002]
Sioux City, IA
Musketeers [1979-2024]
Sioux Falls, SD
Stampede [1999-2024]
St. Louis, MO
Heartland Eagles [2003-2004]
St. Paul, MN
Vulcans [1979-2000]
Thunder Bay, ONT
Flyers [1984-2000]
Topeka, KS
Scarecrows [2001-2003]
Tulsa, OK
Crude [2001-2002]
Waterloo, IA
Black Hawks [1979-1980]
Black Hawks [1980-2024]
Youngstown, OH
Phantoms [2009-2024]

USHL Yearly Team Attendance

2015-16
2010-11
2005-06
2000-01
2019-20
2014-15
2009-10
2004-05
1999-00
2018-19
2013-14
2008-09
2003-04
1998-99
2017-18
2012-13
2007-08
2002-03
1997-98
2016-17
2011-12
2006-07
2001-02
1996-97