2018-19 Des Moines Buccaneers Roster

United States Hockey League (USHL)
Team Record: 35-22-1 (SO: 0-4) - 75 points
Finishing 4th in the USHL's Western Conference
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Gene Reilly (35-22, 1 OTL)
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
2018-19 Des Moines Buccaneers Statistics

The Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League ended the 2018-19 season with a record of 35 wins and 22 losses (and 1 overtime losses), with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 75 points finishing fourth in the USHL's Western Conference.

The Buccaneers scored 202 goals and conceded 177. Matthew Brown netted 30 goals for Des Moines, while TJ Walsh recorded 32 assists. Roman Durny earned 29 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.61 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Gene Reilly coached the team. The 2018-19 Des Moines Buccaneers lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight S/C Hometown
Nicklas AndrewsDJuly 6, 20015'10"185LCanton, Mi
Kaden BohlsenFJanuary 10, 20016'1"165RWillmar, MN
Scooter BrickeyRDMay 27, 19996'3"183RBurtchville, MI
Matthew BrownLWAugust 9, 19995'8"177LWood-Ridge, NJ
Casey CarreauRWMarch 8, 19985'10"170RAcushnet, MA
Jack ClementDJune 9, 19996'4"201RBloomfield Hills, MI
Braden CostelloFApril 21, 20006'1"205LGrand Forks, ND
James DurhamGMarch 27, 19996'0"170LGrand Rapids, MI
Roman DurnyGMay 28, 19986'1"209LLiptovsky Mikulas, SVK
Noah EllisDFebruary 1, 20025'10"161RUrbandale, IA
Milos FafrakLWJuly 8, 19996'2"175LMartin, SVK
Arvid HenriksonDFebruary 23, 19986'5"212RStockholm, Sweden
Michael KesselringFJanuary 13, 20006'3"185RFlorence, SC
Timofei KhokhlachevLWNovember 6, 20016'3"210LMoscow, Russia
Jake KucharskiGSeptember 25, 19996'4"205LErie, PA
Alex LaferriereFOctober 28, 20015'10"161RChatham, NJ
Reed LebsterRWMarch 5, 19996'0"187RGrand Rapids, MI
Josh LuedtkeFSeptember 29, 20005'8"155RMinnetonka, MN
Tony MalinowskiLDOctober 15, 19996'3"185LClarkston, MI
Michael MancinelliFJune 28, 20015'9"161RDetroit, MI
Luke ManningFApril 13, 19995'10"185RStillwater, MN
Brady MeyerFOctober 17, 20006'5"190LNorth Branch, MN
Mason NeversCApril 3, 20015'10"158REdina, MN
Isaac NovakLWJanuary 8, 20026'0"175LWaukesha, WI
Rylee OngeLWApril 22, 19986'0"185LSt. Catharines, ON
Tyler PaquetteFMarch 18, 20016'1"195RCollegeville, PA
Jackson PerbixDSeptember 13, 20006'1"170RElk River, MN
Kade PhippsGMay 6, 19986'1"185LPerrysburg, OH
Kirby ProctorDApril 20, 20016'3"207LLloydminster, AB
Samuel RenlundFApril 4, 20005'11"175LVerona, WI
Jon RussellRWJanuary 31, 19985'10"156RTraverse City, MI
Patrick SchmiedlinCMarch 20, 20026'0"172LCulver, IN
Connor SenkenDOctober 31, 19995'11"178LNew York,
Tiernan ShoudyFMarch 15, 20025'9"157LDetroit, MI
Lev StarikovDSeptember 17, 20006'7"190LKazan, Russia
TJ WalshLWApril 29, 20005'8"169LShrewsbury, MA
Mac WelsherCApril 24, 19995'8"164LGrosse Pointe Farms, MI



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