Eight Video games Spotlight: A Busy Night time within the USHL

Men’s Ice Hockey | 3/13/2026 9:53:18 PM

A busy night time across the USHL featured eight video games, together with an extra time thriller and a number of other tightly contested matchups.

The Muskegon Lumberjacks scored 3 times within the second interval to tug away for a 4–1 win over the Chicago Steel. Muskegon managed the tempo all through the sport, outshooting Chicago 52–17 and changing as soon as on 5 power-play alternatives.

The Youngstown Phantoms earned a 4–3 extra time win over the Dubuque Fighting Saints after tying the sport with a third-period purpose. Nils Sunde secured his first USHL purpose for Dubuque earlier than Evan Jardine scored the extra time winner to seal the victory for the Phantoms. 

The Waterloo Black Hawks earned a 3–2 win over the Des Moines Buccaneers in a bodily recreation that featured 26 mixed penalty minutes. Blake Zielinski scored the Buccaneers’ lone power-play purpose, whereas Waterloo completed the night time 0-for-5 on the person benefit.

The Omaha Lancers earned a 3–1 win over the Tri-City Storm after breaking the tie with two third-period targets. Omaha outshot Tri-City 32–19 within the recreation, whereas Omaha Lancers defenseman, Blake Sinclair, discovered the again of the online for his first USHL purpose within the victory.

The Fargo Force earned a 3–2 win over the USA Hockey National Team Development Program U17 group after scoring twice within the first interval to take early management of the sport. Fargo completed with a 38–23 benefit in photographs, with Brooks Cullen scoring on a breakaway because the Force held off a third-period push from the NTDP U17s.

The USA Hockey National Team Development Program U18 group earned a 4–2 win over the Madison Capitols in a tricky battle. Carter Meyer added a shorthanded purpose within the third interval because the NTDP completed with a 32–23 benefit in photographs.

The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders earned a 6–4 win over the Green Bay Gamblers in a bodily contest that featured over 140 mixed penalty minutes. The recreation remained tied heading into the third interval earlier than Cedar Rapids pulled away, ending with a 28–20 benefit in photographs.

The Sioux Falls Stampede earned a 6–4 win over the Sioux City Musketeers in a tricky battle as each groups traded targets all through the night time. Will Tomko netted his twentieth of the season whereas Sioux Falls completed with a slight 32–27 edge in photographs.

Three Stars

1st Star: Blake Zielinski F, Des Moines Buccaneers

1G, 2A

2nd Star: Evan Jardine, F, Youngstown Phantoms

1G (OT GWG)

third Star: Carl Axelsson, G, Muskegon Lumberjacks

15 SV, W

About the USHL

The United States Hockey League (USHL) and its 16 groups are dedicated to being the world’s main junior hockey league. This season, greater than 50% of NCAA Division I males’s hockey gamers and practically 25% of NHL gamers have USHL expertise. The USHL has developed greater than 285 direct NHL Draft picks since 2020, and eight of the final 10 Hobey Baker Award winners, together with Macklin Celebrini (Chicago Steel).

Elevated by the just lately introduced Declaration of Excellence with the NHL and USA Hockey, the league’s player-first strategy, together with a 2:1 practice-to-game ratio and a schedule with 90% of video games performed on weekends, supplies its gamers with the optimum surroundings for athletic and private progress, creating pathways for the following era of stars like Auston Matthews (NTDP), Kyle Connor (Youngstown Phantoms), Jeremy Swayman (Sioux Falls Stampede), and Johnny Gaudreau (Dubuque Fighting Saints).