The 2001–02 USHL season was the 23rd season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began in September 2001 and concluded in March 2002. The Omaha Lancers won the Anderson Cup as regular season champions. The Sioux City Musketeers defeated the Omaha Lancers 3 games to 2 for the Clark Cup.
Member changes After the dissolution of the Topeka ScareCrows, a minor professional team, in 2001, the franchise's owners were approved to found an expansion team in the USHL. The team began play this season.
The Dubuque Fighting Saints relocated and became the Tulsa Crude.
Regular season Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched league title
Eastern Conference Team xy – Green Bay Gamblers 613520676184179 x – Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 613321773188161 x – Des Moines Buccaneers 613224569222202 x – Chicago Steel 612924866191209 Waterloo Black Hawks 612138244138220 Rochester Mustangs 611739539145226
Western Conference Team xyz – Omaha Lancers 614612395215111 x – Lincoln Stars 614315389240157 x – Sioux City Musketeers 614116486237162 x – Sioux Falls Stampede 613521575252217 Tri-City Storm 612730458181208 Topeka ScareCrows 612530656198225 Tulsa Crude 611243630121237
USNTDP Team USNTDP 13751153534 Note: The USNTDP played one game against each of the full league members.
Statistics Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games.
Player Team Thomas Vanek Sioux Falls Stampede 53 46 45 91 54 Vince Bellissimo Topeka ScareCrows 61 37 39 76 33 Eric Przepiorka Sioux Falls Stampede 61 43 29 72 118 Brad Zancanaro Sioux City Musketeers 50 26 45 71 69 Brandon Schwartz Sioux City Musketeers 57 30 35 65 52 Chris Collins Des Moines Buccaneers 60 26 39 65 112 Alexander Materukhin Des Moines Buccaneers 59 37 26 63 154 Matt Ciancio Sioux City Musketeers 48 26 36 62 86 Aaron Slattengren Omaha Lancers 52 19 42 61 58 Tim Stapleton Green Bay Gamblers 61 24 36 60 10
Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage
Player Team GP Mins W L OTL SO GA SV SV% GAA Marty Magers Omaha Lancers 30 1780 21 6 2 10 48 608 .927 1.62 Dominic Vicari Omaha Lancers 33 1890 25 6 1 7 56 700 .926 1.78 Bobby Goepfert Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 51 2918 27 16 5 8 99 1,446 .936 2.04 Jean-Philippe Lamoureux Lincoln Stars 31 1758 20 8 1 6 66 728 .917 2.25 Nate Ziegelmann Lincoln Stars 26 1490 20 4 1 4 62 601 .906 2.50 Andy Franck Sioux City Musketeers 38 2135 25 10 1 3 89 1,022 .920 2.50
Clark Cup playoffs The regular season division champions received the top two seeds.All teams were reseeded after the quarterfinal round.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Awards Award Recipient Team Player of the Year Bobby Goepfert Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Forward of the Year Vince Bellissimo Topeka Scarecrows Defenseman of the Year Brett Skinner Des Moines Buccaneers Goaltender of the Year Bobby Goepfert Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Rookie of the Year Danny Richmond Chicago Steel Coach of the Year Mike Hastings Omaha LancersGeneral Manager of the Year Mike Hastings Omaha Lancers
References
External links Hockey DB Elite Prospects