Bucs gain title series in hockey
Des Moines Tribune
Monday, 3-22-82
Two upsets Sunday in the USHL playoffs helped the Des Moines Buccaneers advance in the best-three-of-five championship series.
Des Moines gained the berth after Sioux City beat St. Paul 8-2, and Dubuque beat Austin, 5-4.
The Bucs, Sioux City, St. Paul and Austin finished with 3-2 records in the round-robin play. The teams with the biggest margin between goals scored and goals allowed advanced.
Regular-season champion Sioux City, which rallied from an 0-2 playoff start, had 29 goals for and 19 goals against. Des Moines had a spread of eight, 35-27.
USHL Playoff Standings |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Sioux City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 6 |
| Des Moines | 3 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 27 | 6 |
| Austin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 26 | 6 |
| St. Paul | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 29 | 6 |
| Dubuque | 2 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 29 | 4 |
| Bloomington | 1 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 2 |
SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAMES
Des Moines 9, St. Paul 1
Sioux City 9, Bloomington 3
SUNDAY'S GAMES
Dubuque 5, Austin 4
Sioux City 8, St. Paul 2