[NEW]USHL 2024-2025 Thread

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2024 Clark Cup champs crowned (Fargo Force), so it's time to move to next season's business. One USHL coaching change has been announced so far ...

• Sioux Falls Tabs Cruthers as Head Coach and a bonus Q&A between The Rink Live's Jordan McAlpine & Coach Cruthers.

In other recent USHL news, the two-phase Futures Draft was held on May 6th & 7th ...

• The Rink Live’s recap of Phase I of the 2024 USHL Draft
• Takeaways from Tuesday's USHL Phase II Draft

Summer fun ahead.

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A second coaching announcement for 2024-25, courtesy of The Rink Live ...

Tri-City names Mark Abalan ninth head coach in franchise history

Duluth native returns to the USHL and will take over for Anthony Noreen after seven seasons in Kearney

By Jordan McAlpine
May 31, 2024 at 11:37 AM

KEARNEY, Neb. — The USHL has a new bench boss as the Tri-City Storm have officially hired Mark Abalan.

The Duluth native replaces Anthony Noreen after seven seasons and becomes the ninth head coach in franchise history. Noreen was named the head coach of Miami University in April. ...

Abalan joins the Storm after spending the last three seasons with the Northstar Christian Academy Knights 16U AAA organization in Alexandria, Minnesota. The 48-year-old led the Knights to a 68-36-3 record but has plenty of previous USHL ties.

He was the head coach for 24 games with the Chicago Steel during the 2017-18 season and spent eight seasons in Sioux City — three as the associate head coach (2018-21) and five as an assistant (2012-16). ...


Read more at: Tri-City names Duluth native Mark Abalan as its ninth head coach in franchise history | TRL

 

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From: The United States Hockey League > News > Top Stories

USHL 2024 NHL Draft

General | 6/10/2024 11:35:05 AM

The 2024 National Hockey League Entry Draft is slated for June 28–29, 2024, at Sphere in Las Vegas. ...

USHL Team-by-team NHL Draft Previews

Cedar Rapids Rough Riders
Chicago Steel
Des Moines Buccaneers
Dubuque Fighting Saints
Fargo Force
Green Bay Gamblers
Lincoln Stars
Madison Capitols
Muskegon Lumberjacks
Omaha Lancers
Sioux City Musketeers
Sioux Falls Stampede
USA Hockey NTDP
Tri-City Storm
Waterloo Black Hawks
Youngstown Phantoms


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USHL 2024 NHL Draft

The 2024 National Hockey League Entry Draft is slated for June 28–29, 2024, at Sphere in Las Vegas.

ushl.com

 

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From: The United States Hockey League > News

2024 USHL Annual General Meeting Recap
General | 7/3/2024 2:07:03 PM

For Immediate Release | July 3, 2024
USHL News | 2024 Annual General Meeting

In addition to an outstanding two days at the 2024 NHL Draft that saw 49 players of its players selected, the United States Hockey League also held its Annual General Meeting in Las Vegas, Nev., last Thursday and Friday.

The 2023-24 season was a historic one for the USHL that saw the Fargo Force establish a regular-season record for wins with 50 before claiming the Clark Cup as playoff champions for the second time.

The year started with 190 former USHL players beginning the season on NHL Opening Night Rosters and 908 USHL alumni listed on 2023-34 NCAA rosters.

Player success continued to rise at elite levels, with former Chicago Steel forward Macklin Celebrini capturing the 2024 Hobey Baker Award as the top player in the NCAA. Celebrini and former Green Bay Gamblers defenseman Artyom Levshunov were selected first and second overall, respectively in the 2024 NHL Draft. ...

A total of 1,122,616 fans attended USHL regular-season games in 2023-24, a slight increase from the 2022-23 total of 1,116,004. The Sioux Falls Stampede established a state of South Dakota record for most fans to attend a hockey game when it’s annual Wiener Dog promotion game on Feb. 11 vs. the Sioux City Musketeers drew 11,025 fans.

The USHL saw growth in its streaming viewership with a 37% increase in total viewers, a 23% increase in live minutes watched and a 40% increase in the highest-viewed game. The USHL’s Instagram platform now claims 81,400 followers and has over 72,000 followers on X (Twitter). A new video interview feature called USHL in Focus was launched, USHL Plays of the Week were reintroduced and USHL TikTok was created.

The USHL successfully launched its Spiideo Camera system (used for player safety, officiating training and goal review; and most teams used the platform for team video review) in all 16 of its arenas in 2023-24. ...


Read more at: 2024 USHL Annual General Meeting Recap