Men's Ice Hockey | 5/16/2026 9:38:47 PM

The Sioux Falls Stampede moved within one win of a Clark Cup, suffocating the Muskegon Lumberjacks in a 3–0 shutout victory on Saturday night. The Herd scored one goal in each period and kept a clean sheet to take a commanding 2–0 series lead.

Sioux Falls jumped out to a 1–0 lead at the 18:14 mark of the first period. Tobias Öhman opened the scoring with his first goal of the postseason off a feed from below the goal line from Cooper Soller. The Herd carried a 16–11 shots-on-goal advantage and a 1–0 lead into the locker room after the opening 20 minutes.

The Stampede doubled their lead late in the second period after Thomas Zocco buried a rebound at the 16:13 mark of the frame.

With the Lumberjacks pushing late in regulation, Logan Renkowski put the finishing touches on the victory, wiring an empty-net goal at 16:12 from center ice to seal the shutout win.

Linards Feldbergs was an wall in net for the Stampede, stopping all 30 shots he faced to improve to 8–1–3 this postseason.

About the USHL

The United States Hockey League (USHL) and its 16 teams are committed to being the world's leading junior hockey league. This season, more than 50% of NCAA Division I men's hockey players and nearly 25% of NHL players have USHL experience. The USHL has developed more than 285 direct NHL Draft picks since 2020, and nine of the last 10 Hobey Baker Award winners, including Macklin Celebrini (Chicago Steel).

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 90% 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 Auston Matthews (NTDP), Kyle Connor (Youngstown Phantoms), Jeremy Swayman (Sioux Falls Stampede), and Johnny Gaudreau (Dubuque Fighting Saints).