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On October 20th, 1972 the Musketeers open play in the long-time established United States Hockey League as they take
on the Chicago Warriors. At that time the league was considered a Senior league and the players Professional.
They would finish the inaugural season with a respectable expansion team record of 16-26-0.
Three new teams, Chicage Warriors, Calumet-Houghton Cheifs and the Sioux City Musketeers joind the already
established USHL forming two divisions of play.
Northern Division: Calumet-Houghton Chiefs, Sault Ste. Marie Canadians, Marquette Iron Rangers, Thunder Bay Twins
Southern Division: Green Bay Bobcats, Chicago Warriors, Waterloo Black Hawks, Sioux City Musketeers
Season Tickets: $45.00 / Reserved Tickets: $2.75 / General Admission: $2.25
Musketeers Front Office & Coaching Staff
President/Owner…Gary Lipshutz Head Coach / General Manager…Rich Blanche
Dennis James & Howard Lipshutz…Equipment Managers Team Doctors…Gerald McGowan & James Goebel
Between the Pipes
Goaltenders Keith Hall & Pat McIntosh would start the Musketeers inaugural season in goal for the Musketeers. Keith would
earn the starting position and Pat would work as the back-up. Keith would garner most of the starts this season as the goaltender
corps posted a 16-24 inaugural season record. A mid-season roster addition would bring in another back-up goaltender Pete Maxwell.
Keith Hall Pat McIntosh Pete Maxwell
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Keith Hall would join the newly formed Musketeers after playing three seasons for the University of Denver Pioneers (NCAA).
He would log a pair of seasons in Sioux City and during this first rookie season saw him take on the starting duties; posting a fifteen
and twenty-five record that inaugural season. He would be voted the first ever Musketeers’ Most Valuable Player. Keith would
play the following season as well splitting time between three other goaltenders he would still manage a winning season recording
eight wins in thirteen starts.
Pat McIntosh also a rookie this season, saw limited playing time. Providing back-up and relief for the starter, he still earned
some time between the pipes for the Musketeers.
Pete Maxwell would join the Musketeers for the first of three season. Also arriving after playing for the University of Denver,
he would put in his first of three seasons as a Musketeer. This rookie season Pete would see limited game-time, however, he
brought other elements to the Musketeer organization, those being the leadership and the knowledge of how to begin building a
goaltender corps for the newly formed Musketeers.
High Scorers
John Saville Dave Kartio Mike Menard Sam Nelligan Bob Fowler
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As the Musketeers take the ice for the first of some forty plus seasons, John Saville would claim the title as the first ever Musketeer
Leading Scorer; recording twenty-two goals and thirty-two assists, his fifty-four point would set the bar high for all future Musketeers.
Dave Kartio would post twenty-six red-lighters and add twenty-one assists. Mike Menard would grab thirteen goals and eighteen
assists and Sammy Nelligan a dozen goals and seventeen assists. Bob Fowler would round out the top five Musketeer scorers with
nineteen goals on twenty-seven points.
Heavy Hitters
Greg Gilbert Dan Osborn Pete Inkster John Saville Harney Lesyk
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Not only would Greg Gilbert claim the title of first ever Musketeer penalty minute leader this inaugural season with 178, but
he would do it all three seasons he was a Musketeers. He would go on to be one of the Musketeers top five all-time penalty
minute leaders. Dan Osborn finished second on the list with 134 minutes and Pete Inkster with 101 minutes. Leading scorer
John Saville would make both lists this season with eighty-seven minutes and Harney Lesyk would close out the top five heavy
hitters with sixty-five minutes in the box.
Did You Know…Greg Gilbert was the first Musketeer to lead the league in penalty minutes, recording 178 minutes in the box
during his first season. These numbers just got better over the next pair of seasons; recording 214 minutes during the 73-74 season
and rounding out his Musketeer career finishing with 194 penalty minutes. His 586 minutes places his among the all-time top three
Musketeers penalty minute leaders
First Musketeer Goal
On October 20th, 1972 forward Fred Bailey scores very first Musketeer goal at 4:08 of the first period in this this inagural season opener.
Player/Coach Rich Blanche would ad two more red-lighters, as the Musketeers would go on to defeat the visiting Chicago Warrios 3-2.
8-Musketeers vs. Marquette Iron Rangers-0
March 17th, 1973
The Musketeers would save their best for last this inaugural season. The largest crown to date, 1738 fans watched the Musketeers
hang eight unanswered goals on the visiting Iron Rangers. Scoring just forty-seven second in to the first period, the home team
never looked back. They peppered the ‘Rangers goaltender with fifty-two shots. Three Musketeers; Captain John Saville, Dave
Kartio and Sam Nelligan all finished the night with a pair of goals and an assist. Bob Fowler and Pete Inkster would grab the
remaining two tallies in the end of the season romp.
Goal tender Keith Hall receives the first ever Musketeer Most Valuable Player award presented by Sioux City Mayor
Paul Berger. Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Keith played three season sat the University of Denver (NCAA) before
joining the Musketeers for two more seasons. Also receiving player awards that nights are Rookie of the Year–John Saville,
Mr. Spirit–Brian Storm and Most Popular Player–Pete Inkster.
Most Saves in a Single Game
Keith Hall sets a new League record making sixty-one saves in a single game. Doing it twice; on December 1st, 1972 against
the Waterloo Black Hawks and on March 4th, 1973 against the Thunder Bay Twins. That record would last
for ten seasons until, ironically, another Musketeer Doug Spedding would eventually face eighty-eight shots against Dubuque.
Rich Blanche John Saville Lee Brown Fred Baily Mike Menard
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Rich Blanche would join the Musketeers for a single season where he was the very first Head Coach and General
Manager of the newly formed Musketeers. He was also a rostered player and saw time in twelve of the Musketeers
regular season games; posting six goals and four assists.
John Saville arrived in Sioux City for his rookie season where he would lead the team in scoring with twenty-two goals
and thirty-two assists. The following season he would assume the duties of Head Coach and General Manager, also while
a rostered player. He would serve as player-coach for two more seasons, before two more, traditional seasons behind the
bench. John would eventually lead the Musketeers to their first Divisional Championship, a USHL Coach of the Year
award and an All-Star Game Coach selection.
Lee Brown and Fred Baily both played single seasons for the Musketeers. They both arrived via a University
of Denver connection that the Musketeers had during their first season. Fred would see time in twenty-three games
recording five goals including the very first Musketeer goal scored on October 20th in win over the Chicago Warriors.
Mike Menard logged a single season as a Musketeer where he would finish third among the high scorers with
thirty-one total points; thirteen goals and eighteen assists. The following season he would be traded to the
Central Wisconsin Flyers (USHL).
Skip Wake Brian Storm Tom Malloy Jeff McLean Todd Johnson
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These orginal Musketeers players all played a single season in Sioux City. Three season college player Skip Wake joins
the Musketeers after three season playing for the University of Denver. As a Musketeer he would record six goals and thirteen
assists. Brian Storm would see time in thirty-nine contests chipping in four goals and nine helpers. Tom Malloy arrives after
spending a season in the Alberta Junior Hockey league and notches eight goals and eleven helpers. Jeff McClean and
Todd Johnson were both short-timers for the Musketeers; Jeff seeing time in a pair of games and Todd in nine
contests recording a pair of assists.
Musketeers Award Winners
Most Valuable Player…Keith Hall * Mr. Spirit…Brian Storm * Rookie of the Year…John Saville
Most Popular…Pete Inkster * D’Artagnan Award…Dr. Jerry McGowan
Only their second season in the league, the Musketeers did place a pair of players among the USHL All-Star selections;
Vern McCormick and Lei Hartviksen were both named as third team All-Star members. Finishing the season just a point
below .500 (23-24-1) the Musketeer organization was starting to make a name for itself in the USHL.
Musketeers play a 48 game schedule / They also play two exibition games in Las Vegas
Northern Division: Calumet Copper Country Chiefs, Marquette Iron Rangers, Thunder Bay Twins, Green Bay Bobcats
Southern Division: Wisconsin Blues, Milwaukee Admirals, Chicago Warriors, Waterloo Black Hawks,
Sioux City Musketeers
Season Tickets: $52.00 / All Reserved Tickets: $2.75
Musketeer Front Office Staff
Gary Lipshutz Carl Ahlsten Sally Early Barbara Baggs Bob German
President/Owner Business Manager Director of Sales Public Relations Director Transportation Director
Musketeers Coaching Staff
John Saville Denny James Billy Danderand
Player / Coach Equipment Manager Equipment Manager
Between the Pipes
The Musketeers would return this year with two seasoned goalies, Pete Maxwell and Keith Hall. Rookies Terry Mulroy
and Gordon Woolnough was also added to the goaltending corps. Keith Hall and Pete Maxwell would provide the leadership
as they groomed the two new goalies. Under this leadership, the rookies Terry Mulroy and Gordon would garner a majority
of the starts with Terry finishing the season at 10-9 and Gordon finishing at 4-9. Veterans Keith Hall finished at 8-6 and Pete
Maxwell logged some time in net as well as assuming the part of goaltender leader and mentor.
Terry Mulroy Pete Maxwell Keith Hall Gordon Woolnough
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Returning veteran and orginal Musketeer Keith Hall is back for a second season. Last season, the rookie net-minder took on a
majority of the starts and earned the first ever Musketeers Most Valuable Player Award. This season, the Musketeers would
experiment with several goaltenders which resulted in a reduction in games played, however, he still posted a winning 8-5 record.
Pete Maxwell is another returning original Musketeer. He would begin to carry the mantle of lead goaltender. He would see
limited game time this season, but his efforts off-ice were starting to build a goalie corps that would soon lead to play-off and
championship series action for the newly formed Musketeers.
Terry Mulroy joined the Musketeers for the first of a pair of seasons in Sioux City. Recording a majority of the starts as
the rookie and would post a winning 10-9 record. The following season he would earn the starting position and lead the
Musketeers to their first opportunity at post-season play.
Another goaltender Gordon Woolnough would play this single season as a Musketeer. Also competing for one
of the crowded spots between the pipes, Gordon still garnered fifteen some games and posted a 4-9-1 record. He would
go on to play two more season in the USHL playing for the Chicago Warriors and then the Waterloo Black Hawks
High Scorers
Dave Kartio Levi Hartviksen John Saville Steve Boyle Bubba Podwysocki
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Returning veteran from last year’s inaugural season, Dave Kartio would lead the way for the Musketeers with fifty-eight
points. He would post a team leading thirty-four goals. Rookie Levi Hartviksen would lead the team with thirty-six assists
on his way to recording fifty-four regular season points. Player and coach John Saville would contribute fifty points as he
split his scoring production with twenty-five goals & assists. John would also lead the team with three Hat Tricks this season.
Rookies Steve Boyle would record twenty red-lighters and twenty-three helpers and Bubba Podwysocki would finish his
first season with fifteen goals, twenty-six assists and forty-one regular season points.
Heavy Hitters
Greg Gilbert Bill Ferrotte Harney Lesyk Colin Lesyk Levi Hartviksen
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Penalty minutes records are very vague, however, returning veteran veteran Greg Gilbert would again lead the team in
penalty minutes for the second of three seasons racking up 214 minutes in the box. He still ranks in the top five all-time
leaders in Musketeer penalty minutes. Bill Ferrotte would record 153 minutes while brothers Harney Lesyk and
Colin Lesyk recorded 105 and ninety penalty minutes. Second leading scorer Levi Hartviksen rounded out the
Heavy Hitters list with seventy-one minutes that season.
Steve Boyle Dave Kartio Sam Nelligan John Saville
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Pete Inkster Colin Lesyk Levi Hartviksen Billy Ferrotte
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Pete Inkster would stay in Sioux City after his final Musketeer season. He became active in the Siouxland youth hockey
program and eventually coached the Sioux City Jr. Musketeers high school team for three seasons. SYHA would recognize his
hockey achievement by creating the Pete Inkster Award presented to the high school defensive player of the year. Prior to
his days in Sioux City, Pete played several seasons in the ECHL.
Levi Hartviksen played a single season for the Musketeers where the play-making winger from Thunder Bay lead the team
with thirty-six assists and finished as the teams second leading scorer recording fifty-four points. He would also rank among the
top five penalty minute leaders rounding out the top five with seventy-one minutes in the bin. Prior to his time in Sioux City, Lee
played four seasons at Michigan Tech. He saw some limited time his first two seasons but finished his remaining seasons playing
nearly a full schedule scoring twenty-three goals and nineteen assists for the Huskies
Mike Noel Barry Head Greg Gilbert Bubba Podwysocki
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Mike Noel was an original Musketeer, playing three seasons for the Musketeers. Last season the rookie would see time in twenty-five
games; recording three goals and eight assists. Shown here during his second season, he would log a forty game season notching four
goals and fourteen assists. Always improving, Mike would record persoanl highs of eight goals and eighteen assists this last season.
Barry Head would play four seasons netting some eighty goals and 145 assists; his 220 total points would place him amoung
the top five all-time Musketeer scorers. He would eventually return to Sioux City, become active in the Siouxland Youth Hockey
program coaching both youth teams and the Metros High School team for four seasons.
Joining the Musketeers and this Senior League noted for its toughness, Greg Gilbert was just a year out of high school when he
joined the Musketeers and began making a name for himself as a very tough kid playing in a very tough man’s league. Greg would
claim top dog of Heavy Hitter List all three seasons; recording some estimated 550 plus penalty minutes placing
him amoung the top five Musketeer all-time penalty minute leaders.
Bubba will always be remembered as one of the most popular Musketeer players during the start-up seasons of Musketeer
hockey in Sioux City!!!
Vern McCormick Pierre Bourgeois Carl Ahlsten Harney Lesyk
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Vern McCormick would arrive in Sioux City with three years experience in the WCHL playing for the Swift Current Broncos.
During his single season here he would record a pair of goals and ten assists. Pierre Bourgeois was also a single season player
scoring nineteen goals and adding seventeen assists to his USHL stats. In addition to Carl Ahlsten rookie season nineteen goals
and nineteen assists. Harney Lesyk scored just five goals, but helped out on twenty-seven Musketeer goals. He also recorded
167 penalty minutes during his second season.
Did You Know…In addition to playing for the Musketeers, Carl Ahlsten also served as the Musketeers Business & Travel Manager .
Sam Nelligan Greg Gilbert Carl Ahlsten Terry Mulroy
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Taken during the 1973-74 season playing the Marquette Iron Rangers. That’s Sam Nelligan (#11), Greg Gilbert (#5) and Carl
Ahlsten (#14) In front of goaltender Terry Mulroy.
