The Des Moines Buccaneers are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 team of the United States Hockey League

United States Hockey League

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 (USHL). The team played in the West Division starting in the 2009 - 2010 season.

The Buccaneers began USHL play during the 1980-81 and have played all their home games at Buccaneer Arena located in Urbandale, Iowa.

The Buccaneers have won four Anderson Cup Championships (1993-94, 1994-95, 1997-98 and 1998-99) and four Clark Cup Championships (1991-92, 1995-96, 1998-99 and 2005-06) in the thirty years they have been in existence.

The Buccaneers have also had many players continue to play hockey after completing their USHL career in Des Moines. Many players have been given scholarships and move on to play NCAA Division I hockey, while others have gone on to play professional hockey. Most notably, Scott Clemmensen

Scott Clemmensen

Scott Lee Clemmensen is an American professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing with the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League .-Playing career:...

, a native of Des Moines, played for the Buccaneers before going to Boston College to play NCAA Division 1 hockey and then onto the New Jersey Devils

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 and currently plays for the Florida Panthers

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. Also of note is Kyle Okposo

Kyle Okposo

Kyle Henry Erovre Okposo is an American professional ice hockey right winger, an alternate captain of the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League...

, who played on the 2005-06 Clark Cup championship team prior to playing for the University of Minnesota and is now playing for the New York Islanders

New York Islanders

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.

Year-by-year record

Year	Coach	GP	W	L	T	BP	GF	GA	PTS	Finish	Titles
1980-81	Ivan Prediger	48	23	25	0	0	240	299	46	2nd, South
1981-82	Ivan Prediger	48	18	29	1	0	265	314	37	6th
1982-83	Ivan Prediger	48	25	22	1	0	298	309	51	3rd
1983-84	Ivan Prediger	48	23	21	3	1	270	259	50	4th
1984-85	Ivan Prediger*, Jim Wiley	48	7	37	3	1	183	255	18	10th
1985-86	Jim Wiley	48	11	37	0	1	194	331	23	9th
1986-87	Jim Wiley	48	23	23	2	3	277	241	51	6th
1987-88	Jim Wiley	48	23	22	3	3	266	270	52	4th
1988-89	Jim Wiley	48	18	29	1	2	250	276	39	6th
1989-90	Jim Wiley	48	17	29	2	0	216	297	36	8th
1990-91	Bob Ferguson	48	28	18	2	5	247	187	63	t2nd, USHL
1991-92	Bob Ferguson	48	35	11	2	1	291	157	73	2nd, USHL	Clark Cup, Gold Cup
1992-93	Bob Ferguson	48	33	11	4	0	231	171	70	2nd, USHL
1993-94	Bob Ferguson	48	36	12	0	0	231	150	72	1st, USHL	Anderson Cup
1994-95	Bob Ferguson	48	38	5	5	0	290	144	81	1st, USHL	Anderson Cup, Clark Cup, Gold Cup
1995-96	Scott Owens	46	21	23	2	2	177	174	46	7th, USHL
1996-97	Scott Owens	54	37	13	0	4	245	168	78	3rd, South
1997-98	Scott Owens	56	40	14	2	0	226	148	82	1st, South	Anderson Cup, Gold Cup
1998-99	Scott Owens	56	48	7	1	0	304	133	97	1st, Central	Anderson Cup, Clark Cup
1999-00	Tom Carroll	58	35	20	3	3	220	196	73	4th, West
2000-01	Tom Carroll	56	32	21	3	3	195	190	67	4th, West
2001-02	Bob Ferguson	61	32	24	5	5	222	202	69	3rd, East
2002-03	Bob Ferguson	60	27	27	6	6	200	223	60	3rd, East
2003-04	Bob Ferguson	60	29	26	5	5	202	200	63	4th, West
2004-05	Bob Ferguson**, Regg Simon	60	17	37	6	6	174	244	40	6th, East
2005-06	Regg Simon	60	33	21	6	6	208	173	72	t1st, East	Clark Cup, National Champions
2006-07	Regg Simon	60	29	21	10	10	215	206	68	6th, West
2007-08	Regg Simon***, Todd Knott	60	14	40	6	6	134	213	34	6th, West
2008-09	JP Parise	60	12	43	5	5	167	283	29	6th, East
2009-10	Mike Guentzel	60	20	34	6	6	143	220	40	6th, West
2010-11	Regg Simon	60	29	25	6	6	174	177	64	7th, West

• - Prediger resigned during the 1984-1985 season and was replaced by Wiley.
  • - Ferguson resigned during the 2004-2005 season and was replaced by Simon.
    • - Knott took over on an interim basis following Simon's February 2008 resignation.

External links

• Des Moines Buccaneers
• Des Moines Buccaneers Cup Records
• Des Moines Buccaneers Standings