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This is the start of the first 8 seasons (1972-73 \/ 1979-80) of Musketeer History in Pictures<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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If you have any picture(s) you’d like to see as part of this Musketeer History Project<\/strong> please contact the <\/span>site administrator
\n(kaptkanuk@aol.com). We will gladly research, organize & date them and find the proper place for your photos; making them
\na permanent part of Sioux City Musketeer History. You can e-mail any of your photos to the site administrator or arrangements
\ncan be made for a convenient pick-up, safe handling and a quick return of your photo memories.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nOn October 20th, 1972 the Musketeers open play in the long-time established United States Hockey League as they take
\non the\u00a0Chicago Warriors.\u00a0 At that time the league was considered a Senior league and the players Professional.<\/span>
\nThey would finish the inaugural season with a respectable expansion team record of 16-26-0.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three new teams, Chicago Warriors, Calumet-Houghton Chiefs and the Sioux City Musketeers join the already
\nestablished USHL forming two divisions of play.<\/span><\/p>\n

Northern Division: <\/span><\/strong>Calumet-Houghton<\/span> Chiefs, Sault Ste. Marie Canadians, Marquette Iron Rangers, Thunder Bay Twins
\n<\/span>Southern Division:<\/strong> Green Bay Bobcats,<\/span> Chicago Warriors, Waterloo Black Hawks, Sioux City Musketeers<\/span><\/p>\n

Season Tickets:<\/b>\u00a0$45.00\u00a0\/ Reserved Tickets:<\/b>\u00a0$2.75 \/\u00a0General Admission:<\/b>\u00a0$2.25<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers Front Office & Coaching Staff<\/span>
\n<\/b>President\/Owner<\/b>…Gary Lipshutz\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Head Coach \/ General Manager…<\/b>Rich Blanche\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nDennis James & Howard Lipshutz…<\/b>Equipment Managers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Team Doctors…<\/b>Gerald McGowan & James Goebel
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Between the Pipes
\n<\/span><\/b>Goaltenders Keith Hall & Pat McIntosh would start the Musketeers inaugural season in goal for the Musketeers. Keith would
\nearn the starting position and Pat would work as the back-up. Keith would\u00a0 garner most of the starts this season as the goaltender
\ncorps posted a 16-24 inaugural season record. A mid-season roster addition would bring in another back-up goaltender Pete Maxwell.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 Keith Hall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Pat McIntosh\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Pete Maxwell<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1972-74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-73\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-75
\n\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/i><\/span>Keith Hall<\/b>\u00a0would join the newly formed Musketeers after playing three seasons for the University of Denver Pioneers (NCAA).
\nHe would log a pair of seasons in Sioux City and during this first rookie season saw him take on the starting duties; posting a fifteen
\nand twenty-five record that inaugural season. He would be voted the first ever Musketeers’\u00a0Most Valuable Player<\/b>. Keith would
\nplay the following season as well splitting time between three other goaltenders he would still manage a winning season recording
\neight wins in thirteen starts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pat McIntosh<\/b>\u00a0also a rookie this season, saw limited playing time. Providing back-up and relief for the starter, he still earned
\nsome time between the pipes for the Musketeers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Pete Maxwell\u00a0<\/b>would join the Musketeers for the first of three season. Also arriving after playing for the University of Denver,
\nhe would put in his first of three seasons as a Musketeer. This rookie season Pete would see limited game-time, however, he
\nbrought other elements to the Musketeer organization, those being the leadership and the knowledge of how to begin building a
\ngoaltender corps for the newly formed Musketeers.<\/span><\/p>\n

High Scorers<\/span>
\nJohn Saville\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave Kartio\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mike Menard\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sam Nelligan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bob Fowler<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1972-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-73\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-78\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-73 & 75-76
\n<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0
\n<\/i>As the Musketeers take the ice for the first of some forty plus seasons, John Saville<\/strong> would claim the title as the first ever Musketeer
\nLeading Scorer; recording twenty-two goals and thirty-two assists, his fifty-four point would set the bar high for all future Musketeers.
\nDave Kartio<\/strong> would post twenty-six red-lighters and add twenty-one assists. Mike Menard<\/strong> would grab thirteen goals and eighteen
\nassists and Sammy Nelligan<\/strong> a dozen goals and seventeen assists.\u00a0 Bob Fowler<\/strong> would round out the top five Musketeer scorers with
\nnineteen goals on twenty-seven points.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Heavy Hitters<\/span>
\nGreg Gilbert\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dan Osborn\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pete Inkster\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John Saville\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Harney Lesyk<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1972-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-73\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>
\n<\/i>Not only would Greg Gilbert<\/strong> claim the title of first ever Musketeer penalty minute leader this inaugural season with 178, but
\nhe would do it all three seasons he was a Musketeers. He would go on to be one of the Musketeers top five all-time penalty
\nminute leaders.\u00a0 Dan Osborn <\/strong>finished second on the list with 134 minutes and Pete Inkster<\/strong> with 101 minutes. Leading scorer
\nJohn Saville<\/strong> would make both lists this season with eighty-seven minutes and Harney Lesyk<\/strong> would close out the top five heavy
\nhitters with sixty-five minutes in the box.<\/span><\/p>\n

Did You Know…<\/b>Greg Gilbert was the first Musketeer to lead the league in penalty minutes, recording 178 minutes in the box
\nduring his first season. These numbers just got better over the next pair of seasons; recording 214 minutes during the 73-74 season
\nand rounding out his Musketeer career finishing with 194 penalty minutes. His 586 minutes places his among the all-time top three
\nMusketeers penalty minute leaders<\/span><\/p>\n

First Musketeer Goal<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>On October 20th, 1972 forward Fred Bailey<\/strong> scores very first Musketeer goal at 4:08 of the first period in this this inagural season opener.
\nPlayer\/Coach Rich Blanche would ad two more red-lighters, as the Musketeers would go on to defeat the visiting Chicago Warrios 3-2.\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

8-Musketeers vs. Marquette Iron Rangers-0<\/span>
\n<\/b>March 17th, 1973
\n<\/b><\/b><\/span>The Musketeers would save their best for last this inaugural season.\u00a0 The largest crown to date, 1738 fans watched the Musketeers<\/span>
\nhang eight unanswered goals on the visiting Iron Rangers. Scoring just forty-seven second in to the first period, the home team<\/span>
\nnever looked back. They peppered the ‘Rangers goaltender with fifty-two shots. Three Musketeers; Captain John Saville<\/strong>, Dave<\/strong>
\nKartio<\/strong> and Sam Nelligan<\/strong> all finished the night with a pair of goals and an assist. Bob Fowler and Pete Inkster would grab the<\/span>
\nremaining two tallies in the end of the season romp.
\n<\/span><\/b>
\nGoal tender\u00a0Keith Hall<\/b>\u00a0receives the first ever Musketeer\u00a0Most Valuable Player<\/b>\u00a0award presented by Sioux City Mayor
\nPaul Berger. Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Keith played three season sat the University of Denver (NCAA) before
\njoining the Musketeers for two more seasons. Also receiving player awards that nights are Rookie of the Year<\/strong>–John Saville<\/strong>,
\nMr. Spirit<\/strong>–Brian Storm\u00a0<\/strong> and Most Popular Player<\/strong>–Pete Inkster<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Most Saves in a Single Game
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Keith Hall<\/strong> sets a new League record making sixty-one saves in a single game. Doing it twice; on December 1st, 1972 against
\nthe Waterloo Black Hawks and on March 4th, 1973 against the Thunder Bay Twins. That record would last
\nfor ten seasons until, ironically, another Musketeer Doug Spedding would eventually face eighty-eight shots against Dubuque.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rich Blanche\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John Saville\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lee Brown\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fred Baily\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mike Menard<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1972-73\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-73\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-73\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-73<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nRich Blanche<\/b> would join the Musketeers for a single season where he was the very first Head Coach and General
\nManager of the newly formed Musketeers. He was also a rostered player and saw time in twelve of the Musketeers
\nregular season games; posting six goals and four assists.<\/span><\/p>\n

John Saville\u00a0<\/b>arrived in Sioux City for his rookie season where he would lead the team in scoring with twenty-two goals
\nand thirty-two assists. The following\u00a0 season he would assume the duties of Head Coach and General Manager, also while
\na rostered player. He would serve as player-coach for two more seasons, before two more, traditional seasons behind the
\nbench. John would eventually lead the Musketeers to their first Divisional Championship<\/strong>, a USHL Coach of the Year<\/strong>
\naward and an All-Star Game Coach<\/strong> selection.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lee Brown<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Fred Baily<\/b> both played single seasons for the Musketeers. They both arrived via a University
\nof\u00a0 Denver connection that the Musketeers had during their first season. Fred<\/strong> would see time in twenty-three games
\nrecording five goals including the very first Musketeer goal scored on October 20th in win over the Chicago Warriors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mike Menard\u00a0<\/b>logged a single season as a Musketeer where he would finish third among the high scorers with<\/span>
\nthirty-one total points; thirteen goals and eighteen assists. The following season he would be traded to the<\/span>
\nCentral Wisconsin Flyers (USHL).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Skip Wake\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brian Storm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tom Malloy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jeff McLean\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Todd Johnson<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1972-73 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Musketeers 1972-73 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Musketeers 1972-73 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Musketeers 1972-73 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Musketeers 1972-73
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>These orginal Musketeers players all played a single season in Sioux City. Three season college player Skip Wake<\/strong> joins
\nthe Musketeers after three season playing for the University of Denver.\u00a0 As a Musketeer he would record six goals and thirteen
\nassists. Brian Storm<\/strong> would see time in thirty-nine contests chipping in four goals and nine helpers. Tom Malloy arrives after
\nspending a season in the Alberta Junior Hockey league and notches eight goals and eleven helpers. Jeff McClean<\/strong> and
\nTodd Johnson<\/strong> were both short-timers for the Musketeers; Jeff seeing time in a pair of games and Todd in nine
\ncontests recording a pair of assists.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers Award Winners<\/b><\/span>
\nMost Valuable Player<\/b>…Keith Hall\u00a0 *\u00a0 Mr. Spirit<\/b>…Brian Storm\u00a0 *\u00a0 Rookie of the Year<\/b>…John Saville\u00a0
\nMost Popular<\/b>…Pete Inkster\u00a0*\u00a0D’Artagnan Award<\/b>…Dr. Jerry McGowan<\/span><\/p>\n


\nOnly their second season in the league, the Musketeers did place a pair of players among the USHL All-Star selections;
\nVern McCormick <\/b>and\u00a0Lei Hartviksen<\/b>\u00a0were both named as third team All-Star members. Finishing the season just a point
\nbelow .500 (23-24-1) the Musketeer organization was starting to make a name for itself in the USHL.<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers play a 48 game schedule \/ They also play two exibition games in Las Vegas<\/span><\/p>\n

Northern Division: <\/span><\/strong>Calumet <\/span>Copper Country Chiefs, Marquette Iron Rangers, Thunder Bay Twins, Green Bay Bobcats
\n<\/span>Southern Division:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Wisconsin Blues, Milwaukee Admirals, Chicago Warriors, Waterloo Black Hawks,
\nSioux City Musketeers<\/span><\/p>\n

Season Tickets:<\/b>\u00a0$52.00\u00a0\/ All Reserved Tickets:<\/b>\u00a0$2.75<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeer Front Office Staff
\n<\/b><\/span><\/span>Gary Lipshutz \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Carl Ahlsten\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Sally Early\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Barbara Baggs\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Bob German
\n<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0President\/Owner\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Business Manager\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Director of Sales\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Public Relations Director\u00a0 Transportation Director<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers Coaching Staff
\n<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0John Saville\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Denny James\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Billy Danderand
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0
\nPlayer \/ Coach \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Equipment Manager\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Equipment Manager<\/span><\/p>\n


\nBetween the Pipes<\/span>
\n<\/b>The Musketeers would return this year with two seasoned goalies, Pete Maxwell and Keith Hall. Rookies Terry Mulroy
\nand Gordon Woolnough was also added to the goaltending corps. Keith Hall and Pete Maxwell would provide the leadership
\nas they groomed the two new goalies. Under this leadership, the rookies Terry Mulroy and Gordon would garner a majority
\nof the starts with Terry finishing the season at\u00a0 10-9 and Gordon finishing at 4-9. Veterans Keith Hall finished at 8-6 and Pete
\nMaxwell logged some time in net as well as assuming the part of goaltender leader and mentor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Terry Mulroy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pete Maxwell\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Keith Hall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gordon Woolnough<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1973-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-74
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>
\nReturning veteran and orginal Musketeer Keith<\/strong> Hall\u00a0<\/b>is back for a second season. Last season, the rookie net-minder took on a
\nmajority of the starts and earned the first ever Musketeers Most Valuable Player Award<\/strong>. This season, the Musketeers would
\nexperiment with several goaltenders which resulted in a reduction in games played, however, he still posted a winning 8-5 record.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pete Maxwell <\/b>is another returning original Musketeer. He would begin to carry the mantle of lead goaltender. He would see
\nlimited game time this season, but his efforts off-ice were starting to build a goalie corps that would soon lead to play-off and
\nchampionship series action for the newly formed Musketeers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Terry Mulroy<\/b> joined the Musketeers for the first of a pair of seasons in Sioux City. Recording a majority of the starts as
\nthe rookie and would post a winning 10-9 record. The following season he would earn the starting position and lead the
\nMusketeers to their first opportunity at post-season play.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another goaltender Gordon Woolnough <\/b>would play this single season as a Musketeer. Also competing for one
\nof the crowded spots between the pipes, Gordon still garnered fifteen some games and posted a 4-9-1 record. He would
\ngo on to play two more season in the USHL playing for the Chicago Warriors and then the Waterloo Black Hawks<\/span><\/p>\n

High Scorers<\/b>
\nDave Kartio\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Levi Hartviksen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John Saville\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Steve Boyle\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bubba Podwysocki
\n<\/span><\/b>Musketeers 1973-7 6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-76
\n<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/i>\u00a0<\/i>
\n<\/b>Returning veteran from last year’s inaugural season, Dave Kartio<\/strong> would lead the way for the Musketeers with fifty-eight
\npoints. He would post a team leading thirty-four goals. Rookie Levi Hartviksen<\/strong> would lead the team with thirty-six assists
\non his way to recording fifty-four regular season points. Player and coach John Saville<\/strong> would contribute fifty points as he
\nsplit his scoring production with twenty-five goals & assists. John would also lead the team with three Hat Tricks this season.
\nRookies Steve <\/strong>Boyle<\/strong> would record twenty red-lighters and twenty-three helpers and Bubba Podwysocki<\/strong> would finish his
\nfirst season with fifteen goals, twenty-six assists and forty-one regular season points.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nHeavy Hitters<\/span><\/b>
\nGreg Gilbert\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bill Ferrotte\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Harney Lesyk\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Colin Lesyk\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Levi Hartviksen<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1973-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-74
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/i>Penalty minutes records are very vague, however, returning veteran veteran Greg Gilbert<\/strong> would again lead the team in
\npenalty minutes for the second of three seasons racking up 214 minutes in the box. He still ranks in the top five all-time
\nleaders in Musketeer penalty minutes.\u00a0Bill Ferrotte<\/strong>\u00a0would record 153 minutes while brothers Harney Lesyk<\/strong> and
\nColin Lesyk <\/strong>recorded 105 and ninety penalty minutes. Second leading scorer Levi Hartviksen<\/strong> rounded out the
\nHeavy Hitters list with seventy-one minutes that season.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Steve Boyle\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave Kartio\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sam Nelligan\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John Saville<\/b><\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1973-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-77
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pete Inkster\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Colin Lesyk\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Levi Hartviksen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Billy Ferrotte<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1972-74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Musketeers 1973-74
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nPete Inkster<\/b>\u00a0would stay in Sioux City after his final Musketeer season. He became active in the Siouxland youth hockey
\nprogram and eventually coached the Sioux City Jr. Musketeers high school team for three seasons. SYHA would recognize his
\nhockey achievement\u00a0by creating the Pete Inkster Award\u00a0<\/strong> presented to the high school defensive player of the year. Prior to
\nhis days in Sioux City, Pete played several seasons in the ECHL.<\/span><\/p>\n

Levi Hartviksen<\/b>\u00a0played a single season for the Musketeers where the play-making winger from Thunder Bay lead the team
\nwith thirty-six assists\u00a0and finished as the teams second leading scorer recording fifty-four points. He would also rank among the
\ntop five penalty minute leaders rounding out the top five with seventy-one minutes in the bin. Prior to his time in Sioux City, Lee
\nplayed four seasons at Michigan Tech. He saw some limited\u00a0time his first two seasons but finished his remaining seasons playing
\nnearly a full schedule scoring twenty-three goals and nineteen assists for the Huskies<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Mike Noel\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Barry Head\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Greg Gilbert\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bubba Podwysocki<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1972-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Musketeers 1900-00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-76
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nMike Noel<\/b> was an original Musketeer, playing three seasons for the Musketeers. Last season the rookie would see time in twenty-five
\ngames; recording three goals and eight assists.\u00a0 Shown here during his second season, he would log a forty game season notching four
\ngoals and fourteen assists. Always improving, Mike would record persoanl highs of eight goals and eighteen assists this last season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Barry Head<\/b> would play four seasons netting some eighty goals and 145 assists; his 220 total points would place him amoung
\nthe top five all-time Musketeer scorers. He would eventually return to Sioux City, become active in the Siouxland Youth Hockey
\nprogram coaching both youth teams and the Metros High School team for four seasons.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Joining the Musketeers and this Senior League<\/em> noted for its toughness, Greg Gilbert<\/strong> was just a year out of high school when he
\njoined the Musketeers and began making a name for himself as a very tough kid playing in a very tough man’s league.\u00a0 Greg would
\nclaim top dog of Heavy Hitter List all three seasons; recording some estimated 550 plus penalty minutes placing
\nhim amoung the top five Musketeer all-time penalty minute leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bubba<\/b>\u00a0will always be remembered as one of\u00a0the<\/i> most popular Musketeer players during the start-up seasons of Musketeer
\nhockey in Sioux City!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Vern McCormick\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pierre Bourgeois\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carl Ahlsten\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Harney Lesyk<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1973-74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1900-00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-74<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nVern McCormick<\/b>\u00a0would arrive in Sioux City with three years experience in the WCHL playing for the Swift Current Broncos.
\nDuring his single season here he would record a pair of goals and ten assists.\u00a0Pierre Bourgeois\u00a0<\/b>was also a single season player
\nscoring nineteen goals and adding seventeen assists to his USHL stats. In addition to\u00a0Carl Ahlsten<\/b>\u00a0rookie season nineteen goals
\nand nineteen assists.\u00a0Harney Lesyk\u00a0<\/b>scored just five goals, but helped out on twenty-seven Musketeer goals. He also recorded
\n167 penalty minutes during his second season.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0Did You Know…<\/b>In addition to playing for the Musketeers, Carl Ahlsten also served as the Musketeers Business & Travel Manager .<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sam Nelligan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Greg Gilbert\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carl Ahlsten\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Terry Mulroy<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1972-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-75
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nTaken during the 1973-74 season playing the Marquette Iron Rangers. That’s Sam Nelligan (#11), Greg Gilbert (#5) and Carl
\nAhlsten (#14) In front of\u00a0 goaltender Terry Mulroy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sam Nelligan:<\/b> One of the original Musketeers, he played in Sioux City for six seasons (72-78). Sam’s rough and tumble style play,
\ndedication to his team and his legendary battles with Ed Starkey (Waterloo Black Hawks 73-78) made Sam one of the most popular
\nMusketeers ever. At the close of the 76-77 season he would win both the Musketeers\u00a0Mr. Spirit<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Most Popular Player<\/b>\u00a0awards.<\/span><\/p>\n

