title: 2018–19 USHL season
text: # 2018–19 USHL 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. He replaced Bob Fallen who had served as commissioner since 2014. 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.
  
  ## Regular season
  
  Final standings:
  
  x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title
  
  ## Clark Cup playoffs
  
  | First Round (Best-of-3) | First Round (Best-of-3) | First Round (Best-of-3) | | | Conference Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Conference Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Conference Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Conference Finals (Best-of-5) | Conference Finals (Best-of-5) | Conference Finals (Best-of-5) | | Clark Cup Championship (Best-of-5) | Clark Cup Championship (Best-of-5) | Clark Cup Championship (Best-of-5) |
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  | | | | | | E1 | Muskegon | 3 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | E6 | Dubuque | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | E3 | Youngstown | 0 | | | E6 | Dubuque | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | E6 | Dubuque | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | E6 | Dubuque | 2 | | | | | | E1 | Muskegon | 1 | | | | |
  | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E1 | Muskegon | 1 | | | | |
  | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | Eastern Conference | E2 | Chicago | 3 | | | | |
  | E4 | Cedar Rapids | 2 | | | | | | | | | E2 | Chicago | 3 | |
  | E5 | Team USA | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 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 | | | W4 | Des Moines | 0 | | | | | | | |
  | W6 | Sioux City | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | W6 | Sioux City | 0 | | | | | | W1 | Tri-City | 0 | | | | |
  | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W1 | Tri-City | 0 | | | | |
  | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | Western Conference | W3 | Sioux Falls | 3 | | | | |
  | W4 | Des Moines | 2 | | | | | | | | | W3 | Sioux Falls | 3 | |
  | W5 | Fargo | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | W5 | Fargo | 0 | | | W2 | Waterloo | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | W3 | Sioux Falls | 3 | | | | | | | |
  
  ## Post season awards
  
  ### USHL awards
  
  | Award | Name | Team |
  | - | - | - |
  | Player of the Year | Ronnie Attard | Tri-City Storm |
  | Forward of the Year | Bobby Brink | Sioux City Musketeers |
  | Defenseman of the Year | Ronnie Attard | Tri-City Storm |
  | Rookie of the Year | Zac Jones | Tri-City Storm |
  | Goaltender of the Year | Isaiah Saville | Tri-City Storm |
  | Coach of the Year | Anthony Noreen | Tri-City Storm |
  | Scholar-Athlete | Mason McCormick | Dubuque Fighting Saints |
  | Curt Hammer | Liam Walsh | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders |
  | General Manager of the Year | Ryan Hardy | Chicago Steel |
  | Executive of the Year | Jim Olander | Sioux Falls Stampede |
  | Organization of the Year | Muskegon Lumberjacks | Muskegon Lumberjacks |
  
  ### All-USHL First Team
  
  | Pos | Name | Team |
  | - | - | - |
  | G | Isaiah Saville | Tri-City |
  | D | Ronnie Attard | Tri-City |
  | D | Alex Yakovenko | Muskegon |
  | F | Nick Abruzzese | Chicago |
  | F | Bobby Brink | Sioux City |
  | F | Brett Murray | Youngstown |
  
  Source
  
  ### All-USHL Second Team
  
  | Pos | Name | Team |
  | - | - | - |
  | G | Blake Pietila | Cedar Rapids |
  | D | Zac Jones | Tri-City |
  | D | Matteo Pietroniro | Chicago |
  | F | Matt Brown | Des Moines |
  | F | Matias Maccelli | Dubuque |
  | F | Ben Meyers | Fargo |
  
  Source
  
  ### All-Rookie First Team
  
  | Pos | Name | Team |
  | - | - | - |
  | G | Isaiah Saville | Tri-City |
  | D | Ryan Johnson | Sioux Falls |
  | D | Zac Jones | Tri-City |
  | F | Vladislav Firstov | Waterloo |
  | F | Marcus Kallionkieli | Sioux City |
  | F | Shane Pinto | Tri-City |
  
  Source
  
  ### All-Rookie Second Team
  
  | Pos | Name | Team |
  | - | - | - |
  | G | Logan Stein | Waterloo |
  | D | Anthony Kehrer | Sioux City |
  | D | Owen Power | Chicago |
  | F | Josh Nodler | Fargo |
  | F | Anthony Romano | Sioux Falls |
  | F | Grant Silianoff | Cedar Rapids |
  