Sam Nelligan: One of the original Musketeers, he played in Sioux City for six seasons (72-78). Sam’s rough and tumble style play,
dedication to his team and his legendary battles with Ed Starkey (Waterloo Black Hawks 73-78) made Sam one of the most popular
Musketeers ever. At the close of the 76-77 season he would win both the Musketeers Mr. Spirit and Most Popular Player awards.
Greg Gilbert: Also one of the original Musketeers, he played for three seasons (72-75) and while he only posted a few points, his
nearly estimated 600 minutes makes him one of the Musketeers’ al-time top leaders in penalty minutes.
Left: Terry Mulroy covers the net as (#6) Colin Lesyk (#4) Harney Lesyk and (#16) Steve Desloges tie-up the Marquette Iron Rangers
forwards. Right: (#11) Sammy Nelligan, (#3) Billy Ferrotte and (#5) Greg Gilbert try to make Muller’s job easier.
Left: Terry Mulroy makes another save as Heavy Hitters Billy Ferrotte and Harney Lesyk cover the ‘Rangers forwards.
Right: Second leading scorer for the Musketeers Levi Hartviksen helps goaltender Terry Mulroy safely corral the puck.
Pete Inkster Mike Noel Sam Nelligan Vern McCormick Pete Maxwell
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Carl Ahlsten Gord Woolnough Pierre Bourgeois
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Pierre Bourgeois: one season played 43 games 36 19/17 27 minutes
Levi Hartviksen
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Levi Hartviksen receives the Musketeers Most Valuable Player Award from longtime Musketeer supporter Craig Thompson.
His would lead the team with thirty-six assists on his way to recording fifty-four regular season points and also finish among
the top five penalty minute leaders. He would earn a selection to the USHL All-Star team.
Walt Johnson
1971-73 Oshawa Generals (OHL) * 1973-74 Dayton Gems (IHL) / Boston Braves (AHL)
1974-76 Broome County Dusters (NAHL) * Musketeers 1976-79 (USHL-SR)
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Walt would eventually log over 120 games with the Oshawa General in the OHL where he
was a top five team scorer and also drafted by the Boston Bruins befor he turned twenty. The following season he joined
the Dayton Gems of the IHLplaying in over sixty games that season recording twenty goals and eighteen assists also
suiting-up five times the Boston Braves of the AHL. He would log two more season playing for the Broome County
Dusters in the NAHL befor joining the Musketeers.
Two seasons later, Walt Johnson would join the Musketeers eventually spending three seasons in Sioux City. Over
those three seasons Walt would become one of the most fruitful and popular Musketeer players ever. After his final
USHL season he would stay on in Sioux City lending his hockey experteise to the local youth and high school
players. He would coach the Sioux City Metros (high school) to back-to-back state championships in 1998 and 99.
Terry Mulroy
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This jersey is from the Musketeers very first season, 1972-73, as members of the USHL. It was worn two seasons,
first by goaltender Pat McIntosh (72-73) then by Terry Mulroy (73-74) as pictured above.
Terry Mulroy: Played two season for the Musketeers (73-75) and after a pair of professional seasons on the Ontario Hockey
League (OHL), he returned to Sioux City and became active in the youth hockey association for many years. In 1995 Terry
would be elected to the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
USHL All-Star Team
Vern McCormick Levi Hartviksen
Musketeer Team Awards
Levi Hartviksen Pete Maxwell Bubba Podwysocki Levi Hartviksen Chuck Busskohl
Most Valuable Player…Levi Hartviksen * Mr. Spirit…Pete Maxwell * Rookie of the Year…Bubba Podwysocki
Most Popular…Lei Hartviksen * * D’Artagnan Award…Chuck Busskohl
Did You Know…the Hanson Brothers played in the USHL. Jeff, Steve & Jack Carlson, all brothers, born in Virginia,
Minnesota, played for the Marquette Iron Rangers (USHL) an opponet of the Musketeers several times that season.
Left to Right: USHL legends; David Hanson playing Jack Hanson* , Steve Carlson as Steve Hanson &
Jeff Carlson as Jeff Hanson.
*Jack Carlson was slated to play himself as third brother, but took a call-up opportunity to play in the newly formed WHL
Did You Know…Dave Hanson’s son lead the Tri-City Storm (USHL) in scoring during the second of his two seasons with
fifty-two regular season points including nineteen red-lighters and thirty-three assists.
The Musketeers play a forty-eight game regular season schedule. In addition are three on-the-road exhibition games; two in Travers
City, MI and a third in Des Moines. The Musketeers also play a pair of charity games at home against Travers City and two
more exhibition games in Las Vegas.
They finish the regular season with a 28-19-1 record
Northern Division: Calumet Copper Country Chiefs, Marquette Iron Rangers, Thunder Bay Twins, Green Bay Bobcats
Southern Division: Central Wisconsin Flyers, Milwaukee Admirals, Chicago Warriors, Waterloo Black Hawks,
Sioux City Musketeers
That season the Musketeers would place four players on the Southern Division All-Star Team; Alex Shibicky
(1st Team), Steve Desloges & Bubba Podwysocki (2nd Team) and Dave Davies (3rd team) (per 75-76 program).
That season the Musketeers would place four players on the Southern Division All-Star Team; Alex Shibicky, Bubba
Podwysocki, Julian Nixon & Alex Shibicky. (per SCJ)
Musketeers Owner and General Manager Gary Lipshutz would receive the USHL’s Executive of the Year Award and
Alex Shibicky the USHL’s Most Valuable Player Award.
Individual Game Tickets: $2.75 / Season Tickets: $52.00
Musketeer Front Office Staff
President/Owner…Gary Lipshutz Sales Director…Sally Early Public Relations Director…Cathy Stueve
Special Projects Director…Howard Lipshutz Chief Scout…Carl Ahlsten
Souvenir Sales…Russ Gondek & Woody Gottburg Security Director…Carl Petronis PA Announcer…Ron Mott
Chief Statistician…John Cowley
Musketeers Coaching Staff
Player / Coach…John Saville Trainer…Curt Lilly Equipment Manager…Kevin Ruring / Billy Danderand
Between the Pipes
Sioux City’s goaltending was starting to solidify. Under the tutelage of third year veteran Pete Maxwell, returning
veteran Terry Mulroy would be joined by rookie Ralph Kloiber this season; they would lead Sioux City to their first
ever USHL play-off series. Terry would claim the starting position and see time in twenty-nine games, while Ralph
provided a steady rotation filling in nineteen times during the season. Pete would also log a a handful of games, but
his larger contribution was his ability to provide the leadership and guidance to build a successful goaltending corps.
Terry Mulroy Pete Maxwell Ralph Kloiber
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Veteran Terry Mulroy enters his second his second season as a Musketeer. He would assume the starting position
and see action in thirty Musketeer games that season. He would finish the season with a 19-9-1 record and lead the
Musketeers to their first USHL play-off series.
Ralph Kloiber: Joined the Musketeers for the first of three seasons (74-77) in Sioux City. In his rookie season, he
assumed his back-up duties and finished with a winning 10-9 record. Ralph would become the starter next season as
the Musketeers shot for a USHL play-off Championship.
Pete Maxwell: Serving his third season (72-75) as a Musketeer goalie, Pete was marking his make in the goaltender
leadership role. He still found time to play in several games, however, his main focus was on building a solid
goaltending group.
High Scorers
Alex Shibicky Dave Davies Bubba Podwysocki Barry Head Steve Heathwood
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After three seasons at the University of Denver, Alex Shibicky would arrive in Sioux City to lead the team in scoring with
eighty-for total points including a team leading forty-three goals. This high water mark places him among the top ten Musketeers
single season top scorers of all time. Another Rookie would also make his mark in Musketeer history, Dave Davies would
finish the season with seventy-eight points including a team leading fifty-two assists. Fan favorite Bubba Podwysocki
would garner sixty-four points, returning veteran Barry Head would record twenty-one goals & forty-one
assists and rookie Steve Heathwood would grab twenty-seven red-lighters and thirty-four helpers.
Heavy Hitters
Greg Gilbert Sam Nelligan Steve Desloges Jim White Barry Head
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Greg Gilbert would claim his usual spot on the heavy hitter list for the third time in as many seasons with a team
leading 194 minutes and he only played in forty games. No stranger to the hitters list was Sam Nelligan withninety-five
minutes. Veteran Steve Desloges would record sixty-six minutes and veteran Jim White an hour in the box. Top five
scorer Barry Head also made the top five with fifty-three minutes.
Jim Peck Julian Nixon Terry Mulroy
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Sioux City Journal: March 2nd, 1975
Did You Know…The Musketeers played two games in Las Vegas against the Las Vegas Outlaws. For $175.00 per
person, you could accompany the team on this sleepless weekend in Sin City. This covered Airfare, Hotel, game tickets
and all transportation to and from games.
Tom Davies Sammy Nelligan Jim White
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Left: Tom Davies (#4) and Sammy Nelligan (#11) in a typical Sioux City vs. Waterloo game. That’s local Linesman
Wayne Blanch ready to jump in and break this one up. Fight fans, don’t worry…there will be another one soon!!!
Right: defenseman Jim White drops the incoming forward as Sammy Nelligan follows the play.
Tom Davies Played a single season in Sioux City. He would come to town after playing four seasons playing for Lake
Superior State University. During his senior collegian season, the defenseman was selected as the Team Captain and lead
the team in scoring with sixty-one points; recording both team leading twenty-five goals and thirty-six assists. His only
season was much of the same as a Musketeer, brought in because of his defensive talents, his offensive skills were a
great addition to the team where he recorded just over a point per game, scoring 36 points in just 28 games.
Sam Nelligan: One of the original Musketeers he played for six seasons (72-78) seasons. In ’77 he would both Musketeer
Mr. Spirit and Most Popular Player Awards. In 1993 Sam would enter the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Jim White: Played two seasons as a Musketeer defenseman. This rookie season he would finish with twenty-two points,
four goals and eighteen assists and place in the top five penalty minute leaders with 60 minutes. He would also make the
list again the following season.
Mike Noel Greg Gilbert Pete Maxwell Jim White Steve Heathwood
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Note: The background…Yes, that is chain-link fence that surrounded the boards in place of the traditional glass. This was how
it was in Sioux City until the start of the 1977-78 season when the fence was finally replaced with glass. Now we had a
Zamboni and glass. Things were looking up in Sioux City!!!
Alex Shibicky Steve Boyle Bubba Podwysocki Barry Head
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Did You Know…The Musketeers were selected as one of the Midwest based teams to play the West Germany All-Star Team.
December 18th, 1974 marked the first time the Musketeers and the Auditorium would host a foe from outside the USA. While
European finesse was on display, USHL toughness and scoring prevailed. Steve Heathwood would score a pair of goals and Alex
Shibicky, Dave Kartio and Sam Nelligan would add red-lighters in the 5-3 victory.
Jimmy Peck Sam Nelligan Randy McDonald Steve Desloges
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Julian Nixon Greg Gilbert Jim White Tom Davies
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Dave Davies
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Play-off game night program features Musketeer team pictures as well as Dave Davies holding new born Daniel born that season. He would
go on to follow in his dad’s footsteps playing for the Des Moines Buccaneers and the US Naval Academy. Along the way dad would coach
him to a pair of IHSHL State Championships and three-time selection to the IHSHL All-Star, All State and Chicago Showcase teams.
Dave Kartio
Musketeer 1972-76
Linesman Wayne Blanche drops the puck for Musketeer Alternate Captain Dave Kartio and Waterloo BlackHawks center man.
Dave Kartio was one of the original Musketeers, he logged four seasons as a Musketeer. The All-American player from
University of North Dakota, averaged over fifty points per season. His final season found him putting up ninnety-seven
points (48 game schedule) and being selected the Musketeer’s Most Popular Player. In 1991 Dave would enter
the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Did You Know…Dave was born in South Porcupine, Ontario; located 500 miles east of Thunder Bay. He would make stops in
Peterborough & Chatom, Ontario and Grand Forks, ND as he worked his way to the warm southern temperatures of Sioux City.
Wayne Blanche worked the USHL as a linesman for six seasons. His brother Rich Blanche was the Musketeers very first
head coach. Wayne followed his brother to Sioux City from Canada. Wayne was one of the founding coaches for the newly
formed Siouxland Youth Hockey Association (SYHA) and remained active as a coach and mentor for nearly 25 seasons.
Musketeers vs. Marquette Copper Country Rangers
November 16th, 1974
Right: The Musketeers take on the
Copper Country Chiefs in a win at the Audi on November 16th, 2974.
Autograph Night
Bogdan “Bubba” Podwysocki Sam Nelligan Musketeers
Musketeers 1973-76 Musketeers 1972-1978
Bogdan Podwysocki known by all as Bubba was one of the most popular players during his three seasons as a Musketeer.
In 1973 he would claim the Musketeer Rookie of the Year Award and in 1974 the Musketeer’s Most Popular Player Award.
Bubba would enter the Musketeers Hall of Fame in 1994
One of the orginall Musketeers Sam Nelligan played for six seasons seasons in Sioux City. In ’77 he would both Musketeer
Mr. Spirit and Most Popular Player Awards. His 205 total points, 200 plus games played and 554 penalty minutes places
among the all-timen Musketeer leaders in each category. In 1993 Sam would enter the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Randy McDonald Dave Kartio Steve Desloges
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Randy MacDonald was a Musketeer for four seasons. He would see time in forty-two games; chipping in nine goals and a dozen
assists during this rookie season. The following two season saw him remain a consistant point producer recording twenty-two and
twenty-three points However, during Randy’s final season, he would double his usual output, recording fifty-seven points on nine
goals and forty-eight assists. During that final season he would also be named the Musketeers Most Popular Player.
That’s future Jr. Musketeers/Metros Class of ’83 players Craig Stoever and Bobby Batcheller waiting for Randy’s autograph.
Seasoned veteran Dave Kartio returns to the ice here for his fourth season. Again a top goal scorer, he would lead the Musketeers
in goals scored his first and second seasons recording twenty-six goals and forty-seven assists finishing second in scoring. The
following season his thirty-four goals and fifty-eight points is tops among all team scorers. His third seasonis a bit lean recording
twenty-five goals and thirty-one assists. However, this last season sees his scoring skyrocket, recording a team leading fifty-two
goals and ninty-seven points during a forty-eight game schedule. He is selected the Musketeer’s Most Popular Player and
in 1991 he would enter the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Dave Kartio is one of the few remaining original Musketeers. Shown here during his third of four total seasons as Musketeer.
