The 1997–98 USHL season was the 19th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season began in September 1997 and concluded in March 1998. The Des Moines Buccaneers won the Anderson Cup as regular season champions. The Omaha Lancers defeated the Des Moines Buccaneers 4 games to 0 for the Clark Cup.
Member changes The USNTDP joined the league as an affiliate member.
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
North Division Team xy – North Iowa Huskies 563614678206136 x – Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks 562623759207208 x – Green Bay Gamblers 562328551157183 Rochester Mustangs 562131446148180 Thunder Bay Flyers 562031545165227 Twin City Vulcans 561932543162242
South Division Team xyz – Des Moines Buccaneers 564014282226148 x – Omaha Lancers 563915280221144 x – Lincoln Stars 563817177229160 x – Sioux City Musketeers 563221367195155 x – Waterloo Black Hawks 562529252159200 Dubuque Fighting Saints 561936139159238
USNTDP Team USNTDP 2410104247790
Statistics Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games.
Player Team Tyler Arnason Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks 52 37 45 82 16 Nate DiCasmirro North Iowa Huskies 52 29 45 74 118 Chad Theuer Omaha Lancers 56 26 44 70 30 Gregg Zaporzan Thunder Bay Flyers 56 32 35 67 53 Neil Breen Omaha Lancers 56 27 38 65 48 Trent Clark Lincoln/Dubuque 54 22 43 65 24 Josh Kern Dubuque Fighting Saints 54 29 35 64 174 Bryan Lundbohm Lincoln Stars 55 26 38 64 10 Peter Fregoe Des Moines Buccaneers 54 31 32 63 51 Jesse Heerema Thunder Bay Flyers 45 28 32 60 95
Leading goaltenders Minimum 1000 minutes played. 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 Bob Revermann Des Moines Buccaneers 20 1186 15 5 1 3 32 480 .938 1.62 Gregg Naumenko North Iowa Huskies 38 2172 23 14 3 3 80 823 .911 2.21 Tony Zasowski Omaha Lancers 26 1352 15 6 1 1 56 590 .913 2.49 Jeff Sanger Sioux City Musketeers 44 2556 25 16 1 4 108 1,224 .919 2.54 Dennis Bassett Omaha Lancers 30 1784 20 9 1 0 76 670 .898 2.56
Clark Cup playoffs The regular season division champions received the top two seeds.Teams were reseeded after the quarterfinal round.
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Awards Award Recipient Team Player of the Year Nate DiCasmirro North Iowa Huskies Forward of the Year Nate DiCasmirro North Iowa Huskies Defenseman of the Year Jason Basile Des Moines Buccaneers Goaltender of the Year Josh Blackburn Lincoln Stars Rookie of the Year Mark Cullen Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks Coach of the Year Dave Hakstol Sioux City MusketeersGeneral Manager of the Year Scott Owens Des Moines Buccaneers
References
External links Hockey DB Elite Prospects