| 2017–18 USHL Season | |
| League: | United States Hockey League |
| Pixels: | 150px |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Duration: | October 6, 2017 – April 14, 2018 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champ Name: | Anderson Cup |
| Season Champs: | Waterloo Black Hawks |
| Playoffs: | Clark Cup Playoffs |
| Conf1: | Western |
| Conf1 Champ: | Fargo Force |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Waterloo Black Hawks |
| Conf2: | Eastern |
| Conf2 Champ: | Youngstown Phantoms |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | Team USA |
| Finals: | Clark Cup Champions |
| Finals Champ: | Fargo Force |
| Playoffs Mvp: | Griffin Loughran |
| Prevseason Year: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2018–19 |
| Seasonslistnames: | USHL |
| No Of Games: | 60 |
| No Of Teams: | 17 |
The 2017–18 USHL season was the 39th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from October 6, 2017, to April 14, 2018.[1] The regular season champions, the Waterloo Black Hawks, were awarded the Anderson Cup. The playoff champions, the Fargo Force, were awarded the Clark Cup.
The Bloomington Thunder were rebranded as the Central Illinois Flying Aces.[2]
While the alignment remained the same from the previous season, the league increased the number of teams that qualify for the playoffs from eight to twelve. The top two seeds in each conference now have a bye in the first round. The third and fourth conference seeds than host the fifth and sixth conference seeds in a best-of-three series. The rest of the playoffs are a best-of-five series.[1]
Final standings:[3]
| Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 41 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 295 | 211 | 739 | ||
| 60 | 33 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 73 | 180 | 189 | 976 | ||
| 60 | 33 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 202 | 206 | 1131 | ||
| 60 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 66 | 172 | 170 | 1019 | ||
| 60 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 65 | 179 | 194 | 606 | ||
| 60 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 63 | 219 | 218 | 907 | ||
| 60 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 62 | 179 | 198 | 933 | ||
| 60 | 23 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 183 | 224 | 755 | ||
| 60 | 14 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 161 | 258 | 928 |
| Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 84 | 199 | 150 | 1017 | ||
| 60 | 39 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 83 | 192 | 143 | 996 | ||
| 60 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 81 | 208 | 133 | 985 | ||
| 60 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 73 | 187 | 181 | 1018 | ||
| 60 | 35 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 197 | 168 | 1260 | ||
| 60 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 137 | 155 | 967 | ||
| 60 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 159 | 197 | 981 | ||
| 60 | 20 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 145 | 199 | 796 |
| Award | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Year | Muskegon Lumberjacks[4] | |
| Forward of the Year | Waterloo Black Hawks | |
| Defenseman of the Year | Waterloo Black Hawks | |
| Rookie of the Year | Muskegon Lumberjacks | |
| Goaltender of the Year | Tri-City Storm | |
| Coach of the Year | Waterloo Black Hawks[5] | |
| Scholar-Athlete | Dubuque Fighting Saints[6] | |
| Curt Hammer | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders[7] | |
| General Manager of the Year | P.K. O'Handley | Waterloo Black Hawks |
| Executive of the Year | Brandon Bruss[8] | Green Bay Gamblers |
| Organization of the Year | Sioux Falls Stampede[9] |
| Pos | Name | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | Tri-City | ||
| D | Waterloo | ||
| D | Chicago | ||
| F | Waterloo | ||
| F | Muskegon | ||
| F | Chicago |
| Pos | Name | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | Youngstown | ||
| D | Muskegon | ||
| D | Fargo | ||
| F | Waterloo | ||
| F | Fargo | ||
| F | Omaha |
| Pos | Name | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | Chicago | ||
| D | Youngstown | ||
| D | Cedar Rapids | ||
| F | Lincoln | ||
| F | Chicago | ||
| F | Muskegon |
| Pos | Name | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | Muskegon | ||
| D | Lincoln | ||
| D | Muskegon | ||
| F | Madison | ||
| F | Tri-City | ||
| F | Madison |