The All-American player from South Porcupine, Ontario, was first a stand-out player at the University of North Dakota leading the
team in goals scored all three seasons. After a season in the IHL he would join the Musketeers that inaugural season.
Dave would go on to be one of the Muskereers most efficient point producers and is still the Musketeers all-time leader in
goals scored. He would record ninty-seven points his final season and is selected as the Musketeer’s Most Popular Player.
In 1991 Dave would enter the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Veteran Steve Desloges returns for a second season Sioux City. He would record four goals and nineteen assists. Steve would finish
third in penalty minutes with sixty-six and is selected to the USHL All-Star Team. As a rookie the prior season he would serve as
one of the Team Captains.
Pete Maxwell Jim White
Original Musketeer 1972-75 Musketeers 1974-76
One of the original Musketeers, Pete Maxwell spent three seasons between the pipes. His leadership and experience
as a goalie and as a player reflected well on his teammates. He would be selected as an Alternate Captain during his
last season.Pete would assume the position of goaltender mentor as he and the Musketeers began to build a solid
goaltending corps.
Jim White: Played a pair of seasons for the Musketeers on defense. His rookie season he would post twenty-two points;
including four goals &eighteen assists. He would also finish fourth in penalty minutes with sixty minutes in the box. The
following season he would record a pair of goals and fourteen assists and Like last season, he would make the top
five penalty minutes list with 63 minutes served.
Dave Davies Greg Gilbert
Musketeers 1975-79 Original Musketeer 1972-75
Taken during Dave Davies first season with the Musketeers. Arriving from Toronto via St. Louis University, no one
could have ever guessed at the impact this rookie would have as a player and coach in Sioux City!!! After five seasons
as a Musketeer, he still tops the Musketeer’s All-Time Scorers with 359 points and holds the title for
Most Games Played as a Musketeer with 269 games. During his last season, he received the
Musketeers Most Popular Player Award.
Dave would eventually take over the coaching duties for the Sioux City Metros High School Hockey Team . It only
took him a single season to build a team that would eventually turn four straight state championship game
appearances into back-to-back championships in 1991 & 1992.
Greg Gilbert: An original Musketeer, he played for three seasons for Sioux City. This is taken during his last season
as a Musketeer. While he only posted a few points during this time, his estimated 550 penalty minutes puts him
in the Musketeers top five all-time leaders in penalty minutes. Twice, during the 75-76 season he recorded
31 penalty minutes in a single game, a Musketeer record.
Did You Know…Randy Enders holds the Musketeer single season (97-98) record for Penalty minutes with 276.
Rob Butler (94-95) holds the record for highest average penalty minutes in a season with 7.5 per game.
USHL Rookie of the Year
Alex Shibicky becomes the first Musketeer to receive this USHL award of Rookie of the year. Insert additional description here.
Alex Shibicky Barry Head
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Alex Shibicky would spend only one season (74-75) as a Musketeer, however it was a good one. Lighting the lamp a team
leading 43 times and following-up with 41 helpers; his 84 total points led the Musketeers in scoring. He would receive the
team’s Most Valuable Player award and selected to play in the USHL All-Star Game. Alex would again be honored
by the League selected to the USHL All-Star First Team as well as being voted USHL’s Rookie of the Year.
After a few seasons, he would return to Sioux City to coach the high school team. During his three successful seasons as
coach, he would lead the Jr. Musketeers to second and third place finishes at the State Tournament.
Did You Know…Alex Shibicky scored 8 “Hat Tricks” during his only season as Musketeer, a record would stand for ten years
Barry Head played four seasons for the Musketeers. His rookie season would see him record thirteen goals and eighteen
assists and during his second season the Alternate Captain found the net twenty times and added forty-one assists.
Shown here during his third of four seasons with Musketeers, Barry would post his best campaign yet, recording
seventy-six points; netting twenty-six goals and thirty-six assists. His 76 penalty minutes is third highest that season.
He would also be selected as an Team Captain both this and the following season. He would record fourteen goals and
twenty-eight assists his final season. His 200 total points still places him in the top 10 Musketeer scorers. He would
eventually return to Sioux City and become active in the youth hockey program and would coach the high school
team for four seasons (82-86).
Did You Know…On November 1st, 1975, Barry Head would hang seven points on the Central Wisconsin Flyers, tieing
an existing Musketeer team record that still stands today.
Bogdan “Bubba” Podwysocki
Musketeers 1973-76
Bogdan Podwysocki arrived in Sioux City from Quebec where he was one of the region’s best youth and junior players. One of
several very popular Musketeers, Bubba recorded three seasons (73-76) as a Musketeers playing in 125 regular season games
racking-up 65 goals & 69 assists; his 134 USHL points averaged him over a point per game. In 1973 he would claim the
Musketeer Rookie of the Year Award (left photograph) scoring fifteen goals and twenty-six assists and in 1974 receive the
Musketeer’s Most Popular Player Award. Bubba would enter the Musketeers Hall of Fame in 1994.
Barry Head Tom Davies Steve Boyle
Musketeers 1973-1977 Musketeers 1974-75 Musketeers 1973-76
Barry Head played four seasons for the Musketeers. His 200 total points places him in the top 10 Musketeer
All-Time Musketeer Scorers. He would be selected Alternate Captain during the 75-76 season and then the
following season team Captain. Barry would eventually become active in the youth hockey program and would
coach the Sioux City high school team for four seasons (82-86).
Tom Davies played a single season in Sioux City. He would come to town with a pair of seasons playing for Lake
Superior State University where he was a high scoring defenseman recording 92 total points. He joined the Musketeers
after an injury sidelined him at the New York Islanders (NHL) try-out camp. As a defenseman he put up some nice
numbers; scoring ten goals and thirty-six points in just 28 games played.
Steve Boyle played three seasons as a Musketeer. His 151 total points places him in the top 15 Musketeer All-Time
Scorers. During this time, Steve would go on to open the greatest hockey bar ever, The Penalty Box Lounge. Located
in the, now raised, KD Stockyards Station, this place is probably responsible for some of the greatest off-ice
Musketeer memories ever!!!
Julian Nixon Mike Noel
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Left: Julian Nixon played five seasons (74-79) in Sioux City. He retuned to Des Moines and remains active in the Des Moines
Youth Hockey program. Right: Mike Noel, one of the original Musketeers, played three seasons (72-75) in Sioux City.
John Saville Musketeers Player/Coach
Original Musketeer 1973-77
John Saville joined the Musketeers for the inaugural season (72-73) as a player and left five seasons later as coach (76-77). Following
his first season, he took over the legendary Old-Time Hockey Position of Player/Coach for two seasons and than in traditional fashion
the remaining two seasons. During the 75-76 season he was voted the USHL Coach of the Year.
Jimmy Peck
Musketeers 1974-78
This is taken during Jim Peck’s rookie season (74-75) as a Musketeer. Jim would lead the USHL in defenseman scoring with
fifty-four (14/40) regular season points. Eventually playing four seasons (74-78) in Sioux City, his 282 points make him at third
on the Musketeer’s all time scorers list. Jimmy was the Musketeers Most Valuable Player during the 75-76 season and is a
three time USHL All-Star and was three times voted as the USHL’s Best defenseman. He would be elected to the
Musketeer Hall of Fame in 1989.
After the Musketeers, he would go on to coach various SYHA teams, eventually winning a pair IHSHL State Championships
in 1994 and 2003. After taking a few seasons off , he again spent several season at the youth level before joining the High
School coaching staff as an assistant coach for another three seasons (11-14).
9-Musketeers vs. Milwaukee Admirals-4
March 23rd, 1975
Sioux City wraps up the regular season with a win over the Admirals, but not without adding a couple of hometown
favorites to the record books. Alex Shibicky grabs three goals in this win giving him seven Hat Tricks this season;
a new USHL record. Sam Nelligan‘s tally gave the Musketeers a league leading nine players with over twenty goals.
Other Musketeers grabbing goals tonight are Dave Davies, Randy MacDonald, Dave Kartio and Steve Boyle. These nine
goals tonight would brought the Musketeers total points for the season to 300, second ony to the powerhouse to the north,
the Thunder Bay Twins.
Goaltenders Terry Mulroy and Pete Maxwell split the duties tonight facing thirty-three Admiral shots and stopping
twenty-nine of them. The traditional Musketeer post-game awards ceremonies would also take place tonight.
Musketeers Award Winners
Most Valuable Player…Alex Shibicky * Mr. Spirit…Randy McDonald * Rookie of the Year…Dave Davies
Most Popular Player…Bubba Podwysocki * D’Artagnan Award…Craig Thompson
USHL All-Star Team
Green Bay / January 14th
Alex Shibicky * Bubba Podwysocki * Julian Nixon * Alex Shibicky
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Commisioners Cup Final
Round One
Although the Musketeers were only a few seasons old, it didn’t take long to build a rivalry with the Waterloo Black Hawks.
This match-up would become one of the classic rivalries the League would come to know. This season is Sioux City’s first
play-off appearance and first round play-off series with the Black Hawks was bound to be exciting.
7-Musketeers vs. Waterloo Black Hawks-6
Game 1
March 28th, 1975
New to the USHL the Musketeers make their first play-off appearance a boistrous one beating the Southern
Division champions Waterloo Black Hawks in game one of this three game divisional series. Alex Shibicky
was a hero again, recording his eight Hat Trick of the season. Also lighting the lamp in this game one are
Barry Head, Dave Davies, Tom Davies and Dave Kartio. Both teams launch fifty-five plus shots on their
opposing net meinders; Terry Mulroy would turn aside forty-eight of the Hawks fifty-four attempts.
4-Musketeers vs. Waterloo Black Hawks-6
Commisioners Cup Final
The “Of Mace and Men” / Game 2
March 29th, 1975
Sioux City won the first of the three game series and while tied 4-4 in game two, a fight between ‘Hawks Ed Starkey and
Sam Nelligan erupted, as the players were separated, a Waterloo “fan” sprayed the Musketeer bench with mace. One ‘Hawk
player, two Musketeer players, Barry Head & Jim White and their trainer were all hospitalized. Following an hour long
delay, the game was resumed, sans the missing players. Waterloo quickly tallied a game winner and an insurance
goal that sent the teams back to Sioux City for the pivitol series tie-breaker.
7-Musketeers vs. Waterloo Black Hawks-8
Game 3
March 30th, 1975
The deciding game three in Waterloo was an exciting one, but saw the Musketeer lose in an offensive battle 8-7.
Finishing the regular season with a record of 31-16-1 as the USHL Southern Division Champs, they would fall a goal short of defeating
the Waterloo BlackHawks in the USHL Championship Series.
Northern Division: Calumet Copper Country Chiefs, Marquette Iron Rangers, Thunder Bay Twins, Green Bay Bobcats,
Traverse City Bays
Southern Division: Central Wisconsin Flyers, Chicago Warriors, Milwaukee Admirals, Waterloo Black Hawks,
Sioux City Musketeers
The Musketeers would again dominate the USHL Southern Division All-Star team with Jim Peck, Rick Kennedy &
Dave Kartio selected as well as Head Coach John Saville. These four Musketeers would also find on spot on the
USHL “Dream Team”.
USHL Awards were also plentiful…Rick Kennedy would receive the League’s Most Valuable Player Award, Jim Peck the
League’s Best Defenseman Award and Coach of the Year honors would go to John Saville.
One Game this season worth noting…On January 11th, 1976 in Waterloo, the BlackHawks lead the Musketeer 9-3 with less
than 10 minutes remaining in the game. However, the Musketeers would go on to score seven unanswered goals to win with just
over a minute remaining in regulation time. Making this game one of the greatest comebacks in USHL history
Season Tickets: $65.00 / Reserved Seats: $3.25 / Balcony & Kids: $2.00
Musketeer Front Office Staff
Gary Lipshutz John Saville Sally Early Kathy Stueve
President General Manager Director of Sales Public Relations
Head Coach Office Manager
Trainer…...Curt Lilly Chief Statistician…..John Cowley Special Projects Coordinator…Howard Lipshutz
Souvenirs & Score Card Game….Terry Gottburg, Russ Gondek & Michelle Lilly
Musketeers Coaching Staff
John Saville Curt Lilly Kevin Ruring Billy Danderand
Head Coach Trainer Equipment Manager Equipment Manager
Between the Pipes
Returning veteran Ralph Kloiber and rookie Tom Gavin formed this seasons successful goaltender duo. Ralph carried
the bulk of the games as a veteran, but Tom provided the needed relief along the way and helped Sioux City claim the
Southern Division Championship. They would also advance through the play-offs and meet with Waterloo in the
USHL title game but fall just short of a championship win.
Ralph Kloiber Tom Gavin
Musketeers 1974-77 Musketeers 1975-76
Ralph Kloiber returns for the second of three seasons as a Musketeer and would assume the starting position this
season. Over the next two seasons he would be the Musketeers go-to goalie. This season saw him log some
36 games as he lead the Musketeers to a Southern Division Championship and a consolation finish in the
USHL Championship series. Ralph would be selected a member of the Musketeer Hall of Fame
in 1998.
Goaltender Tom Gavin played just a single season as a Musketeer goalie. Playing the back-up position, he helps provide
reliable relief in net. The understudy still saw time in 15 games and helped in leading the Musketeers to their first USHL
Southern Division Championship. Tom even collected a pair of assists that season.
High Scorers
Rick Kennedy Dave Kartio Sean Coughlan Dave Davies Jim Peck
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Rookie Rick Kennedy would tally 109 regular season points including a team leading sixty-six assists. Third season veteran
Dave Kartio was close at hand with ninety-seven points and a team leading fifty-two goals. Rookie Sean Coughlan would
make the scorers list this season with twenty-four goals and fifty-four assists. Another veteran Dave Davies returns to
the scorers list for the second time in as many seasons with sixty-seven points as does veteran defenseman Jim Peck,
rounding out the top scorers with twenty goals, forty-five assists for sixty-five points.
Heavy Hitters
Sam Nelligan Kevin O’Rear Barry Head Jim White Jim Peck
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Multi-season veteran Sammy Nelligan is starting to make the hitters list on a regular basis as he leads the team this season
with 133 minutes. The closest competitor is Kevin O’Rear with 86 minutes. Veterans Barry Head records 76 and Jim
White 63 minutes. Top five scorer Jimmy Peck also makes the hitters list with 52 minutes in the box.