Greg Gilbert:<\/b>\u00a0Also one of the original Musketeers, he played for three seasons (72-75) and while he only posted a few points, his
\nnearly estimated 600 minutes makes him one of the Musketeers’ al-time top leaders in penalty minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:\u00a0<\/b>Terry Mulroy covers the net as\u00a0 (#6) Colin Lesyk (#4) Harney Lesyk and (#16) Steve Desloges tie-up the Marquette Iron Rangers
\nforwards.\u00a0Right:<\/b>\u00a0(#11) Sammy Nelligan, (#3) Billy Ferrotte and (#5) Greg Gilbert try to make Muller’s job easier.
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Terry Mulroy makes another save as Heavy Hitters Billy Ferrotte and Harney Lesyk\u00a0<\/b>cover the ‘Rangers forwards.
\nRight:\u00a0<\/b>Second leading scorer for the Musketeers Levi Hartviksen helps goaltender Terry Mulroy safely corral the puck.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pete Inkster\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mike Noel\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sam Nelligan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Vern McCormick\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pete Maxwell<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1972-74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-74\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-75
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Carl Ahlsten\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gord Woolnough\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pierre Bourgeois<\/b><\/span>
\n<\/i>Musketeers 1900-00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1900-00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-74
\n<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Pierre Bourgeois: one season played 43 games 36 19\/17\u00a0 27 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n

Levi Hartviksen<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1973-74
\n<\/span>
\nLevi Hartviksen receives the Musketeers\u00a0Most Valuable Player<\/b>\u00a0Award from longtime Musketeer supporter\u00a0Craig Thompson<\/b>.
\nHis would lead the team with thirty-six assists on his way to recording fifty-four regular season points and also finish among
\nthe top five penalty minute leaders. He would earn a selection to the USHL All-Star team.<\/span><\/p>\n

Walt Johnson<\/span>
\n<\/b>1971-73 Oshawa Generals (OHL) * 1973-74 Dayton Gems (IHL) \/ Boston Braves (AHL)
\n1974-76 Broome County Dusters (NAHL) * Musketeers 1976-79 (USHL-SR)<\/strong>
\nBorn in Omaha, Nebraska, Walt would eventually log over 120 games with the Oshawa General in the OHL where he
\nwas a top five team scorer and also drafted by the Boston Bruins befor he turned twenty. The following season he joined
\nthe <\/span>Dayton Gems of the IHLplaying in over sixty games that season recording twenty goals and eighteen assists also
\nsuiting-up five times the Boston Braves of the AHL. He would log two more season playing for the Broome County
\nDusters in the NAHL befor joining the Musketeers.
\n<\/span>
\n\u00a0Two seasons later, Walt Johnson<\/strong> would join the Musketeers eventually spending three seasons in Sioux City. Over
\nthose three seasons Walt would become one of the most fruitful and popular Musketeer players ever.\u00a0 After his final
\nUSHL season he would stay on in Sioux City lending his hockey experteise to the local youth and high school
\nplayers.\u00a0 He would coach the Sioux City Metros (high school) to back-to-back state championships in 1998 and 99.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Terry Mulroy<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1973-75
\n<\/b>\"Pete\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\"Pete
\nThis jersey is from the Musketeers very first season, 1972-73, as members of the USHL. It was worn two seasons,
\nfirst by goaltender Pat McIntosh (72-73)\u00a0 then by Terry Mulroy (73-74) as pictured above.<\/span><\/p>\n

Terry Mulroy:<\/b>\u00a0Played two season for the Musketeers (73-75) and after a pair of professional seasons on the Ontario Hockey
\nLeague (OHL), he returned to Sioux City and became active in the youth hockey association for many years. In 1995 Terry
\nwould be elected to the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

USHL All-Star Team<\/b><\/span>
\nVern McCormick \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Levi Hartviksen<\/b>
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeer Team Awards<\/b>
\nLevi Hartviksen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pete Maxwell\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bubba Podwysocki\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Levi Hartviksen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chuck Busskohl<\/b><\/span>
\n<\/b>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>
\n<\/b>Most Valuable Player<\/b>…Levi Hartviksen\u00a0\u00a0*\u00a0 \u00a0Mr. Spirit<\/b>…Pete Maxwell\u00a0 *\u00a0 Rookie of the Year<\/b>…Bubba Podwysocki\u00a0
\nMost Popular<\/b>…Lei Hartviksen\u00a0* *\u00a0D’Artagnan Award<\/b>…Chuck Busskohl<\/span><\/p>\n


\nDid You Know…<\/b>the\u00a0Hanson Brothers<\/i>\u00a0played in the USHL. Jeff, Steve & Jack Carlson, all brothers, born in Virginia,
\nMinnesota, played for the Marquette Iron Rangers (USHL) an opponet of the Musketeers several times that season.
\n<\/span>
\nLeft to Right:<\/b> USHL legends; David Hanson playing Jack Hanson* , Steve Carlson as Steve Hanson &
\nJeff Carlson as Jeff\u00a0 Hanson.
\n*Jack Carlson was slated to play himself as third brother, but took a call-up opportunity to play in the newly formed WHL
\n
\nDid You Know…<\/b>Dave Hanson’s son lead the Tri-City Storm (USHL) in scoring during the second of his two seasons with
\nfifty-two regular season points including nineteen red-lighters and thirty-three assists.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nThe Musketeers play a forty-eight game regular season schedule. In addition are three on-the-road exhibition games; two in Travers
\nCity, MI and a third in Des Moines. The Musketeers also play a pair of charity games at home against Travers City and two
\nmore exhibition games in Las Vegas.<\/span><\/p>\n

They finish the regular season with a 28-19-1 record<\/span><\/p>\n

Northern Division: <\/span><\/strong>Calumet <\/span>Copper Country Chiefs, Marquette Iron Rangers, Thunder Bay Twins, Green Bay Bobcats
\n<\/span>Southern Division:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Central Wisconsin Flyers, Milwaukee Admirals, Chicago Warriors,\u00a0Waterloo Black Hawks,
\nSioux City Musketeers
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

That season the Musketeers would place four players on the Southern Division\u00a0All-Star Team<\/b>; Alex Shibicky
\n(1st Team), Steve Desloges & Bubba Podwysocki (2nd Team) and Dave Davies (3rd team) (per 75-76 program).<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

That season the Musketeers would place four players on the Southern Division\u00a0All-Star Team<\/b>; Alex Shibicky, Bubba
\nPodwysocki, Julian Nixon & Alex Shibicky. (per SCJ)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers Owner and General Manager Gary Lipshutz would receive the USHL’s\u00a0Executive of the Year Award<\/b>\u00a0and
\nAlex Shibicky the\u00a0USHL’s Most Valuable Player<\/b>\u00a0Award.<\/span><\/p>\n

Individual Game Tickets:<\/b>\u00a0$2.75 \/\u00a0Season Tickets:<\/b>\u00a0$52.00<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeer Front Office Staff<\/span>
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nPresident\/Owner<\/b>…Gary Lipshutz\u00a0\u00a0Sales Director<\/b>…Sally Early\u00a0\u00a0Public Relations Director<\/b>…Cathy Stueve
\nSpecial Projects Director<\/b>…Howard Lipshutz\u00a0\u00a0Chief Scout<\/b>…Carl Ahlsten<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nSouvenir Sales<\/b>…Russ Gondek & Woody Gottburg\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Security Director<\/b>…Carl Petronis\u00a0\u00a0PA Announcer<\/b>…Ron Mott\u00a0
\nChief Statistician<\/b>…John Cowley<\/span><\/p>\n


\nMusketeers Coaching Staff
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nPlayer \/ Coach<\/b>…John Saville\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Trainer<\/b>…Curt Lilly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Equipment Manager<\/b>…Kevin Ruring \/ Billy Danderand
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Between the Pipes<\/span>
\n<\/b>\u00a0Sioux City’s goaltending was starting to solidify. Under the tutelage of third year veteran Pete Maxwell<\/strong>,\u00a0 returning
\nveteran Terry Mulroy<\/strong> would be joined by rookie Ralph Kloiber<\/strong> this season; they would lead Sioux City to their first
\never USHL\u00a0 play-off series.\u00a0 Terry would claim the starting position and see time in twenty-nine games, while Ralph
\nprovided a steady rotation filling in nineteen times during the season.\u00a0 Pete would also log a a handful of games, but
\nhis larger contribution was his ability to provide the leadership and guidance to build a successful goaltending corps.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Terry Mulroy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pete Maxwell\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ralph Kloiber<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1973-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-77
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/b>Veteran Terry Mulroy <\/b>enters his second his second season as a Musketeer. He would assume the starting<\/span>\u00a0position
\nand see action in thirty <\/span>Musketeer games that season. He would finish the season with a 19-9-1 record and lead the
\nMusketeers to their first USHL play-off series.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ralph Kloiber:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Joined the Musketeers for the first of three seasons (74-77) in Sioux City. In his rookie season, he
\nassumed his back-up duties and finished with a winning 10-9 record. Ralph would become the starter next season as
\nthe Musketeers shot for a USHL play-off Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pete Maxwell:<\/b>\u00a0Serving his third season (72-75) as a Musketeer goalie, Pete was marking his make in the goaltender
\nleadership role. He still found time to play in several games, however, his main focus was on building a solid
\ngoaltending group.<\/span><\/p>\n

High Scorers<\/span>
\nAlex Shibicky\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave Davies\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bubba Podwysocki\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Barry Head\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Steve Heathwood<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-75
\n<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/b><\/i>
\n<\/i>After three seasons at the University of Denver, Alex Shibicky<\/strong> would arrive in Sioux City to lead the team in scoring with
\neighty-for total points including a team leading forty-three goals. This high water mark places him among the top ten Musketeers
\nsingle season top scorers of all time. Another Rookie would also make his mark in Musketeer history, Dave Davies<\/strong> would
\nfinish the season with seventy-eight points including a team leading fifty-two assists. Fan favorite Bubba Podwysocki<\/strong>
\nwould garner sixty-four points, returning veteran Barry Head<\/strong> would record twenty-one goals & forty-one
\nassists and rookie Steve Heathwood<\/strong> would grab twenty-seven red-lighters and thirty-four helpers.
\n
\nHeavy Hitters<\/span>
\nGreg Gilbert\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sam Nelligan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Steve Desloges\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jim White\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Barry Head<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1972-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-76\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Musketeers\u00a01973-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>
\n<\/i>Greg Gilbert<\/strong> would claim his usual spot on the heavy hitter list for the third time in as many seasons with a team
\nleading 194 minutes and he only played in forty games. No stranger to the hitters list was Sam Nelligan<\/strong> withninety-five
\nminutes. Veteran Steve <\/strong>Desloges<\/strong> would record sixty-six minutes and veteran Jim White<\/strong> an hour in the box. Top five
\nscorer Barry Head<\/strong> also made the top five with fifty-three minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jim Peck\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Julian Nixon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Terry Mulroy
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-75
\n<\/span>
\nSioux City Journal: March 2nd, 1975<\/span><\/p>\n

Did You Know…<\/b>The Musketeers played two games in Las Vegas against the Las Vegas Outlaws. For $175.00\u00a0<\/b>per
\nperson, you could accompany the team on this sleepless weekend in Sin City. This covered Airfare, Hotel, game tickets
\nand all transportation to and from games.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tom Davies\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sammy Nelligan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jim White<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1974-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-78 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-76
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Tom Davies (#4) and Sammy Nelligan (#11) in a typical Sioux City vs. Waterloo game. That’s local Linesman
\nWayne Blanch ready to jump in and break this one up. Fight fans, don’t worry…there will be another one soon!!!
\nRight:\u00a0<\/b>defenseman Jim White drops the incoming forward as Sammy Nelligan follows the play.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tom Davies<\/b>\u00a0Played a single season in Sioux City. He would come to town after playing four seasons playing for Lake
\nSuperior State University. During his senior collegian season, the defenseman was selected as the Team Captain and lead
\nthe team in scoring\u00a0with sixty-one points; recording both team leading twenty-five goals and thirty-six assists. His only
\nseason was much of the same as a Musketeer, brought in because of his defensive talents, his offensive skills were a
\ngreat addition to the team where he recorded just\u00a0over a point per game, scoring 36 points in just 28 games.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sam Nelligan:\u00a0<\/b>One of the original Musketeers he played for six seasons (72-78) seasons. In ’77 he would\u00a0both Musketeer
\nMr. Spirit<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Most Popular Player Awards<\/b>. In\u00a01993 Sam would enter the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jim White:<\/b>\u00a0Played two seasons as a Musketeer defenseman. This rookie season he would finish with twenty-two points,
\nfour goals and eighteen assists and place in the top five penalty minute leaders with 60 minutes. He would also make the
\nlist again the following season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mike Noel\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Greg Gilbert\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Pete Maxwell\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jim White\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Steve Heathwood<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-75
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nNote:<\/b>\u00a0The background…Yes, that is chain-link fence that surrounded the boards in place of the traditional glass. This was how
\nit was in\u00a0Sioux City until the start of the 1977-78 season when the fence was finally replaced with glass. Now we had a
\nZamboni\u00a0and<\/i>\u00a0glass. Things were looking up in Sioux City!!!<\/span><\/p>\n


\nAlex Shibicky\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Steve Boyle\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Bubba Podwysocki\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Barry Head<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-75
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Did You Know…<\/b>The Musketeers were selected as one of the Midwest based teams to play the West Germany All-Star Team.
\nDecember 18th, 1974 marked the first time the Musketeers and the Auditorium would host a foe from outside the USA.\u00a0While
\nEuropean finesse\u00a0was on display, USHL toughness and scoring prevailed. Steve Heathwood would score a pair of goals and Alex
\nShibicky, Dave Kartio and Sam Nelligan would add red-lighters in the 5-3 victory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jimmy Peck\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Sam Nelligan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Randy McDonald\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Steve Desloges<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1975-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-75
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Julian Nixon\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Greg Gilbert\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jim White\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Tom Davies<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>
\nMusketeers 1974-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-75
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Davies<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-79
\n<\/span>
\nPlay-off game night program features Musketeer team pictures as well as Dave Davies holding new born Daniel born that season. He would
\ngo on to follow in his dad’s footsteps playing for the Des Moines Buccaneers and the US Naval Academy. Along the way dad would coach
\nhim to a pair of IHSHL State Championships and three-time selection to the IHSHL All-Star, All State and Chicago Showcase teams.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


\nDave Kartio<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/b>Musketeer 1972-76
\n<\/b><\/span>
\nLinesman Wayne Blanche drops the puck for Musketeer Alternate Captain Dave Kartio and Waterloo BlackHawks center man.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Kartio<\/b>\u00a0was one of the original Musketeers, he logged four seasons as a Musketeer. The All-American player from
\nUniversity of\u00a0 North Dakota, averaged over fifty points per season. His final season found him putting up ninnety-seven
\npoints (48 game schedule) and being selected the\u00a0Musketeer’s Most Popular Player<\/b>. In 1991 Dave would enter
\nthe\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Did You Know…<\/b>Dave was born in South Porcupine, Ontario; located 500 miles east of Thunder Bay. He would make stops in<\/span>
\nPeterborough & Chatom, Ontario and Grand Forks, ND as he worked his way to the warm southern temperatures of Sioux City.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nWayne Blanche w<\/b>orked the USHL as a linesman for six seasons. His brother Rich Blanche was the Musketeers very first
\nhead coach.\u00a0Wayne followed his brother to Sioux City from Canada. Wayne was one of the founding coaches for the newly
\nformed\u00a0Siouxland Youth Hockey Association (SYHA) and remained active as a coach and mentor for nearly 25 seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers vs. Marquette Copper Country Rangers
\n<\/span><\/b>November 16th, 1974
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Right:<\/b>\u00a0The Musketeers take on the
\nCopper Country Chiefs in a win at the Audi on November 16th, 2974.<\/span><\/p>\n

