The United States Hockey League began in 1961 as a semi-professional ice hockey league. Starting with the 1979–80 season, the league became a strictly Amateur league, and began awarding its champion the Clark Cup Trophy. All champions of the USHL are highlighted in this page.

Clark Cup The Clark Cup is the current trophy awarded annually to the winner of the United States Hockey League Tier 1 Junior Hockey playoff champions. The Clark Cup was named in honor of Don Clark, the long-time registrar of the Minnesota Amateur Hockey Association. Clark was also the recipient of the NHL's Lester Patrick Trophy for his contributions to hockey in the United States. The Clark Cup is one of two trophies that can be won by any team in a given year, with the other being the Anderson Cup which is awarded to the team with the most points in the standings at the end of the regular season.

USHL Champions Semi-Pro Era (1961–79) Year Team 1961–62 Rochester Mustangs 1962–63 Green Bay Bobcats 1963–64 Waterloo Black Hawks 1964–65 Waterloo Black Hawks 1965–66 Waterloo Black Hawks 1966–67 Waterloo Black Hawks 1967–68 Waterloo Black Hawks 1968–69 Marquette Iron Rangers 1969–70 Marquette Iron Rangers 1970–71 Marquette Iron Rangers 1971–72 Thunder Bay Twins 1972–73 Thunder Bay Twins 1973–74 Thunder Bay Twins 1974–75 Waterloo Black Hawks 1975–76 Milwaukee Admirals 1976–77 Grand Rapids Blades 1977–78 Waterloo Black Hawks 1978–79 Waterloo Black Hawks

Junior Era (1979–present) List of champions:

Year Team 1979–80 Hennepin Nordiques 1980–81 Dubuque Fighting Saints 1981–82 Sioux City Musketeers 1982–83 Dubuque Fighting Saints 1983–84 St. Paul Vulcans 1984–85 Dubuque Fighting Saints 1985–86 Sioux City Musketeers 1986–87 Rochester Mustangs 1987–88 Thunder Bay Flyers 1988–89 Thunder Bay Flyers 1989–90 Omaha Lancers 1990–91 Omaha Lancers 1991–92 Des Moines Buccaneers 1992–93 Omaha Lancers 1993–94 Omaha Lancers 1994–95 Des Moines Buccaneers 1995–96 Green Bay Gamblers 1996–97 Lincoln Stars 1997–98 Omaha Lancers 1998–99 Des Moines Buccaneers 1999–00 Green Bay Gamblers 2000–01 Omaha Lancers 2001–02 Sioux City Musketeers 2002–03 Lincoln Stars 2003–04 Waterloo Black Hawks 2004–05 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 2005–06 Des Moines Buccaneers 2006–07 Sioux Falls Stampede 2007–08 Omaha Lancers 2008–09 Indiana Ice 2009–10 Green Bay Gamblers 2010–11 Dubuque Fighting Saints 2011–12 Green Bay Gamblers 2012–13 Dubuque Fighting Saints 2013–14 Indiana Ice 2014–15 Sioux Falls Stampede 2015–16 Tri-City Storm 2016–17 Chicago Steel 2017–18 Fargo Force 2018–19 Sioux Falls Stampede 2019–20 Not awarded 2020–21 Chicago Steel 2021–22 Sioux City Musketeers 2022–23 Youngstown Phantoms 2023–24 Fargo Force 2024–25 Muskegon Lumberjacks 2025–26 Sioux Falls Stampede

Championships by team Team Semipro titles Junior titles Total USHL titles Championship years Waterloo Black Hawks 8 1 9 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1978–79, 2003–04 Omaha Lancers 0 7 7 1989–1990, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2007–08 Sioux City Musketeers 0 4 4 1981–82, 1985–86, 2001–02, 2021–22 Des Moines Buccaneers 0 4 4 1991–92, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2005–06 Green Bay Gamblers 0 4 4 1995–96, 1999–00, 2009–10, 2011–12 Marquette Iron Rangers 3 0 3 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71 Dubuque Fighting Saints (1980–2001) 0 3 3 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85 Sioux Falls Stampede 0 4 4 2006–07, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2025–26 Green Bay Bobcats 2 0 2 1962–63, 1971–72 Thunder Bay Twins 2 0 2 1972–73, 1973–74 Rochester Mustangs 1 1 2 1961–62, 1986–87 Dubuque Fighting Saints 0 2 2 2010–11, 2012–13 Thunder Bay Flyers 0 2 2 1987–88, 1988–89 Lincoln Stars 0 2 2 1996–97, 2002–03 Indiana Ice 0 2 2 2008–09, 2013–14 Chicago Steel 0 2 2 2016–17, 2020–21 Fargo Force 0 2 2 2017–18, 2023–24 Grand Rapids Blades 1 0 1 1976–77 Milwaukee Admirals 1 0 1 1975–76 Hennepin Nordiques 0 1 1 1979–80 St. Paul Vulcans 0 1 1 1983–84 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 0 1 1 2004–05 Tri-City Storm 0 1 1 2015–16 Youngstown Phantoms 0 1 1 2022–23 Muskegon Lumberjacks 0 1 1 2024–25

Teams marked in italics are no longer in the United States Hockey League

Clark Cup MVPs 1998 – Nate Mauer, F, Omaha 1999 – Pete Fregoe, F, Des Moines 2000 – Aaron Smith, F, Green Bay 2001 – Ray Fraser, G, Omaha 2002 – Andy Franck, G, Sioux City 2003 – Danny Irmen, F, Lincoln 2004 – Kevin Regan, G, Waterloo 2005 – Alex Stalock, G, Cedar Rapids 2006 – Kyle Okposo, F, Des Moines 2007 – Matt Lundin, G, Sioux Falls 2008 – Drew Palmisano, G, Omaha 2010 – Anders Lee, F, Green Bay 2011 – Matt Morris, G, Dubuque 2012 – Sam Herr, F, Green Bay 2013 – Mike Szmatula, F, Dubuque 2014 – Jason Pawloski, G, Indiana 2015 – Troy Loggins, F, Sioux Falls 2016 – Wade Allison, F, Tri-City 2017 – Eduards Tralmaks, F, Chicago 2018 – Griffin Loughran, F, Fargo 2019 – Jaxson Stauber, G, Sioux Falls 2021 – Adam Fantilli, F, Chicago 2022 – Alex Tracy, G, Sioux City 2023 – Jacob Fowler, G, Youngstown 2024 – Mac Swanson, F, Fargo 2025 – Tynan Lawrence, F, Muskegon 2026 – Linards Feldbergs, G, Sioux Falls

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