Dave Davies Julian Nixon Greg Gilbert
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Left: Dave Davies, Greg Gilbert and Julian Nixon shoot on goal at the stage end of the Auditorium Right: Another
shot on goal. These above photographs hung on the wall that the infamous Penalty Box Bar for many years…if only
they could talk!!!
Did You Know…Jimmy Peck, Rick Kennedy, Dave Kartio and Coach John Saville were all selected as members of
the 1976 USHL Dream Team
Dave Kartio
Musketeers 72-76
Originally from the booming metro area of South Porcupine, Ontario, Dave joins the Musketeers during this inaugural
season. Having played three prior seasons for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux where he was the team leader in goals
scored all three seasons. He would lead the team in scoring his first season and finish in second the remaining two
seasons. He would then split a season between the IHL playing for the Muskegon Mohawks and the EHL playing
for the New Haven Blades.
Seasoned veteran Dave Kartio returns to the ice here for his fourth season. Again a top goal scorer, he would lead the Musketeers
in goals scored his first and second seasons recording twenty-six goals and forty-seven assists finishing second in scoring. The
following season his thirty-four goals and fifty-eight points is tops among all team scorers. His third seasonis a bit lean recording
twenty-five goals and thirty-one assists. However, this last season sees his scoring skyrocket, recording a team leading fifty-two
goals and ninty-seven points during a forty-eight game schedule. He is selected the Musketeer’s Most Popular Player and
in 1991 he would enter the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
10-Musketeers vs. Marquette Iron Rangers-3
October 31st, 1975
The early in the season the Southern Division leaders blast the visiting Marquette Iron Ranges in this high scoring affair. Dave Kartio
scores a season high five goals and Rick Kenndey grabs a hat trick. Goaltender Ralph Kloiber faces forty shots from the
‘Rangers but he is able to steer away all but three.
5 Goals in a Single Game
On October 31st, 1975 Dave Kartio becomes the first Musketeer and just a handful of USHL players to score five goals
in a single game as they Musketeers beat the Marquette Iron Rangers 10-3. His additional two assists sets a new single
season Musketeer record of seven points in a single game.
13-Musketeers vs. Central Wisconsin Flyers-4
November 1st, 1975
Its another high scoring affair for the Musketeers. This time putting up thirteen goals on the tied for first place in the Southern
Division Flyers. Barry Head would lead the scoriong with seven points on the night including two goals and four assists. Dave
Davies would grab a hat trick and an additional assist. Last nights high scorer Dave Kartio and Bob Fowler both recorded a pair
of goals and two assists. Five other musketeers would record red-lighters in thos one; Rick Kennedy, Steve Boyle, Jimmy Peck,
Sammy Nelligan and Sean Coughlin.
5 Goals in a Single Game
The following night, November 1st, Barry Head becomes the second Musketeer and just a handfull of USHL players to score five goals
in a single game as the Musketeers destroy the Central Wisconsin Flyers 13-4. He would also add a pair of assists, tieing a single season
Musketeer record of seven points in a single game.
John Saville Musketeers Player/Coach
Original Musketeer 1972-77
Player/Coach John Saville watches the Musketeers practice from the Auditorium stage.
John Saville joined the Musketeers for the inaugural season (72-73) as a player and left five seasons later as coach (76-77). Following
his first season, he took over the legendary Old-Time Hockey Position of Player/Coach for two seasons and than in traditional fashion
the remaining two seasons. During the 75-76 season he was voted the USHL Coach of the Year.
Most Musketeer Goals All-Time
As the 1975-76 season closes, Musketeer veteran Dave Kartio leaves his name atop the record book, racking-up 141 Musketeer
red-lighters over four seasons and puts him atop the Musketeers All-Time Goal Scoring list.
These two photos below represents 324 Musketeer points in a single season!!!
Mitch Brandt Sean Coghlan Dave Kartio Rick Kennedy
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Firstline team mates and top three Musketeer scorers Sean Coghlan, Dave Kartio and Rick Kennedy would combine this
season for 284 points, setting both a Musketeer and a USHL record that still stands. Add in Mitch Brandt‘s forty points
on defense; you’re talking about some serious offence.
Rick Kennedy joined the Musketeers after four seasons at the University of St. Louis where he was one of the Billikens a top
five scorer three of those seasons. He was recruited for his offense and he did not disappoint. He would lead the Musketeer
scoring with 109 points in just forty-eight games; recording forty-three goals & sixty-six assists and was voted the Musketeers
Most Valuable Player. Rick was also a member of the USHL All-Star Team and was also voted the USHL’s Most
Valuable Player. His 109 points places him among the top single season scorers in Musketeer history.
Dave Kartio was one of the original Musketeers, logging four seasons. His first three seasons Dave averaged over fifty points
per game, however, his final season found him putting up ninety-seven points during the forty-eight game season. He was selected
the Musketeer’s Most Popular Player that season and in 1991 Dave would enter the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Sean Coghlan played two seasons as a Musketeer. Shown here during his rookie season, Sean would post twenty-four goals
and add another fifty-four assists; finishing among the top three Musketeer scorers this season with seventy-eight total points.
He would receive the Musketeers Rookie of the Year Award. The following season he would record thirty-one points and
finish among the teams top five Heavy Hitters with fifty-four minutes.
Mitch Brandt played two seasons with the Musketeers. This second season he saw his goal production decrease, but he
more than compensated for that with his terrific play making ability recording thirty-five assists. After the season, Mitch
would call Sioux City home, joining the coaching staff of both the youth and the high school hockey teams. In 1978
he would help former Musketeer Alex Shibicky bring home a second place finish at the Iowa League State Tournament.
Dave Murphy
Musketeers 1975-79
Canadian Dave Murphy joined the Musketeers squad with both junior and professional experience. Having play a single
season of junior hockey for the Hamilton Red Wings, he then plays two seasons for the Omaha Knights in the CHL and
another season for the Des Moines Capitols in the IHL.
Dave was consistently top seven team scorer and his last season finished in the top five team High Scorers. He would
average twenty goals and twenty assists each season, however, he save his best for last, recording thirty-seven goals and
twenty-eight assists.
Dave rarely miss a game and always remained a constant scoring threat he quickly became a fan favorite. Over the
course of four seasons he logged 168 regular season contests; netting 102 goals and adding ninety assists. In 1992 Dave
would be inducted into the Musketeer Hall of Fame and in 2015 the Omaha Hockey Hall of Fame.
USHL Defenceman of the Year Award * Leading Scorer USHL Defencemen (Season)
This season Jimmy Peck becomes the first Musketeer to lead all other USHL Defenseman in scoring; he would record twenty goals
and forty-five assists during this season. He is selected as the USHL Best Defenceman and is chosen a USHL All-Star Team and
member of the USHL Dream Team.
10-Musketeers vs. Waterloo Black Hawks-9
“The Comeback”
January 10th, 1976
Waterloo jumps all over the visiting Musketeers leading the game 9-3 with less than ten minutes remaining. However, three quick
goals by Mitch Brant, Dave Murphy and Julian Nixon seemed to turn the tide. Minutes later Jimmy Peck and Sam Nelligan
find the back of the net as does Dave Kartrio tying the game just under three minutes remaining. Barry Head would cap this
incredible comeback getting the game winner with just eighty-three seconds remaining in regulation. Jimmy Peck, Dave
Kartio and Julian Nixon all recorded a pair of goals with Nixon adding two assists for a four point night.
Musketeer Autograph Night
Sam Nelligan Randy McDonald Tom Gavin
Original Musketeer 1972-78 Musketeers 1974-78 Musketeers 1975-76
Sam Nelligan was an original Musketeer, joining the organization in it’s first season. He would play six seasons logging some
258 regular season games. Sammy was a fan favorite; he loved to drop the gloves and the fans loved him for it. His classic
battles with Waterloo Blackhawk Ed Starkey, are a part of USHL lore. During the 76-77 season Sammy received the
team’s Mr. Spirit and Most Popular Player Awards and in 1993 he was elected into the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Did You Know…Sammy’s 258 games played as a Musketeer is second only to Dave Davies record setting 269 games played.
Randy MacDonald would play four seasons with the Musketeers and is pictured here during his second. As a rookie he would
receive the Musketeers Mr. Spirit award and as a four season veteran, the Musketeers Most Popular Player award. During
his final season, he would finish as one of the Musketeers top five scorers with fifty-seven total points. Over his four seasons,
Randy would log 174 regular season games recording 123 points.
Tom Gavin spent a single season in net for the Musketeers. Taking on the the back-up duties, he provide the reliable relief to
help win a division championship. Tom would see time in fifteen contests and would even record a pair of assists as the
Musketeers would win their first ever Southern Division Championship.
Mitch Brandt Jim Peck Bob Fowler
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Mitch Brandt: Played two seasons (75-77) as a Musketeer. Stayed in Sioux City to coach the youth and the high school hockey
teams. In 1978 he would help former Musketeer Alex Shibicky bring home a second place finish at the State Tournament.
Jimmy Peck played four Musketeer seasons and recorded 249 points in 187 games placing him among the Musketeers
top three all-time scorers. He was a three -time USHL Best Defenceman and three-time Leading Defenceman Scorer. During
his final season Jimmy was selected as the Musketeers Most Valuable Player andhonored for a third time as the USHL Best
Defenseman. He would eventually be a three-time USHL All-Star and USHL All League team member and a two-time USHL
Dream-Team selection. Jimmy would be selected to the Musketeers Hall of Fame in 1991. He would go on to
success coaching the Sioux City Metros high school team, capturing three State Championships.
Bob Fowler played his first season in Sioux City as one of the original Musketeers. He would log thirty-three game; scoring
nineteen goals and eight assists. He liked it here so much, that after two seasons in the CHL & IHL, he would return for a second
season as a Musketeer. Serving as one of the Alternate Captains, Bob would record thirteen goals and eighteen assists.
Sean Coghlan Ralph Kloiber Rick Kennedy
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Sean Coghlan logged a pair of seasons in Sioux City after arriving from St. Louis University. His first season he would
put-up seventy-eight points including twenty-four goals and fifty-four helpers and finish third in Musketeer scoring that
season. He would win the Musketeer Rookie of the Year Award. The following season he would record thirty-one
points and finish among the teams top five Heavy Hitters with fifty-four minutes.
Another St. Louis University product is goaltender Ralph Kloiber played three seasons for the Musketeers. His rookie
season he would take on the back-up duties; still seeing time in nineteen regular season games. However, after that, Ralph
carried the mail the remaining two seasons as the Musketeers go-to goalie. Ralph would be selected a member of
the Musketeer Hall of Fame in 1998.
Did You Know...Ralph finished this season seventh in team penalty minutes with 46. The following season he would
improve with 48 and a top sixth team finish.
Rick Kennedy arrived in Sioux City after four seasons at St Louis University (CCHA) playing for the Billikens. During
his only season as a Musketeer he would lead the team in scoring with 109 points; including forty-three goals and sixty-six
assists and was voted the Musketeers Most Valuable Player. He would also play in the USHL All-Star Team as well
as receive the USHL’s Most Valuable Player Award
USHL Most Valuable Player / Most points in a Single Season
Rick Kennedy is the Musketeer player to receive the USHL Most Valuable Player award. Over the season he would record
109 regular season points including forty-three goals and sixty-six assists. His 109 Points in a Single Season marker would
stand for ten more seasons, before Musketeers Tim Ferguson and Mike Racz both eclipsed that record, scoring 135 and
132 points in a single season.
Musketeers Award Winners
Most Valuable Player…Rick Kennedy * Mr. Spirit…Dave Murphy * Rookie of the Year…Sean Coghlan
Most Popular Player…Dave Kartio * D’Artagnan Award…John Cowley
USHL All-Star Game
Jimmy Peck * Rick Kennedy * Dave Kartio * Head Coach John Saville
USHL Dream Team Selections
Jimmy Peck * Rick Kennedy * Dave Kartio * Head Coach John Saville
USHL Award Winners
Most Valuable Player…Rick Kennedy * Defenseman of the Year…Jimmy Peck * Coach of the Year… John Saville
The Musketeers would finish the regular season with 22-26 record.
The Musketeers will host the USHL All-Star game this season. Played on January 24th, 1977. Coaches from last season’s
Division Champions will head-up this season’s All-Star teams. Musketeers John Saville will take the Southern Division bench
and Green Bay’s Gordy Yewman will take the Northern Division All-Stars.
Northern Division: Traverse City Bays, Grand Rapids Blades, Green Bay Bobcats
Southern Division: Milwaukee Admirals, Waterloo Black hawks, Sioux City Musketeers
The Musketeers will place eight players on the Southern Divisions All-Star Team; Jim Peck, Mitch Brandt, Rick Clubbe,
Steve Colp, Dave Davies, Randy MacDonald, Barry Head and Ralph Kloiber. Future Musketeer and current Green Bay
goaltender Dave LeGree is also selected to the All-Star line-up.
Season Tickets: $65.00 / Reserved Seats: $3.25 / Kids: $2.00
Special Note…Sioux City get their first Zamboni. Good bye to the snow shovels and Black Knight carts!!! 
Musketeers Front Office Staff
Gary Lipshutz John Saville Kathy Stueve
President General Manager/Head Coach Public Relations Director
Trainer……Curt Lilly Chief Statistician…..John Cowley Special Projects Coordinator…Howard Lipshutz
Souvenirs & Score Card Game….Terry Gottburg, Russ Gondek & Michelle Lilly
Musketeers Coaching Staff
Head Coach...John Saville Trainer… Equipment Manager…Billy Danderand
Between the Pipes
Fresh off a Southern Division Championship and a run at the Play-off Championship, third year veteran Ralph Kloiber
would again claim the starting duties in 37 games. However, rookie back-up Billy Fedoryk would see his share of ice
time and log 19 games in goal.
Ralph Kloiber
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Ralph Kloiber joins the team after hearing about the new Musketeers organization from other St. Louis University players
like Dave Davies and Jim Peck. Completing his four seasons as a Billiken, Ralph joins the Musketeers for his rookie
season taking on the back-up duties, he would still see time in nineteen games posting a 10-9 record.
Ralph would carry-the-mail for the Musketeer the next two seasons. His second season would see continues success;
finishing the season with a 21-14-1 record and helping lead the Musketeers to the team’s first regular season Division
Championship and a runner-up placing in the post season championship.
Taking the net for the third season, Ralph enters this season as one of the league’s premier goaltenders. He would again
assume the starting position as he prepared to backstop the Musketeers in their defense of the prior season’s Southern
Division championship. Ralph sees time in forty-one games this season and wins nineteen of them.
