1980-81 USHL Season

This is a list of United States Hockey League Standings for the 1980-81 season.

Standings
Team                       GP    W    L    T  OTL   GF    GA     P  North Green Bay Bobcats          48    29   19   0   -    292   218    58 Austin Mavericks           48    28   19   1   -    253   218    57 St. Paul Vulcans           48    28   19   1   -    291   223    57 Bloomington Jr. Stars      48    15   32   1   -    206   289    31 South Dubuque Fighting Saints    48    38   9    1   -    351   187    77 Des Moines Buccaneers      48    23   25   0   -    240   299    46 Waterloo Black Hawks       48    16   32   0   -    220   311    32 Sioux City Musketeers      48    12   36   0   -    200   308    24

All Star Game (2/17/81)
South - goalies Dave Cooper, Des Moines; Doug Spedding, Sioux City;

forwards Myles Hart and Steve Palmiscno, Des Moines; Mike Carlson, Brian Collins and Jim Grillo, Dubuque; Lerov Moteberg, Sioux City; and Jim Banaszek, Mark Edwards, Mark Lescarbeau and Scott Willis, Waterloo;

defensemen Mark Springer and Matt Wegmann, Des Moines; Mel Bailey and Curt Voegeli, Dubuque; Fred Kaminska and Robert Larsen, Sioux City.

North - goalies Bob Krautsak, Austin; Bob Mason, Green Bay;

forward Dan Heath and Bob Madson, Austin; Dan May and Brad Sweda, Bloomington; Tim Lee, Tom Miller and Bob Ritzar, Green Bay; and Nick Holmes, Tom Strelow and Jeff Thole, St. Paul;

defensemen Phil Degaetano, Mitch Fotsey and Rick Zombo, Austin; Mark Gustafson, Bloomington; and Jim Johnson and Steve Schoen, St.Paul.

Semi Final
Round Robin

Dubuque finished first and Austin finished second. The other teams were Green Bay, St. Paul, Des Moines, and Waterloo were the other teams that played.

Final
Best of 5

Dubuque beat Austin 3 wins to 1 (6-3, 4-5, 5-3, 5-4).

Awards
MVP: Mark Carlson, Dubuque

Top Defenseman: Rick Zombo, Austin

Top Goalie: Brian Granger, Dubuque