Dubuque
Dubuque Fighting Saints: Goals vs. Assists Insights
• Michael Barron led the Fighting Saints with 68 points (18 goals, 50 assists), serving as the club’s primary playmaker and offensive catalyst.
• Teddy Merrill (60 points), Colin Frank (56), Masun Fleece (47), and Melvin Ekman (48) provided strong secondary scoring, giving Dubuque one of the deeper offensive groups in the USHL.
• Several top forwards were balanced contributors, but Colin Frank stood out as a true finisher with 33 goals, while Barron generated offense primarily through assists.
• Defensemen played a more limited offensive role, with Kristopher Richards (22 points) leading the blue line and no defenseman reaching the production levels of the club’s top forwards.
• The Goals vs. Assists chart highlights a roster driven by offensive depth and playmaking, with multiple players exceeding 40 points and contributing in different ways across the lineup.
Dubuque Fighting Saints: Dashboard Insights
• Dubuque finished 40-18-4-0 (.677 points percentage) with a +81 goal differential, establishing itself as one of the USHL’s strongest teams during the regular season.
• The Fighting Saints combined elite offense (4.4 goals per game) with solid defensive play (2.9 goals against per game), ranking among the league’s most complete clubs.
• Michael Barron (68 points), Teddy Merrill (60), Colin Frank (55), Melvin Ekman (48), and Masun Fleece (47) led a deep attack that featured multiple high-end scoring threats.
• Many of the club’s top scorers also posted strong plus/minus ratings, including Barron, Merrill, Fleece, and Eetu Orpana, reflecting Dubuque’s ability to control play at even strength.
• Goaltender Vojtech Hambalek handled the largest workload and posted a .900 save percentage, helping anchor a team that also excelled on special teams with a 27.8% power play and 81.5% penalty kill.