He would finish his three year Musketeer career with a 50-45-1 overall record. In 1977 he is selected a USHL All-Star
and in 1998 he is inducted into the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
High Scorers
Steve Colp Rick Clubbe Dave Davies Jimmy Peck Walt Johnson
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This season was loaded with constant scorers. Rookies Steve Colp and Rick Clubbe would set the pace. Steve’s
seventy-seven points would include a team leading thirty-seven goals. Rick would also record forty-assists in addition to
twenty-five of his own goals. Here’s Mr. Consistent, Dave Davies as he continues make his mark in the Musketeer
record book with another ninety-one points. Jimmy Peck also makes the list again, scoring sixteen goals and and
team leading forty-four assists. Rookie Walt Johnson would finish out the top scorers with twenty-six goals
and twenty-three assists.
Heavy Hitters
Sam Nelligan Les Batog Mitch Brandt Dave Murphy Sean Coughlan
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Seasoned veteran Sammy Nelligan would claim a usual spot on the Heavy Hitters list; leading the team in penalty
minutes for the second season in a row with eighty-four minutes. Returning veteran Les Batog is a close second with
seventy-six penalty minutes. New to the Heavy Hitter list are veterans Mitch Brandt with fifty-eight minutes, Dave Murphy
with fifty-five minutes and Sean Coughlan with fifty-four minutes in the box. Top five scorer Jim Peck would miss the list
by just a pair of minor penalties.
Sioux City Auditorium
Left: Musketeer players line-up along the blue line for some kind of presentation Right: A neutral zone face-off. You are
looking at the odd numbered sections of the Auditorium, sometimes called the Pearl Street side. Left is visiting players
bench and the right is the single penalty box used by both teams.
Billy Fedoryk
Musketeers 1976-77
Billy Fedoryk arrives in Sioux City with a season’s worth of junior hockey experience. Playing in the Mid-American Hockey
League where he logged some thirty-five games in goal for the Austin Mavericks.
Assuming the back-up duties to the Musketeers three season veteran goaltender, Billy is still able to earn time in nineteen USHL
games and finishes the season with a winning 7-5 record.
Randy MacDonald
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Four season Musketeer veteran Randy MacDonald move the puck up ice during this third season in Sioux City. He
would receive Musketeer team awards Mr. Spirit in 1975 and be voted Most Popular Player in1978.
Note: fence in lieu of glass.
Rick Clubbe
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Prior to joining the Musketeers, Rick was a stand-out player for the Fighting Sioux; playing four season for the University
of North Dakota. During his senior season, Rick’s sixteen goals and twenty-four assists was second best among all team
scorers. Over four NCAA seasons he would see time in 135 games; recording thirty-seven goals and fifty-six assists.
Joining the Musketeers after four very successful season at North Dakota, Rick Clubbe was expected to be a terrific
addition to the Musketeer offence this season. He would record twenty-five goals and forty assists playing a complete
forty-eight game regular season; his sixty-five points was second best among all team scorers.
The following season, Rick would be traded to the Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) where he put up nearly identical
numbers; missing just one game during the season and scoring two fewer goals. As far as Musketeer history this
season, Rick’s name would surface later in the season in one of the USHL’s most famous fights.
Barry Head
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Barry Head would log a junior season in his Canada playing for the Markham Waxers before joining the Musketeers
the following season. As a Musketeer rookie, he saw a busy schedule, playing in twenty-seven games; recording thirteen
goals and eighteen assists. During his second season, The Musketeer Alternate Captain would continue to find the net
burying twenty goals and adding forty-one assists. His third season now saw more of the same as the Team
Captain boasted his second season as a Musketeer top five high score with twenty-six goals and
thirty-seven helpers.
Selected to lead the Musketeers as Team Captain for a second consecutive season, Barry Head would continue to help
the Musketeers succeed during this season. Netting fourteen goals and adding twenty-eight more assists for forty-two regular
season points. During these four seasons as a Musketeer, his 196 regular season points places him in the top ten
All-Time Musketeer Scorers. Barry would eventually become active in the Siouxland Youth Hockey program and would
coach both youth and in 1982 take over coaching the Sioux City Metros high school team for four seasons.
Steve Colp
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Before joining the Musketeers Steve Colp was a Michigan State (NCAA) scoring machine. Logging four seasons for the Spartans,
Steve lead the team in scoring both his freshman and sophomore seasons; recording sixty points including thirty-five goals and then
the following season a whopping ninty-seven points on a team leading forty-three red-lighters. He would have a soft junior year;
finishing fourth in scoring recording just forty-nine points on fourteen goals. However, his senior year saw him back on his game
finishing second in team scoring recording forty goals and a team leading fifty-four helpers.
Steve would have a terrific first season with the Musketeer as the new senior league seemed to fit his style of play well.
He would play in forty-two USHL contests where he would lead the Musketeers in scoring; recording both a team leading
seventy-seven points and thirty-seven goals addinf an additional forty assists.
Mitch Brandt Jimmy Peck
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Musketeers veterans Mitch Brandt and Jimmy Peck move the puck up ice. Mitch would play for the Musketeers two
seasons before becoming active in the Sioux City Youth Hockey program where he would spend three seasons behind the
bench coaching the Jr. Musketeers. Mitch would later return coaching many years later and become an integral part
of the newly formed Lakes Area youth hockey program.
Leading Scorer USHL Defencemen (2x) / Time USHL Defenceman of the Year (2x)
Jimmy Peck does it again, for the second season in a row he leads all USHL Defensemen in scoring; recording sixteen goals and
forty-four assists and is selected as the USHL Best Defenseman. For a second season in a row, he is also selected to the USHL All-Star
and USHL All-League teams.
Julian Nixon
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Sioux City Auditorium Penalty Box Uniqueness…
Penalty boxes for both teams was located in the Section 5 Vomitory. (Yes…I said both teams!!!) Up until the early 80’s rink
re-model, only one penalty box location was made available to players. While minor penalties were usually no problem,
it was the major penalties that usually lead to the excitement!!!
Brad Morrow
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Left: Brad Morrow joined the Musketeers for a single season. He played two seasons for the University of
Minnesota Golden Gophers (NCAA) before becoming a Musketeer. He would log nearly a complete schedule and record
five goals and fourteen assists.
Barry Head Dave Murphy
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Left: Team Captain Barry Head and Dave Murphy face-off against Jim Carter of the Green Bay Bobcats.
Steve Colp Brad Morrow Billy Fedoryk
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High Scoring Michigan State (NCAA) graduate Steve Colp joins the Musketeers after four seasons with Spartans. He was no
stranger to leading his teams in scoring and does so this first USHL season; recording seventy-seven points including fifty-seven
goals and forty assists during a forty-eight game regular season. Steve is selected to the USHL All-Star Team this season and
three seasons prior, chosen by the Chicago BlackHawks in the 1974 NHL Draft.
Brad Morrow joined the Musketeers for a single season. He played two prior seasons for the University of Minnesota
Golden Gophers (NCAA) before becoming a Musketeer. He would log nearly a complete schedule and record five goals
and fourteen assists
Goaltender Billy Fedoryk would played a single season in net for the Musketeers. He arrives with a season’s worth of
experience having played in the USHL’s sister league Midwest Junior Hockey League playing for the Austin Mavericks.
The Musketeer rookie this season would still see time in nineteen contests and finish the season with a 7-5 record.
Sioux City Auditorium
East Side Marquee / 1976-77
Even back in the seventies these east and west side entrances were rarely used for events. These side entrances were used
mainly as exits at the completion of schedule events and also for crew entrance and occasional side ramp load in &outs.
The marquee reads; Musketeers vs. Grand Rapids Saturday & Sunday, Merl Haggard and Freddie Hart in concert Friday
night and the Annual Lions Club Pancake Day Saturday.
Auditorium Trivia… inscribed at the top of the Auditorium on both east and west entrances are two sayings. They go
largely unnoticed by other than those of us who have used those two entrances for hockey, work and entertainment
on a regular basis. Can you name them????
Musketeer Trivia Answer… East/Peirce Street entrance: Art At Its Highest and Nature At Its Truest Are One
West/Pearl Street: There Is No Higher Conquest Than That Of Self.
Julian Nixon
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Musketeer Julian Nixon Played five seasons in Sioux City. He is shown facing off against the Waterloo Black Hawks (left)
and the Green Bay Bobcats (right).
Rick Clubbe
Musketeers 1976-77
Rick Clubbe played one season in Sioux City before being traded to the Waterloo Black Hawks. He would finish
second in Musketeer scoring with sixty-fibe total points; twenty-fibe goals and forty assists (48 game schedule). Prior
to his USHL days, he played four seasons for UND. Rick’s name would surface again next season as a participant
in one of the USHL’s & Musketeers’ most famous fights. add details tim’s book has info.
Jimmy Peck Sammy Nelligan
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Left: Jimmy would spend four seasons as a Musketeer where he would become one of the USHL’s pioneers of development
of the Offensive-defenseman. Three of his four season were spent setting and breaking defenseman scoring records.
Right: Sam Nelligan, one of the original Musketeers, he would stay a Musketeer for six seasons where he was a part of some of
the most memorable USHL fisticuffs. He even spent the last two seasons as a Player/Assistant Coach.
Brad Morrow
Musketeers 1976-77
Brad Morrow joined the Musketeers for a single season (76-77). He played two seasons for the University of Minnesota
Golden Gophers (NCAA) before becoming a Musketeer. He would log nearly a complete schedule and record five goals
and fourteen assists.
Sean Coghlan Rick Clubbe Brad Morrow Julian Nixon
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Left: Sean Coghlan and Rick Clubbe Right: Julian Nixon catches photographer Curt Stoever on this shot, while
Brad Morrow continues to tell Julian his side of the story.
Sean Coghlan: Logged a pair of seasons as a Musketeer. Shown here as Alternate Captain during the second of his two
seasons in Sioux City. His first season he would be selected as the Musketeer Rookie of the Year. Sean played two
seasons for the St Louis University Billicans (NCAA) before becoming a Musketeer.
Julian Nixon played five seasons in Sioux City. During his time here, every season he was always a fan favorite. He would
post some 118 regular season points career points, including both fifty-nine goals and assists. After the Musketeers, Julian
returned to his home town, Des Moines, where he became an active coach in the Des Moines Youth Hockey program and a
USA Hockey official.
Autograph Night
Barry Head Jimmy Peck
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Barry Head would play four seasons in Sioux City. He would stay in Sioux City and involved in the SYHA program.
and eventually coach the High School hockey team for four seasons.
Jimmy Peck signs autographs for his fans. (That’s me at the bottom in the center). Jim’s 282 points put him at third
on the Musketeer’s All Time Scorers list. After hockey, Jimmy too would stay in Sioux City and make huge contributions to
the Siouxland Youth and High School hockey teams. In 1994 and 2003 he would lead the High School team to a pair
League Championships. Along the way he would become a USHL official and eventually mentoring two of his past high
school players; Kirk Swanson and Bob Batcheller also into lengthly careers as USHL linesmen.
Did You know…This picture of Jimmy and me is one of my favorites. As a young player & fan, I watched Jimmy from the stands,
section five, row five, seat one as he racked-up both points and penalty minutes. Here I am waiting inline to get his autograph.
Little did I know, that years later this childhood hero would become one of my best hockey friends. From officiating USHL
games together, reffing high school games when he was coaching or playing adult league pick-up; Jimmy still remains one
of the greatest Musketeers ever!!!
Did You Know…Jimmy Peck’s 282 career points places him third on the all-time Musketeers scorers list. He was no stranger
to the penalty box either…He collected some 240 penalty minutes as well.
Brad Morrow Sean Coghlan
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Left: Brad Morrow take time for a photo while Walt Johnson signs in the background. Right: Alternate Captain Sean
Coghlan shown during the second of his two seasons in Sioux City. His first season (75-76) he would be selected as the
Musketeer Rookie of the Year. Sean played two seasons for the St Louis University Billicans (NCAA) before
becoming a Musketeer.
Mitch Brandt
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Mitch Brandt (Musketeers 75-77) and Craig Stoever (Metros Class of ’83). Mitch would also stay in town and offer
his hockey knowledge to the High School team for three seasons. In 1978 he would help former Musketeer Alex Shibicky
bring home a second place finish at the Iowa High School League (IHSHL) State Tournament.
Sammy Nelligan Julian Nixon
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Left: Sammy Nelligan, one of the original Musketeers. While known for his legendary tussles with Waterloo Black Hawk Ed Starkey,
Sammy could put the biscuit in the basket as well, and scored nearly 200 points as a Musketeer.
Right: Julian Nixon played five seasons in Sioux City. After his last season he returned home to Des Moines where he
became active in the Youth and High School hockey programs. He would also go on to become a USA Hockey official.
Walt Johnson
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Drafted by the Boston Bruins in 1971 eighteen year old Walt Johnson embarks on six successful junior seasons playing
in both Canada and the USA. He would eventually find a home in Sioux City this season.
Fans wait for a chance to meet first year Musketeer player Walt Johnson. His forty-nine points; twenty-six goals and
twenty-three assists and League-wide respect, would earn Walt the Musketeer Rookie of the Year Award. His 286
total points in 176 games, still today makes him the Musketeer’s second leading All-Time Scorer. In 1991, Walt
was elected to the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Walt would eventually call Sioux City home where he became the Auditorium Building Manager for nearly twenty-five
years and became active in both youth and high school hockey. Eventually coaching the Metros High School team to
back-to-back high school State Tournament Championships in 1998 and 1999.
Steve Colp
Musketeers 1976-77
Canadian Steve Colp joins the Musketeers after four outstanding seasons playing at Michigan State University. He was a
multi-season Spartins top scorer; twice leading the team in goals and total points and a third time finishing second in scoring
with a team leading the team in assists.
Spending a single season in Sioux City Steve would lead the Musketeers in scoring. Playing in forty-two contests, he would lead the
team in scoring with seventy-seven regular season points; including a team high thirty seven goals and forty assists. Following
his freshman season, Steve was drafted by both the ChicagoBlackHawks (NHL) and the Cleveland Crusaders (WHA).
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Awards Night
March 13th, 1977
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Bob Graiziger (left & right) against the Waterloo BlackHawks. He played two seasons at the University of Denver before
joining the Musketeers for one season. Left: Julian Nixon follows the play.
