2022-23 Des Moines Buccaneers Statistics
United States Hockey League (USHL)
Team Record: 25-28-5 (SO: 0-4) - 59 points
Finishing 6th in the USHL's Western Conference
Lost in Qualifying Round
Coach: Matt Curley (25-28, 5 OTL)
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
2022-23 Des Moines Buccaneers RosterTeam Record: 25-28-5 (SO: 0-4) - 59 points
Finishing 6th in the USHL's Western Conference
Lost in Qualifying Round
Coach: Matt Curley (25-28, 5 OTL)
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
The Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League ended the 2022-23 season with a record of 25 wins and 28 losses (and 5 overtime losses), with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 59 points finishing sixth in the USHL's Western Conference.
The Buccaneers netted 167 goals and surrendered 194. Lubomir Kupco scored 17 goals for Des Moines, while Jak Vaarwerk contributed 32 assists. Max Lundgren topped the squad with 19 wins and a team-best 2.65 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Matt Curley coached the team. The 2022-23 Des Moines Buccaneers lost in the in Qualifying Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jak Vaarwerk | F | 61 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 120 | 10.8 | |
| Lubomir Kupco | F | 53 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 17.9 | |
| Michael Bevilacqua | D | 59 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 95 | 7.4 | |
| Joey Muldowney | F | 61 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 123 | 12.2 | |
| Christian Kocsis | F | 53 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 13.5 | |
| Braden Rourke | D | 52 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 101 | 13.9 | |
| Henry Bartle | F | 56 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 13.5 | |
| Talon Sigurdson | F | 57 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 90 | 12.2 | |
| Gustav Stjernberg | D | 62 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 125 | 6.4 | |
| Jack Reimann | F | 34 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 12.7 | |
| Owen West | D | 56 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 9.2 | |
| Davis Borozinskis | F | 54 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 12.2 | |
| Aiden Rooyan | D | 59 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 5.3 | |
| Carter Batchelder | F | 25 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 12.5 | |
| Chase Ramsay | D | 59 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 7.4 | |
| Daniel Astapovich | F | 44 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 7.3 | |
| Braedon Ford | F | 59 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 7.4 | |
| Alex Pineau | D | 56 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1.7 | |
| Cayden Casey | F | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 | |
| Girts Silkalns | F | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 | |
| Frederic Deschenes | D | 41 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.0 | |
| Payton Nelson | F | 31 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | |
| Joe Gramer | D | 56 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 | |
| Ethan Fredericks | F | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 7.1 | |
| Anthony Ruklic | F | 25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 | |
| Connor Pelc | F | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | |
| Zion Green | F | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | |
| Connor Bewick | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Michael Stenberg | F | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Hunter Anderson | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Max Lundgren | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Geno Carcone | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nate Delladonna | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jan Korec | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Drew Mackie | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Spencer Northway | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noah Rupprecht | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackson Anderson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jacob Jastrzebski | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Andrew Kuzma | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 1310 | 163 | 244 | 407 | 733 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 1644 | 9.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Korec | 24 | 1344:00 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 72 | 3.21 | 725 | 653 | .901 | |
| Noah Rupprecht | 6 | 313:00 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.22 | 156 | 134 | .859 | |
| Max Lundgren | 41 | 2400:00 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 106 | 2.65 | 1214 | 1108 | .913 | |
| Spencer Northway | 1 | 4:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | |
| Empty Net | 31:00 | 0 | 12 | 23.23 | ||||||||
| Totals | 72 | 4092 | 27 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 212 | 3.11 | 2110 | 1898 | .900 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jak Vaarwerk | F | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Lubomir Kupco | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Michael Bevilacqua | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Joey Muldowney | F | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Christian Kocsis | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Braden Rourke | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Henry Bartle | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Talon Sigurdson | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Gustav Stjernberg | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jack Reimann | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Owen West | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Davis Borozinskis | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Aiden Rooyan | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Chase Ramsay | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Astapovich | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Braedon Ford | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Alex Pineau | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Cayden Casey | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Payton Nelson | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Gramer | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zion Green | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Max Lundgren | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jan Korec | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 43 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 10.2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Korec | 1 | 20:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 10 | 9 | .900 |
| Max Lundgren | 2 | 108:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.44 | 64 | 56 | .875 |
| Totals | 3 | 128 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4.22 | 74 | 65 | .878 |