Autograph Night<\/span>
\nBogdan “Bubba” Podwysocki\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Sam Nelligan Musketeers<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1973-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-1978
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nBogdan<\/b> Podwysocki<\/b> known by all as Bubba was one of the most popular players during his three seasons as a Musketeer.
\nIn 1973 he would claim the\u00a0Musketeer Rookie of the Year<\/b>\u00a0Award and in 1974 the Musketeer’s\u00a0Most Popular Player Award<\/b>.
\nBubba would enter the\u00a0Musketeers Hall of Fame<\/b>\u00a0in 1994<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the orginall Musketeers Sam<\/strong> Nelligan <\/b>played for six seasons seasons in Sioux City. In ’77 he would \u00a0both Musketeer<\/span>
\nMr. Spirit<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Most Popular Player Awards<\/b>. His 205 total points, 200 plus games played and 554 penalty minutes places
\namong the all-timen <\/span>Musketeer leaders in each category. In 1993 Sam would enter the Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Randy McDonald\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dave Kartio \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Steve Desloges \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>
\nMusketeers 1974-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Original Musketeer\u00a01972-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-75
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0Randy<\/strong> MacDonald<\/b> was a Musketeer for four seasons. He would see time in forty-two games; chipping in nine goals and a dozen
\nassists during this rookie season. The following two season saw him remain a consistant point producer recording twenty-two and
\ntwenty-three points\u00a0<\/span> However, during Randy’s final season, he would double his usual output, recording fifty-seven points on nine
\ngoals and forty-eight assists. During that final season he would also be named the Musketeers Most Popular Player<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s future Jr. Musketeers\/Metros Class of ’83 players Craig Stoever and Bobby Batcheller waiting for Randy’s\u00a0 autograph.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seasoned veteran Dave Kartio<\/strong> returns to the ice here for his fourth season. Again a top goal scorer, he would lead the Musketeers
\nin goals scored his first and second seasons recording twenty-six goals and forty-seven assists finishing second in scoring. The
\nfollowing season his thirty-four goals and fifty-eight points is tops among all team scorers. His third seasonis a bit lean recording
\ntwenty-five goals and thirty-one assists.\u00a0 However, this last season sees his scoring skyrocket, recording a team leading fifty-two
\ngoals and ninty-seven points during a forty-eight game schedule. He is \u00a0selected the Musketeer’s\u00a0Most Popular Player<\/strong> and
\nin 1991 he would enter the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Kartio<\/b> is one of the few remaining original Musketeers. Shown here during his third of four total seasons as Musketeer.
\nThe All-American player from South Porcupine, Ontario, was first a stand-out player at the <\/span>University of North Dakota leading the
\nteam in goals scored all three seasons. After a season in the IHL he would join the Musketeers that inaugural season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave would go on to be one of the Muskereers most efficient point producers and is still the Musketeers all-time leader in
\ngoals scored. He would record ninty-seven points his final season <\/span>and is selected as the Musketeer’s Most Popular Player<\/b>.
\nIn 1991 Dave would enter the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Veteran Steve <\/strong>Desloges<\/b> returns for a second season Sioux City. He would record four goals and nineteen assists. Steve would finish
\nthird in penalty minutes with sixty-six and is selected to the USHL All-Star Team<\/b>.\u00a0 As a rookie the prior season he would serve as
\none of the Team Captains.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nPete Maxwell\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jim White<\/span>
\n<\/b>Original Musketeer\u00a0\u00a01972-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-76<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/b>One of the original Musketeers,\u00a0Pete Maxwell<\/b>\u00a0spent three seasons between the pipes. His leadership and experience
\nas a goalie and as a player reflected well on his teammates. He would be selected as an\u00a0Alternate Captain<\/b>\u00a0during his
\nlast season.Pete would assume the position of goaltender mentor as he and the Musketeers began to build a solid
\ngoaltending corps.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jim White:<\/b>\u00a0Played a pair of seasons for the Musketeers on defense. His rookie season he would post twenty-two points;
\nincluding four goals &eighteen assists. He would also finish fourth in penalty minutes with sixty minutes in the box. The
\nfollowing season he would record a pair of goals and fourteen assists and Like last season, he would make the top
\nfive penalty minutes list with 63 minutes served.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Davies \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Greg Gilbert<\/span><\/b>
\nMusketeers 1975-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Original Musketeer\u00a0<\/b>1972-75
\n<\/b><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nTaken during Dave Davies<\/strong> first season with the Musketeers. Arriving from Toronto via St. Louis University, no one
\ncould have ever guessed at the impact this rookie would have as a player and coach in Sioux City!!! After five seasons
\nas a Musketeer, he still tops the\u00a0Musketeer’s All-Time Scorers<\/b>\u00a0with\u00a0359 points and holds the title for
\nMost Games Played<\/b>\u00a0as a Musketeer with 269 games. During his last season, he received the
\nMusketeers\u00a0Most Popular Player Award.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Dave would eventually take over the coaching duties for the Sioux City Metros High School Hockey Team . It only
\ntook him a single <\/span>season to\u00a0build a team that would eventually turn four straight state championship game
\nappearances into back-to-back <\/span>championships in 1991 & 1992.<\/span><\/p>\n

Greg Gilbert:<\/b>\u00a0An original Musketeer, he played for three seasons for Sioux City. This is taken during his last season
\nas a Musketeer.\u00a0 While he only posted a few points during this time, his estimated 550 penalty minutes puts him
\nin the Musketeers top five all-time leaders in penalty minutes.\u00a0 Twice, during the 75-76 season he recorded
\n31 penalty minutes in a single game, a Musketeer record.<\/span><\/p>\n

Did You Know<\/b>…Randy Enders holds the Musketeer single season (97-98) record for Penalty minutes with 276.
\nRob Butler (94-95) holds the record for highest average penalty minutes in a season with 7.5 per game.<\/span><\/p>\n

USHL Rookie of the Year
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span>Alex Shibicky<\/strong> becomes the first Musketeer to receive this USHL award of Rookie of the year. Insert additional description here.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex Shibicky\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Barry Head<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-1977\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nAlex Shibicky<\/b>\u00a0would spend only one season (74-75) as a Musketeer, however it was a good one. Lighting the lamp a team
\nleading 43 times and following-up with 41 helpers; his 84 total points led the Musketeers in scoring. He would receive the
\nteam’s\u00a0Most Valuable Player<\/b>\u00a0award and selected to play in the\u00a0USHL All-Star Game.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Alex would again be honored
\nby the League\u00a0selected to the\u00a0USHL All-Star First Team<\/b>\u00a0as well as being voted\u00a0USHL’s Rookie of the Year.
\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

After a few seasons, he would return to Sioux City to coach the high school team. During his three successful seasons as
\ncoach, he would lead the Jr. Musketeers to second and third place finishes at the State Tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n

Did You Know…<\/b>Alex Shibicky scored 8 “Hat Tricks” during his only season as Musketeer, a record would stand for ten years
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Barry Head<\/b>\u00a0played four seasons for the Musketeers.\u00a0 His rookie season would see him record thirteen goals and eighteen<\/span>
\nassists and during his second season the\u00a0Alternate Captain<\/b>\u00a0 found the net twenty times and added forty-one assists.<\/span>
\nShown here during his third of four seasons with Musketeers, Barry would post his best campaign yet, recording<\/span>
\nseventy-six points; netting twenty-six goals and thirty-six assists. His 76 penalty minutes is third highest that season.<\/span><\/p>\n

He would also be selected as an\u00a0Team Captain<\/b>\u00a0both this and the following season. He would record fourteen goals and<\/span>
\ntwenty-eight assists his final season. His 200 total points still places him in the top 10 Musketeer scorers.\u00a0 He would<\/span>
\neventually return to Sioux City and become active in the youth hockey program and would coach the high school<\/span>
\nteam for four seasons (82-86).<\/span><\/p>\n

Did You Know…<\/b>On November 1st, 1975, Barry Head would hang seven points on the Central Wisconsin Flyers, tieing<\/span>
\nan existing Musketeer team record that still stands today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bogdan “Bubba” Podwysocki<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1973-76<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nBogdan Podwysocki<\/b>\u00a0arrived in Sioux City from Quebec where he was one of the region’s best youth and junior players. One of<\/span>
\nseveral very popular Musketeers, Bubba recorded three seasons (73-76) as a Musketeers playing in 125 regular season games<\/span>
\nracking-up 65 goals & 69 assists; his 134 USHL points averaged him over a point per game.\u00a0 In 1973 he would claim the<\/span>
\nMusketeer Rookie of the Year<\/b>\u00a0Award (left photograph) scoring fifteen goals and twenty-six assists and in 1974 receive the<\/span>
\nMusketeer’s\u00a0Most Popular Player Award<\/b>. Bubba would enter the\u00a0Musketeers Hall of Fame<\/b>\u00a0in 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

Barry Head \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tom Davies\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Steve Boyle<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1973-1977\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Musketeers 1974-75\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Musketeers 1973-76
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nBarry Head<\/b>\u00a0played four seasons for the Musketeers. His 200 total points places him in the\u00a0top 10 Musketeer
\nAll-Time Musketeer Scorers<\/b>. He would be selected Alternate Captain during the 75-76 season and then the
\nfollowing season team Captain. Barry would eventually become active in the youth hockey program and would
\ncoach the Sioux City high school team for four seasons (82-86).<\/span><\/p>\n

Tom Davies\u00a0<\/b>played a single season in Sioux City. He would come to town with a pair of seasons playing for Lake<\/span>
\nSuperior State University where he was a high scoring defenseman recording 92 total points. He joined the Musketeers<\/span>
\nafter an injury sidelined him at the New York Islanders (NHL) try-out camp. As a defenseman he put up some nice<\/span>
\nnumbers;\u00a0 scoring ten goals and thirty-six points in just 28 games played.<\/span><\/p>\n

Steve Boyle<\/b>\u00a0played three seasons as a Musketeer. His 151 total points places him in the top 15\u00a0Musketeer All-Time
\nScorers<\/b>. During this time, Steve would go on to open the greatest hockey bar ever,\u00a0The Penalty Box Lounge<\/i>. Located
\nin the, now raised, KD Stockyards Station, this place is probably responsible for some of the greatest off-ice
\nMusketeer memories ever!!!<\/span><\/p>\n


\nJulian Nixon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mike Noel<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-79 (5 Seasons)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Original Musketeers 1972-75 (3 Seasons)
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:\u00a0<\/b>Julian Nixon played five seasons (74-79) in Sioux City. He retuned to Des Moines and remains active in the Des Moines
\nYouth Hockey program.\u00a0Right:<\/b>\u00a0Mike Noel, one of the original Musketeers, played three seasons (72-75) in Sioux City.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0John Saville Musketeers Player\/Coach<\/span>
\n<\/b>Original Musketeer\u00a0<\/b>1973-77
\n<\/b>
\nJohn Saville<\/b>\u00a0joined the Musketeers for the inaugural season (72-73) as a player and left five seasons later as coach (76-77). Following
\nhis first season,\u00a0he took over the legendary\u00a0Old-Time Hockey<\/i>\u00a0Position of Player\/Coach for two seasons and than in traditional fashion
\nthe remaining two seasons. During the 75-76 season he was voted the\u00a0USHL Coach of the Year<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jimmy Peck<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-78
\n<\/b><\/span>
\nThis is taken during Jim Peck’s rookie season (74-75) as a Musketeer.\u00a0 Jim would lead the USHL in defenseman scoring with
\nfifty-four (14\/40) regular season points. Eventually playing four seasons (74-78) in Sioux City, his 282 points make him at third
\non the Musketeer’s all time scorers list. Jimmy was the Musketeers\u00a0Most Valuable Player<\/b>\u00a0during the 75-76 season and is a
\nthree time\u00a0USHL All-Star<\/b> and was three times voted as the USHL’s Best defenseman<\/b>. He would be elected to the
\nMusketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>\u00a0in 1989.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the Musketeers, he would go on to coach various SYHA teams, eventually winning \u00a0a pair\u00a0IHSHL State Championships
\nin 1994 and <\/span>2003.\u00a0 After taking a few seasons off , he again spent several season at the youth level before joining the High
\nSchool coaching staff as an <\/span>assistant coach for another three seasons (11-14).<\/span><\/p>\n

9-Musketeers vs. Milwaukee Admirals-4
\n<\/span><\/b>March 23rd, 1975
\nSioux City wraps up the regular season with a win over the Admirals, but not without adding a couple of hometown
\nfavorites to the record books. Alex Shibicky<\/strong> grabs three goals in this win giving him seven Hat Tricks this season;
\na new USHL record. Sam Nelligan<\/strong>‘s tally gave the Musketeers a league leading nine players with over twenty goals.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0
\nOther Musketeers grabbing goals tonight are Dave Davies, Randy MacDonald, Dave Kartio<\/strong> and Steve Boyle<\/strong>. These nine
\ngoals tonight would <\/span>brought the Musketeers total points for the season to 300, second ony to the powerhouse to the north,
\nthe Thunder Bay Twins.
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Goaltenders Terry Mulroy<\/strong> and Pete Maxwell<\/strong> split the duties tonight facing thirty-three Admiral shots and stopping
\ntwenty-nine <\/span>of them. The traditional Musketeer post-game awards ceremonies would also take place tonight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers Award Winners<\/span>
\n<\/b>Most Valuable Player<\/b>…Alex Shibicky\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0 Mr. Spirit<\/b>…Randy McDonald\u00a0 *\u00a0 Rookie of the Year<\/b>…Dave Davies
\nMost Popular Player<\/b>…Bubba Podwysocki *\u00a0D’Artagnan Award<\/b>…Craig Thompson
\n\u00a0USHL All-Star Team<\/strong><\/span>
\nGreen Bay \/ January 14th
\nAlex Shibicky\u00a0 *\u00a0 Bubba Podwysocki\u00a0 *\u00a0 Julian Nixon\u00a0 *\u00a0 Alex Shibicky
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

**************************************USHL Playoffs*************************************<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Commisioners Cup Final
\n<\/strong>Round One
\n<\/span><\/span>Although the Musketeers were only a few seasons old, it didn’t take long to build a rivalry with the Waterloo Black Hawks.
\nThis match-up would become one of the classic rivalries the League would come to know.\u00a0 This season is Sioux City’s first
\nplay-off appearance and first round play-off series with the Black Hawks was bound to be exciting.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

7-Musketeers vs. Waterloo Black Hawks-6
\n<\/strong><\/span>Game 1<\/span>
\nMarch 28th, 1975<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

New to the USHL the Musketeers make their first play-off appearance a boistrous one beating the Southern
\nDivision champions Waterloo Black Hawks in game one of this three game divisional series.\u00a0 Alex Shibicky
\n<\/strong> was a hero again, recording his eight Hat Trick<\/em> of the season. Also lighting the lamp in this game one are
\nBarry Head, Dave Davies, Tom Davies<\/strong> and Dave Kartio. <\/strong>Both teams launch fifty-five plus shots on their
\nopposing net meinders; Terry Mulroy<\/strong> would turn aside forty-eight of the Hawks fifty-four attempts.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

4-Musketeers vs. Waterloo Black Hawks-6
\nCommisioners Cup Final
\n<\/strong><\/span>The “Of Mace and Men”<\/em><\/strong> \/ Game 2<\/span>
\nMarch 29th, 1975
\n<\/span><\/span>Sioux City won the first of the three game series and while tied 4-4 in game two,\u00a0a fight between ‘Hawks Ed Starkey and
\nSam Nelligan <\/span>erupted, as the players were separated, a Waterloo “fan” sprayed the Musketeer bench with mace. One ‘Hawk
\nplayer, two Musketeer <\/span>players, Barry Head & Jim White and their trainer were all hospitalized. Following an hour long
\ndelay, the game was resumed, sans the missing players. Waterloo quickly <\/span>tallied a game winner and an insurance
\ngoal that sent the teams back to Sioux City for the pivitol series tie-breaker.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

7-Musketeers vs. Waterloo Black Hawks-8
\n<\/strong><\/span>Game 3<\/span>
\nMarch 30th, 1975<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The deciding game three in Waterloo was an exciting one, but saw the Musketeer lose in an offensive battle 8-7.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/span>
\n
\nFinishing the regular season with a record of 31-16-1 as the USHL Southern Division Champs, they would fall a goal short of defeating
\nthe Waterloo BlackHawks in the USHL Championship Series.<\/span><\/p>\n

Northern Division: <\/span><\/strong>Calumet <\/span>Copper Country Chiefs, Marquette Iron Rangers, Thunder Bay Twins, Green Bay Bobcats,
\nTraverse City Bays
\n<\/span>Southern Division:<\/strong> Central Wisconsin Flyers, Chicago Warriors, Milwaukee Admirals, Waterloo Black Hawks,
\nSioux City Musketeers<\/span><\/p>\n

The Musketeers would again dominate the USHL Southern Division All-Star team with Jim Peck, Rick Kennedy<\/strong> &
\nDave Kartio <\/strong>selected <\/span>as well as Head Coach John Saville<\/strong>. These four Musketeers would also find on spot on the
\nUSHL “Dream Team”.<\/span><\/p>\n

USHL Awards were also plentiful…Rick Kennedy<\/strong> would receive the League’s Most Valuable Player Award, Jim Peck<\/strong> the
\nLeague’s <\/span>Best Defenseman Award and Coach of the Year honors would go to John Saville<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

One Game this season worth noting…<\/b>On January 11th, 1976 in Waterloo, the BlackHawks lead the Musketeer 9-3 with less
\nthan 10 minutes remaining in the game. However, the Musketeers would go on to score seven unanswered goals to win with just
\nover a minute remaining in regulation time. Making this game one of the greatest comebacks in USHL history<\/span><\/p>\n

Season Tickets:<\/b>\u00a0$65.00 \/\u00a0Reserved Seats:<\/b>\u00a0$3.25 \/\u00a0Balcony & Kids<\/b>: $2.00<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeer Front Office Staff
\n<\/b><\/span><\/span>Gary Lipshutz\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0John Saville\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sally Early\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Kathy Stueve<\/b><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0President\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 General Manager\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director of Sales\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public Relations
\nHead Coach\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Office Manager<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Trainer…..<\/strong>.Curt Lilly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Chief Statistician…..<\/b>John Cowley\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Special Projects Coordinator…<\/b>Howard Lipshutz<\/span>
\nSouvenirs & Score Card Game<\/b>….Terry Gottburg, Russ Gondek & Michelle Lilly<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers Coaching Staff<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0John Saville\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Curt Lilly\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Kevin Ruring\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Billy Danderand<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nHead Coach\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Trainer\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Equipment Manager\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Equipment Manager
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Between the Pipes<\/b><\/span>
\nReturning veteran\u00a0Ralph Kloiber<\/b>\u00a0and rookie\u00a0Tom Gavin<\/b>\u00a0formed this seasons successful goaltender duo. Ralph carried
\nthe bulk of the games as a veteran, but Tom provided the needed relief along the way and helped Sioux City claim the
\nSouthern Division Championship. They would also advance through the play-offs and meet with Waterloo in the
\nUSHL title game but fall just short of a championship win.
\n
\nRalph Kloiber<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Tom Gavin<\/span>
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1975-76
\n\u00a0\u00a0
\nRalph Kloiber<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>returns for the second of three seasons as a Musketeer and would assume the starting position this
\nseason. Over the next two seasons he would be the Musketeers go-to goalie. This season saw him log some
\n36 games as he lead the Musketeers to a Southern Division Championship and a consolation finish in the
\nUSHL Championship series. Ralph would be selected a member of the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame
\n<\/b>in 1998.<\/span><\/p>\n

Goaltender\u00a0Tom Gavin<\/b>\u00a0 played just a single season as a Musketeer goalie. Playing the back-up position, he helps provide
\nreliable relief in net. The understudy still saw time in 15 games and helped in leading the Musketeers to their first USHL
\nSouthern Division Championship. Tom even collected a pair of assists that season.<\/span><\/p>\n