The season finale sees the Musketeers come up short against their arch enemy the Waterloo Black Hawks. Leading the
Southern Division for most of the season Sioux City took a second seat to the Milwaukee Admirals who won thier last for
in a row. Walt Johnson and Rick Clubbe both record a pair of red-lighters and Dave Davies grabs a single tally. Waterloo
launches forty-six shots at goaltender Ralp Kloiber stopping thirty-nine of those attemnpts.
Jimmy Peck
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Eventual four season veteran defenceman Jimmy Peck was selected the Musketeers as Most Valuable Player during this
third season in Sioux City. Of his sixty points during the forty-eight game season, most came from the point with his legendary
slap shot. Jimmy would also pick up the USHL Leading Offensive-Defenseman award. In 1989 Jimmy would be voted
into the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Did you know…the following year Jimmy would again break his own scoring record, posting twenty-seven goals, forty-four assists
for seventy-one regular season points making him one of the top three all-time Musketeer scorers.
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Left: This would be the first of Walt Johnson‘s three seasons in Sioux City. Forty regular season points from a freshman
player earned Walt league-wide respect and the Musketeers Rookie of the Year Award. His 286 total points in 176 games,
still today makes him the Musketeer’s second leading scorer. Walt would be elected to the Musketeer Hall of Fame in 1991.
Right: One of the original Musketeers, Sam Nelligan would play Enforcer for six full seasons!!! Sammy is shown above
winning both the Mr. Spirit and Most Popular Player awards. Every Musketeer fan back then, Sammy could win those
awards on a regular basis as well as run for Mayor all six seasons in Sioux City!!!! In 1993, Sam was elected to the
Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Musketeers Award Winners
Most Valuable Player…Jimmy Peck (Metros Coach 01-07 / 2003 State Champions)
Rookie of the Year…Walt Johnson (Metros Coach 79-82 & 96-00 / 98 & 99 State Champions)
Mr. Spirit…Sam Nelligan * Most Popular Player…Sam Nelligan * D’Artagnan Award…Elfrieda Lillie
USHL All-Star Game
January 24th, 1977 / Sioux City Iowa
The the League’s fourth annual USHL All-Star game is held in the Sioux City Municipal Auditorium . The best players
of the Northern Division will take on the best of the Southern Division. Fifteen players and two goaltender will populate
the benches and the game will be play in regular format. Between the first and second period there is a
Shoot-Out Contest with three players from each team competing for cash prizes.
Steve Colp Rick Clubbe Dave Davies Jimmy Peck
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Mitch Brandt Randy MacDonald Barry Head Ralph Kloiber
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The Musketeers place eight players on the Southern Division All-Star team. the next closest is the Northern
Division’s Green Bay Bobcats place six players on the team; including future Musketeer Dave LeGree.
Musketeers Head Coach John Saville will coach the Southern Division All-Stars.
USHL Award Winners
Musketeers win the Southern Division championship with a 34-17 record, identical to heated rivals the Waterloo Black Hawks.
They would meet-up in the Championship series and Waterloo would blast-off to a three game lead before the Musketeers could
rebound and force a seventh deciding game. Unfortunately, the Musketeers would fall short and lose 7-4.
Northern Division: Bloomington Stars, Grand Rapids Blades, Green Bay Bobcats
Southern Division: Austin Mavericks, Waterloo Black Hawks, Sioux City Musketeers
Season Tickets: $75.00 / Reserved Seats: 3:50 / Kids: $2.00
Special Note…New Dasher Boards Glass arrives in Sioux City – gone is the chain-link fence that personified old-time hockey.
Musketeer Front Office Staff
Gary Lipshutz Charlie Burns Mike Newhouse Micki Murphy Steve Musco
President General Manager Sales & Marketing Public Relations Trainer
Trainer……Curt Lilly Chief Statistician…..John Cowley Special Projects Coordinator…Kathy Stueve & Sally Early
Souvenirs & Score Card Game….Terry Gottburg, Doug Gates & Kelly Smith
Musketeers Coaching Staff
Charlie Burns Sam Nelligan Billy Danderand
Head Coach Player/Assistant Coach Trainer Equipment Manager
Between the Pipes
With a nice resume in hand; three seasons in the OHL, a stint in the IHL and a full season in Green Bay, Dave Legree joined the
Musketeers for the first of two very successful years in Sioux City. Rick Hanson would also join the team as one of the first
official Junior players as the USHL prepped for the up-coming transition years. Dave and Rick would team-up and bring home
another USHL Southern Division Championship. They would also give the Musketeers another run at a play-off championship title.
Dave LeGree Rich Hanson
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Dave LeGree: Would carry the mail for the Musketeers for a pair of seasons. Arriving in town as a Musketeer rookie, but with
six seasons of professional hockey under his belt, he would lead the Musketeers to a second Southern Division Championship
in three seasons and receive the Musketeers Most Valuable Player Award. The following season he would lead the
Musketeers to another successful season while securing the USHL’s Most Valuable Player Award.
Rich Hanson: Playing understudy to the experienced Rich Hanson would assume the back-up goaltending duties. Providing the
relief at the right times, Rich helped the Musketeers to another Southern Division Championship.
High Scorers
Walt Johnson Bob Ferguson Jimmy Peck Mike Thomas Randy McDonald
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Walt Johnson is back on the high scorers list again for the second time and will be there one more before his
wraps up his three seasons with the Musketeers. He would have a record setting season scoring a team leading forty
goals and sixty-one assists for 101 points. Bob Ferguson would make the list as a rookie scoring eighty-seven regular
season points including thirty-seven goals and fifty helpers. defenseman Jimmy Peck would make the list again as he
tallies twenty-seven goals and forty-four assists. Mike Thomas would record sixty-three points on twenrty-seven red
lighters and thirty-six helpers and veteran Randy McDonald would round out the top five scorers with a four season
career high of nine goals and forty-eight assists.
Heavy Hitters
Bobby Hutten Sam Nelligan Jimmy Peck Mark Castillo Marlin Mense
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With the phase in of Junior hockey this season, Sammy got some much needed relief as resident tough-guy Bobby Hutten
joined the Musketeers and had a fierce reputation as a fighter and everyone in the league knew it. Bobby would record a
team high of 151 minutes and he only played thirty-four games that season. Sam Nelligan would record eighty-eight
minutes and cap a six season career with some 500 plus penalty minutes. Jimmy Peck makes both lists again this season
by recording eighty-two penalty minutes while finishing third in scoring. Rookies Mark
Castillo would record 79 minutes and Marlin Mense 45 minutes.
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Bobby Hutten played for the Musketeers for two seasons . Don’t let the hair fool you…This guy was a fighter, who could play
hockey. His “Golden Gloves” awards made him one of the toughest guys in the league. Joining the Musketeers this season, the
rookie afforded Sammy a few nights off and he made good use of the time. He racked-up 151 penalty minutes in just thirty-four
games. Bobby did also record his first two USHL goals and added a dozen assists this first season.
Dave Murphy Bob Ferguson Dave LeGree Mike Thomas Marlin Mense
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Left: Dave Murphy , Bob Ferguson and goalie Dave LeGree Right: Mike Thomas and Marlin Mense
These two photographs below hung on the wall that the infamous Penalty Box Bar for many years…if only they could talk!!!
Musketeers vs. Austin Mavericks
Sioux City Auditorium
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Left: Sam Nelligan and Walt Johnson lead the Musketeers to the ice as they prepare to take on the Austin Mavericks
Right: Bob Betty, Randy MacDonald, Dave LeGree & Rich Hanson await the starting line-up announcements.
Dave LeGree Bob Beatty Bobby Hutten Mike Hoberg
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Left: Goalie Dave LeGree (77-79) makes a save as defenseman Bob Beatty (77-78) watches the guy in the crease. Dave played
two seasons in Sioux City. In his first season, he would set a Musketeer record for 33 wins (48 game season) that still stands today.
Right: Bobby Hutten (77-79) and Mike Hoberg (77-78) return the favor on the Austin Mavericks goaltender.
Left: (L to R) Dave Castillo, Marlin Mense, Jim Peck, Randy MacDonald and goaltender Dave LeGree Right: defenseman
Bob Betty drops the mitts with an unfortunate Maverick
Bob Ferguson
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Bob Ferguson would play just a single season for the Musketeers, however, it wouldn’t be the last he called Sioux City
home. He is selected in both NHL and WHL drafts by the New York Islanders and the Winnipeg Jets. Bob logged
several seasons in the OHL prior to arriving in our River City.
Playing in fifty game this season, Bob notched thirty-seven goals and added another fifty assists; his eighty-seven points
was the second highest among Musketeer scorers. He would be selected as the season’s Musketeers Most Valuable Player.
After three additional seasons in the ECHL, Bob would return to Sioux City and take-on the Head Coaching duties of a
Musketeer team that prior season could only put together a dozen wins. In one of the Musketeer’s critical moments
during it’s storied history, Bob leads the Musketeers to a USHL League and Play-off Championship and a runner-up
placing at the National Championships; He is named Coach of the Year by the USHL. Four seasons later, he would
do it again this time completing the Triple Crown Championship quest and grabbing his second Coach of the Year honor.
Twice Bob would be named USHL Coach of the Year & USHL All-Star Game coach and lead the USHL
International All-Stars to their first World Jr. Tournament victory in Switzerland. In 1989, Bob would be elected to the
Musketeers Hall of Fame. In 1998 & 1999 would go on to win back-to-back ECHL coach of the year awards in 1998 and
1999. In 2001 he started a long running front office career and is currentlly GM of the San Deigo Gulls (AHL)
USHL Coach of the Year
Bob Ferguson would go one to eventually be selected as the USHL Coach of the Year four different times. Two seasons with the
Musketeers and two more times while coaching the Des Moines Buccaneers. He is also a four time USHL General Manager
of the Year Receiving it once with the Musketeers and three times with the Bucs including a pair of back-to-back honors.
Randy MacDonald Mike Hoberg
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Randy MacDonald‘s four seasons as a Musketeer would eventually make him one of the many fan favorites. He rarely missed
games during the regular season and over his four seasons recorded twenty-seven red-lighters and added ninety-six assists.
Always known for his play-making ability, Randy tallied forty-eights helpers his final season and added nine red-lighters.
Mike Hoberg would split this season between the USHL playing for the Musketeers and the Waterloo Black Hawks and
in the IHL playing for the Milwaukee Admirals. He would make good use of his time in Sioux City; seeing time in just
twenty-one games, he racked-up sixteen goals and fifteen assists. His thirty-one points over that short stay saw him
head to the IHL averaging almost a point & a half every game.
Donny Ohlund Jimmy Peck
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Left: Donny Ohlund vs. the Austin Mavericks at the Audi. Coach Charlie Burns looks on from the bench. Donny
would spend just a half season in Sioux City scoring fifteen goals and six assists before a trade moved him to Green Bay.
Right: Jimmy Peck (Musketeers 74-78) battles with a Green Bay Bobcat. He would be selected to the
Musketeer Hall of Fame in 1989.
5 Goals in a Single Game
On December 18th, 1977 in Bloomington, MN Sam Nelligan becomes the third Musketeer and just a handful of USHL players
to score five goals in a single game in this 13-7 win over the Bloomington Jr. Stars.
Mike Thomas (#6) Bob Ferguson (#22) Walt Johnson (#7)
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This picture here represents 251 total Musketeer points in a single season; 104 goals and 147 assists over this single forty-eight
game season. Every game this season these three players averaged over two goals, over three assists and over five points per
game. Add in the third highest scorer defenseman Jimmy Peck’s twenty-seven goals and forty-four assists and you have an
offensive juggernaut that may never be equaled on USHL ice.
Walt Johnson was the Musketeers leading scorer in goals, assists and points this season; notching forty goals and sixty-one
assists giving him a whopping 101 regular season points. Right behind him in team scoring was Bob Ferguson tallying thirty-
seven goals and fifty assists. Rookie Mike Thomas would land a dream spot on this high scoring line featuring two of the
league’s star players. Mike capitalized on this opportunity and notched twenty-seven goals and adding thirty-six assists. His
sixty-three total points placed him among the top four scorers for that season.
Musketeers vs. Green Bay Bobcats
Left: Mike Thomas (77-78) Right: Linesman Rick Sugett drops the puck for center Bob Ferguson (77-78) and wingers Dave
Davies (74-79) and #18 Keith Pauly (77-78) . Green Bay Bobcat players are #14 John Preville, #3 Rob Nicholson, #19 Bob Purpur
Bob Ferguson would win the Musketeer MVP Award this season. He would return to Sioux City a few season later and
lead the Musketeers to a pair of Regular Season and League Championships and a Jr. A National Title. He is both an eventual
four-time USHL Coach of the Year and four-time USHL General Manager of the Year, a two-time USHL All-Star Game
skipper and lead the USHL International All-Stars to their first World Jr. Tournament victory in Switzerland. In 1989,
Bob would be elected to the Musketeers Hall of Fame.
Dave Davies tops the Musketeer’s all-time scorers with 359 points and holds the Ironman record with 269 games played.
In his final season, he would be voted the Musketeers Most Popular Player. He would stay in Sioux City where he became
active in the newly formed youth hockey program. Eventually, he would coach the Metros High School hockey team to
back-to-back State Championships in 1991 & 92 ushering in a decade of high school hockey league dominance. In 1990
Dave would be elected to the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Most Assists in a Single Game
On December 18th, 1977 in Bloomington (MN) Dave Davies sets a Musketeer record when he tallies six assists in a single game
in this win over the Jr. Stars.
Sam Nelligan Night
This evening was dedicated to current Musketeer player Sam Nelligan. One of the original Musketeers, Sam played
six seasons in Sioux City and became a household name among hockey fans.
During his final season, he would take on the unusual job of Player /Assistant Coach. Sammy would go down as one
of the legendary Musketeer players and his nearly 200 points and 550 penalty minutes puts him among the top
Musketeers in both categories.
Left: Captain Walt Johnson, Announcer Mike Newhouse and an un-identified presenter award the night’s honoree, Sam
Nelligan his special recognition. Note: Head referee wearing the red & blue striped jersey.
Right: Sammy poses with his award.
All-Time Games Played by a Musketeer
Sam Nelligan is the “unofficial” All-Time Games Played Musketeer record holder. Currently, Sam clocks in at third highest with
200 games played as a Musketeer; just behind leaders Dave Davies with 235 and Tommy Olczyk with 205. However, Sam has no
available 1974-75 regular season stats available. This missing season of forty-eight games could place him at the top of this list.
