Monday, May 23, 2016
Tri-City Sweeps to Clark Cup Title
20 schools will welcome USHL champions on campus; WMU recruit Allison named MVP.
A roster nearly entirely filled with Division I commits celebrated the Tri-City Storm’s first Clark Cup as USHL champion following a three games-to-none sweep of the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the finals.
Western Michigan recruit Wade Allison – who earlier this year was named the MVP of the USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game – earned Clark Cup MVP honors after leading the postseason with 9 goals in 11 games. Wisconsin commit Dan Labosky led all scorers with 19 points.
Twenty Division I schools will welcome players from the Tri-City roster in the next year or two, with a pair of players headed to Clarkson, Miami and Minnesota State.
Goaltender Jake Kielly, who posted a .949 save percentage in the playoffs, will join Clarkson in the fall. He stopped 28 shots in a 4-1 victory in Game 3 of the championship series.
Former Michigan star and Michigan Tech assistant coach Bill Muckalt took over as Tri-City head coach and general manager last off-season and led the team to a title in his first season. His staff includes Minnesota graduate Ben Gordon and Ferris State graduate Taylor Nelson as assistant coaches.
Tri-City celebrated its championship in front of a sellout crowd of 4,088 at the Viaero Center in Kearney, Nebraska.
| Tri-City Storm NCAA Commits | |
| Wade Allison | Western Michigan |
| Joe Cipollone | New Hampshire |
| Tory Dello | Notre Dame |
| Justin Dixson | Massachusetts |
| Walker Duehr | Minnesota State |
| Brandon Duhaime | Providence |
| Mattias Goransson | UMass Lowell |
| Montgomery Graham | Boston College |
| Brian Hawkinson | Miami |
| Max Humitz | Lake Superior State |
| Jake Kielly | Clarkson |
| Jason Krych | Minnesota State |
| Dan Labosky | Wisconsin |
| Alex Limoges | Cornell |
| John Marino | Harvard |
| Jack McNeely | Omaha |
| Carson Meyer | Miami |
| Andrew Peski | North Dakota |
| Dayton Rasmussen | Denver |
| Collin Rutherford | Dartmouth |
| Nico Sturm | Clarkson |
| Jake Wahlin | St. Cloud State |
| Carver Watson | Michigan Tech |