High Scorers<\/b><\/span>
\nRick Kennedy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave Kartio\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sean Coughlan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave Davies\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jim Peck\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1975-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1975-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-78
\n<\/b><\/i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>
\n<\/b><\/i>Rookie Rick Kennedy<\/strong> would tally 109 regular season points including a team leading sixty-six assists. Third season veteran
\nDave Kartio<\/strong> was close at hand with ninety-seven\u00a0 points and a team leading fifty-two goals. Rookie Sean Coughlan<\/strong> would
\nmake the scorers list\u00a0 this season with twenty-four goals and fifty-four assists. Another veteran Dave Davies<\/strong> returns to
\nthe scorers list for the second time in as many seasons with sixty-seven points as does veteran defenseman Jim Peck<\/strong>,
\nrounding out the top scorers with twenty goals, forty-five assists for sixty-five points.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nHeavy Hitters<\/span><\/b>
\nSam Nelligan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kevin O’Rear\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Barry Head\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jim White\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jim Peck\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1972-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1975-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-78
\n<\/b><\/i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>
\n<\/i>Multi-season veteran Sammy Nelligan<\/strong> is starting to make the hitters list on a regular basis as he leads the team this season
\nwith 133 minutes. The closest competitor is Kevin O’Rear<\/strong> with 86 minutes. Veterans Barry Head<\/strong> records 76 and Jim<\/strong>
\nWhite<\/strong> 63 minutes. Top five scorer Jimmy Peck<\/strong> also makes the hitters list with 52 minutes in the box.
\n
\nDave Davies\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Julian Nixon<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Greg Gilbert<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1975-79\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Musketeers 1974-79\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Musketeers 72-75
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Dave Davies, Greg Gilbert and\u00a0 Julian Nixon shoot on goal at the stage end of the Auditorium\u00a0Right:<\/b>\u00a0Another
\nshot on goal. These above photographs hung on the wall that the infamous Penalty Box Bar for many years…if only
\nthey could talk!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Did You Know…<\/b>Jimmy Peck, Rick Kennedy, Dave Kartio<\/strong> and Coach John Saville<\/strong> were all selected as members of
\nthe 1976 USHL Dream Team<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Kartio<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 72-76
\nOriginally from the booming metro area of South Porcupine, Ontario, Dave joins the Musketeers during this inaugural
\nseason. Having played three prior seasons for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux where he was the team leader in goals
\nscored all three seasons. He would lead the team in scoring his first season and finish in second the remaining two
\nseasons. He would then split a season between the IHL playing for the Muskegon Mohawks and the EHL playing
\nfor the New Haven Blades.
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nSeasoned veteran Dave Kartio<\/strong> returns to the ice here for his fourth season. Again a top goal scorer, he would lead the Musketeers
\nin goals scored his first and second seasons recording twenty-six goals and forty-seven assists finishing second in scoring. The
\nfollowing season his thirty-four goals and fifty-eight points is tops among all team scorers. His third seasonis a bit lean recording
\ntwenty-five goals and thirty-one assists.\u00a0 However, this last season sees his scoring skyrocket, recording a team leading fifty-two
\ngoals and ninty-seven points during a forty-eight game schedule. He is \u00a0selected the Musketeer’s\u00a0Most Popular Player<\/strong> and
\nin 1991 he would enter the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/strong>.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10-Musketeers vs. Marquette Iron Rangers-3<\/span>
\n<\/b>October 31st, 1975
\nThe early in the season the Southern Division leaders blast the visiting Marquette Iron Ranges in this high scoring affair. Dave Kartio
\n<\/strong> scores a season high five goals and Rick Kenndey<\/strong> grabs a hat trick. Goaltender Ralph Kloiber<\/strong> faces forty shots from the
\n‘Rangers but he is able to steer away all but three.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>5 Goals in a Single Game<\/span>
\n<\/b><\/span>On October 31st, 1975 Dave Kartio<\/b> becomes the first Musketeer and just a handful of USHL players to score five goals
\nin a single game as they Musketeers beat the Marquette Iron Rangers 10-3. His additional two assists sets a new single
\nseason Musketeer \u00a0record of seven points in a single game.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13-Musketeers vs. Central Wisconsin Flyers-4<\/span>
\n<\/b>November 1st, 1975
\n<\/span>Its another high scoring affair for the Musketeers. This time putting up thirteen goals on the tied for first place in the Southern
\nDivision<\/em> Flyers. Barry Head<\/strong> would lead the scoriong with seven points on the night including two goals and four assists.\u00a0 Dave
\nDavies <\/strong>would grab a hat trick and an additional assist. Last nights high scorer Dave Kartio<\/strong> and Bob Fowler<\/strong> both recorded a pair
\nof goals and two assists. Five other musketeers would record red-lighters in thos one; Rick Kennedy, Steve Boyle, Jimmy Peck,
\nSammy Nelligan and Sean Coughlin.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/b>
\n<\/span>5 Goals in a Single Game<\/span><\/b><\/span>
\nThe following night,\u00a0 November 1st, Barry Head<\/b> becomes the second Musketeer and just a handfull of USHL players to score five goals
\nin a single game as the Musketeers destroy the Central Wisconsin\u00a0 Flyers 13-4. He would also add a pair of assists, tieing a single season
\nMusketeer record of seven points in a single game.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0John Saville Musketeers Player\/Coach<\/span>
\n<\/b>Original Musketeer\u00a0<\/b>1972-77
\n<\/b>\u00a0
\nPlayer\/Coach John Saville watches the Musketeers practice from the Auditorium stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

John Saville<\/b>\u00a0joined the Musketeers for the inaugural season (72-73) as a player and left five seasons later as coach (76-77). Following<\/span>
\nhis first season,\u00a0he took over the legendary\u00a0Old-Time Hockey<\/i>\u00a0Position of Player\/Coach for two seasons and than in traditional fashion<\/span>
\nthe remaining two seasons. During the 75-76 season he was voted the\u00a0USHL Coach of the Year<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/b>
\nMost Musketeer Goals All-Time<\/b><\/span><\/span>
\nAs the 1975-76 season closes, Musketeer veteran Dave Kartio<\/strong> leaves his name atop the record book, racking-up 141 Musketeer
\nred-lighters over four seasons and puts him atop the Musketeers All-Time Goal Scoring list.<\/span><\/p>\n

These two photos below represents 324 Musketeer points in a single season<\/b>!!!<\/b><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Mitch Brandt\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sean Coghlan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Dave Kartio\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Rick Kennedy\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Musketeers 1975-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1975-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-76\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Musketeers 1975-76\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nFirstline team mates and top three Musketeer scorers\u00a0Sean Coghlan<\/b>,\u00a0Dave Kartio<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Rick Kennedy<\/b>\u00a0would combine this
\nseason for 284 points, setting both a Musketeer and a USHL record that still stands. Add in\u00a0Mitch Brandt<\/b>‘s forty points
\non defense;\u00a0you’re talking about some serious offence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rick Kennedy<\/b>\u00a0joined the Musketeers after four seasons at the University of St. Louis where he was one of the Billikens a top
\nfive scorer three of\u00a0 those seasons. He was recruited for his offense and he did not disappoint. He would lead the Musketeer
\nscoring with 109\u00a0 points in just forty-eight games; recording forty-three goals & sixty-six assists and was voted the Musketeers
\nMost Valuable Player.\u00a0<\/b>Rick was also a member of the\u00a0USHL All-Star Team<\/b>\u00a0and was also voted the\u00a0USHL’s Most
\nValuable Player.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>His 109 points places him among the top single season\u00a0scorers in Musketeer history.
\n
\nDave Kartio\u00a0<\/b>was one of the original Musketeers, logging four seasons. His first three seasons Dave averaged over fifty points
\nper game, however, his final season found him putting up ninety-seven points during the forty-eight game season. He was selected
\nthe\u00a0Musketeer’s Most Popular Player<\/b>\u00a0that season and in 1991 Dave would enter the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sean Coghlan<\/b>\u00a0played two seasons as a Musketeer. Shown here during his rookie season, Sean would post twenty-four goals
\nand <\/span>add another fifty-four assists; finishing among the top three Musketeer scorers this season with seventy-eight total points.
\nHe would <\/span>receive the Musketeers\u00a0Rookie of the Year Award<\/b>. The following season he would record thirty-one points and
\nfinish among the <\/span>teams top five Heavy Hitters with fifty-four minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mitch Brandt\u00a0<\/b>played two seasons with the Musketeers. This second season he saw his goal production decrease, but he
\nmore than compensated for that with his terrific play making ability recording thirty-five assists. After the season, Mitch
\nwould call Sioux City home, joining the coaching staff of both the\u00a0 youth and the high school hockey teams. In 1978
\nhe would help former Musketeer Alex Shibicky bring home a second place finish at the Iowa League State Tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Murphy<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1975-79
\n<\/span>Canadian Dave Murphy joined the Musketeers squad with both junior and professional experience. Having play a single
\nseason of junior hockey for the Hamilton Red Wings, he then plays two seasons for the Omaha Knights in the CHL and
\nanother season for the Des Moines Capitols in the IHL.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Dave was consistently top seven team scorer and his last season finished in the top five team High Scorers. <\/em>He would<\/span>
\naverage twenty goals and twenty assists each season, however, he save his best for last, recording thirty-seven goals and<\/span>
\ntwenty-eight assists.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>\u00a0Dave rarely miss a game and always remained a constant scoring threat he quickly became a fan favorite.\u00a0 Over the
\ncourse of four seasons he logged 168 regular season contests; netting 102 goals and adding ninety assists. In 1992 Dave
\nwould be inducted into the Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/strong> and in\u00a0\u00a02015 the Omaha Hockey Hall of Fame<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nUSHL Defenceman of the Year Award * Leading Scorer USHL Defencemen (Season)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>
\nThis season Jimmy Peck<\/strong> becomes the first Musketeer to lead all other USHL Defenseman in scoring; he would record twenty goals
\nand forty-five assists during this season. He is selected as the USHL Best Defenceman<\/strong> and is chosen a USHL All-Star Team<\/strong> and
\nmember of the USHL Dream Team<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

10-Musketeers vs. Waterloo Black Hawks-9
\n<\/span>“The Comeback”
\n<\/b>January 10th, 1976
\n<\/span>Waterloo jumps all over the visiting Musketeers leading the game 9-3 with less than ten minutes remaining. However, three quick<\/span>
\ngoals by Mitch Brant, Dave Murphy<\/strong> and Julian Nixon<\/strong> seemed to turn the tide. Minutes later Jimmy Peck<\/strong> and Sam Nelligan<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>find the back of the net as does Dave Kartrio<\/strong> tying the game just under three minutes remaining. Barry Head<\/strong> would cap this<\/span>
\nincredible comeback getting the game winner with just eighty-three seconds remaining in regulation. Jimmy Peck, Dave<\/span>
\nKartio and Julian Nixon all recorded a pair of goals with Nixon adding two assists for a four point night.<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeer Autograph Night
\n<\/b><\/span>Sam Nelligan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Randy McDonald\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tom Gavin<\/span>
\n<\/b>Original Musketeer 1972-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Musketeers 1974-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Musketeers \u00a01975-76
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nSam Nelligan<\/b>\u00a0was an original Musketeer, joining the organization in it’s first season. He would play six seasons logging some
\n258 regular season games. Sammy was a fan favorite; he loved to drop the gloves and the fans loved him for it. His classic
\nbattles with Waterloo Blackhawk Ed Starkey, are a part of\u00a0 USHL lore. During the 76-77 season Sammy received the
\nteam’s\u00a0Mr. Spirit<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Most Popular Player<\/b>\u00a0Awards and in 1993 he was elected into the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Did You Know…<\/b>Sammy’s 258 games played as a Musketeer is second only to Dave Davies record setting 269 games played.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Randy MacDonald<\/b>\u00a0would play four seasons with the Musketeers and is pictured here during his second. As a rookie he would
\nreceive the Musketeers\u00a0Mr. Spirit<\/b>\u00a0award and as a four season veteran, the Musketeers\u00a0Most Popular Player\u00a0<\/b>award. During
\nhis final season, he would finish as one of the Musketeers\u00a0top five scorers with fifty-seven total points.\u00a0<\/b>Over\u00a0<\/b>his four seasons,
\nRandy would log 174 regular season games recording 123 points.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tom Gavin\u00a0<\/b>spent a single season in net for the Musketeers. Taking on the the back-up duties, he provide the reliable relief to<\/span>
\nhelp win a division championship. Tom would see time in fifteen contests and would even record a pair of assists as the<\/span>
\nMusketeers would win their first ever Southern Division Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Mitch Brandt\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Jim Peck \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Bob Fowler<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers\u00a0 1975-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Musketeers 1974-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-73 & 75-76
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nMitch Brandt:<\/b>\u00a0Played two seasons (75-77) as a Musketeer. Stayed in Sioux City to coach the youth and the high school hockey
\nteams.\u00a0In 1978 he would help former Musketeer Alex Shibicky bring home a second place finish at the State Tournament.
\n<\/span>
\nJimmy Peck<\/b>\u00a0played four Musketeer seasons and recorded 249 points in 187 games placing him among the Musketeers
\ntop three all-time scorers. He was a three -time USHL Best Defenceman<\/strong> and three-time Leading Defenceman Scorer<\/strong>. <\/span>During
\nhis final season Jimmy was selected as the\u00a0Musketeers Most Valuable Player<\/b> andhonored for a third time as the USHL Best
\nDefenseman.\u00a0 <\/b>He would eventually be a three-time\u00a0USHL All-Star <\/b>and USHL All League<\/b> team member and a two-time USHL
\nDream-Team\u00a0<\/b>selection.\u00a0 Jimmy would be selected to the\u00a0Musketeers Hall of Fame<\/b>\u00a0in 1991. He would go on to
\nsuccess coaching the Sioux City Metros high school team, capturing three State Championships.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bob Fowler\u00a0<\/b>played his first season in Sioux City as one of the original Musketeers. He would log thirty-three game; scoring
\nnineteen goals and eight assists.\u00a0 He liked it here so much, that after two seasons in the CHL & IHL, he would return\u00a0for a second
\nseason as a Musketeer.\u00a0 Serving as one of the Alternate Captains, Bob would record thirteen goals and eighteen assists.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sean Coghlan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ralph Kloiber\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rick Kennedy<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1975-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1975-76
\n<\/b><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nSean Coghlan\u00a0<\/b>logged\u00a0<\/b>a pair of seasons in Sioux City after arriving from St. Louis University. His first season he would
\nput-up seventy-eight points including twenty-four goals and fifty-four helpers and finish third in Musketeer scoring that
\nseason. He would win the Musketeer\u00a0Rookie of the Year<\/b>\u00a0Award. The following season he would record thirty-one
\npoints and finish among the teams top five Heavy Hitters with fifty-four minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another St. Louis University product is goaltender\u00a0Ralph Kloiber<\/b>\u00a0 played three seasons for the Musketeers. His rookie
\nseason he would take on the back-up duties; still seeing time in nineteen regular season games. However, after that, Ralph
\ncarried the mail <\/i>the remaining two seasons as the Musketeers go-to goalie. Ralph would be selected a member of
\nthe Musketeer Hall of Fame <\/b>in 1998.<\/span><\/p>\n

Did You Know..<\/i>.<\/b>Ralph finished this season seventh in team penalty minutes with 46. The following season he would
\nimprove with 48 and a top sixth team finish.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rick Kennedy\u00a0<\/b>arrived in Sioux City after four seasons at St Louis University (CCHA) playing for the Billikens. During
\nhis only season as a Musketeer he would lead the team in scoring with 109 points; including forty-three goals and sixty-six
\nassists and was voted the\u00a0Musketeers Most Valuable Player.\u00a0<\/b>He would also play in the\u00a0USHL All-Star Team<\/b>\u00a0as well
\nas receive the USHL’s Most Valuable Player\u00a0<\/b>Award
\n<\/span><\/p>\n


\nUSHL Most Valuable Player\u00a0 \/\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Most points in a Single Season
\n<\/b><\/span><\/span>\u00a0Rick Kennedy<\/strong> is the Musketeer player to receive the USHL Most Valuable Player <\/strong>award. Over the season he would record
\n109 regular season points including forty-three goals and sixty-six assists. His 109 Points in a Single Season<\/strong> marker would
\nstand for ten more seasons, before Musketeers Tim Ferguson and Mike Racz both eclipsed that record, scoring 135 and
\n132 points in a single season.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers Award Winners<\/span>
\n<\/b>Most Valuable Player<\/b>…Rick Kennedy\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mr. Spirit<\/b>…Dave Murphy\u00a0 *\u00a0 Rookie of the Year<\/b>…Sean Coghlan
\nMost Popular Player<\/b>…Dave Kartio *\u00a0D’Artagnan Award<\/b>…John Cowley
\n\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

USHL All-Star Game<\/b><\/span>
\nJimmy Peck\u00a0 *\u00a0 Rick Kennedy\u00a0 *\u00a0 Dave Kartio\u00a0 *\u00a0 Head Coach John Saville
\nUSHL Dream Team Selections<\/span><\/b>
\nJimmy Peck\u00a0 *\u00a0 Rick Kennedy\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0 Dave Kartio\u00a0 *\u00a0 Head Coach John Saville
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

USHL Award Winners<\/span>
\nMost Valuable Player…<\/b>Rick Kennedy\u00a0 *\u00a0 Defenseman of the Year<\/b>…Jimmy Peck\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0Coach of the Year…<\/b>\u00a0John Saville<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>
\nThe Musketeers would finish the regular season with 22-26 record.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Musketeers will host the USHL All-Star game this season. Played on January 24th, 1977. Coaches from last season’s
\nDivision Champions will head-up this season’s All-Star teams. Musketeers John Saville will take the Southern Division bench
\nand Green Bay’s Gordy Yewman will take the Northern Division All-Stars.<\/span><\/p>\n

Northern Division: <\/span><\/strong>Traverse City Bays, Grand Rapids Blades, Green Bay Bobcats
\n<\/span><\/span>Southern Division: <\/span><\/strong>Milwaukee Admirals, Waterloo Black hawks, Sioux City Musketeers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Musketeers will place eight players on the Southern Divisions All-Star Team; Jim Peck, Mitch Brandt, Rick Clubbe,
\nSteve Colp, Dave Davies,\u00a0 Randy MacDonald, Barry Head and Ralph Kloiber. Future Musketeer and current Green Bay
\ngoaltender Dave LeGree is also selected to the All-Star line-up.<\/span><\/p>\n

Season Tickets:<\/b>\u00a0$65.00 \/\u00a0Reserved Seats:<\/b>\u00a0$3.25 \/\u00a0Kids:<\/b>\u00a0$2.00<\/span><\/p>\n

Special Note…<\/i>Sioux City get their first Zamboni. Good bye to the snow shovels and Black Knight carts!!!<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\"\"<\/b><\/span>\u00a0\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

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Musketeers Front Office Staff<\/span>
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nGary Lipshutz\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John Saville\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kathy Stueve
\nPresident\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 General Manager\/Head Coach\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public Relations Director\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Trainer……<\/b>Curt Lilly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Chief Statistician…..<\/b>John Cowley\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Special Projects Coordinator…<\/b>Howard Lipshutz
\nSouvenirs & Score Card Game<\/b>….Terry Gottburg, Russ Gondek & Michelle Lilly<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers Coaching Staff<\/b><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nHead Coach.<\/b>..John Saville\u00a0\u00a0Trainer<\/b>…\u00a0\u00a0Equipment Manager<\/b>…Billy Danderand<\/span><\/p>\n

Between the Pipes<\/b><\/span>
\nFresh off a Southern Division Championship and a run at the Play-off Championship, third year veteran Ralph Kloiber
\nwould again claim the starting duties in 37 games. However, rookie back-up Billy Fedoryk would see his share of ice
\ntime and log 19 games in goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ralph Kloiber<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-77
\nRalph Kloiber\u00a0<\/b>joins the team after hearing about the new Musketeers organization from other St. Louis University players
\nlike\u00a0Dave Davies and Jim Peck. Completing his four seasons as a Billiken, Ralph joins the Musketeers for his rookie
\nseason taking on the back-up duties, he would still see time in nineteen games posting a 10-9 record.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ralph would carry-the-mail for the Musketeer the next two seasons. His second season would see continues success;<\/span>
\nfinishing\u00a0the season with a 21-14-1 record and helping lead the Musketeers to the team’s first regular season Division<\/span>
\nChampionship and a runner-up placing in the post season championship.<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0
\nTaking the net for the third season, Ralph enters this season as one of the league’s premier goaltenders. He would again
\nassume the starting position as he prepared to backstop the Musketeers in their defense of the prior season’s Southern
\nDivision championship. Ralph sees time in forty-one games this season and wins nineteen of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

