General | 1/9/2026 9:23:29 PM

Youngstown holds off Des Moines, Madison blanks Waterloo, Morgan’s shootout goal wins it for Omaha, Frank fuels Dubuque past NTDP, Rohloff helps Tri-City beat Lincoln in final seconds, Green Bay forces its way past Fargo, Chicago needs overtime to beat Sioux City, and the Stampede handles Muskegon.


By The Numbers

1st - Game-winning goal scored on the year from Tri-City's Luka Rohloff, who scored with four seconds left in regulation to end a tie and beat Lincoln for the second consecutive night.

2 - Buccaneers scored their first goals tonight. Cade De St. Hubert lit the lamp in the first period, while Jakub Dubravik picked up his in the second.

4th - Shootout on the year for the Omaha Lancers, who ended up beating Cedar Rapids tonight on Tanner Morgan's goal.

7 - Game pointstreak continues for Dubuque’s Colin Frank, who notched a hat-trick tonight against NTDP.

9th - Straight game with a power-play goal for the Fighting Saints.

175 - games played by Jack Willson with Youngstown. The defenseman broke the decade-old record held by former Phantom Kyle Connors. 


Three Stars

1st Star: Jackson Crowder, F, Chicago Steel
2G, 4 Shots, +2, OT GWG

2nd Star: Jack Hextall, F, Youngstown Phantoms
1G, 1A, 2 Shots, GWG

3rd Star: Colin Frank, F, Dubuque Fighting Saints
3G, 3 Shots, +2 


About the USHL

The United States Hockey League (USHL) and its 16 teams are committed to being the world's leading 16–to 20-year-old junior hockey league. During the 2024-25 season, USHL alumni held over 50% of NCAA Division I roster spots, and over 25% of NHL players had USHL experience. With 10 first-round selections and 49 total picks in the 2024 NHL Draft, the USHL has developed the most draft choices of any junior hockey league since 2012.

Elevated through the recently announced Declaration of Excellence with the NHL and USA Hockey, the league's player-first approach, including a 2:1 practice-to-game ratio and a schedule with 92% of games played on weekends, provides its players with the optimal environment for athletic and personal growth, creating pathways for the next generation of stars like Kyle Connor (Youngstown Phantoms), Macklin Celebrini (Chicago Steel), Matthew Knies (Tri-City Storm), Adam Fantilli (Chicago Steel) and Jeremy Swayman (Sioux Falls Stampede).