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29-04-2025
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Sioux City Musketeers Martino & Gunderson named to All-USHL Teams
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – After a great season reaching the second round of the Clark Cup Playoffs and finishing with a 33-26-3-5 record, two Sioux City Musketeer forwards have been recognized for their incredible play by being named to All-USHL Teams. Forward Giacomo Martino was named All-USHL First Team after leading the league with 74 points. The Canadian native led Sioux City with 32 goals and his 42 assists ranked as the second most in the USHL. The Northeastern commit became the first ever Sioux City Musketeer to finish a season as the USHL leading scorer. And forward Landen Gunderson was named All-USHL Third Team. The Ohio State commit finished only a single point behind Martino with 73 and led the league with 45 assists, putting together a plus 14 margin. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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15-04-2025
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'We've been waiting all year for this' – Musketeers begin Clark Cup trek tonight at home against Fargo
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – The Sioux City Musketeers have goals of playing for the Clark Cup, but the biggest goal for the team is the one in front of them. Sioux City is set to host Fargo in the first round of the USHL Clark Cup Playoffs, with Game 1 being the ninth meeting between the two teams. The Muskies are 7-0-1 against Fargo this season, with their only loss coming via shootout. Sioux City has scored three or more goals in every game against Fargo and have kept the Force to three or fewer goals in all but three games. Despite Sioux City's series dominane in the regular season, the postseason is a different type of beast only the best can conquer. 'It's a great privilege, we're really excited. We're ready to go. We've been waiting all year for this, and this is the time to go, so we're ready,' Musketeers captain Justin Stupka said. 'Our togetherness and our team play is at a high and it's the best it's ever been, so we're just looking to keep that going through the playoffs,' Musketeers defenseman Liam Hupka added. 'We start the season with 16 teams, now there's 12 teams, and in a couple days it's going to be down to 8 teams, so we're fortunate that we're here playing on home ice and we don't take that for granted,' Musketeers head coach Jason Kersner said. 'The opportunity to now be in the postseason hosting Fargo here at home, try to find a way to win two games.' 'Playoffs as a whole are like a whole other season, basically. Teams are trying to do one thing, you're trying to do another thing, so hopefully we can go out there, play our game, and they can adjust to us,' Musketeers forward Giacomo Martino highlighted. : three goals and six assists in eight regular season meetings against Fargo. : Averaged 28 saves per game in six appearances against Fargo. Puck drop for Game 1 is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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15-04-2025
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Musketeers begin Clark Cup chase at home; host Fargo in best-of-three first round series
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – The USHL Regular Season has come to a close as the field of 16 teams in the league is down to 12 in time for the Clark Cup Playoffs. Sioux City begins its Cup Chase at home against defending champ Fargo. Sioux City earned home advantage in the opening round with a strong finish to the end of the regular season, coming away with six wins in the month of March. The Musketeers finished the regular season with the top two point scorers in the league in Landen Gunderson and Giacomo Martino, who is the first Sioux City player in the Tier 1 era to do so. Earning home ice is a product of the work the Muskies put in, but they also have bigger goals ahead. 'It feels really good. Getting home ice advantage is a big deal in the playoffs and hopefully we can have two strong games at home and then go to Lincoln,' Martino said. 'It's a huge advantage. We have great fans and we're excited to play in front of them. It's definitely gonna help us,' Musketeers forward Justin Stupka added. 'We have been very connected. We are a tight group and getting ready for the playoffs is always a big thing,' Musketeers forward Trey Jefferis said. The best-of-three first round begins tomorrow at the Tyson Events Center. Sioux City and Fargo will play Game 2 on Wednesday and a winner-take-all Game 3, if necessary, on Thursday. Game time is slated for 7:05 p.m. for all first round games in Sioux City. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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13-04-2025
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Stampede close out regular season with win No. 40
Sioux Falls, S.D. (Stampede) – The Sioux Falls Stampede ends their regular season with win number 40 as it topped the Fargo Force 5-2. Bouncing back after a scoreless first period, Reid Varkonyi and Javon Moore would get the team going. Ethan Wyttenbach and Ben Wilmott would help close the game out for the Herd. Goaltender Waylon Esche would make his tenth start between the pipes for the Stampede. The Fargo Force started the game out strong, dominating the first period. While Stampede saw opportunities to score Fargo would be the one to capitalize first. Early in the game, the Force would get one in but the refs waved it off. Fargo would answer back once again and Ilya Kolmakov would put it in at 12:01. No team would enter the penalty box in the first period. Fargo dominated the puck control, taking the shot-on-goal advantage 14 to 9. The second period saw a fast start from the Herd. Just 58 seconds into the period Reid Varkonyi would tie the game, withassists from Filip Nordberg and Bryce Ingles. The Force would get an advantage at 1:55 when Joe