He would finish his three year Musketeer career with a 50-45-1 overall record. In 1977 he is selected a\u00a0USHL All-Star
\n<\/b>and in 1998 he is inducted into the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

High Scorers<\/b><\/span>
\nSteve Colp\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rick Clubbe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave Davies\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jimmy Peck\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Walt Johnson\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1976-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1976-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-79\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-78\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1976-79
\n<\/b><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>
\n<\/i>This season was loaded with constant scorers. Rookies\u00a0Steve Colp\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0Rick Clubbe<\/b>\u00a0would set the pace. Steve’s
\nseventy-seven points would include a team leading thirty-seven goals. Rick would also record forty-assists in addition to
\ntwenty-five of his own goals. Here’s Mr. Consistent,\u00a0Dave Davies<\/b>\u00a0as he continues make his mark in the Musketeer
\nrecord book with another ninety-one points.\u00a0Jimmy Peck<\/b>\u00a0also makes the list again, scoring sixteen goals and and
\nteam leading forty-four assists. Rookie\u00a0Walt Johnson\u00a0<\/b>would finish out the top scorers with twenty-six goals
\nand twenty-three assists.
\n
\nHeavy Hitters<\/span><\/b>
\nSam Nelligan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Les Batog \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mitch Brandt\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave Murphy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sean Coughlan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1972-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1975-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1975-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1975-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1975-77
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>
\n<\/i>Seasoned veteran\u00a0Sammy Nelligan<\/b>\u00a0would claim a usual spot on the Heavy Hitters list; leading the team in penalty
\nminutes for the second season in a row with eighty-four minutes.\u00a0 Returning veteran Les Batog<\/b> is a close second with
\nseventy-six penalty minutes. New to the Heavy Hitter list are veterans\u00a0Mitch Brandt<\/b> with fifty-eight minutes, Dave Murphy
\n<\/b> with fifty-five minutes and Sean Coughlan <\/b>with fifty-four minutes in the box. Top five scorer Jim Peck would miss the list
\nby just a pair of minor penalties.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sioux City Auditorium<\/span>
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Musketeer players line-up along the blue line for some kind of presentation\u00a0Right:\u00a0<\/b>A neutral zone face-off. You are
\nlooking at the odd numbered sections of the Auditorium, sometimes called the Pearl Street side. Left is visiting players
\nbench and the right is the single penalty box used by both teams.<\/span><\/p>\n

Billy Fedoryk<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1976-77
\nBilly Fedoryk arrives in Sioux City with a season’s worth of junior hockey experience. Playing in the Mid-American Hockey
\nLeague where he logged\u00a0some thirty-five games in goal for the Austin Mavericks.
\n\u00a0<\/b><\/span>
\nAssuming the back-up duties to the Musketeers three season veteran goaltender, Billy is still able to earn time in nineteen USHL
\ngames and finishes the season with a winning 7-5 record.<\/span><\/p>\n

Randy MacDonald<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 74-78
\n<\/b><\/span>
\nFour season Musketeer veteran Randy MacDonald <\/b>\u00a0move the puck up ice during this third season in Sioux City. He
\nwould receive Musketeer team awards Mr. Spirit<\/b>\u00a0in 1975 and\u00a0be voted\u00a0Most Popular Player<\/b> in1978.
\nNote:<\/strong>\u00a0 fence in lieu of glass.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Rick Clubbe<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1976-77
\nPrior to joining the Musketeers, Rick was a stand-out player for the Fighting Sioux; playing four season for the University
\nof North Dakota. During his senior season, Rick’s sixteen goals and twenty-four assists was second best among all team
\nscorers. Over four NCAA seasons he would see time in 135 games; recording thirty-seven goals and fifty-six assists.
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0Joining the Musketeers after four very successful season at North Dakota,\u00a0Rick Clubbe\u00a0<\/b>was expected to be a terrific
\naddition to the Musketeer offence this season. He would record twenty-five goals and forty assists playing a complete
\nforty-eight game regular\u00a0season; his sixty-five points was second best among all team scorers.<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nThe following season, Rick would be traded to the Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) where he put up nearly identical
\nnumbers; missing just one game during the season and scoring two fewer goals. As far as Musketeer history this
\nseason, Rick’s name would surface later in the season in one of the USHL’s most famous fights.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Barry Head<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1973-77
\nBarry Head\u00a0<\/b>would log a junior season in his Canada playing for the Markham Waxers before joining the Musketeers
\nthe following season. As a Musketeer rookie, he saw a busy schedule, playing in twenty-seven games; recording thirteen
\ngoals and eighteen assists. During his second season, The Musketeer Alternate Captain would continue to find the net
\nburying twenty goals and adding forty-one assists. His third season now saw more of the same as the Team
\nCaptain boasted his second season as a Musketeer top five high score with twenty-six goals and
\nthirty-seven helpers.
\n<\/span>
\nSelected to lead the Musketeers as Team Captain for a second consecutive season,\u00a0Barry Head<\/b>\u00a0would continue to help
\nthe Musketeers succeed during this season. Netting fourteen goals and adding twenty-eight more assists for forty-two regular
\nseason points.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>During these four seasons as a Musketeer, his 196 regular season points places him in the top ten\u00a0
\nAll-Time Musketeer Scorers<\/b>. Barry would eventually become active in the Siouxland Youth Hockey program and would
\ncoach both youth and\u00a0 in 1982 take over coaching the Sioux City Metros high school team for four seasons.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Steve Colp<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1976-77
\nBefore joining the Musketeers Steve Colp<\/strong> was a Michigan State (NCAA)\u00a0 scoring machine. Logging four seasons for the Spartans,
\nSteve lead the team in scoring both his freshman and sophomore seasons; recording sixty points including thirty-five goals and then
\nthe following season a whopping ninty-seven points on a team leading forty-three red-lighters.\u00a0 <\/span>He would have a soft junior year;
\nfinishing fourth in scoring recording just forty-nine points on fourteen goals.\u00a0 However, his senior year saw him back on his game
\nfinishing second in team scoring recording forty goals and a team leading fifty-four helpers.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>
\nSteve would have a terrific first season with the Musketeer as the new senior league seemed to fit his style of play well.
\nHe would play in forty-two USHL contests where he would lead the Musketeers in scoring; recording both a team leading
\nseventy-seven points and thirty-seven goals addinf an additional forty assists.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mitch Brandt\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jimmy Peck<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1975-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-78
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nMusketeers veterans\u00a0Mitch Brandt<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Jimmy Peck<\/b>\u00a0move the puck up ice.\u00a0Mitch<\/b>\u00a0would play for the Musketeers two
\nseasons before becoming active in the Sioux City Youth Hockey program where he would spend three seasons behind the
\nbench coaching the Jr. Musketeers. Mitch would later return coaching many years later and become an integral part
\nof the newly formed Lakes Area youth hockey program.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Leading Scorer USHL Defencemen (2x)\u00a0 \/ Time USHL Defenceman of the Year (2x)<\/span>
\nJimmy Peck<\/span><\/strong> does it again, for the second season in a row he leads all USHL Defensemen in scoring; recording sixteen goals and<\/span><\/span>
\nforty-four assists and is selected as the USHL Best Defenseman<\/strong>. For a second season in a row, he is also selected to the USHL All-Star<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>and USHL All-League<\/strong> teams.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Julian Nixon<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-79
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Sioux City Auditorium Penalty Box Uniqueness…<\/span>
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nPenalty boxes for both teams was located in the Section 5 Vomitory. (Yes…I said both teams!!!) Up until the early 80’s rink
\nre-model,\u00a0only one penalty box location was made available to players. While minor penalties were usually no problem,
\nit was the major\u00a0penalties that usually lead to the excitement!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Brad Morrow<\/span>
\n<\/b>\u00a0 Musketeers 1976-77
\n<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b> Brad Morrow joined the Musketeers for a single season. He played two seasons for the University of
\nMinnesota\u00a0Golden Gophers (NCAA) before becoming a Musketeer. He would log nearly a complete schedule and record
\nfive goals and fourteen assists.<\/span><\/p>\n

Barry Head\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dave Murphy<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1973-77\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Musketeers 75-79
\n<\/span>
\nLeft:\u00a0<\/b>Team Captain\u00a0<\/b>Barry Head and Dave Murphy face-off against Jim Carter of the Green Bay Bobcats.<\/span><\/p>\n

Steve Colp\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brad Morrow\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Billy Fedoryk<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1976-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1976-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Musketeers 1976-77
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

High Scoring Michigan State (NCAA) graduate Steve Colp <\/b>joins the Musketeers after four seasons with Spartans. \u00a0He was no
\nstranger to leading his teams in scoring and does so this first USHL season; recording seventy-seven points including fifty-seven
\ngoals and forty assists during a forty-eight game regular season. Steve is selected to the USHL All-Star Team<\/strong> this season and
\nthree seasons prior, chosen by the Chicago BlackHawks in the 1974 NHL Draft.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brad Morrow <\/b>joined the Musketeers for a single season. He played two prior seasons for the University of Minnesota
\nGolden Gophers (NCAA) before becoming a Musketeer. He would log nearly a complete schedule and record five goals
\nand fourteen assists<\/span><\/p>\n

Goaltender Billy Fedoryk<\/b> would played a single season in net for the Musketeers. He arrives with a season’s worth of
\nexperience having played in the USHL’s sister league Midwest Junior Hockey League playing for the Austin Mavericks.
\nThe Musketeer rookie this season would still see time in nineteen contests and finish the season with a 7-5 record.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sioux City Auditorium<\/b><\/span>
\nEast Side Marquee \/ 1976-77
\n<\/span>
\nEven back in the seventies these east and west side entrances were rarely used for events. These side entrances were used
\nmainly as exits at the completion of schedule events and also for crew entrance and occasional side ramp load in &outs.
\nThe marquee reads; Musketeers vs. Grand Rapids Saturday & Sunday, Merl Haggard and Freddie Hart in concert Friday
\nnight and the Annual Lions Club Pancake Day Saturday.<\/span>
\n
\nAuditorium Trivia…\u00a0<\/b>inscribed at the top of the Auditorium on both east and west entrances are two sayings. They go
\nlargely unnoticed by other than those of us who have used those two entrances for hockey, work and entertainment
\non a regular basis. Can you name them????<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeer Trivia Answer…<\/b>\u00a0East\/Peirce Street entrance:<\/b>\u00a0Art At Its Highest and Nature At Its Truest Are One
\nWest\/Pearl Street:<\/b>\u00a0There Is No Higher Conquest Than That Of Self.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Julian Nixon<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 74-79<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nMusketeer Julian Nixon Played five seasons in Sioux City. He is shown facing off against the Waterloo Black Hawks (left)
\nand the Green Bay Bobcats (right).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Rick Clubbe<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1976-77
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nRick Clubbe<\/b>\u00a0played one season in Sioux City\u00a0 before being traded to the Waterloo Black Hawks. He would finish
\nsecond in Musketeer scoring with sixty-fibe total points; twenty-fibe goals and forty assists (48 game schedule). Prior
\nto his USHL days, he\u00a0 played four seasons for UND. Rick’s name would surface again next season as a participant
\nin one of the USHL’s & Musketeers’ most famous fights. add details tim’s book has info.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jimmy Peck\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sammy Nelligan<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-78
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Jimmy would spend four seasons as a Musketeer where he would become one of\u00a0 the USHL’s\u00a0 pioneers of development
\nof the Offensive-defenseman. Three of his four season were spent setting and breaking defenseman scoring records.
\nRight:\u00a0<\/b>Sam Nelligan, one of the original Musketeers, he would stay a Musketeer for six seasons where he was a part of some of
\nthe most memorable USHL fisticuffs. He even spent the last two seasons as a Player\/Assistant Coach.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brad Morrow<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1976-77
\n\u00a0\u00a0
\nBrad Morrow<\/b>\u00a0joined the Musketeers for a single season (76-77). He played two seasons for the University of Minnesota
\nGolden Gophers (NCAA) before becoming a Musketeer. He would log nearly a complete schedule and record five goals
\nand fourteen assists.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sean Coghlan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rick Clubbe\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brad Morrow \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Julian Nixon<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1975-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1976-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1976-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-79
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Sean Coghlan<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Rick Clubbe<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Right:<\/b>\u00a0Julian Nixon\u00a0<\/b>catches photographer Curt Stoever on this shot, while
\nBrad Morrow <\/b>continues to tell Julian his side of the story.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sean Coghlan:\u00a0<\/b>Logged a pair of seasons as a Musketeer. Shown here as Alternate Captain during the second of his two
\nseasons in Sioux City. His first season he would be selected as the Musketeer Rookie of the Year<\/b>.\u00a0 Sean played two
\nseasons for the St Louis University Billicans (NCAA) before becoming a Musketeer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Julian Nixon\u00a0<\/b>played five seasons in Sioux City. During his time here, every season he was always a fan favorite. He would
\npost some 118 regular season points career points, including both fifty-nine goals and assists.\u00a0 After the Musketeers, Julian
\nreturned to his home town, Des Moines, where he became an active coach in the Des Moines Youth Hockey program and a
\nUSA Hockey official.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Autograph Night<\/b><\/span>
\nBarry Head\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jimmy Peck<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1973-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Musketeers 1974-78<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nBarry Head\u00a0<\/b>would play four seasons in Sioux City.\u00a0 He would stay in Sioux City and involved in the SYHA program.
\nand eventually coach the High School hockey team for four seasons.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Jimmy Peck<\/strong> signs autographs for his fans. (That’s me at the bottom in the center). Jim’s 282 points put him at third<\/span>
\non the Musketeer’s All Time Scorers list.\u00a0 After hockey, Jimmy too would stay in Sioux City and make huge contributions to
\nthe Siouxland Youth and High School hockey teams. <\/span>\u00a0In 1994 and 2003 he would lead the High School team to a pair
\nLeague Championships. Along the way he would become a USHL official and eventually mentoring two of his past high
\nschool players; Kirk Swanson and Bob Batcheller also into lengthly careers as USHL linesmen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Did You know…<\/span><\/strong>This picture of Jimmy and me is one of my favorites. As a young player & fan, I watched Jimmy from the stands,
\nsection five, row five, seat one as he <\/span>racked-up both points and penalty minutes. Here I am waiting inline to get his autograph.
\nLittle did I know, that years later this childhood hero would become one of my best hockey friends. From officiating USHL
\ngames together, reffing high school games when he was coaching or playing adult league pick-up; Jimmy still remains one
\nof the greatest Musketeers ever!!!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Did You Know…<\/b>Jimmy Peck’s 282 career points places him third on the all-time Musketeers scorers list. He was no stranger
\nto\u00a0the penalty box either…He collected some 240 penalty minutes as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brad Morrow\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sean Coghlan<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1976-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1975-77
\n<\/b><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Brad Morrow take time for a photo while Walt Johnson signs in the background.\u00a0\u00a0Right:<\/b>\u00a0Alternate Captain Sean
\nCoghlan shown\u00a0during the second of his two seasons in Sioux City. His first season (75-76) he would be selected as the
\nMusketeer\u00a0Rookie of the Year<\/b>.\u00a0 Sean played two seasons for the St Louis University Billicans (NCAA) before
\nbecoming a Musketeer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mitch Brandt<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers\u00a0 1975-77
\n<\/b><\/span>
\nMitch Brandt<\/b>\u00a0(Musketeers 75-77) and Craig Stoever (Metros Class of ’83). Mitch would also stay in town and offer
\nhis hockey knowledge to the High School team for three seasons. In 1978 he would help former Musketeer Alex Shibicky
\nbring home a second place\u00a0finish at the Iowa High School League (IHSHL) State Tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sammy Nelligan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Julian Nixon<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers1972-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Musketeers 1974-79<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Sammy Nelligan, one of the original Musketeers. While known for his legendary tussles with Waterloo Black Hawk Ed Starkey,
\nSammy could put the\u00a0biscuit in the basket<\/i>\u00a0as well, and scored nearly 200 points as a Musketeer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Right:\u00a0<\/b>Julian Nixon played five seasons in Sioux City. After his last season he returned home to Des Moines where he<\/span>
\nbecame active in the Youth and High School hockey programs. He would also go on to become a USA Hockey official.<\/span><\/p>\n

Walt Johnson<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1976-79
\n<\/span>Drafted by the Boston Bruins in 1971 eighteen year old Walt\u00a0 Johnson embarks on six successful junior seasons playing
\nin both Canada and the USA. He would eventually find a home in Sioux City this season.
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nFans wait for a chance to meet first year Musketeer player\u00a0Walt Johnson<\/b>.\u00a0 His forty-nine points; twenty-six goals and
\ntwenty-three assists and League-wide respect, would earn Walt the Musketeer\u00a0Rookie of the Year<\/b>\u00a0<\/i>Award.\u00a0 His 286
\ntotal points in 176 games, still today makes him the\u00a0Musketeer’s second leading All-Time Scorer<\/b>. In 1991, Walt
\nwas elected to the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Walt would eventually call Sioux City home where he became the Auditorium Building Manager for nearly twenty-five
\nyears <\/span>and became active in both youth and high school hockey. Eventually coaching the Metros High School team to<\/span>
\nback-to-back high school State Tournament Championships in 1998 and 1999.<\/span><\/p>\n

Steve Colp<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1976-77
\n<\/span>Canadian Steve Colp<\/strong> joins the Musketeers after four outstanding seasons playing at Michigan State University. He was a
\nmulti-season Spartins top scorer; twice leading the team in goals and total points and a third time finishing second in scoring
\nwith a team leading the team in assists.
\n
\nSpending a single season in Sioux City Steve would lead the Musketeers in scoring. Playing in forty-two contests, he would lead the
\nteam in scoring with seventy-seven regular season points; including a team high thirty seven goals and forty assists. Following
\nhis freshman season, Steve was drafted by both the ChicagoBlackHawks (NHL) and the Cleveland Crusaders (WHA).<\/span><\/p>\n

5-Musketeers vs. Waterloo Black Hawks-7
\n<\/span>Awards Night
\n<\/b>March 13th, 1977
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Bob Graiziger\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Bob Graiziger\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Julian Nixon<\/span><\/b>
\nMusketeers 1976-77\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Musketeers 1976-77\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Musketeers 74-79
\n\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span><\/b>Bob Graiziger<\/b>\u00a0(left & right) against the Waterloo BlackHawks. He played two seasons at the University of Denver before
\njoining the Musketeers for one season.\u00a0Left:<\/b>\u00a0Julian Nixon\u00a0 follows the play.<\/span><\/p>\n

