Copyright Pointstreak Sports Technologies Inc. Updated July 15, 2025, 7:56 am USHL: Western Conference FINAL USHL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- Chicago 0 0 1 1 Waterloo 1 1 0 2 GOAL SCORING: 1ST PER: WAT - Alec McCrea (Drew Melanson, Tyler Sheehy) 15:53 2ND PER: WAT - (PP) Drew Melanson (Brandon Montour, Zach Sanford) 8:50 3RD PER: CHI - CJ Smith (Connor Yau, John Ernsting) 19:19 POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: CHI - 0 OF 4, WAT - 1 OF 4. SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- CHI 13 10 5 28 WAT 17 12 8 37 GOALIES: CHI - Chris Nell WAT - Cal Petersen OFFICIALS: REF - Walker Holton LIN - Richard Lembo, Brian McAvoy ATT: 2,738 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW THEY SCORED -------------------------------------------------- Chicago 0 0 1 -- 1 Waterloo 1 1 0 -- 2 -------------------------------------------------- FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: WAT - McCrea (Melanson, Sheehy) 15:53. Penalties: Montour, WAT (Slashing, Minor, 2 min) 11:35. Smith, CHI (Hooking, Minor, 2 min) 12:36. SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: WAT - Melanson (powerplay) (Montour, Sanford) 8:50. Penalties: Yau, CHI (Tripping, Minor, 2 min) 7:10. Montour, WAT (Roughing, Minor, 2 min) 12:37. Pratt, WAT (Fighting, Major, 5 min) 12:37. Payne, CHI (Fighting, Major, 5 min) 12:37. Payne, CHI (Removal of Helmet, Game Misconduct, 10 min) 12:37. THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: CHI - Smith (extra attacker) (Yau, Ernsting) 19:19. Penalties: Polino, CHI (Slashing, Minor, 2 min) 2:27. Wiitala, WAT (Interference, Minor, 2 min) 4:38. Tischke, CHI (Cross Checking, Minor, 2 min) 12:06. Sanford, WAT (Roughing, Minor, 2 min) 15:48. Shots on goal: -------------------------------------------------- Chicago 13 10 5 -- 28 Waterloo 17 12 8 -- 37 -------------------------------------------------- Power-play Conversions: Chicago - 0 of 4, Waterloo - 1 of 4 GOALIES AWAY TEAM MIN S SV Chris Nell 58:44 37 35 HOME TEAM MIN S SV Cal Petersen 60:00 28 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAYER GAME STATISTICS AWAY TEAM G A +/- S HOME TEAM G A +/- S Yau, Connor 1 +1 2 Israelsson, Mathia 0 McGing, Liam 0 Pratt, Derek +1 1 Kwiecinski, Nathan 0 3 Watson, Cooper 0 2 Tischke, Peter -1 1 Wiitala, John 0 1 Kearney, Brendon 0 Sanford, Zach 1 0 5 LeBlanc, Brian 0 Vieth, Austin 0 Bergh, Mason -1 2 Lappin, Tim 0 1 Schilling, John +1 Krieger, Peter 0 3 Polino, Patrick -1 Sheehy, Tyler 1 0 2 Ernsting, John 1 +1 5 Winiecki, Blake 0 1 Artemov, Artem 0 1 Melanson, Drew 1 1 0 4 Payne, Robbie 0 Shaw, Hayden 0 1 Smith, CJ 1 +1 4 McCrea, Alec 1 0 2 Jackson, Robby +1 1 Petersen, Cal 0 McDonald, Connor -1 2 Friedman, Mark -1 Booth, Michael -1 3 Cooper, Dane 0 1 Fetzer, Danny 0 3 Montour, Brandon 1 0 4 Vanko, Alec +1 1 Russell, Patrick 0 6 Nell, Chris 0 Salerno, Brandon 0 1 Morris, Cale 0 McLellan, Tyson 0 2 McIlvane, Matt 0 Fukushima, Shane 0 Enga, R.J. 0 Pavelski, Scott 0 McConnell, Scott 0 OHandley, PK 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAMENOTES Referee: Walker Holton Linesman: Richard Lembo, Brian McAvoy Game Length: 2:24 1st Star: Alec McCrea (WAT) 2nd Star: Brandon Montour (WAT) 3rd Star: Cal Petersen (WAT) Backup Goalies: Chicago - Cale Morris ; Waterloo - Mathias Israelsson Copyright Pointstreak Sports Technologies Inc.