during the 2016 clark cup playoffs, the storm swept the sioux falls stampede, 3–0, in the western conference semifinals, outscoring the stampede, 12–3. in the western conference finals, the storm beat waterloo in a full five-game series, earning their second clark cup finals appearance. in the finals, the storm faced the dubuque fighting saints in a best-of-five series, sweeping the fighting saints in three games and won the clark cup for the first time. the storm outscored the fighting saints 13–4 with the line of dan labosky, alex limoges, and wade allison on ice for 11 of 13 storm goals. wade allison was named clark cup most valuable player and the philadelphia flyers selected him in the second round of the 2016 nhl entry draft. goaltender jake kielly set the tier i ushl postseason record with a .950 save percentage and also had a 1.64 goals against average. bill muckalt became the fifth head coach in the tier i history of the ushl to deliver a championship in his first season.