The season finale sees the Musketeers come up short against their arch enemy the Waterloo Black Hawks. Leading the
\nSouthern Division for most of the season Sioux City took a second seat to the Milwaukee Admirals who won thier last for
\nin a row.\u00a0 Walt Johnson<\/strong> and Rick Clubbe<\/strong> both record a pair of red-lighters and Dave Davies<\/strong> grabs a single tally. Waterloo
\nlaunches forty-six shots at goaltender Ralp Kloiber<\/strong> stopping thirty-nine of those attemnpts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jimmy Peck<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-78<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nEventual four season veteran defenceman Jimmy Peck<\/b>\u00a0was selected the Musketeers as\u00a0Most Valuable Player <\/b>during this
\nthird season in Sioux City. Of his sixty points during the forty-eight game season, most came from the point with his legendary
\nslap shot. Jimmy would also pick up the\u00a0USHL Leading Offensive-Defenseman\u00a0 <\/b>award. In 1989 Jimmy would be voted
\ninto the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Did you know…<\/b>the following year Jimmy would again break his own scoring record, posting twenty-seven goals, forty-four assists<\/span>
\nfor seventy-one regular season points making him\u00a0one of the top three all-time Musketeer scorers.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Walt Johnson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sam Nelligan<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1976-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-78
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:\u00a0<\/b>This would be the first of\u00a0\u00a0Walt Johnson<\/b>‘s three seasons in Sioux City. Forty regular season points from a freshman
\nplayer earned Walt league-wide respect and the Musketeers \u00a0Rookie of the Year\u00a0<\/b>Award.\u00a0 His 286 total points in 176 games,
\nstill today makes him the Musketeer’s second leading scorer. Walt would be elected to the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame\u00a0<\/b>in 1991.
\n
\nRight:<\/b>\u00a0One of the original Musketeers,\u00a0Sam Nelligan<\/b>\u00a0would play\u00a0Enforcer<\/i>\u00a0for six full seasons!!! Sammy is shown above
\nwinning both the\u00a0Mr. Spirit<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Most Popular Player\u00a0<\/b>awards. Every Musketeer fan back then, Sammy could win those
\nawards on a regular basis as well as run for Mayor all six seasons in Sioux City!!!! In 1993, Sam was elected to the
\nMusketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers Award Winners<\/span>
\n<\/b>Most Valuable Player<\/b>…Jimmy Peck (Metros Coach 01-07 \/ 2003 State Champions)
\nRookie of the Year<\/b>…Walt Johnson (Metros Coach 79-82 & 96-00 \/ 98 & 99 State Champions)
\nMr. Spirit<\/b>…Sam Nelligan\u00a0 *\u00a0 Most Popular Player<\/b>…Sam Nelligan\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0D’Artagnan Award…<\/b>Elfrieda Lillie
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

USHL All-Star Game<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/b>January 24th, 1977 \/ Sioux City Iowa
\nThe the League’s fourth annual USHL All-Star game is held in the Sioux City Municipal Auditorium . The best players
\nof the\u00a0 Northern Division will take on the best of the Southern Division. Fifteen players and two goaltender will populate
\nthe benches and the game will be play in\u00a0regular format. Between the first and second period there is a
\nShoot-Out Contest with three players from each team competing for cash prizes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Steve Colp\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rick Clubbe\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave Davies\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jimmy Peck\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1976-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1976-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mitch Brandt\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Randy MacDonald\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Barry Head\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ralph Kloiber\u00a0<\/b><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1975-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1973-77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-77
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/i>The Musketeers place eight players on the Southern Division All-Star team. the next closest\u00a0 is the Northern
\nDivision’s Green Bay Bobcats\u00a0place six players on the team; including future Musketeer Dave LeGree.
\nMusketeers Head Coach John Saville will coach the Southern Division All-Stars.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nUSHL Award Winners<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n
\nMusketeers win the Southern Division championship with a 34-17 record, identical to heated rivals the Waterloo Black Hawks.
\nThey would meet-up in the Championship series and Waterloo would blast-off to a three game lead before the Musketeers could
\nrebound and force a seventh deciding game.\u00a0Unfortunately, the Musketeers would fall short and lose 7-4.<\/span><\/p>\n

Northern Division: <\/span><\/strong>Bloomington Stars, Grand Rapids Blades, Green Bay Bobcats
\n<\/span><\/span>Southern Division: <\/span><\/strong>Austin Mavericks, Waterloo Black Hawks, Sioux City Musketeers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Season Tickets:<\/b>\u00a0$75.00 \/\u00a0Reserved Seats:<\/b>\u00a03:50 \/\u00a0Kids:<\/b>\u00a0$2.00<\/span><\/p>\n

Special Note…<\/i><\/b>New\u00a0Dasher Boards Glass<\/i>\u00a0arrives in Sioux City – gone is the chain-link fence that personified old-time hockey.<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeer Front Office Staff
\n<\/b><\/span><\/span>Gary Lipshutz\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Charlie Burns\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mike Newhouse\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Micki Murphy\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Steve Musco
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nPresi<\/span>dent\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 General Manager\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sales & Marketing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public Relations\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Trainer<\/span><\/p>\n

Trainer……<\/b>Curt Lilly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Chief Statistician…..<\/b>John Cowley\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Special Projects Coordinator…<\/b>Kathy Stueve & Sally Early
\nSouvenirs & Score Card Game<\/b>….Terry Gottburg, Doug Gates & Kelly Smith<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers Coaching Staff
\nCharlie Burns\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sam Nelligan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Billy Danderand \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nHead Coach \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Player\/Assistant Coach\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Trainer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Equipment Manager\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Between the Pipes<\/b><\/span>
\nWith a nice resume in hand; three seasons in the OHL, a stint in the IHL and a full season in Green Bay,\u00a0Dave Legree<\/b>\u00a0joined the
\nMusketeers for the first of two very successful years in Sioux City.\u00a0\u00a0Rick Hanson<\/b>\u00a0would also join the team as one of the first
\nofficial\u00a0Junior<\/i>\u00a0players\u00a0as the USHL prepped for the up-coming transition years. Dave and Rick would team-up and bring home
\nanother USHL Southern Division Championship. They would also give the Musketeers another run at a play-off championship title.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave LeGree\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rich Hanson<\/strong><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1977-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Musketeers 1977-78
\n\u00a0
\nDave LeGree:<\/b>\u00a0Would carry the mail for the Musketeers for a pair of seasons. Arriving in town as a Musketeer rookie, but with
\nsix seasons of professional hockey under his belt, he would lead the Musketeers to a second Southern Division Championship
\nin three seasons and receive the Musketeers\u00a0Most Valuable Player Award.<\/b>\u00a0The following season he would lead the
\nMusketeers\u00a0to another successful season while securing the\u00a0USHL’s Most Valuable Player<\/b>\u00a0Award.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rich Hanson:<\/b>\u00a0Playing understudy to the experienced Rich Hanson would assume the back-up goaltending duties. Providing the
\nrelief at the right times, Rich helped the Musketeers to another Southern Division Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n

High Scorers<\/b><\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Walt Johnson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bob Ferguson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jimmy Peck \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0Mike Thomas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0Randy McDonald<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>
\n<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Musketeers 1976-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1977-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Musketeers 1974-78 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1977-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-78 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/b><\/i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/i>Walt Johnson<\/strong> is back on the high scorers list again for the second time and will be there one more before his
\nwraps up his three seasons with the Musketeers. He would have a record setting season scoring a team leading forty
\ngoals and sixty-one assists for 101 points.\u00a0 Bob Ferguson<\/strong> would make the list as a rookie scoring eighty-seven regular
\nseason points including thirty-seven goals and fifty helpers. defenseman Jimmy Peck<\/strong> would make the list again as he
\ntallies twenty-seven goals and forty-four assists. Mike Thomas<\/strong> would record sixty-three points on twenrty-seven red
\nlighters and thirty-six helpers and veteran Randy McDonald <\/strong>would round out the top five scorers with a four season
\ncareer high of\u00a0 nine goals and forty-eight assists.
\n<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Heavy Hitters<\/b>
\nBobby Hutten\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sam Nelligan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jimmy Peck\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mark Castillo\u00a0<\/b><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marlin Mense<\/span>
\n<\/i><\/b>Musketeers 1977-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0Musketeers 1974-78 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1977-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0 Musketeers 1977-78
\n\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>
\nWith the phase in of Junior hockey this season, Sammy got some much needed relief as resident\u00a0tough-guy<\/i>\u00a0Bobby Hutten
\n<\/strong> joined the Musketeers and had a fierce reputation as a fighter and everyone in the league knew it. Bobby would record a
\nteam high of 151 minutes and he only played thirty-four games that season. Sam Nelligan<\/strong> would record eighty-eight
\nminutes and cap a six season career with some 500 plus penalty minutes. Jimmy Peck<\/strong> makes both lists again this season
\nby recording eighty-two penalty minutes while finishing third in scoring. Rookies Mark
\nCastillo would record 79 minutes and Marlin Mense 45 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nBobby Hutten<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1977-79
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

48 2 12 14 169<\/span><\/p>\n

43 3 13 16\u00a0 189 ???????
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nBobby Hutten<\/strong> played for the Musketeers for two seasons . Don’t let the hair fool you…This guy was a fighter, who could play
\nhockey. His “Golden Gloves” awards made him one of the toughest guys in the league.\u00a0Joining the Musketeers this season, the
\nrookie afforded Sammy a few nights off and he made good use of the time. He racked-up 151 penalty minutes in just thirty-four
\ngames. Bobby did also record his first two USHL goals and added a dozen assists this first season.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dave Murphy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bob Ferguson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave LeGree\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Mike Thomas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marlin Mense<\/span>
\n<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Musketeers 1975-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1977-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1977-79\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Musketeers 1977-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1977-78
\n <\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Dave Murphy , Bob Ferguson and goalie Dave LeGree\u00a0\u00a0Right:<\/b>\u00a0Mike Thomas and Marlin Mense
\nThese two photographs below hung on the wall that the infamous\u00a0Penalty Box Bar<\/b>\u00a0for many years…if only they could talk!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers vs. Austin Mavericks<\/span>
\n<\/b>Sioux City Auditorium
\n<\/span>Add game information here<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0 Sam Nelligan and Walt Johnson lead the Musketeers to the ice as they prepare to take on the Austin Mavericks\u00a0
\nRight:<\/b>\u00a0Bob Betty, Randy MacDonald, Dave LeGree & Rich Hanson await the starting line-up announcements.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave LeGree\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Bob Beatty\u00a0<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Bobby Hutten\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Mike Hoberg<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1977-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1977-78\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Musketeers 1977-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1977-78<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Goalie\u00a0Dave LeGree<\/b>\u00a0(77-79) makes a save as defenseman\u00a0Bob Beatty<\/b>\u00a0(77-78) watches the guy in the crease. Dave played
\ntwo seasons in Sioux City. In his first season, he would set a Musketeer record for 33 wins (48 game season) that still stands today.
\nRight:<\/b>\u00a0Bobby Hutten (77-79) and Mike Hoberg (77-78) return the favor\u00a0on the Austin Mavericks goaltender.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:\u00a0<\/b>(L to R) Dave Castillo, Marlin Mense, Jim Peck, Randy MacDonald and goaltender Dave LeGree\u00a0Right:<\/b>\u00a0defenseman
\nBob Betty drops the mitts with an unfortunate Maverick<\/span><\/p>\n

Bob Ferguson<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1977-78
\nBob Ferguson would play just a single season for the Musketeers, however, it wouldn’t be the last he called Sioux City
\nhome. He is selected in both NHL and WHL drafts by the New York Islanders and the Winnipeg Jets. Bob logged
\nseveral seasons in the OHL prior to arriving in our River City.
\n
\nPlaying in fifty game this season, Bob notched thirty-seven goals and added another fifty assists; his eighty-seven points
\nwas the second highest among Musketeer scorers. He would be selected as the season’s Musketeers Most Valuable Player.<\/span><\/p>\n

After three additional seasons in the ECHL, Bob would return to Sioux City and take-on the Head Coaching duties of a
\nMusketeer team\u00a0that prior season could only put together a dozen wins. In one of the Musketeer’s\u00a0critical moments
\n<\/i>\u00a0during it’s storied history, Bob leads the Musketeers to a USHL League and Play-off Championship and a runner-up
\nplacing at the National Championships; He is named Coach of the Year by the USHL. Four seasons later, he would
\ndo it again this time completing the Triple Crown Championship quest and grabbing his second Coach of the Year honor.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Twice Bob would be named USHL Coach of the Year &\u00a0 USHL All-Star Game coach and lead the USHL
\nInternational All-Stars to their first World Jr. Tournament victory in Switzerland.\u00a0 In 1989, Bob would be elected to the
\nMusketeers Hall of Fame. In 1998 & 1999 would go on to win back-to-back ECHL coach of the year awards in 1998 and
\n1999.\u00a0 In 2001 he started a long running front office career and is currentlly GM of the San Deigo Gulls (AHL)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

USHL Coach of the Year
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Bob Ferguson<\/strong> would go one to eventually be selected as the USHL Coach of the Year <\/strong>four different times. Two seasons with the
\nMusketeers and two more times while coaching the Des Moines Buccaneers. He is also a four time USHL General Manager
\nof the Year <\/strong><\/span>Receiving it once with the Musketeers and three times with the Bucs including a pair of back-to-back honors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Randy MacDonald\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mike Hoberg<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1977-78
\n\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/b>Randy MacDonald<\/b>‘s four seasons as a Musketeer would eventually make him one of the many fan favorites. He rarely missed
\ngames during the regular season and over his four seasons recorded twenty-seven red-lighters and added ninety-six assists.
\nAlways known for his play-making ability, Randy tallied forty-eights helpers his final season and added nine red-lighters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mike Hoberg<\/b>\u00a0would split this season between the USHL playing for the Musketeers and the Waterloo Black Hawks and
\nin the IHL playing for the Milwaukee Admirals. He would make good use of his time in Sioux City; seeing time in just
\ntwenty-one games, he racked-up sixteen goals and fifteen assists. His thirty-one points over that short stay saw him
\nhead to the IHL averaging almost a point & a half every game.<\/span><\/p>\n

Donny Ohlund\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jimmy Peck<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1977-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Musketeers 1974-78
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Donny Ohlund vs. the Austin Mavericks at the Audi. Coach Charlie Burns looks on from the bench. Donny
\nwould spend just a half season in Sioux City\u00a0<\/b>scoring fifteen goals and six assists before a trade moved him to Green Bay.
\nRight:<\/b>\u00a0Jimmy Peck (Musketeers 74-78) battles with a Green Bay Bobcat. He would be selected to the
\nMusketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>\u00a0in 1989.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/b>
\n5 Goals in a Single Game<\/b><\/span>
\nOn December 18th, 1977 in Bloomington, MN Sam Nelligan<\/strong> becomes the third Musketeer and just a handful of USHL players
\nto score five goals in a single game in this 13-7 win over the Bloomington Jr. Stars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mike Thomas (#6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bob Ferguson (#22)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Walt Johnson (#7)<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1977-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1977-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1976-79
\nThis picture here represents 251 total Musketeer points in a single season; 104 goals and 147 assists over this single forty-eight
\ngame season. Every game this season these three players averaged over two goals, over three assists and over five points per
\ngame. Add in the third highest scorer defenseman Jimmy Peck’s twenty-seven goals and forty-four assists and you have an
\noffensive juggernaut that may never be equaled on USHL ice.
\n
\nWalt Johnson<\/b>\u00a0was the Musketeers leading scorer in goals, assists and points this season; notching forty goals and sixty-one
\nassists giving him a whopping 101 regular season points. Right behind him in team scoring was\u00a0Bob Ferguson<\/b>\u00a0tallying thirty-
\nseven goals and fifty assists. Rookie\u00a0Mike Thomas<\/b>\u00a0would land a dream spot on this high scoring line featuring two of the
\nleague’s star players. Mike capitalized on this opportunity and notched twenty-seven goals and adding thirty-six assists.\u00a0 His
\nsixty-three total points placed him among the top four scorers for that season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers vs. Green Bay Bobcats<\/span>
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Mike Thomas (77-78)\u00a0Right:<\/b>\u00a0Linesman Rick Sugett drops the puck for center Bob Ferguson (77-78)\u00a0 and wingers Dave
\nDavies (74-79) and #18 Keith Pauly (77-78) . Green Bay Bobcat players are #14 John Preville, #3 Rob Nicholson, #19 Bob Purpur
\n
\nBob Ferguson<\/b>\u00a0would win the\u00a0Musketeer MVP<\/b>\u00a0Award this season. He would return to Sioux City a few season later and
\nlead the Musketeers to a pair of Regular Season and League Championships and a Jr. A National Title. He is both an eventual
\nfour-time USHL Coach of the Year<\/strong> and four-time USHL General Manager of the Year,\u00a0<\/strong> a two-time <\/span>\u00a0USHL All-Star Game
\n<\/b> skipper and lead the USHL International All-Stars<\/b> to their first World Jr. Tournament victory in Switzerland.\u00a0 In 1989,
\nBob would be elected to the\u00a0Musketeers Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Davies<\/b>\u00a0tops the Musketeer’s all-time scorers with 359 points and holds the Ironman record with 269 games played.
\nIn his final season, he would be voted the Musketeers\u00a0Most Popular Player<\/b>. He would stay in Sioux City where he became
\nactive in the newly formed youth hockey program. Eventually, he would coach the Metros High School hockey team to
\nback-to-back State Championships in 1991 & 92 ushering in a decade of high school hockey league dominance. In 1990
\nDave would be elected to the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most Assists in a Single Game
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>On December 18th, 1977 in Bloomington (MN) <\/span>Dave Davies<\/strong> sets a Musketeer record when he tallies six assists in a single game
\nin this win over the Jr. Stars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sam Nelligan\u00a0<\/b><\/span>Night<\/span>
\n<\/b>This evening was dedicated to current Musketeer player Sam Nelligan<\/strong>. One of the original Musketeers, Sam played
\nsix seasons in Sioux City and became a household name among hockey fans.\u00a0
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>During his final season, he would take on the unusual job of Player \/Assistant Coach. Sammy would go down as one
\nof the legendary Musketeer players and his nearly 200 points and 550 penalty minutes puts him among the top
\nMusketeers in both categories.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>Left:<\/strong> Captain Walt Johnson, Announcer Mike Newhouse and an un-identified presenter award the night’s honoree, Sam
\nNelligan his special recognition.\u00a0Note:<\/b> Head referee wearing the red & blue striped jersey.
\n<\/span>Right:<\/b>\u00a0Sammy poses with his award.<\/span><\/p>\n

