List of USHL Champions explained

The United States Hockey League began in 1961 as a semi-professional ice hockey league.[1] Starting with the 1979–80 season, the league became a strictly Amateur league, and began awarding its champion the Clark Cup Trophy.[2] All champions of the USHL are highlighted in this page.

Clark Cup

The Clark Cup is the current trophy awarded annually to the winner of the United States Hockey League Tier 1 Junior Hockey playoff champions. The Clark Cup was named in honor of Don Clark, the long-time registrar of the Minnesota Amateur Hockey Association.[3] Clark was also the recipient of the NHL's Lester Patrick Trophy for his contributions to hockey in the United States. The Clark Cup is one of two trophies that can be won by any team in a given year, with the other being the Anderson Cup which is awarded to the team with the most points in the standings at the end of the regular season.

USHL Champions

Semi-Pro Era (1961–79)

Year Team
1961–62 Rochester Mustangs
1962–63 Green Bay Bobcats
1963–64 Waterloo Black Hawks
1964–65 Waterloo Black Hawks
1965–66 Waterloo Black Hawks
1966–67 Waterloo Black Hawks
1967–68 Waterloo Black Hawks
1968–69 Marquette Iron Rangers
1969–70 Marquette Iron Rangers
1970–71 Marquette Iron Rangers
1971–72 Thunder Bay Twins
1972–73 Thunder Bay Twins
1973–74 Thunder Bay Twins
1974–75 Waterloo Black Hawks
1975–76 Milwaukee Admirals
1976–77 Grand Rapids Blades
1977–78 Waterloo Black Hawks
1978–79 Waterloo Black Hawks

Junior Era (1979–present)

List of champions:[4]

Year Team
1979–80 Hennepin Nordiques
1980–81 Dubuque Fighting Saints
1981–82 Sioux City Musketeers
1982–83 Dubuque Fighting Saints
1983–84 St. Paul Vulcans
1984–85 Dubuque Fighting Saints
1985–86 Sioux City Musketeers
1986–87Rochester Mustangs
1987–88 Thunder Bay Flyers
1988–89Thunder Bay Flyers
1989–90Omaha Lancers
1990–91 Omaha Lancers
1991–92Des Moines Buccaneers
1992–93 Omaha Lancers
1993–94Omaha Lancers
1994–95Des Moines Buccaneers
1995–96Green Bay Gamblers
1996–97Lincoln Stars
1997–98Omaha Lancers
1998–99Des Moines Buccaneers
1999–00Green Bay Gamblers
2000–01Omaha Lancers
2001–02Sioux City Musketeers
2002–03Lincoln Stars
2003–04Waterloo Black Hawks
2004–05Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
2005–06Des Moines Buccaneers
2006–07Sioux Falls Stampede
2007–08Omaha Lancers
2008–09Indiana Ice
2009–10Green Bay Gamblers
2010–11Dubuque Fighting Saints
2011–12Green Bay Gamblers
2012–13Dubuque Fighting Saints
2013–14Indiana Ice
2014–15Sioux Falls Stampede
2015–16Tri-City Storm
2016–17Chicago Steel
2017–18Fargo Force
2018–19Sioux Falls Stampede
2019–20Not awarded
2020–21Chicago Steel
2021–22Sioux City Musketeers
2022–23Youngstown Phantoms
2023–24Fargo Force

Championships by team

Team Semipro titles Junior titles Total USHL titles Championship years
8 1 9 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1978–79, 2003–04
0 7 7 1989–1990, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2007–08
0 4 4 1981–82, 1985–86, 2001–02, 2021-22
0 4 4 1991–92, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2005–06
0 4 4 1995–96, 1999–00, 2009–10, 2011–12
Marquette Iron Rangers 3 0 3 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71
Dubuque Fighting Saints (1980–2001) 0 3 3 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85
0 3 3 2006–07, 2014–15, 2018–19
Green Bay Bobcats 2 0 2 1962–63, 1971–72
Thunder Bay Twins 2 0 2 1972–73, 1973–74
Rochester Mustangs 1 1 2 1961–62, 1986–87
0 2 2 2010–11, 2012–13
Thunder Bay Flyers 0 2 2 1987–88, 1988–89
Lincoln Stars0 2 2 1996–97, 2002–03
0 2 2 2008–09, 2013–14
0 2 2 2016–17, 2020–21
0 2 2 2017–18, 2023–24
Grand Rapids Blades 1 0 1 1976–77
Milwaukee Admirals 1 0 1 1975–76
Hennepin Nordiques 0 1 1 1979–80
St. Paul Vulcans 0 1 1 1983–84
0 1 1 2004–05
0 1 1 2015–16
0 1 1 2022-23

Clark Cup MVPs

Notes and References

  1. Web site: USHL History. USHL Guide. 15 April 2013.
  2. Web site: USHL History. USHL Guide. 15 April 2013.
  3. Web site: Clark Cup Champions. USHL. 15 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111114054752/http://www.ushl.com/index.php?item_id=2540. 14 November 2011.
  4. Web site: Clark Cup Champions. USHL. 15 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111114054752/http://www.ushl.com/index.php?item_id=2540. 14 November 2011.