The Sioux Falls Stampede is a Tier 1 junior ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League

United States Hockey League

The United States Hockey League is the top junior ice hockey league in the United States. The USHL has 16 member teams located in the Midwestern United States, consisting of players who are 20 years of age and younger...

 (USHL). Based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is the county seat of Minnehaha County, and also extends into Lincoln County to the south...

, the Stampede plays its home games at the Sioux Falls Arena

Sioux Falls Arena

The Sioux Falls Arena is an 7,500 seat multi-purpose arena, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The facility was originally built in 1961. It seats 6,113, for basketball games and 4,760, for indoor football and hockey....

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In the 2005-2006 season, the Stampede won their first Anderson Cup

Anderson Cup

The Anderson Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the United States Hockey League's regular season champion. It is named after Harold Anderson, who was extremely influential in the formation of the Midwest Junior Hockey League, the predecessor of the USHL. It is one of two trophies a team can win,...

 for the best regular season record as well as their first division championship. The Stampede advanced in the playoffs, dispatching the Tri-City Storm

Tri-City Storm

The Tri-City Storm is a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League .-History:Following the worst single season record by the team, it was announced that head coach Tom Rudrud was informed that he would not remain as the Storm head coach...

 in five games (best-of-five) and the Lincoln Stars

Lincoln Stars

The Lincoln Stars are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League .The Stars' home ice is the Ice Box, on the Nebraska State Fair grounds and adjacent to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln....

 in four games (best-of-five), earning the right to represent the West division in the Clark Cup Finals. They lost to the Des Moines Buccaneers

Des Moines Buccaneers

The Des Moines Buccaneers are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team of the United States Hockey League . The team played in the West Division starting in the 2009 - 2010 season....

 in five games (best-of-five).

The 2006-07 season looked grim at the outset with the Stampede earning but a single point in their first six games. After bottom dwelling for the entire first half, the Stampede became one of the hottest teams during the second half of the season. They entered the playoffs as the four seed in the West and quickly dispatched the Lincoln Stars

Lincoln Stars

The Lincoln Stars are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League .The Stars' home ice is the Ice Box, on the Nebraska State Fair grounds and adjacent to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln....

 in four games for the second straight year (best-of-seven). After losing to Des Moines in the first game of the round robin, Sioux Falls defeated the Tri-City Storm

Tri-City Storm

The Tri-City Storm is a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League .-History:Following the worst single season record by the team, it was announced that head coach Tom Rudrud was informed that he would not remain as the Storm head coach...

 in overtime to make it into the final four. The Indiana Ice

Indiana Ice

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 were their next opponent and were undefeated in the playoffs until the Stampede prevailed over them, again in overtime, to advance to the championship game against the host team of the event, the Waterloo Black Hawks. The Stampede shutout the Black Hawks 3-0 to win their first Clark Cup

Clark Cup

The Clark Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the winner of the United States Hockey League Tier 1 Junior Hockey playoff champions. The Clark Cup was named in honor of Dan Clark, the long-time registrar of the Minnesota Amateur Hockey Association. Clark was also the recipient of the NHL's Lester...

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Current NHLers Thomas Vanek

Thomas Vanek

Thomas Vanek is an Austrian professional ice hockey left winger, an alternate captain for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League...

 (Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres

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), Andreas Nödl

Andreas Nödl

Andreas Nödl is an Austrian professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...

 (Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers

The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

), Chad LaRose

Chad Larose

Chad LaRose is a professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...

 (Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes

The Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League , and play their home games at the 18,680-seat RBC Center...

), T.J. Oshie (St. Louis Blues), Alex Goligoski

Alex Goligoski

Alexander Marcus Flint Goligoski is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...

 (Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars

The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The...

), Dan Sexton

Dan Sexton

Dan Sexton is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks.-Playing career:...

 (Anaheim Ducks

Anaheim Ducks

The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California, USA. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...

), and Corey Tropp

Corey Tropp

Corey Tropp is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Buffalo Sabres in the National Hockey League...

 (Buffalo Sabers) have played for the Stampede. Vanek, from 1999 to 2002 and LaRose, from 1999 to 2001.

Season-by-season record starting 1999

United States Hockey League

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM	Finish
1999-00	58	37	17	4	78	239	179	963	2nd-West
2000-01	56	40	14	2	82	267	182	1023	2nd-West
2001-02	61	35	21	5	75	252	217	1372	4th-West
2002-03	60	24	30	6	54	179	223	1404	6th-West
2003-04	60	15	42	3	33	148	252	1250	6th-West
2004-05	60	27	28	5	59	178	200	1154	5th-West
2005-06	60	43	13	4	90	190	135	1165	1st-West
2006-07	60	34	21	5	73	195	174	1215	4th-West
2007-08	60	35	19	6	76	199	175	967	2nd-West
2008-09	60	28	28	4	60	182	199	956	4th-West
2009-10	60	33	15	12	78	223	182	932	3rd-West
2010-11	60	34	20	6	74	197	168	905	3rd-West

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