Copyright Pointstreak Sports Technologies Inc. Updated July 15, 2025, 4:21 am USHL: Western Conference FINAL USHL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- Waterloo 3 2 2 7 Des Moines 1 1 0 2 GOAL SCORING: 1ST PER: WAT - Brandon Montour (Tyler Sheehy, Blake Winiecki) 7:35 WAT - Tyson McLellan (Lawton Courtnall, Austin Vieth) 10:53 WAT - Drew Melanson (Tim Lappin, Alec McCrea) 16:51 DM - Brendan Shane (Patrick Grasso) 17:34 2ND PER: DM - Tanner Karty (Michael Marnell) 7:26 WAT - (PP) Tim Lappin (Drew Melanson, Tyler Sheehy) 14:24 WAT - (PP) Mark Friedman (Brandon Montour, Drew Melanson) 17:14 3RD PER: WAT - (SH) John Wiitala (Alec McCrea) 1:31 WAT - Peter Krieger (Patrick Russell, Liam Pecararo) 12:55 POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: WAT - 2 OF 6, DM - 0 OF 2. SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- WAT 14 21 21 56 DM 12 10 3 25 GOALIES: WAT - Cameron Johnson DM - Billy Christopoulos OFFICIALS: REF - Tom Albindia LIN - Justin Hedlund, Kyle Larson ATT: 2,379 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW THEY SCORED -------------------------------------------------- Waterloo 3 2 2 -- 7 Des Moines 1 1 0 -- 2 -------------------------------------------------- FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: WAT - Montour (Sheehy, Winiecki) 7:35. WAT - McLellan (Courtnall, Vieth) 10:53. WAT - Melanson (Lappin, McCrea) 16:51. DM - Shane (Grasso) 17:34. Penalties: Lappin, WAT (Tripping, Minor, 2 min) 18:49. Nong-Lambert, DM (Tripping, Minor, 2 min) 19:04. SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: DM - Karty (Marnell) 7:26. WAT - Lappin (powerplay) (Melanson, Sheehy) 14:24. WAT - Friedman (powerplay) (Montour, Melanson) 17:14. Penalties: Rakhmatov, DM (Charging, Minor, 2 min) 12:42. Elser, DM (Holding, Minor, 2 min) 13:41. Russell, WAT (Unsportsmanlike Conduct, Minor, 2 min) 13:41. Rakhmatov, DM (Checking from Behind, Minor, 2 min) 15:49. Nong-Lambert, DM (Checking from Behind, Minor, 2 min) 17:03. Nong-Lambert, DM (Checking from Behind, Misconduct, 10 min) 17:03. THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: WAT - Wiitala (shorthanded) (McCrea) 1:31. WAT - Krieger (Russell, Pecararo) 12:55. Penalties: Melanson, WAT (Slashing, Minor, 2 min) 0:44. Dmowski, DM (Roughing, Minor, 2 min) 6:20. Pecararo, WAT (Roughing, Minor, 2 min) 6:20. Kuronen, DM (Tripping, Minor, 2 min) 8:53. Nong-Lambert, DM (Tripping, Minor, 2 min) 18:03. Shots on goal: -------------------------------------------------- Waterloo 14 21 21 -- 56 Des Moines 12 10 3 -- 25 -------------------------------------------------- Power-play Conversions: Waterloo - 2 of 6, Des Moines - 0 of 2 GOALIES AWAY TEAM MIN S SV Cameron Johnson 60:00 25 23 HOME TEAM MIN S SV Billy Christopoulo 60:00 56 49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAYER GAME STATISTICS AWAY TEAM G A +/- S HOME TEAM G A +/- S Watson, Cooper +2 Ruck, Ryan 0 Courtnall, Lawton 1 0 4 Schueneman, Corey 0 2 Wiitala, John 1 +2 2 Rauhauser, Alec 0 1 Vieth, Austin 1 0 4 Drake, David 0 Beaulieu, Phil +2 4 Wolff, Nicky -1 5 Lappin, Tim 1 1 +2 3 Grasso, Patrick 1 +1 Krieger, Peter 1 0 4 Elser, Danny -1 Sheehy, Tyler 2 +1 6 Schmidt, Connor -1 1 Winiecki, Blake 1 +1 4 Jenkins, Jack -2 1 Melanson, Drew 1 2 +1 2 Parikka, Jarkko -2 Shaw, Hayden -1 3 Kuronen, Jimi -1 McCrea, Alec 2 +1 2 Karty, Tanner 1 -3 4 Johnson, Cameron 0 Marnell, Michael 1 -3 2 Pecararo, Liam 1 0 Shane, Brendan 1 +1 1 Petersen, Cal 0 Nong-Lambert, Will -2 Friedman, Mark 1 -1 1 Galt, Ryan 0 1 Montour, Brandon 1 1 +3 6 Godbout, Marcel 0 4 Russell, Patrick 1 0 6 Dmowski, Ryan -2 1 Swaney, Nick +1 Rakhmatov, Ruslan +1 2 McLellan, Tyson 1 0 5 Christopoulos, Bil 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAMENOTES Referee: Tom Albindia, Terrence Murphy Linesman: Justin Hedlund, Kyle Larson Game Length: 2:15 1st Star: Drew Melanson (WAT) 2nd Star: Brandon Montour (WAT) 3rd Star: Tim Lappin (WAT) Backup Goalies: Waterloo - Cal Petersen ; Des Moines - Ryan Ruck Copyright Pointstreak Sports Technologies Inc.