All-Time Games Played by a Musketeer<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Sam Nelligan<\/strong> is the “unofficial” All-Time Games Played Musketeer record holder. Currently, Sam clocks in at third highest with<\/span>
\n200 games played as a Musketeer; just behind leaders Dave Davies<\/strong> with 235 and Tommy Olczyk<\/strong> with 205. However, Sam has no
\navailable 1974-75 regular season stats available. This missing season of forty-eight games could place him at the top of this list.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 Dave Davies\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sam Nelligan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Randy MacDonald<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Original Musketeers 1972-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-78
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Veteran Musketeers Dave Davies (5 seasons) and Sam Nelligan (6 seasons)\u00a0Right:<\/b>\u00a0Randy McDonald (5 seasons)<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Davies<\/b>\u00a0tops the Musketeer’s all-time scorers with 359 points and in his final season be voted Most Popular Player. He would
\nstay in Sioux City and eventually coach the Metros High School Hockey Team to three State Championships. In 1990 Dave would
\nenter the Musketeer Hall of Fame.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Leading Scorer USHL Defencemen (3x) *\u00a0 USHL Defenceman of the Year (3x)
\n<\/span><\/b><\/span>For the third season on a row, Jimmy Peck<\/strong>\u00a0 leads all USHL Defensemen in scoring and receives the USHL Best <\/strong>Defenceman Award.
\n<\/strong>This eclipses all previous season scoring, with a personal best twenty-seven goals and forty-four assists, for a season high<\/span>
\nof seventy-one points. \u00a0This also marks the third season in a row, he is selected to both the USHL All-Star <\/strong>and USHL All-League<\/strong> teams.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jimmy Peck<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1974-78
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nJimmy Peck<\/b>\u00a0played in Sioux City for four seasons.\u00a0His 282 points are third on the Musketeer’s All-Time Scorers list. He is a three-time
\nUSHL All-Star<\/strong> and All-Leauge<\/strong> selection and was the League’s highest scoring defenseman three seasons in a row. He would be
\nelected to the Musketeer Hall of Fame in 1989.\u00a0 After the Musketeers, he would go on to coach various SYHA teams,
\neventually winning \u00a0a pair\u00a0IHSHL State Championships in 1994 and 2003. After a brief retirement, Jimmy\u00a0 again
\njoined the High School coaching staff in 2009 as an assistant coach for five seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Most Goalie Wins in a Season (48 game schedule)
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Stearing the Musketeers to their second Southern Division Championship in three seasons and a return to the championship
\nfinals, goaltender Dave LeGree<\/strong> recorded thirty-three wins during this traditional senior league forty-eight game season. This
\nrecord would stand for forty-seasons until Mattis Kivlenieks records thirty-six wins during the Teir 1 traditional season of sixty
\nplus regular season contestes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bob Ferguson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave Murphy<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1977-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1975-79
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jimmy Peck\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Walt Johnson<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1976-79<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Marlin Mense\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave Murphy<\/span>
\n<\/b>\u00a0Musketeers 1977-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1975-79
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Jimmy Peck\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Randy McDonald\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Walt Johnson<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1974-78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1976-79
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Mike Thomas<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1977-78
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Players Prepare for the National Anthem<\/span>
\n<\/b>Sioux City Auditorium<\/span>
\n
\nPlayers line-up in preparation for that night’s National Anthem.\u00a0Notes:<\/b>\u00a0The Audi still has some fence going-on around the
\nplayers benches, which are still located in the Vomitories as well as the wood seats.\u00a0 This shot shows the guy standing on
\nwhat would today be Court #1 of the Long Lines Family Rec Center; looking north at the new climbing wall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Players are listed left to right<\/b>:\u00a0Bobby Hutten, Dave Murphy Bob Ferguson, Keith Pauley,\u00a0ID This Player<\/b>, Sammy Nelligan,
\nMark Castillo, Marlin Mense, Randy McDonald, Rich Hanson, Dave LeGree and Bob Beatty<\/span><\/p>\n

***************************************USHL Playoffs***************************************
\nUSHL <\/span><\/b>Commissioner Cup Final
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The USHL Final see the two best teams in the league matched-up for what could be a series that might go either way.
\nSioux City finishes the season one point ahead of the Hawks securing home ice advantage. Playing the first two games on
\nthe road, the Musketeers are defeated 4-3 and 5-2. However, news that Waterloo’s McElroy Auditorium has scheduling
\nproblems and the remaining games will all be played in Sioux City buoys the Musketeers hopes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunatlly, the Hawks are too much for the Musketeers winning 7-4 and grabbing a commanding three game lead.
\nSioux City is able to battle back winning games four 9-0 and five 4-3. With the Musketeers on the ropes for game
\nsix it turnsout to be a dandy.<\/span><\/p>\n

5-Musketeers vs. Waterloo Black Hawks-4 2OT<\/strong><\/span>
\nGame 6 \/April 19th, 1978
\n<\/span>Game six sees the series leading visitors again jump out to an early game 3-1 lead. the Musketeers are able to fight back
\nand tie the <\/span>game in the second period. However things got testy\u00a0from there…<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span>… a fight between Musketeer heavy weight Bobby Hutton and x-Musketeer Rick Clubbe erupted near the penalty
\nbox. As players tried to get access to the enclosed penalty box a 45 foot section of the boards and glass were pulled down.
\nIt would be an hour before the police and game officials could clear it up and the Auditorium staff put it back together.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Did You Know…<\/b>The Rick Clubbe mentioned above, was the Musketeers second leading scorer last netting
\ntwenty-five goals and forty assists for a sixty-five regular season points.
\n<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Randy MacDonald, Bobby Hutton and Jimmy Peck wait for linesman Wayne Blanche to set the draw and get the
\ngame underway.\u00a0 Right:<\/b>\u00a0Wayne gets ready to drop the puck as Dave Murphy waits for a complete live change.<\/span><\/p>\n

After play resumed, Musketeer Walt Johnson was able to tie the game at four goals a peice sending the game into overtime.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave LeGree\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tommy Hasenzahl<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1977-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waterloo BlackHawks 1977-79
\n\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Goaltenders\u00a0Dave LeGree<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Tommy Hasenzahl\u00a0<\/b>would both turn away over 50 shots on goal in game six’s double over time contest. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

It was into the second overtime when a Bob ferguson <\/span>goal would end the night’s marathon game with a Musketeer win and a chance at their first Commissioner Cup championship.\u00a0<\/span><\/span> Assisting on that game winner was <\/span>Walt Johnson, giving him 5 points in the that night’s game.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

USHL Championship Series<\/span>
\n<\/b>Commissioner Cup<\/strong>
\n4-Musketeers vs. Waterloo Black Hawks-7<\/b>
\nGame 7 \/ Sioux City Auditorium<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0\u00a0
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0The Traditional Handshake at the end of a hard fought seven game championship series. Unfortunately, the Musketeers
\nwould fall short and lose 7-4.\u00a0Right:\u00a0<\/b>Waterloo Black Hawks skate their Championship Trophy around the Auditorium ice.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0 Note:<\/b> For a couple of\u00a0 great books on Waterloo Black Hawk Hockey, read The<\/strong> Black Hawk Chronicle <\/b>and 50 Thanksgivings <\/b>both
\nby the Voice of the Blacks and team historian\u00a0Tim Harwood\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers Award Winners<\/b>
\nMost Valuable Player<\/b>…Dave Legree\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mr. Spirit<\/b>…Rich Hanson\u00a0 *\u00a0 Rookie of the Year<\/b>…Bob Ferguson
\nMost Popular Player<\/b>…Randy MacDonald\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0 D’Artagnan Award…<\/b>Concrete Pipe & Machinery<\/span><\/p>\n

USHL All-Star Game<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

USHL Award Winners<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n


\nThis season would be the last season for Senior\/Professional hockey in the USHL. Two seasons prior, the league made the decision
\nto\u00a0change to Junior A aged player format.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of the Auditorium modernization (Zamboni & Glass) February of\u00a0 ’79 brought a new scoreboard to the auditorium. This
\ndisplayed in addition to the usual information, penalty times and numbers. This new scoreboard was courtesy of the Chesterman
\nCoca-Cola Bottling Company\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Northern Division: <\/span><\/strong>Bloomington Stars, Anoka Nordiques, St Paul Vulcans, Green Bay Bobcats
\n<\/span><\/span>Southern Division: <\/span><\/strong>Austin Mavericks, Waterloo Black Hawks, Sioux City Musketeers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Individual Game Tickets:<\/b>\u00a0$3.50 \/\u00a0Season Tickets:<\/b>\u00a0$75.00<\/span><\/p>\n

Note:\u00a0<\/b>Sioux City native and SYHA player Brian Hartman (Jr. Musketeers\/Metros Class of ’78) would join the Musketeers for the
\nfirst of two seasons.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers Front Office Staff<\/span>
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nGary Lipshutz\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Andre Beaulieu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mike Newhouse\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sonja Cleland
\nPresident\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 General Manager\/Head Coach\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sales & Promotions\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Office Manager<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Trainer……<\/b>Curt Lilly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Chief Statistician…..<\/b>John Cowley\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Special Projects Coordinator…<\/b>Kathy Stueve & Sally Early
\nSouvenirs & Score Card Game<\/b>….Terry Gottburg, Doug Gates & Kelly Smith\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Equipment Manager…<\/b>Billy Danderand<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers Coaching Staff<\/b><\/span>
\nAndre Beaulieu
\nHead Coach \/ General Manager<\/span><\/p>\n

Between the Pipes<\/b><\/span>
\nDave LeGree\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Kevin Horton\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Joe Simone<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1977-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1900-00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1900-00
\n\u00a0
\nI Need Your Goalie Photos\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I\u00a0Need Your Goalie Photos
\nDave LeGree:
\nKevin Horton:
\nJoe Simone:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

High Scorers<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dave Tracy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Walt Johnson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brian Hartman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave Davies\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0Dave Murphy<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1978-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Musketeers 1976-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1978-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Musketeers 1974-79 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1975-79
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/i>Two rookies would burst into the Musketeer scoring ranks this season.\u00a0\u00a0Dave Tracy<\/b>\u00a0would post a 106 point season including a team
\nleading 57 goals in addition to his 49 assists. Veteran\u00a0Walt Johnson<\/b>\u00a0makes his third return to the leading scorers list with 91 points and a
\nteam leading 58 assists. Sioux City native\u00a0Brian Hartman\u00a0<\/b>joins the Musketeers for two seasons and will make a showing both seasons.
\nHis 72 (41\/31) points this season would make him the third leading scorer. Back again is\u00a0Dave Davies<\/b>\u00a0as he adds another 29 goals
\nand 41 assists to his all-time Musketeer totals. Veteran\u00a0Dave Murphy<\/b>\u00a0is also back as he adds a final 65 points to his Musketeer totals.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Heavy Hitters<\/span>
\nPlayer Name\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Player Name\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Player Name\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Player Name\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Player Name\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>
\n<\/i><\/b>Musketeers 1977-XX\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1972-XX\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/i>\u00a0Musketeers 1974-XX \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1977-XX\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>Musketeers 1977-XX\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Tracy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Steve Plaszcz<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1978-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1978-79
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nDave Tracy<\/b>\u00a0would join the Musketeers for a single season; in their final season of semi-professional hockey in Sioux City.
\nHe would set the scoring pace by posting a 106 points, including a team leading fifty-seven goals and forty-nine assists. The
\nMusketeers leading scorer also spent eighty-seven penalty minutes in the box; third highest among the top Musketeer penalty
\nleaders. He would receive the Musketeers\u00a0Most Valuable Player\u00a0<\/b>award as well as a spot on the\u00a0USHL All-Star Team<\/b>.
\n
\nSteve Plaszcz<\/b>\u00a0logged a single season for the Musketeers, joining the team as the USHL made it’s transition form Senior
\nProfessional to Junior A. He would see time in fifteen contests, recording a pair of goals and a pair of assists.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brian Hartman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mark Hallgren\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jerry Augustine\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>
\nMusketeers 1978-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1978-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1978-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nBrian Hartman<\/b>\u00a0was a Sioux City native, playing for the local youth hockey association and then for the high school team
\n(SYHA\/Sioux City Jr. Musketeers 1972-78). During this rookie season, he would record seventy-two total points; his forty-one
\ngoals and thirty-one assists in just forty games easily earned the Musketeer’s\u00a0Rookie of the Year<\/b>\u00a0Award. The following season,
\nhe would serve as Musketeer\u00a0Team Captain<\/b>\u00a0and be chosen the Musketeers\u00a0Most Popular Player<\/b>. Brian would go on to play
\nat Bemidji State University and in 1994 Brian would be elected\u00a0to the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mark Hallgren<\/b>\u00a0would grab some time with the Musketeers for just a single season, however, its not certain why he left
\nso quickly.\u00a0 Mark recorded eight goals and eight assists during just sixteen games. Prior to joining the Musketeers he
\nplayed for the St. Paul Vulcans and Bemidji State University.\u00a0Jerry Augustine<\/b>\u00a0played a pair of USHL seasons
\nin Sioux City, rarely missing a game he would record thirty six goals and forty-one assists over
\nhis two seasons as a Musketeer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers vs. the Bloomington Jr. Stars<\/span>
\n<\/b>Sioux City Auditorium
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Jerry Augustine (#15). Captain Walt Johnson (#7)\u00a0and Dave Murphy wearing number 1 for some reason get ready
\nfor the start of another game at the Auditorium.\u00a0\u00a0Right:<\/b>\u00a0Linesman Wayne Blanche drops the puck.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>
\nWingers Dave Davies (#12)\u00a0 and Scott Steel (6) watch Brian Hartman win the opening draw as the Musketeers take on
\nthe Bloomington Jr. Stars.\u00a0Note:<\/b>\u00a0the red & blue head referee jersey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Tracy<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1978-79
\n<\/span>
\nMusketeer leading scorer Dave Tracy awaits his face-off challenger as local USHL linesman Wayne Blanch prepares to drop the puck.
\nDuring Dave’s final season in Sioux City he would lead the team in scoring and finish among the top three penalty minute leaders.
\nHe would receive the Musketeers\u00a0Most Valuable Player\u00a0<\/b>award as well as a spot on the\u00a0USHL All-Star Team.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/b><\/span>5 Goals in a Single Game<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/b><\/span>This season, two more Musketeers would earn the distinction of tieing the current Musketeer and USHL single game scoring record
\nof five goals in game. On November 18th,1978 in Green Bay\u00a0Dave Murphy\u00a0<\/b>would record five goals in this single game and after
\nthat season, on March 9th, 1979\u00a0in St. Paul, leading scorer Dave Tracy<\/strong> would also record five goals in a single game.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Future Musketeers Tim Ferguson and Mike Racz\u00a0would also join this elite club; Tim against Waterloo and Mike Racz did
\nit twice against North Iowa and Thunder Bay.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Musketeers vs. the Hennepin Nordiques<\/span>
\n<\/b>Sioux City Auditorium
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Dave Davies gets around the Hennepin defenders to score\u00a0Right:<\/b>\u00a0Musketeers look for another goal against the Nordiques<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Tracy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Walt Johnson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave LeGree<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1978-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1976-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1977-79
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nDave Tracy<\/b>\u00a0played one season as a Musketeer and he made it a successful one. Leading the team in both points and goals
\nwith fifty-seven, he collected106 points over just a forty-eight game schedule. He would be selected a\u00a0USHL All-Star<\/b>\u00a0and
\nMusketeers\u00a0Most Valuable Player<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Team\u00a0Captain\u00a0Walt Johnson<\/b>\u00a0finishes second in Musketeer scoring with ninety-one points recording thirty-three goals and a
\nteam leading fifty-eight helpers all during just a forty-eight game schedule.\u00a0 Walt will finish his final season as the Musketeers
\nsecond highest\u00a0All-Time Musketeer Leading Scorer\u00a0<\/b>with\u00a0some 286 total points. In 1991 Walt would be inducted into
\nthe\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

USHL Most Valuable Player
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>Musketeer goaltender Dave LeGree<\/strong> is selected as the USHL Most Valuable Player. In a bold move, a goalie is awarded this honor,
\none that is usually reserved for the league’s top offensive players. Dave helped steer Sioux City to two successful seasons as the
\nUSHL transitions from professional to junior hockey.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave LeGree<\/b>\u00a0played three total USHL seasons, the last two were as a Musketeer. During the first, he would\u00a0 lead the
\nteam to a Southern Division Championship and be selected the\u00a0Musketeer Most Valuable Player.<\/b>\u00a0The following season
\nhe was awarded the\u00a0USHL Most Valuable Player<\/b>. Dave had a last season in the IHL playing for the Milwaukee Admirals
\nbefore returning to Sioux City where is a very active member of the SYHA Coach\/Player Development Program where he
\nhas helped secure a MHSHL Championship and USA Hockey National Championship.
\nIn 1990 Dave was elected to the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Davies<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-79<\/span>
\nArriving to play for the Musketeers, Dave was one many players representing the newly formed Central Collegiate<\/span>
\nHockey League (CCHA) and the St. Louis University Billikens. Dave would play three seasons in St. Louis; capping his<\/span>
\nthird season as the Billikens captured their first conference championship Dave would help lead the Billikens in scoring<\/span>
\ngrabbing thirty-one goals and forty-one assists. Over a thirty-eight game collegian schedule, the high scorer averaged<\/span>
\njust over two points per game.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\nShown here during his fifth season in Sioux City\u00a0Dave’s<\/b>\u00a0final season’s twenty-nine red-lighters and forty-one assists were
\nicing on a cake that topped a five-season career total of 359 regular season points; making him the Musketeer’s\u00a0All-Time
\nMusketeer Scorer<\/b>. Dave also played\u00a0 269 games as a Musketeer. These are a pair of records that will surely stand the
\ntest of time.\u00a0 Dave was selected to the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>\u00a01990.<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeer Player Awards Night<\/span>
\nDave Tracy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Walt Johnson<\/span>
\n<\/b>Most Valuable Player\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Distinguished Service
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Famer Barry Head presents leading scorer Dave Tracy with this season’s Most Valuable Player Award.\u00a0
\nRight:<\/b>\u00a0Three season Musketeer veteran and owner of the greatest hockey bar ever, Steve Boyle presents Team Captain Walt
\nJohnson with a plaque honoring Walt’s dedication and commitment to the team, the city and all of it’s fans.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ted Carlson<\/span>
\n<\/b>D’Artagnan Award
\n<\/span>
\nVoice of the Musketeers Mike Newhouse shares the ice with past Musketeer Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer
\nleader Dave Kartio. Dave would present owner Ted Carlson the Musketeers D’Artagnan Award. Named for the fourth
\nMusketeer in folk lore-this is awarded to the person best serving the Musketeers team, organization, fans and the city.
\nTwo years later, Ted and Mary Jo would buy the team and\u00a0 movie it out of the basement and into the USHL penthouse.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>All-Time Musketeers Top Scorer
\n<\/b><\/span><\/span>By the time the 1978-79 season ends, veteran Dave Davies<\/strong> leaves his name prominently atop the Musketeers all-time scoring list.
\nOver the five seasons, he would play in 269 regular season USHL games. Along the way, he would record 231 assists and 359 total points.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n1978-79 Musketeer & USHL Award Winners
\nDave Tracy \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Dave Davies\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Les Batog\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Dave LeGree<\/span>
\n<\/b>Most Valuable Player\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Most Popular Player\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mr. Spirit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 USHL Most Valuable Player
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nPlayers receive their Musketeer & USHL awards.\u00a0Dave Tracy;<\/b> Musketeer Most Valuable Player,
\nDave Davies; <\/b>Musketeer Most Popular Player, Les Batog; <\/b>Musketeers Mr. Spirit and\u00a0 Dave LeGree;\u00a0<\/b>USHL’s Most Valuable Player Award.
\nNot Pictured is\u00a0Brian Hartman<\/b>; Musketeer Rookie of the Year.<\/span><\/p>\n