Dave Davies Sam Nelligan Randy MacDonald
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Left: Veteran Musketeers Dave Davies (5 seasons) and Sam Nelligan (6 seasons) Right: Randy McDonald (5 seasons)
Dave Davies tops the Musketeer’s all-time scorers with 359 points and in his final season be voted Most Popular Player. He would
stay in Sioux City and eventually coach the Metros High School Hockey Team to three State Championships. In 1990 Dave would
enter the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Leading Scorer USHL Defencemen (3x) * USHL Defenceman of the Year (3x)
For the third season on a row, Jimmy Peck leads all USHL Defensemen in scoring and receives the USHL Best Defenceman Award.
This eclipses all previous season scoring, with a personal best twenty-seven goals and forty-four assists, for a season high
of seventy-one points. This also marks the third season in a row, he is selected to both the USHL All-Star and USHL All-League teams.
Jimmy Peck
Musketeers 1974-78
Jimmy Peck played in Sioux City for four seasons. His 282 points are third on the Musketeer’s All-Time Scorers list. He is a three-time
USHL All-Star and All-Leauge selection and was the League’s highest scoring defenseman three seasons in a row. He would be
elected to the Musketeer Hall of Fame in 1989. After the Musketeers, he would go on to coach various SYHA teams,
eventually winning a pair IHSHL State Championships in 1994 and 2003. After a brief retirement, Jimmy again
joined the High School coaching staff in 2009 as an assistant coach for five seasons.
Most Goalie Wins in a Season (48 game schedule)
Stearing the Musketeers to their second Southern Division Championship in three seasons and a return to the championship
finals, goaltender Dave LeGree recorded thirty-three wins during this traditional senior league forty-eight game season. This
record would stand for forty-seasons until Mattis Kivlenieks records thirty-six wins during the Teir 1 traditional season of sixty
plus regular season contestes.
Bob Ferguson Dave Murphy
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Jimmy Peck Walt Johnson
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Marlin Mense Dave Murphy
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Jimmy Peck Randy McDonald Walt Johnson
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Mike Thomas
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Players Prepare for the National Anthem
Sioux City Auditorium
Players line-up in preparation for that night’s National Anthem. Notes: The Audi still has some fence going-on around the
players benches, which are still located in the Vomitories as well as the wood seats. This shot shows the guy standing on
what would today be Court #1 of the Long Lines Family Rec Center; looking north at the new climbing wall.
Players are listed left to right: Bobby Hutten, Dave Murphy Bob Ferguson, Keith Pauley, ID This Player, Sammy Nelligan,
Mark Castillo, Marlin Mense, Randy McDonald, Rich Hanson, Dave LeGree and Bob Beatty
***************************************USHL Playoffs***************************************
USHL Commissioner Cup Final
The USHL Final see the two best teams in the league matched-up for what could be a series that might go either way.
Sioux City finishes the season one point ahead of the Hawks securing home ice advantage. Playing the first two games on
the road, the Musketeers are defeated 4-3 and 5-2. However, news that Waterloo’s McElroy Auditorium has scheduling
problems and the remaining games will all be played in Sioux City buoys the Musketeers hopes.
Unfortunatlly, the Hawks are too much for the Musketeers winning 7-4 and grabbing a commanding three game lead.
Sioux City is able to battle back winning games four 9-0 and five 4-3. With the Musketeers on the ropes for game
six it turnsout to be a dandy.
5-Musketeers vs. Waterloo Black Hawks-4 2OT
Game 6 /April 19th, 1978
Game six sees the series leading visitors again jump out to an early game 3-1 lead. the Musketeers are able to fight back
and tie the game in the second period. However things got testy from there…
… a fight between Musketeer heavy weight Bobby Hutton and x-Musketeer Rick Clubbe erupted near the penalty
box. As players tried to get access to the enclosed penalty box a 45 foot section of the boards and glass were pulled down.
It would be an hour before the police and game officials could clear it up and the Auditorium staff put it back together.
Did You Know…The Rick Clubbe mentioned above, was the Musketeers second leading scorer last netting
twenty-five goals and forty assists for a sixty-five regular season points.
Left: Randy MacDonald, Bobby Hutton and Jimmy Peck wait for linesman Wayne Blanche to set the draw and get the
game underway. Right: Wayne gets ready to drop the puck as Dave Murphy waits for a complete live change.
After play resumed, Musketeer Walt Johnson was able to tie the game at four goals a peice sending the game into overtime.
Dave LeGree Tommy Hasenzahl
Musketeers 1977-79 Waterloo BlackHawks 1977-79
Goaltenders Dave LeGree and Tommy Hasenzahl would both turn away over 50 shots on goal in game six’s double over time contest.
It was into the second overtime when a Bob ferguson goal would end the night’s marathon game with a Musketeer win and a chance at their first Commissioner Cup championship. Assisting on that game winner was Walt Johnson, giving him 5 points in the that night’s game.
USHL Championship Series
Commissioner Cup
4-Musketeers vs. Waterloo Black Hawks-7
Game 7 / Sioux City Auditorium
Left: The Traditional Handshake at the end of a hard fought seven game championship series. Unfortunately, the Musketeers
would fall short and lose 7-4. Right: Waterloo Black Hawks skate their Championship Trophy around the Auditorium ice.
Note: For a couple of great books on Waterloo Black Hawk Hockey, read The Black Hawk Chronicle and 50 Thanksgivings both
by the Voice of the Blacks and team historian Tim Harwood
Musketeers Award Winners
Most Valuable Player…Dave Legree * Mr. Spirit…Rich Hanson * Rookie of the Year…Bob Ferguson
Most Popular Player…Randy MacDonald * D’Artagnan Award…Concrete Pipe & Machinery
USHL All-Star Game
USHL Award Winners
This season would be the last season for Senior/Professional hockey in the USHL. Two seasons prior, the league made the decision
to change to Junior A aged player format.
As part of the Auditorium modernization (Zamboni & Glass) February of ’79 brought a new scoreboard to the auditorium. This
displayed in addition to the usual information, penalty times and numbers. This new scoreboard was courtesy of the Chesterman
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Northern Division: Bloomington Stars, Anoka Nordiques, St Paul Vulcans, Green Bay Bobcats
Southern Division: Austin Mavericks, Waterloo Black Hawks, Sioux City Musketeers
Individual Game Tickets: $3.50 / Season Tickets: $75.00
Note: Sioux City native and SYHA player Brian Hartman (Jr. Musketeers/Metros Class of ’78) would join the Musketeers for the
first of two seasons.
Musketeers Front Office Staff
Gary Lipshutz Andre Beaulieu Mike Newhouse Sonja Cleland
President General Manager/Head Coach Sales & Promotions Office Manager
Trainer……Curt Lilly Chief Statistician…..John Cowley Special Projects Coordinator…Kathy Stueve & Sally Early
Souvenirs & Score Card Game….Terry Gottburg, Doug Gates & Kelly Smith Equipment Manager…Billy Danderand
Musketeers Coaching Staff
Andre Beaulieu
Head Coach / General Manager
Between the Pipes
Dave LeGree Kevin Horton Joe Simone
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I Need Your Goalie Photos I Need Your Goalie Photos
Dave LeGree:
Kevin Horton:
Joe Simone:
High Scorers
Dave Tracy Walt Johnson Brian Hartman Dave Davies Dave Murphy
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Two rookies would burst into the Musketeer scoring ranks this season. Dave Tracy would post a 106 point season including a team
leading 57 goals in addition to his 49 assists. Veteran Walt Johnson makes his third return to the leading scorers list with 91 points and a
team leading 58 assists. Sioux City native Brian Hartman joins the Musketeers for two seasons and will make a showing both seasons.
His 72 (41/31) points this season would make him the third leading scorer. Back again is Dave Davies as he adds another 29 goals
and 41 assists to his all-time Musketeer totals. Veteran Dave Murphy is also back as he adds a final 65 points to his Musketeer totals.
Heavy Hitters
Player Name Player Name Player Name Player Name Player Name
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Dave Tracy Steve Plaszcz
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Dave Tracy would join the Musketeers for a single season; in their final season of semi-professional hockey in Sioux City.
He would set the scoring pace by posting a 106 points, including a team leading fifty-seven goals and forty-nine assists. The
Musketeers leading scorer also spent eighty-seven penalty minutes in the box; third highest among the top Musketeer penalty
leaders. He would receive the Musketeers Most Valuable Player award as well as a spot on the USHL All-Star Team.
Steve Plaszcz logged a single season for the Musketeers, joining the team as the USHL made it’s transition form Senior
Professional to Junior A. He would see time in fifteen contests, recording a pair of goals and a pair of assists.
Brian Hartman Mark Hallgren Jerry Augustine
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Brian Hartman was a Sioux City native, playing for the local youth hockey association and then for the high school team
(SYHA/Sioux City Jr. Musketeers 1972-78). During this rookie season, he would record seventy-two total points; his forty-one
goals and thirty-one assists in just forty games easily earned the Musketeer’s Rookie of the Year Award. The following season,
he would serve as Musketeer Team Captain and be chosen the Musketeers Most Popular Player. Brian would go on to play
at Bemidji State University and in 1994 Brian would be elected to the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Mark Hallgren would grab some time with the Musketeers for just a single season, however, its not certain why he left
so quickly. Mark recorded eight goals and eight assists during just sixteen games. Prior to joining the Musketeers he
played for the St. Paul Vulcans and Bemidji State University. Jerry Augustine played a pair of USHL seasons
in Sioux City, rarely missing a game he would record thirty six goals and forty-one assists over
his two seasons as a Musketeer.
Musketeers vs. the Bloomington Jr. Stars
Sioux City Auditorium
Left: Jerry Augustine (#15). Captain Walt Johnson (#7) and Dave Murphy wearing number 1 for some reason get ready
for the start of another game at the Auditorium. Right: Linesman Wayne Blanche drops the puck.
Wingers Dave Davies (#12) and Scott Steel (6) watch Brian Hartman win the opening draw as the Musketeers take on
the Bloomington Jr. Stars. Note: the red & blue head referee jersey.
Dave Tracy
Musketeers 1978-79
Musketeer leading scorer Dave Tracy awaits his face-off challenger as local USHL linesman Wayne Blanch prepares to drop the puck.
During Dave’s final season in Sioux City he would lead the team in scoring and finish among the top three penalty minute leaders.
He would receive the Musketeers Most Valuable Player award as well as a spot on the USHL All-Star Team.
5 Goals in a Single Game
This season, two more Musketeers would earn the distinction of tieing the current Musketeer and USHL single game scoring record
of five goals in game. On November 18th,1978 in Green Bay Dave Murphy would record five goals in this single game and after
that season, on March 9th, 1979 in St. Paul, leading scorer Dave Tracy would also record five goals in a single game.
Future Musketeers Tim Ferguson and Mike Racz would also join this elite club; Tim against Waterloo and Mike Racz did
it twice against North Iowa and Thunder Bay.
Musketeers vs. the Hennepin Nordiques
Sioux City Auditorium
Left: Dave Davies gets around the Hennepin defenders to score Right: Musketeers look for another goal against the Nordiques
Dave Tracy Walt Johnson Dave LeGree
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Dave Tracy played one season as a Musketeer and he made it a successful one. Leading the team in both points and goals
with fifty-seven, he collected106 points over just a forty-eight game schedule. He would be selected a USHL All-Star and
Musketeers Most Valuable Player.
Team Captain Walt Johnson finishes second in Musketeer scoring with ninety-one points recording thirty-three goals and a
team leading fifty-eight helpers all during just a forty-eight game schedule. Walt will finish his final season as the Musketeers
second highest All-Time Musketeer Leading Scorer with some 286 total points. In 1991 Walt would be inducted into
the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
USHL Most Valuable Player
Musketeer goaltender Dave LeGree is selected as the USHL Most Valuable Player. In a bold move, a goalie is awarded this honor,
one that is usually reserved for the league’s top offensive players. Dave helped steer Sioux City to two successful seasons as the
USHL transitions from professional to junior hockey.
Dave LeGree played three total USHL seasons, the last two were as a Musketeer. During the first, he would lead the
team to a Southern Division Championship and be selected the Musketeer Most Valuable Player. The following season
he was awarded the USHL Most Valuable Player. Dave had a last season in the IHL playing for the Milwaukee Admirals
before returning to Sioux City where is a very active member of the SYHA Coach/Player Development Program where he
has helped secure a MHSHL Championship and USA Hockey National Championship.
In 1990 Dave was elected to the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Dave Davies
Musketeers 1974-79
Arriving to play for the Musketeers, Dave was one many players representing the newly formed Central Collegiate
Hockey League (CCHA) and the St. Louis University Billikens. Dave would play three seasons in St. Louis; capping his
third season as the Billikens captured their first conference championship Dave would help lead the Billikens in scoring
grabbing thirty-one goals and forty-one assists. Over a thirty-eight game collegian schedule, the high scorer averaged
just over two points per game.
Shown here during his fifth season in Sioux City Dave’s final season’s twenty-nine red-lighters and forty-one assists were
icing on a cake that topped a five-season career total of 359 regular season points; making him the Musketeer’s All-Time
Musketeer Scorer. Dave also played 269 games as a Musketeer. These are a pair of records that will surely stand the
test of time. Dave was selected to the Musketeer Hall of Fame 1990.
Musketeer Player Awards Night
Dave Tracy Walt Johnson
Most Valuable Player Distinguished Service
Left: Musketeer Hall of Famer Barry Head presents leading scorer Dave Tracy with this season’s Most Valuable Player Award.
Right: Three season Musketeer veteran and owner of the greatest hockey bar ever, Steve Boyle presents Team Captain Walt
Johnson with a plaque honoring Walt’s dedication and commitment to the team, the city and all of it’s fans.
Ted Carlson
D’Artagnan Award
Voice of the Musketeers Mike Newhouse shares the ice with past Musketeer Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer
leader Dave Kartio. Dave would present owner Ted Carlson the Musketeers D’Artagnan Award. Named for the fourth
Musketeer in folk lore-this is awarded to the person best serving the Musketeers team, organization, fans and the city.
Two years later, Ted and Mary Jo would buy the team and movie it out of the basement and into the USHL penthouse.
All-Time Musketeers Top Scorer
By the time the 1978-79 season ends, veteran Dave Davies leaves his name prominently atop the Musketeers all-time scoring list.
Over the five seasons, he would play in 269 regular season USHL games. Along the way, he would record 231 assists and 359 total points.
