| Dells Ducks | |
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| City: | Lake Delton, Wisconsin |
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| League: | United States Premier Hockey League |
| Conference: | Premier Division |
| Division: | Midwest-West |
| Founded: | 2011 |
| Home Arena: | Poppy Waterman Ice Arena |
| Colors: | Black and White |
| Head Coach: | Jeff Worlton (2017-18) |
The Dells Ducks are a junior ice hockey team from Lake Delton, Wisconsin. The team is a member of the United States Premier Hockey League. The team is based out of Poppy Waterman Ice Arena.
The team began play with the 2011-12 season in the Minnesota Junior Hockey League. In 2015 the team would end up in the newly formed USPHL Midwest Division along with the membership of the Midwest Junior Hockey League and the majority of the members of the Minnesota Junior Hockey League. The team moved to the USPHL Elite Division when the USPHL aligned the Midwest Division into the Elite and USP3HL leagues.
The team has twice qualified for the USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship. They qualified in 2014 and 2015. They failed to advance beyond the round robin portion of the tournament both times.
The team won the 2016 United States Premier 3 Hockey League championship. There was no national championship at the Tier III level in 2016 for USA Hockey.
Bill Zaniboni coached the team from 2012 to 2017 compiling a record of 173-49-10. He left the team after the 2016-17 season.
Season-by-season results[]
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | GP | W | L | OL | SL | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | 1st round |
2nd round |
3rd round |
Finals | |
| Minnesota Junior Hockey League | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–12 | 48 | 20 | 24 | 4 | - | 44 | 189 | 202 | 5th | - | - | - | ||
| 2012–13 | 50 | 29 | 19 | 2 | - | 60 | 201 | 148 | 3rd, Minnesota | W 2-0 (Edina) | W 2-0 (Rochester) | L 2-1 (Twin Cities) | - | |
| 2013–14 | 46 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 242 | 106 | 1st, Minnesota | W 2-0 (Minnesota) | W 2-0, (Rochester) | W 2-0 (Illiana) | L (Marquette 3-2 (ot) | |
| 2014–15 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 1 | - | 71 | 231 | 71 | 2nd, Minnesota | W 2-0 (Minnesota) | W 2-0, (Forest Lake) | W 2-0, (Wooster) | W 2-1, (Rochester) | |
| USPHL Midwest Division | ||||||||||||||
| 2015-16 | 48 | 38 | 8 | 2 | - | 78 | 214 | 80 | 3rd, Western 4th, League |
W 2-1, (Illiana Blackbirds) | W 2-1, (Chicago Cougars) | W (2-0) Pool A Round Robin, W Semifinal 5-2 (Florida Eels) |
W Final 5-0 (Hampton Roads Whalers | |
| USPHL Elite Division | ||||||||||||||
| 2016-17 | 44 | 33 | 8 | 3 | - | 69 | 171 | 80 | 2nd, Midwestern, 6th overall |
W 2-0 (Blaine Energy) Series forfeited | W 2-0 (Steele County Blades) | Finished Round Robin, 1-2-0 L, SF 5-0 (Hampton Roads Whalers) |
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| USPHL Premier Division | ||||||||||||||
| 2017-18 | 44 | 15 | 26 | 3 | - | 33 | 109 | 173 | 8th Midwestern-West | L 0-2 (Minnesota Moose) | - | - | ||
| 2018-19 | 43 | 18 | 23 | 2 | - | 38 | 124 | 156 | 7th Midwestern-West | W 2-0 (Hudson Havoc) | L, 0-2 (Minnesota Moose) | - | -- | |
| 2019-20 | 44 | 9 | 32 | 3 | - | 21 | 108 | 221 | 8th Midwestern-West | L 0-2 (Hudson Havoc) | - | - | -- | |
| 2020-21 | 43 | 3 | 38 | 2 | - | 8 | 65 | 356 | 9th Midwest-West | Did not qualify | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2021-22 | 44 | 4 | 39 | 1 | - | 9 | 94 | 333 | 8th Midwest-West | L, 0-2 (Minnesota Blue Ox) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2022-23 | 44 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 116 | 217 | 8th Midwest-West | L, 0-2 (Hudson Havoc) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2023-24 | 44 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 106 | 235 | 9th Midwest-West | Did not qualify | -- | -- | -- | |
2014 USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship[]
By virtue of finishing as runner-up in the Bush Cup playoffs, the team qualified for the 2014 USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship. The team finished with a 2-1 record and were eliminated in a tie-breaker goal differential to qualify for the semifinals.
Results[]
- defeated Boston Bandits 3-1
- lost to North Iowa Bulls 5-1
- defeated Florida Jr. Blades 5-2
2015 USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship[]
By virtue of winning the Bush Cup playoffs the team qualified for the 2015 USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship. The team finished the round robin with an 0-3 record for 4th place in Division 1 and were eliminated from further play.
Results[]
- lost to Granite City Lumberjacks, 3-1
- lost to North Iowa Bulls, 2-1
- lost to Northern Cyclones, 3-1