United States Hockey League - USHL - 2025-26 Season
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2025-26 Season Insights
USHL 2025-26 Regular Season Insights
• Youngstown and Sioux Falls finished atop the standings, but Sioux Falls owned the league’s best goal differential (+94), while Youngstown slightly outperformed its underlying numbers to capture first place.
• Dubuque, Green Bay, Fargo, and Cedar Rapids formed a strong second tier, each posting point percentages above 65% and positive goal differentials of at least +27.
• Sioux City reached the playoffs despite allowing four goals per game, outperforming its expected record by nearly three wins — the largest positive gap in the league.
• Des Moines and Waterloo significantly underachieved relative to their goal differentials, while Lincoln also finished well below its Pythagorean expectation.
• The identity map highlights clear contrasts: Sioux Falls, Dubuque, and Green Bay paired elite offenses with strong defensive play, while USA Hockey NTDP, Waterloo, and Omaha struggled defensively despite flashes of offensive production.
USHL Offense vs. Defense Team Profiles
USHL Offensive vs. Defensive Balance
• Dubuque and Sioux Falls combined explosive offenses with elite defensive play, producing the league’s strongest overall scoring margins.
• Youngstown paired the stingiest defense in the USHL with a top-five offense, helping the Phantoms finish first in the standings despite not leading the league in goal differential.
• Cedar Rapids and Green Bay showcased balanced profiles, averaging nearly four goals per game while holding opponents close to three.
• Sioux City succeeded with offense but allowed four goals per game, making the Musketeers one of the league’s most attack-oriented teams.
• USA Hockey NTDP, Waterloo, Omaha, and Tri-City struggled most, combining sub-three-goal offenses with some of the league’s highest goals-against averages.
2025-26 USHL Special Teams
USHL Special Teams Identity
• Youngstown, Dubuque, and Green Bay stood out as the league’s elite special teams clubs, pairing top-tier power plays with penalty kills above 81%.
• Sioux Falls complemented one of the USHL’s strongest offenses with excellent special teams, finishing comfortably above league average in both categories.
• Cedar Rapids and Muskegon were balanced units, posting above-average power plays while maintaining penalty kills around league average.
• Tri-City, Madison, and Des Moines relied heavily on their penalty kills, ranking among the league’s best shorthanded teams despite below-average power-play production.
• USA Hockey NTDP and Omaha struggled most on special teams, with NTDP posting the league’s lowest penalty-kill percentage and Omaha combining a weak power play with one of the poorest penalty kills.
2025-26 USHL Goalie Performance
USHL Goaltending Performance
• Linards Feldbergs paired a workload of more than 1,300 shots with a save percentage above 91%, making him one of the league’s most valuable and durable goaltenders.
• Leo Henriquez, Tobias Trejbal, and Carl Axelsson posted elite save percentages near or above 91.5%, combining efficiency with strong win totals.
• Ajay White, Caleb Heil, Michal Pradel, and William Prowse formed a deep tier of high-volume starters, all maintaining save percentages around 90–91%.
• Several heavily used goaltenders, including Jack Fichthorn and Louis-Felix Charrois, faced significant workloads but finished below 89%, highlighting the challenge of sustaining efficiency over a full season.
• The league featured remarkable depth in net, with a large cluster of starters handling 900–1,200 shots while maintaining save percentages above 90%, underscoring the overall strength of USHL goaltending in 2025-26.