McGraw would get a high-sticking double minor but the Stampede would be able to kill it off. Ritter Coombs would take a penalty at 7:31 but30 seconds later Fargo would get a head contact penalty that would result in fights breaking out leading to roughing penalties from Anthony Bongo and J.J. Monteiro. For the Force, Michael Coleman would get a roughing and head contact penalty, and Cameron Aucoin was called for roughing. Both teams would kill off the penalties. The period closed with more action starting with Javon Moore at 15:29 getting the assist from Austin Baker and Bryce Ingles. Joe McGraw would take a penalty at 16:24 for interference but the herd would kill it again. Stampede took over on shots on goal with 9 compared to 4 from Fargo and entered the second intermission with a one-goal lead. The third period would get out to a familiarly hot start. This time, 29 seconds into the period Ethan Wyttenbach would score off the faceoff circle assisted by Reid Varkonyi. Shortly after, Ben Wilmott would back up the goal and the assist from Javon Moore. Stampede would take on three more penalties but killed them all off. Fargo tried to answer back with a goal at 12:02 from Alexei Zhukov but Reid Varkonyi got it back. At 12:46 he got the goal and assists from Ethan Wyttenbach and Filip Nordberg. Goaltender Waylon Esche gets his tenth win of the season making 25 saves on 27 shots on goal for a .926 save percentage. This moves his overall season save percentage to .892. Following this weekend, the Stampede will watch the first round of the Clark Cup Playoffs to determine their opponent in the Conference Semifinals. The Stampede will play at home on April 19th as playoff hockey makes its return to Sioux Falls. Further information about more playoff games will be released later this week. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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06-04-2025
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Lancers Honor Gaudreau Brothers; Hail To The Stars
Another team honors the Gaudreau brothers, while the Anderson Cup has a winner. Here are some observations from Saturday night's action around the USHL. Lancers Honor Gaudreau Family Tributes and special nights continued for Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, the brothers who were killed in a biking accident last summer. On Saturday, the Omaha Lancers honored the families of Johnny and Matthew prior to their game against the Dubuque Fighting Saints. Matthew played for the Lancers from 2011-13. The brothers were hit by an alleged drunk driver while on their bikes in late August of last year. '(Matthew) Gaudreau played with as big of a heart as the organization has ever seen; winning the hearts of thousands of Lancers fans,' the team said on its website. 'The Gaudreau brothers were taken way too soon from us all. Most of all, we in the hockey community will continue to keep our thoughts and prayers for the Gaudreau family.' Stars Win Anderson Cup The Lincoln Stars are the Anderson Cup Champions after edging the Madison Capitols 4-3 in overtime Saturday night at Bob Suter's Legacy20 Arena. Dashel Oliver scored twice including 2:25 into the sudden-death period on a wrist shot from atop of the left circle for his fifth multi-goal game of the season to give the Stars their third overtime victory. Lincoln (43-15-2-0) matched the 2000-01 (43-7-4-2) and 2001-02 (43-15-0-3) seasons for the most wins in a single season in their 29-season history. The Stars won the Anderson Cup for the fourth time in franchise history, joining the 1999-00, 2000-01 and 2002-03 seasons. Lincoln also guaranteed that it will have home-ice advantage for the entire Clark Cup Playoffs in addition to a first-round bye. Madison (38-17-4-1) tied the game up with 31.3 seconds left on a rebound goal by Jet Kwajah to force overtime. Neither team ever led by more than one goal. The Stars ended the regular season 16-2 against Eastern Conference opponents. They conclude the regular season next weekend with a home-and-home set against the Tri-City Storm. The Anderson Cup will be presented to the team after Friday's game at the Ice Box. A 10-Minute Blitz It was a scoreless game between the U.S. National Team Development Program Under 18s and the Waterloo Black Hawks until the second period, when the U18s left the Hawks behind in a 5-1 triumph at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan. The U18s exploded for four goals in the last 10 minutes of the second period. Sammy Nelson potted the first one at 10:28, capitalizing on a rush after LJ Mooney made it to the edge of the crease before dishing off a late pass. Just 27 seconds later, the NTDP struck again; Landon Hafele dug a puck out behind the Waterloo net and brought it between the left circle and crease to put a shot under the crossbar. Minutes later, a sequence which began with the Hawks on a two-man advantage ended with an NTDP shorthanded goal. Mikey Berchild came out of the penalty box to steal a puck and speed up the ice; his wraparound was really a pass to Cole McKinney, who snapped a low shot past Kam Hendrickson at 13:33. The Waterloo netminder was injured on the play and did not return to action after leaving the crease. The U18s added a five-on-three power play tally of their own at 18:43 with Teddy Mutryn putting his chance between the pipes from the right circle. The Hawks finally broke their scoring drought after Brock Schultz scored during the Hawks' sixth power-play chance of the night. At 2:36 of the third, he collected the rebound of Dylan Compton's initial shot and stuffed it past Patrick Quinlan's left pad. However, that was the extent of the Hawks' scoring. The U18s responded on their next advantage, as Will Moore hit the net from near the left dot at 4:56, snuffing out Waterloo's comeback hopes. Saturday's loss and the Sioux City Musketeers' 2-1 win against the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders leaves Waterloo just three points ahead of Sioux City in the race for third in the USHL Western Conference.
