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Encyclopedia > United States Hockey League
United States Hockey League
Unites States Hockey League
Founded 1972-1973
Head Office Grand Forks, North Dakota
Official Web site U.S.H.L.
President Gino Gasparini
Deputy Commissioner Bill Bredin
Hockey Operations Scott Brand


United States Hockey League (abbreviated USHL) is the top junior ice hockey league in United States. As of the 2003-2004 season, it had 11 teams, consisting of players who are 20 years of age and younger. The teams are located in Midwestern United States. USHL is strictly amateur; players are not paid for playing. This allows former USHL players to compete in NCAA college hockey (which does not allow players who have been paid athletes before college). Image File history File links USHL1. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ... Motto: A Place of Excellence Nickname: The Sunflake City Map Political Statistics Founded 15 June 1870 Incorporated February 22, 1881 Grand Forks County Mayor Michael Brown Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 49. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. ... The word amateur has at least two connotations. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...


USHL was established in 1973. It was semi-professional for some time and became fully amateur in 1979. 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ... A semi-professional athlete is one who is paid money to play and thus is not an amateur, but for whom sport is not a full-time occupation, generally because the level of pay is too low to make a reasonable living based solely upon that source, thus making the... This page refers to the year 1979. ...


Many USHL players have gone on to compete in professional and college hockey. In 2003-2004, the National Hockey League had 38 players with USHL experience. The modernized NHL shield logo debuted in 2005, replacing the orange and black shield, which had been used since the leagues inception. ...

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List of USHL teams

East Division

The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the East Division of the United States Hockey League (USHL). ... The Chicago Steel are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the East Division of the United States Hockey League (USHL). ... The Des Moines Buccaneers are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the East Division of the United States Hockey League (USHL). ... The Green Bay Gamblers are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the East Division of the United States Hockey League (USHL). ... The Indiana Ice is a Tier I ice hockey team formed in 2004 when it was purchased from the former Danville, Illinois, USA team. ... The Waterloo Blackhawks are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the East Division of the United States Hockey League (USHL). ...

West Division

The Lincoln Stars are the best Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League (USHL). ... The Omaha Lancers are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League (USHL). ... The Sioux City Musketeers are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League (USHL). ... The Sioux Falls Stampede are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League (USHL). ...

Defunct Teams

  • St. Louis Heartland Eagles
  • Topeka Scarecrows
  • Fargo-Moorhead Bears
  • Green Bay Bobcats
  • Minneapolis Stars
  • Wisconsin Capitols
  • Thunder Bay Flyers
  • Fargo-Moorhead Sharks
  • Tulsa Crude
  • Danville Wings
  • Rochester Mustangs
  • Austin Mavericks
  • St. Paul/Twin Cites Vulcans
  • Dubuque Fighting Saints
  • North Iowa Huskies
  • Marquette Iron Rangers

An earlier United States Hockey League was a minor ice hockey league that existed from 1945 to 1951. It is unrelated to the present USHL. The St. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...


See also

This is a list of ice hockey leagues from around the world. ... The table below lists domestic sports leagues from around the world by total attendances for the last completed season. ... The Clark Cup is awarded annually to the winner of the United States Hockey League Tier 1 Junior Hockey playoff champions. ... The Anderson Cup is awarded annually to the United States Hockey Leagues regular season champion. ...

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  Results from FactBites:
 
United States Hockey League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (177 words)
United States Hockey League (abbreviated USHL) is the top junior ice hockey league in United States.
In 2003-2004, the National Hockey League had 38 players with USHL experience.
An earlier United States Hockey League was a minor ice hockey league that existed from 1945 to 1951.
National Hockey League - definition of National Hockey League in Encyclopedia (2176 words)
Although the league was struggling to stay in the business for its first decade, the NHL teams were very successful, winning the Stanley Cup seven out of its first nine years (with one in 1918 having been cancelled because of the Spanish Flu epidemic hitting Seattle).
It was one minor league, the Western Hockey League, and its plans to turn itself into a major league and challenge for the Stanley Cup that led the NHL to expand in 1967, 25 years after the formation of the Original Six.
By then, although hockey remained popular in Canada, the popularity of hockey in the United States, especially the American south, dwindled to the point where many considered hockey to be a "minor sport" among American staples such as baseball, basketball, and American football.
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