1978-79 Musketeer & USHL Award Winners
Dave Tracy Dave Davies Les Batog Dave LeGree
Most Valuable Player Most Popular Player Mr. Spirit USHL Most Valuable Player
Players receive their Musketeer & USHL awards. Dave Tracy; Musketeer Most Valuable Player,
Dave Davies; Musketeer Most Popular Player, Les Batog; Musketeers Mr. Spirit and Dave LeGree; USHL’s Most Valuable Player Award.
Not Pictured is Brian Hartman; Musketeer Rookie of the Year.
USHL All-Star Game
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Autograph Night
Sioux City Auditorium
Pat Klinkhammer Matt King
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Left: Pat Klinkhammer 39 6 1 7
Right: Matt King
Dave Pfannenstein
Musketeers 1978-79
Left: Dave Pfannenstein, Logged a single season in Sioux City (78-79).
Brian Hartman
Musketeers 1978-80
Brian Hartman becomes the fist Sioux City player to play for the Musketeers. Joining the newly formed Siouxland Youth Hockey
Association in 1972, Brian played just two seasons of organized hockey before joining the Sioux City High School Team. He was a
dominate force in the Iowa High School League, finishing all four seasons as one of the league’s top scorers. He would also be the
Jr. Musketeers leading scorers four consecutive season and selected the team’s Most Valuable Player three times.
Brian would join the Musketeer the following season. Shown here during his rookie season, his jump form the high school level
to that of the USHL is a successful one. Recording forty-one goals and thirty-one assists during the regular season; his seventy-two
points is third highest among Musketeer scorers and he is a shoe-in for the team Rookie-of-the-Year Award.
The following season, the Musketeer Team Captain would net thirty-eight goals and forty-eight assists; his eighty-six points is
second best among the team’s high scorers. He is chosen the Musketeers Most Popular Player and also selected to the
USHL All-Star team. Brian would go on to play at Bemidji State University where over two two seasons he recorded
thirty-seven goals & forty-four assists in just fifty-six games. He was an NAIA All-American that final season.
In 1994 Brian would be elected to the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Jerry Augustine Dave Tracy
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Left: Jerry Augustine played a pair of seasons as a Musketeer and joined the Musketeers during the final season of the
USHL Senior Pro league. He is pictured here during his rookie season where he would would record fifteen goals & a dozen
assists for twenty-seven regular season points. The following season, the returning veteran Jerry would double his scoring
outputs recording twenty-one tallies and twenty-nine helpers. His fifty-points was third best among all Musketeer scorers.
Right: Dave Tracy leads the way as the Musketeer Leading Scorer during his only season in Sioux City. Both of his fifty-seven
goals and forty-nine assists are tops among Musketeer scorers. His 87 penalty minutes places him third on the Musketeers Heavy
Hitters list. Dave is also chosen as the Musketeers Most Valuable Player. Accumulated during a forty-eight game schedule,
his 106 points remains the fifth highest among All-Time Musketeer scorers.
Dave Davies Dave Murphy
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Left: Dave Davies, Musketeer All-Time leading scorers with 359 points and Dave Murphy are both members
of the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Right: Dave Murphy would collect a Mr. Spirit Award and record sixty-five points; thirty seven red-lighters and twenty-eight
helpers finishing the season as one of the top five Musketeer scorers. On November 18th, 1979 in Green Bay he became the
fourth Musketeer to score five goals in a single game.
Final Season for USHL Senior (Professional) League
Musketeer Hall of Fame Members
Final Season Veterans Dave Murphy, Dave Davies, Dave LeGree, Walt Johnson and Les Batog. All Five of these Musketeers
favorites would stay in Sioux City and continue to give back to our local youth Hockey program in huge ways!!!
Dave Murphy (HOF 92) finished out his four seasons in Sioux City and 192 points and a 1976 Mr. Spirit Award. On
November18th, 1979 in Green Bay he scored five goals to tie a Musketeer record.
Dave Davies (HOF 90) still tops the Musketeer’s all-time scorers with 359 points and a final season Most Popular
Player Award. He would eventually coach the Metros High School Hockey Team to three State Championships.
Dave LeGree (HOF 90) was in Sioux City for only two seasons. During that time he set the Musketeer season record
for wins by a goalie and was selected as the USHL Most Valuable Player. He would return to Sioux City and remains
active in youth and high school coaching. Dave would put in thirty seasons coaching at all levels of the Sioux City youth
hockey program and in 2018 would retire but not before leading the Metros to a Midwest High School League
Championship, a Post-Season Tournament Championship and the USA Hockey National Championship.
Walt Johnson (HOF 91), originally from Omaha, he would play three seasons. During that time he would collect
a Rookie of the Year Award, a Leading Scorer award and collect some 286 total points. He would also find
himself coaching the youth and high school teams and in 1998 & 1999 win a pair of back-to-back
State Championships.
Les Batog played two seasons (76-77 & 78-79) for the Musketeers. In 1979 he would win the Musketeers Mr. Spirit Award.
Les would spend several seasons helping coach in both the Siouxland Youth hockey and the Jr. Musketeers high school team.
Walt Johnson Dave Murphy
While Sioux City Musketeer staple players over the years and current members of the Musketeers Hall of Fame. In 2015
both players were also inducted into the Omaha (NE) Hockey Hall of Fame receiving the Moto McLean service to Hockey award.
Jerry Augustine Les Batog
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Jerry Augustine and Les Batog sign autographs
Head Coach Andre Beaulieu
Musketeers 77-78
Originally from Quebec Andre Beaulieu would serve a single season as Head Coach and General Manager. Prior to the
Musketeers he was head coach of the Minnesota Jr. Stars (Midwest Jr. A League-this league would eventually be absorbed into what we
know as the USHL) He would claim both a league and a play-off championships in three seasons be voted as the Coach of the Year. He
would join the Minnesota North Stars organization and log three seasons as Assistant & Head Coach before joining the Musketeers the
next season. Four times he has been a part of the USA World Junior Team and USA National Team coaching staff.
Musketeers Award Winners
Most Valuable Player…Dave Tracy * Mr. Spirit…Les Batog * Most Popular Player…Dave Davies
Rookie of the Year…Brian Hartman * D’Artagnan Award…Ted Carlson
USHL All-Star Game
USHL Dream Team Selections
USHL Award Winners
League consists of seven Member teams playing a forty-eight game regular season schedule.
The Musketeers would finish the maiden Jr. Hockey season with tenty wins. Unfortunately, they would still finish the first
season as the USHL’s last place team collection twenty-four losses and four ties.
North Division: Hennepin Nordiques, Bloomington Stars, Green Bay Bobcats, St. Paul Vulcans
South Division : Waterloo Black Hawks, Austin Mavericks, Sioux City Musketeers
This season would be the first for Jr. Hockey in the USHL. Prior to the start of this season, many USHL players were
considered pros and/or many of them had already played college hockey as they moved through the USHL enroute to continued
professional careeres. Many of these players were already property of Pro, Semi-Pro or College organizations.
Season Tickets $75.00 per seat / Single game tickets $3.00 / South end bleachers $2.00
Musketeers Front Office Staff
Gary Lipshutz Lyle Bradley Pat Kuchel Cindy Hunnel
President General Manager/Head Coach Marketing Director Public Relations Director
Chief Statistician…John Cowley Programs & Souvenirs…Terry Gottburg & Doug Gates Equipment Manager…Billy Danderand
Stickboys…James Salisbury & Brian Kelso
Musketeers Coaching Staff
Lyle Bradley…Head Coach / General Manager
Between the Pipes
Doug Spedding and Jerry Thompson would enter this first official season of Jr. Hockey both as Musketeer rookies. Doug
assumed the starting goalie role and Jerry serving as very consistent back-up. The the team struggled overall, both goalies would
earn valuable game experience this season, and between the two of them, they did muster 20 wins, unfortunately it was a
forty-eight game schedule.
Doug Spedding
Musketeers 1979-82
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Over the next three season Doug Spedding would become a household name among USHL and Musketeers fans & players.
Arriving here for his first season the the newly formatted USHL Junior A League, Doug would take on the starting duties this
season. After a slow start and an early season injury, Doug retuned with a new focus on the team’s overall success; finishing the
season with a 17-8-3 record and helping the Musketeer win twenty games this season. Doug would be selected as the
Musketeers Rookie of the Year.
The following season, things got worse-before they got better. The Musketeers struggled to score goals and as frustration
set-in penalty minutes increased and goals decreased. The the experienced goaltending duo could only help the team record a
dozen wins. However, he did set a Musketeers record that season…one night in Dubuque he made 88 total saves with 34 of
them coming in a single period.
However, Doug’s final season would be a spectacular as he led the Musketeers to a USHL Regular Season Championship,
a USHL Play-off Championship and a second place finish at the Jr. A National Tournament. He was also
receive honors as the USHL’s Outstanding Goaltender Award.
Jerry Thompson
Musketeers 1979-81
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Jerry Thompson would also join the Musketeers this season as a rookie. Originally from Des Moines, IA., he played three seasons
for the Urbandale Jays of the Iowa High School Hockey League (IHSHL). Jerry logged a pair of USHL Transitional seasons with
the Musketeers. During his rookie season he would take on the relief duties seeing time in a dozen games where he grabbed a pair
of wins and a pair of ties.
The following season a mid-season trade would move Jerry back home for the remainder of the season to play for the newly formed
USHL expansion team; the Des Moines Buccaneers. After that season, Jerry would return to Sioux City and take a position
as an Assistant Coach the Jr. Musketeers/Metros High School team.
High Scorers
Mike Valesano Brian Hartman Jerry Augustine Jim Vilandre Mike Pitzenberger
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Returning veterans and team Captains Mike Valesano and Brian Hartman lead the way by far in Musketeer scoring. Mike
Valesano records both a team leading forty goals, fifty-one assists for ninety-one total points. Right behind him is Sioux City
native Brian Hartman; he grabs thirty-eight red-lighters and forty-eight helpers for eighty-eight regular season points. A distant
third in scoring is another returner, Jerry Augustine who scores twenty-one goals and adds twenty-nine assists for sixty-six
points. The Musketeers also have two rookies crack the top scoring positions with forty-seven points each; Jim Vilandre
with twenty-four and Mike Pitzenberger with fourteen goals. The top five scorers post 321 total points during the
regular forty-eight game season.
Heavy Hitters
Jim Finn Robbie Larson Jeff Huber Mike Garreffi Mike Valesano
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Doug Spedding Mike Garreffi Jeff Huber Kirk Gilger Paul Barger
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Left: Musketeers gather around rookie goaltender Doug Spedding. Also pictured are #3 Mike Garreffi, #6 Jeff Huber
& #7 Kirk Gilger. Right: Musketeer Paul Barger faces-off against the Green Bay Bobcats.
Left: Coach Lyle Bradley get a birds-eye view while he talks to his players. Lyle coached two seasons for the Musketeers.
Right: A Green Bay Bobcat gets the better of an un-identified Musketeer
Did You Know…Lyle was one of three players to have his number (11) retired by the Salt Lake City Golden Eagles (WHL/CHL)
Brian Hartman
Musketeers 1978-80
Brian was a Sioux City native and an original SYHA player. He would also be the first of just a select few of Sioux City natives to play
for the Musketeers. Playing for the Jr. Musketeers he was a four-time High Scorer and a three-time Most Valuable Player recipient.
During his rookie season, he would finish third in Musketeer scoring. Recording forty-one goals and thirty-one assists during the forty-
eight game schedule. His seventy-two regular season points was third highest among Musketeer scorers. He would lead the way in
scoring among all rookies and would also receive the Musketeers Rookie of the Year Award.
Brian Hartman is pictured here with Mike Valesano and Coach Lyle Bradley during his second of two seasons as a
Musketeer. Starting the season he would be selected the Musketeers Team Captain, half way through he would earn a
selection to the USHL All-Star Team and by the season’s conclusion, be selected as the Musketeers Most Popular
Player. Brian would go on to play at Bemidji State University where over two two seasons he recorded thirty-seven
goals & forty-four assists in just fifty-six games. He was an NAIA All-American that final season.
In 1994 Brian would be elected to the Musketeer Hall of Fame.
Did You Know…Brian Hartman was an original member of Siouxland Youth Hockey Association (SYHA) and only had
two seasons of organized hockey before he joined the high school team.
Mike Valesano played a pair of season in Sioux City.
Jim Vilandre 79-80 Lyle Bradley 77-78/ 79-81
Robbie Larson Musketeers 79-81 Joe Hurley 79-80 Joel Johnson 79-80
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Lyle Bradley: Head Coach for two seasons (79-81). Lyle steered the Musketeers through the difficult USHL transitional
seasons as the League phased out professional play and changed to the Jr. Hockey format we are all familiar with today.
Robbie Larson: Logged a pair of seasons (79-81) as a Musketeer. During his rookie season Robbie would receive the
Musketeers Mr. Spirit Award. After the Musketeers, Robbie stayed in Sioux City for several years where he became active
in the SYHA Coaching Program.
Joe Hurley 79-80
Joel Johnson 79-80
Jerry Thompson
Musketeers 1979-81
Jerry Thompson: Originally from Des Moines, IA where he played for the Urbandale Jays of the Iowa High School Hockey
League. Jerry logged a pair of USHL seasons; one with the Musketeers and a second season with the newly formed
Des Moines Buccaneers. He would would eventually return to Sioux City and take a position as an Assistant Coach the
Jr. Musketeers/Metros High School team.
Did You Know…while in Sioux City and coaching the high school team, Jerry was a member of the Sioux City Underwater
Rescue & Recovery Team. (Thanks for the scary stories!!!)
Mike Pitsenberger Jerry Augustine
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Jim Vilandre Punky Moteberg Dave Noah Kirk Gilger Mike Garreffi
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Jim Vilandre 79-80
Punky Moteberg 79-81
Dave Noah 79-80
Kirk Gilger 79-81
Mike Garreffi 79-80
Deane Hanson Paul Barger Mike Garreffi Chris Lindberg
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Deane Hanson: 79-80
Paul Barger: 79-80
Mike Garreffi: 79-80
Chris Lindberg: 79-81
USHL All-Star Game
Mike Valesano Brian Hartman Deane Hanson
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Musketeer Award Winners
Most Valuable Player…Mike Valesano Most Popular Player… Brian Hartman
Rookie of the Year...Doug Spedding Mr. Spirit…Robert Larson
D’Artagnan Award…Dennis Sederholm
USHL Award Winners
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This is the end of the first 8 seasons (1972-73 / 1979-80) of Musketeer History in Pictures