The USHL schedule is out.
The Ice will open the season Oct. 1 at Cedar Rapids. The team will be on the road for two straight weeks before opening at home Oct. 15 against the US NDTP. The Ice will play 60 games, 30 at home and 30 on the road, between then and the finale April 14 against the Des Moines Buccaneers. The Ice will play two games at Conseco Fieldhouse -- one on New Year's Eve, one on a date to be determined. Most of the games will be on weekends -- only two home games on weeknights and one on a Sunday afternoon. There is also a Friday afternoon game Dec. 30. The USHL noted 93 percent of its games will be on weekends this year, which does create a few 3-games-in-3-days scenarios.
There was one change in USHL alignment, as the Clark Cup champion Dubuque Fighting Saints swapped places with the Waterloo Black Hawks. The Saints were moved into the Eastern Conference, along with the Ice, the USNDTP, Green Bay, Muskegon, Youngstown, Cedar Rapids and Chicago. The Western Conference will add Waterloo to its stable, which also includes Des Moines, Fargo, Lincoln, Omaha, Sioux City, Sioux Falls and Tri-City.
The schedule is unbalanced, with the Ice playing six Western Conference foes only once, but facing two others (Waterloo and Des Moines) four times. The Ice will face Eastern Conference foes Green Bay, Muskegon, Youngstown and the combined USNTDP program eight times each, play Chicago seven times, but only face Dubuque four times and Cedar Rapids three.
The schedule:
Sept. 22-24: at USHL Fall Classic
Sa Oct. 1: at Cedar Rapids, 8 p.m.
F Oct. 7: at USNtdp U17, 7 p.m.
Sa Oct. 8: at USNtdp U17, 7 p.m.
Sa Oct. 15: USNDTP U17, 7 p.m.
F Oct. 21: at Tri-City, 8 p.m.
Sa Oct. 22: at Lincoln, 8 p.m.
F Oct. 28: WATERLOO, 7 p.m.
Sa Oct. 29: WATERLOO, 7 p.m.
F Nov. 4: CEDAR RAPIDS, 7 p.m.
Sa Nov. 5: at Youngstown, 7 p.m.
F Nov. 11: GREEN BAY, 7 p.m.
Sa Nov. 12: MUSKEGON, 7 p.m.
F Nov. 18: at Cedar Rapids, 8 p.m.
Sa Nov. 19: at Waterloo, 8 p.m.
W Nov. 23: at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
F Nov. 25: SIOUX CITY, 7 p.m.
Sa Nov. 26: FARGO, 7 p.m.
F Dec. 2: SIOUX FALLS, 7 p.m.
Sa Dec. 3: GREEN BAY, 7 p.m.
Su Dec. 4: GREEN BAY, 3 p.m.
F Dec. 9: DUBUQUE, 7 p.m.
Sa Dec. 10: DUBUQUE, 7 p.m.
Su Dec. 11: at Muskegon, 3 p.m.
F Dec. 16: at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Sa Dec. 17: at Chicago, 8 p.m.
W Dec. 28: at Muskegon, 7:15 p.m.
F Dec. 30: YOUNGSTOWN, 3 p.m.
Sa Dec. 31: YOUNGSTOWN (at Conseco Fieldhouse), 7 p.m.
F Jan. 6: at Waterloo, 8 p.m.
Sa Jan. 7: YOUNGSTOWN, 7 p.m.
F Jan. 13: USNTDP U18, 7 p.m.
F Jan. 20: at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Sa Jan. 21: at Dubuque, 8 p.m.
F Jan. 27: CHICAGO, 7 p.m.
Sa Jan. 28: MUSKEGON, 7 p.m.
Su Jan. 29: at Green Bay, 4 p.m.
F Feb. 3: at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
Sa Feb. 4: at Dubuque, 8 p.m.
F Feb. 10: CHICAGO, 7 p.m.
Sa Feb. 11: MUSKEGON, 7 p.m.
F Feb. 17: at Des Moines, 8 p.m.
Sa Feb. 18: at Omaha, 8 p.m.
F Feb. 24: at Muskegon, 7:15 p.m.
Sa Feb. 25: at Muskegon, 7:15 p.m.
F March 2: at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Sa March 3: at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
W March 7: at Youngstown, 7 p.m.
F March 8: YOUNGSTOWN, 7 p.m.
Sa March 9: GREEN BAY, 7 p.m.
F March 16: MUSKEGON, 7 p.m.
Sa March 17: USNDTP U18, 7 p.m.
F March 23: CEDAR RAPIDS, 7 p.m.
Sa March 24: at Youngstown, 7:30 p.m.
Su March 25: at USndtp U17, 3:30 p.m.
W April 4: CHICAGO, 7 p.m.
F April 6: at USndtp U17, 7 p.m.
Sa April 7: at Youngstown, 7:30 p.m.
F April 13: USNDTP U17, 7 p.m.
Sa April 14: DES MOINES, 7 p.m.
By month
October: 8 games (3H, 5A)
November: 9 games (5H, 4A)
December: 11 games (7H, 4A)
January: 9 games (4H, 5A)
February: 8 games (2H, 6A)
March: 10 games (5H, 5A)
April: 5 games (3H, 2A)
By opponent
Cedar Rapids 1H (11/4) 2A (10/1, 11/18)
Chicago 3H (1/27, 2/10, 3/4) 4A (12/16, 12/17, 1/20, 3/2)
Dubuque 2H (12/9, 12/10), 2A (1/21, 2/4)
Green Bay 4H (11/11, 12/3, 12/4, 3/9) 4A (11/23, 1/29, 2/3, 3/3)
Muskegon 4H (11/12, 1/28, 2/11, 3/16) 4A (12/11, 12/28, 2/24, 2/25)
USA U17 2H (10/15, 4/13), 4A (10/7 10/8, 3/25, 4/6)
USA U18 2H (1/13, 3/17)
Youngstown 4H (12/30, 12/31, 1/7, 3/8) 4A (11/5, 3/7, 3/24, 4/7)
Des Moines 1H (4/14) 1A (2/17)
Fargo 1H (11/26)
Lincoln 1A (10/22)
Omaha 1A (2/18)
Sioux City 1H (11/25)
Sioux Falls 1H (12/2)
Tri-City 1A (10/21)
Waterloo 2H (10/28, 10/29) 2A (11/19, 1/6)
The entire USHL schedule is here.
No comments:
Post a Comment