USHL All-Star Game
\n<\/b>Need information here<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Autograph Night<\/span>
\n<\/b>Sioux City Auditorium
\nPat Klinkhammer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Matt King<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1978-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1978-79
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Pat Klinkhammer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 39 6 1 7
\nRight:<\/b>\u00a0Matt King<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Pfannenstein<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1978-79<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Dave Pfannenstein,\u00a0<\/b>Logged a single season in Sioux City (78-79).
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Brian Hartman<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1978-80
\nBrian Hartman\u00a0<\/b>becomes the fist Sioux City player to play for the Musketeers. Joining the newly formed Siouxland Youth Hockey
\nAssociation in 1972, Brian played just two seasons of organized hockey before joining the Sioux City High School Team. He was a
\ndominate force in the Iowa High School League, finishing all four seasons as one of the league’s top scorers. He would also be the
\nJr. Musketeers leading scorers four consecutive season and selected the team’s Most Valuable Player three times.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Brian would join the Musketeer the following season. Shown here during his rookie season, his jump form the high school level<\/span>
\nto that of the USHL is a successful one. Recording forty-one goals and thirty-one assists during the regular season; his seventy-two<\/span>
\npoints is third highest among Musketeer scorers and he is a shoe-in for the team Rookie-of-the-Year Award.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0The following season, the Musketeer\u00a0Team Captain\u00a0<\/b>would net thirty-eight goals and forty-eight assists; his eighty-six points is
\nsecond best among the team’s high scorers.\u00a0 He is chosen the Musketeers\u00a0Most Popular Player<\/b>\u00a0and also selected to the
\nUSHL All-Star\u00a0<\/b>team. Brian would go on to play at Bemidji State University where over two two seasons he recorded
\nthirty-seven goals & forty-four assists in just fifty-six games. He was an NAIA All-American that final season.
\nIn 1994 Brian would be elected\u00a0to the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jerry Augustine\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave Tracy<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1978-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1978-79
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Jerry Augustine<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>played a pair of seasons as a Musketeer and joined the Musketeers during the final season of the
\nUSHL Senior Pro league.\u00a0 He is pictured here during his rookie season where he would would record fifteen goals & a dozen
\nassists for twenty-seven regular season points.\u00a0<\/b>The following season, the returning veteran Jerry would double his scoring
\noutputs recording twenty-one tallies and twenty-nine helpers. His fifty-points was third best among all Musketeer scorers.
\n
\nRight:<\/b>\u00a0Dave Tracy<\/b>\u00a0leads the way as the Musketeer Leading Scorer during his only season in Sioux City. Both of\u00a0 his fifty-seven
\ngoals and forty-nine assists are tops among Musketeer scorers. His 87 penalty minutes places him third on the Musketeers\u00a0Heavy
\nHitters\u00a0<\/i>list. Dave is also chosen as the Musketeers\u00a0Most Valuable Player<\/b>. Accumulated during a forty-eight game schedule,
\nhis 106 points remains the fifth\u00a0 highest among All-Time Musketeer scorers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Davies\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave Murphy<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1974-79\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Musketeers 1975-79
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Dave Davies,<\/b>\u00a0Musketeer All-Time leading scorers with 359 points and\u00a0Dave Murphy<\/b>\u00a0are both members
\nof the Musketeer Hall of Fame.<\/span><\/p>\n

Right:<\/b>\u00a0Dave Murphy<\/b>\u00a0would collect a\u00a0Mr. Spirit Award<\/b>\u00a0and record sixty-five points; thirty seven red-lighters and twenty-eight
\nhelpers finishing the season as one of the top five Musketeer scorers. On November 18th, 1979 in Green Bay he became the
\nfourth Musketeer to score five goals in a single game.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Final Season for USHL Senior (Professional) League<\/span>
\nMusketeer Hall of Fame Members<\/span>
\n<\/b><\/span>
\nFinal Season Veterans Dave Murphy, Dave Davies, Dave LeGree, Walt Johnson and Les Batog. All Five of these Musketeers
\nfavorites would stay in Sioux City and continue to give back to our local youth Hockey program in huge ways!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Murphy (HOF 92)<\/b>\u00a0finished out his four seasons in Sioux City and 192 points and a 1976\u00a0Mr. Spirit\u00a0<\/b>Award. On
\nNovember18th, 1979 in Green Bay he scored five goals to tie a Musketeer record.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave Davies (HOF 90)<\/b>\u00a0still tops the Musketeer’s all-time scorers with 359 points and a final season\u00a0Most Popular
\nPlayer<\/b>\u00a0Award. He would eventually coach the Metros High School Hockey Team to three State Championships.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dave LeGree<\/b>\u00a0(HOF 90)\u00a0<\/b>was in Sioux City for only two seasons. During that time he set the Musketeer season record<\/span>
\nfor wins by a goalie and was selected as the\u00a0USHL Most Valuable Player<\/b>. He would return to Sioux City and remains<\/span>
\nactive in youth and high school coaching. Dave would put in thirty seasons coaching at all levels of the Sioux City youth<\/span>
\nhockey program and in 2018 would retire but not before leading the Metros to a Midwest High School League<\/span>
\nChampionship, a Post-Season Tournament Championship and the USA Hockey National Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nWalt Johnson (HOF 91)<\/b>, originally from Omaha, he would play three seasons. During that time he would collect
\na\u00a0Rookie of the Year<\/b>\u00a0Award, a\u00a0Leading Scorer<\/b>\u00a0award and collect some 286 total points. He would also find
\nhimself coaching the youth and high school teams and in 1998 & 1999 \u00a0win a pair of back-to-back
\nState Championships.<\/span><\/p>\n

Les Batog<\/b>\u00a0played two seasons (76-77 & 78-79) for the Musketeers. In 1979 he would win the Musketeers\u00a0Mr. Spirit<\/b>\u00a0Award.
\n<\/b>Les would spend several seasons helping coach in both the Siouxland Youth hockey and the Jr. Musketeers high school team.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/span>
\nWalt Johnson\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dave Murphy<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span>While Sioux City Musketeer staple players over the years and current members of the Musketeers Hall of Fame<\/strong>.\u00a0 In 2015
\nboth players were also inducted into the Omaha (NE) Hockey Hall of Fame<\/strong> receiving the Moto McLean service to Hockey award.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jerry Augustine\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Les Batog\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1978-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1976-77 & 78-79
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nJerry Augustine and Les Batog sign autographs<\/span><\/p>\n

Head Coach Andre Beaulieu<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 77-78
\n<\/span>
\n\u00a0Originally from Quebec Andre Beaulieu<\/strong> would serve a single season as Head Coach and General Manager. Prior to the
\nMusketeers he was\u00a0 head coach of the Minnesota Jr. Stars (Midwest Jr. A League-this league would eventually be absorbed into what we
\nknow as the USHL) He would claim both a league and a play-off championships in three seasons be voted as the Coach of the Year. He
\nwould join the Minnesota North Stars organization and log three seasons as Assistant & Head Coach before joining the Musketeers the
\nnext season. Four times he has been a part of the USA World Junior Team and USA National Team coaching staff.<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers Award Winners<\/b><\/span>
\nMost Valuable Player<\/b>…Dave Tracy\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mr. Spirit<\/b>…Les Batog\u00a0 *\u00a0 Most Popular Player<\/b>…Dave Davies
\nRookie of the Year<\/b>…Brian Hartman\u00a0*<\/b>\u00a0D’Artagnan Award…<\/b>Ted Carlson<\/span><\/p>\n

USHL All-Star Game<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

USHL Dream Team Selections<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

USHL Award Winners<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n


\nLeague consists of seven Member teams playing a\u00a0forty-eight<\/b>\u00a0game regular season schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Musketeers would finish the maiden Jr. Hockey season with tenty wins. Unfortunately, they would still finish the first<\/span>
\nseason as the USHL’s last place team collection twenty-four losses and four ties.<\/span>
\n
\nNorth Division:<\/b>\u00a0Hennepin Nordiques, Bloomington Stars, Green Bay Bobcats, St. Paul\u00a0<\/b>Vulcans
\nSouth Division :<\/b>\u00a0Waterloo Black Hawks, Austin Mavericks, Sioux City Musketeers<\/span><\/p>\n

This season would be the first for Jr. Hockey in the USHL. Prior to the start of this season, many USHL players were
\nconsidered pros and\/or many of them had already played college hockey as they moved through the USHL enroute to continued
\nprofessional careeres. Many of these players were already property of Pro, Semi-Pro or College organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Season Tickets $75.00 per seat \/ Single game tickets $3.00 \/ South end bleachers\u00a0 $2.00<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers Front Office Staff<\/span>
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nGary Lipshutz\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Lyle Bradley\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pat Kuchel\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cindy Hunnel
\nPresident\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 General Manager\/Head Coach\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marketing Director\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public Relations Director<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 Chief Statistician<\/b>…John Cowley\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Programs & Souvenirs<\/b>…Terry Gottburg & Doug Gates\u00a0\u00a0Equipment Manager<\/b>…Billy Danderand
\nStickboys…<\/b>James Salisbury & Brian Kelso<\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeers Coaching Staff<\/b><\/span>
\nLyle Bradley…Head Coach \/ General Manager
\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Between the Pipes<\/b>
\nDoug Spedding<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Jerry Thompson<\/b>\u00a0would enter this first official season of\u00a0 Jr. Hockey both as Musketeer rookies.\u00a0Doug
\nassumed the starting goalie role and Jerry serving as very consistent back-up. The the team struggled overall, both goalies would
\nearn valuable game experience this season, and between the two of them, they did muster 20 wins, unfortunately it was a
\nforty-eight game schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n

Doug Spedding<\/b><\/span>
\nMusketeers 1979-82<\/span>
\n\u00a0
\nI\u00a0Need Your Goalie Photos<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the next three season\u00a0Doug Spedding\u00a0<\/b>would become a household name among USHL and Musketeers fans & players.
\nArriving here for his first season the the newly formatted USHL Junior A League, Doug would take on the starting duties this
\nseason. After a slow start and an early season injury, Doug retuned with a new\u00a0 focus on the team’s overall success; finishing the
\nseason with a 17-8-3 record and helping the Musketeer win twenty games this season. Doug would be selected as the
\nMusketeers\u00a0Rookie of the Year.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The following season, things got worse-before they got better. The Musketeers struggled to score goals and as frustration
\nset-in penalty minutes increased and goals decreased. The the experienced goaltending duo could only help the team record a
\ndozen wins. However, he did set a Musketeers record that season…one night in Dubuque he made 88 total saves with 34 of
\nthem coming in a single period.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Doug’s final season would be a spectacular as he led the Musketeers to a USHL Regular Season Championship,
\na USHL Play-off\u00a0 Championship and a second place finish at the Jr. A National Tournament. He was also
\nreceive honors as the\u00a0USHL’s Outstanding\u00a0Goaltender<\/b>\u00a0Award<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Jerry Thompson<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1979-81
\n\u00a0\u00a0
\nI Need Your Goalie Photos<\/span><\/p>\n

Jerry Thompson\u00a0<\/b>would also join the Musketeers this season as a rookie. Originally from Des Moines, IA., he played three seasons
\nfor the Urbandale Jays of the Iowa High School Hockey League (IHSHL). Jerry logged a pair of USHL Transitional seasons with
\nthe Musketeers. During his rookie season he would take on the relief duties seeing time in a dozen games where he grabbed a pair
\nof wins and a pair of ties.<\/span><\/p>\n

The following season a mid-season trade would move Jerry back home for the remainder of the season to play for the newly formed
\nUSHL expansion team; the Des Moines Buccaneers. After that season, Jerry would return to Sioux City and take a position
\nas an Assistant Coach the Jr. Musketeers\/Metros High School team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

High Scorers<\/b>
\nMike Valesano\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brian Hartman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jerry Augustine\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jim Vilandre\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mike Pitzenberger\u00a0<\/b><\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1978-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Musketeers 1978-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Musketeers 1978-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Musketeers 1979-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1979-80
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/i>Returning veterans and team Captains\u00a0Mike Valesano<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Brian Hartman<\/b>\u00a0lead the way by far in Musketeer scoring. Mike
\nValesano records both a team leading forty goals, fifty-one assists for ninety-one total points. Right behind him is Sioux City
\nnative Brian Hartman; he grabs thirty-eight red-lighters and forty-eight helpers for eighty-eight regular season points. A distant
\nthird in scoring is another returner,\u00a0Jerry Augustine<\/b>\u00a0who scores twenty-one goals and adds twenty-nine assists for sixty-six
\npoints. The Musketeers also have two rookies crack the top scoring positions with forty-seven points each;\u00a0Jim Vilandre
\n<\/b>with twenty-four and\u00a0Mike Pitzenberger<\/b>\u00a0with fourteen goals. The top five scorers post 321 total points during the
\nregular forty-eight game season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Heavy Hitters<\/b><\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Jim Finn\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Robbie Larson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jeff Huber\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mike Garreffi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mike Valesano<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b>
\n<\/b><\/i>Musketeers 1979-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Musketeers 1979-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1979-81\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Musketeers 1979-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1978-80
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Doug Spedding \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Mike Garreffi\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Jeff Huber \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Kirk Gilger \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Paul Barger\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>
\nMusketeers 1979-82\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1979-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1979-81\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1979-81\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1979-80
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:\u00a0<\/b>Musketeers gather around rookie goaltender Doug Spedding. Also pictured are #3 Mike Garreffi, #6 Jeff Huber
\n& #7 Kirk Gilger.\u00a0 Right:\u00a0<\/b>Musketeer Paul Barger faces-off against the Green Bay Bobcats.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeft:<\/b>\u00a0Coach Lyle Bradley get a birds-eye view\u00a0 while he talks to his players. Lyle coached two seasons for the Musketeers.
\nRight:<\/b>\u00a0A Green Bay Bobcat gets the better of an un-identified Musketeer<\/span><\/p>\n

Did You Know…<\/b>Lyle was one of three players to have his number (11) retired by the Salt Lake City Golden Eagles (WHL\/CHL)<\/span><\/p>\n

Brian Hartman<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1978-80
\nBrian was a Sioux City native and an original SYHA player. He would also be the first of just a select few of Sioux City natives to play
\nfor the Musketeers.\u00a0\u00a0 Playing for the Jr. Musketeers he was a four-time High Scorer and a three-time Most Valuable Player recipient.<\/span><\/p>\n

During his rookie season, he would finish third in Musketeer scoring. Recording forty-one goals and thirty-one assists during the forty-<\/span>
\neight game schedule. His seventy-two regular season points was third highest among Musketeer scorers. He would lead the way in<\/span>
\nscoring among all rookies and would also receive the Musketeers\u00a0 Rookie of the Year Award.<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nBrian Hartman<\/b>\u00a0is pictured here with Mike Valesano and Coach Lyle Bradley during his second of two seasons as a
\nMusketeer. Starting the season he would be selected the Musketeers Team Captain, half way through he would earn a
\nselection to the USHL All-Star Team<\/b>\u00a0and by the season’s conclusion, be selected as the Musketeers\u00a0Most Popular
\nPlayer<\/b>.\u00a0 Brian would go on to play at Bemidji State University where over two two seasons he recorded thirty-seven
\ngoals & forty-four assists in just fifty-six games. He was an NAIA All-American that final season.
\nIn 1994 Brian would be elected\u00a0to the\u00a0Musketeer Hall of Fame<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Did You Know…<\/b>Brian Hartman was an original member of Siouxland Youth Hockey Association (SYHA) and only had
\ntwo seasons of organized hockey before he joined the high school team.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mike Valesano\u00a0<\/b>played a pair of season in Sioux City.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jim Vilandre 79-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lyle Bradley 77-78\/ 79-81
\nRobbie Larson Musketeers 79-81\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Joe Hurley 79-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Joel Johnson 79-80
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0
\nJim Vilandre:<\/b>\u00a079-80<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Lyle Bradley:\u00a0Head Coach\u00a0 for two seasons (79-81). Lyle steered the Musketeers through the difficult USHL transitional<\/span>
\nseasons as the League phased out professional play and changed to the Jr. Hockey format we are all familiar with today.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Robbie Larson:\u00a0Logged a pair of seasons (79-81) as a Musketeer. During his rookie season Robbie would receive the<\/span>
\nMusketeers \u00a0Mr. Spirit Award<\/b>. After the Musketeers, Robbie stayed in Sioux City for several years where he became active<\/span>
\nin the SYHA Coaching Program.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Joe Hurley 79-80<\/span>
\nJoel Johnson 79-80<\/span><\/p>\n

Jerry Thompson<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1979-81
\n<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nJerry Thompson:<\/b>\u00a0Originally from Des Moines, IA where he played for the Urbandale Jays of the Iowa High School Hockey
\nLeague. Jerry logged a pair of USHL seasons; one with the Musketeers and a second season with the newly formed
\nDes Moines Buccaneers.\u00a0 He would would eventually return to Sioux City and take a position as an Assistant Coach the
\nJr. Musketeers\/Metros High School team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Did You Know…<\/b>while in Sioux City and coaching the high school team, Jerry was a member of the\u00a0Sioux City Underwater
\nRescue & Recovery Team<\/i>.\u00a0 (Thanks for the scary stories!!!)
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Mike Pitsenberger\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jerry Augustine<\/span>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1979-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Musketeers 1978-80
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nMike Pitsenberger 79-80
\nJerry Augustine 78-80<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Jim Vilandre\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Punky Moteberg\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dave Noah\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kirk Gilger\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mike Garreffi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>
\nMusketeers 79-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 79-81\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 79-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 79-81\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 79-80
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nJim Vilandre 79-80
\nPunky Moteberg 79-81
\nDave Noah 79-80
\nKirk Gilger 79-81
\nMike Garreffi 79-80<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Deane Hanson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paul Barger\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mike Garreffi <\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Chris Lindberg
\n<\/b>Musketeers 79-81\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 79-80\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 79-80 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 79-81\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Deane Hanson:<\/b>\u00a079-80
\nPaul Barger:\u00a0<\/b>79-80
\nMike Garreffi:\u00a0<\/b>79-80
\n<\/b>Chris Lindberg:\u00a0<\/b>79-81<\/span><\/p>\n

USHL All-Star Game
\n<\/b>Mike Valesano\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brian Hartman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Deane Hanson<\/b>
\n<\/b>Musketeers 1978-81\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1978-80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Musketeers 1979-80
\n<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Musketeer Award Winners
\n<\/b>Most Valuable Player…<\/b>Mike Valesano\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Most Popular Player…<\/b>\u00a0Brian Hartman
\nRookie of the Year.<\/b>..Doug Spedding\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mr. Spirit<\/b>…Robert Larson
\nD’Artagnan Award…<\/b>Dennis Sederholm<\/span><\/p>\n

USHL Award Winners
\n<\/b>need information here<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the end of the first 8 seasons (1972-73 \/ 1979-80) of Musketeer History in Pictures<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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