The 1977–78 USHL season was the 17th season of the United States Hockey League as a senior league. The Waterloo Black Hawks won the regular season championship and the Clark Cup as postseason champions.
Member changes The Grand Rapids Blades, and Traverse City Bays folded. In the wake of their departure, the USHL began looking for other teams to join the league. Around the same time, the Midwest Junior Hockey League had collapsed, leaving its surviving members with no home. The USHL decided to admit the Austin Mavericks, Bloomington Junior Stars and St. Paul Vulcans into the league. The three were the first junior teams to be a member of the USHL and put the league at a crossroads. Eventually, the USHL elected to continue officially as a semi-professional circuit with the intention of becoming a junior league in the near future. As a result of that decision, the Milwaukee Admirals opted to withdraw from the league and join the International Hockey League.
Regular season Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; y = clinched division title; z = clinched league title Midwest Conference Team y – Austin Mavericks 512029242233266 Bloomington Junior Stars 512029242251287 St. Paul Vulcans 511635032209287
US Conference Team yz – Waterloo Black Hawks 513417068267198 Sioux City Musketeers 513417068288222 Green Bay Bobcats 512724054249237
Clark Cup playoffs Missing information
The Waterloo Black Hawks won the Clark Cup
References
External links Hockey DB Elite Prospects