Copyright Pointstreak Sports Technologies Inc. Updated July 14, 2025, 9:43 pm USHL: Western Conference FINAL USHL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- Des Moines 0 1 1 2 Waterloo 2 4 1 7 GOAL SCORING: 1ST PER: WAT - Zach Sanford (Brandon Montour, Drew Melanson) 0:28 WAT - (PP) Hayden Shaw (Zach Sanford, Mark Friedman) 4:53 2ND PER: WAT - (PP) Patrick Russell (Liam Pecararo, Blake Winiecki) 1:17 WAT - (PP) Brandon Montour (Liam Pecararo, Peter Krieger) 7:50 WAT - (PP) Tyler Sheehy (Zach Sanford, Hayden Shaw) 9:03 WAT - (PP) Mark Friedman (Hayden Shaw, Tyler Sheehy) 14:09 DM - (PP) Connor Schmidt (Corey Schueneman, Patrick Grasso) 15:38 3RD PER: DM - Marcel Godbout (Jimi Kuronen) 2:11 WAT - Jake Horton (John Wiitala, Austin Vieth) 6:31 POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: DM - 1 OF 4, WAT - 5 OF 9. SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- DM 9 5 10 24 WAT 18 17 13 48 GOALIES: DM - Ryan Ruck DM - Billy Christopoulos WAT - Cameron Johnson OFFICIALS: REF - Lucas Martin LIN - Richard Lembo, Chad Roethlisberger ATT: 3,021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW THEY SCORED -------------------------------------------------- Des Moines 0 1 1 -- 2 Waterloo 2 4 1 -- 7 -------------------------------------------------- FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: WAT - Sanford (Montour, Melanson) 0:28. WAT - Shaw (powerplay) (Sanford, Friedman) 4:53. Penalties: Galt, DM (Slashing, Minor, 2 min) 3:43. Schmidt, DM (Boarding, Minor, 2 min) 8:52. Swaney, WAT (Kneeing, Minor, 2 min) 11:49. Friedman, WAT (High Sticking, Minor, 2 min) 18:15. SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: WAT - Russell (powerplay) (Pecararo, Winiecki) 1:17. WAT - Montour (powerplay) (Pecararo, Krieger) 7:50. WAT - Sheehy (powerplay) (Sanford, Shaw) 9:03. WAT - Friedman (powerplay) (Shaw, Sheehy) 14:09. DM - Schmidt (powerplay) (Schueneman, Grasso) 15:38. Penalties: Nong-Lambert, DM (Slashing, Minor, 2 min) 1:07. Elser, DM (Tripping, Minor, 2 min) 6:25. Karty, DM (Roughing, Minor, 2 min) 7:38. Horton, WAT (Boarding, Minor, 2 min) 10:35. Grasso, DM (High Sticking, Minor, 2 min) 12:41. Karty, DM (Slashing, Minor, 2 min) 13:14. Cooper, WAT (High Sticking, Minor, 2 min) 15:29. Rakhmatov, DM (High Sticking, Minor, 2 min) 16:51. Rakhmatov, DM (Unsportsmanlike Conduct, Misconduct, 10 min) 16:51. THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: DM - Godbout (Kuronen) 2:11. WAT - Horton (Wiitala, Vieth) 6:31. Penalties: Rauhauser, DM (Slashing, Minor, 2 min) 16:06. Shots on goal: -------------------------------------------------- Des Moines 9 5 10 -- 24 Waterloo 18 17 13 -- 48 -------------------------------------------------- Power-play Conversions: Des Moines - 1 of 4, Waterloo - 5 of 9 GOALIES AWAY TEAM MIN S SV Ryan Ruck 27:50 27 23 Billy Christopoulo 32:10 21 18 HOME TEAM MIN S SV Cameron Johnson 60:00 24 22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAYER GAME STATISTICS AWAY TEAM G A +/- S HOME TEAM G A +/- S Ruck, Ryan 0 Pratt, Derek 0 2 Schueneman, Corey 1 -2 Wiitala, John 1 0 2 Rauhauser, Alec 0 1 Sanford, Zach 1 2 +1 8 Drake, David 0 Vieth, Austin 1 -1 2 Grasso, Patrick 1 0 Horton, Jake 1 0 1 Elser, Danny -1 3 Krieger, Peter 1 0 1 Schmidt, Connor 1 -2 1 Sheehy, Tyler 1 1 +1 2 Jenkins, Jack 0 2 Winiecki, Blake 1 0 3 Parikka, Jarkko +1 2 Melanson, Drew 1 +1 2 Kuronen, Jimi 1 +1 Shaw, Hayden 1 2 0 4 Karty, Tanner 0 1 McCrea, Alec 0 Marnell, Michael -1 4 Johnson, Cameron 0 Shane, Brendan 0 1 Pecararo, Liam 2 0 3 Nong-Lambert, Will 0 Petersen, Cal 0 Jackson, Jake 0 3 Friedman, Mark 1 1 +1 6 Fregeau, Paul 0 1 Cooper, Dane +1 1 Galt, Ryan -1 2 Montour, Brandon 1 1 0 4 Godbout, Marcel 1 0 1 Russell, Patrick 1 0 6 Rakhmatov, Ruslan 0 2 Swaney, Nick +1 1 Christopoulos, Bil 0 McLellan, Tyson 0 Mjelleli, Marty 0 Fukushima, Shane 0 Dorich, Al 0 Pavelski, Scott 0 Rogger, Jon 0 OHandley, PK 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAMENOTES Referee: Lucas Martin Linesman: Richard Lembo, Chad Roethlisberger Game Length: 2:24 1st Star: Zach Sanford (WAT) 2nd Star: Mark Friedman (WAT) 3rd Star: Brandon Montour (WAT) Backup Goalies: Waterloo - Cal Petersen Copyright Pointstreak Sports Technologies Inc.