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Fargo Force

Fargo Force

Ice hockey team in Fargo, North Dakota

The Fargo Force is a Tier I junior ice hockey team in the Western Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL). The Force have won one league championship in 2018 and was awarded USHL Organization of the Year for 2008–09 and 2012–13.

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History

In early 2007, Fargo was granted a USHL team, intended as an anchor tenant for the then-under-construction Urban Plains Center and owned by local businessman Ace Brandt. Dean Blais, former coach of the North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey program, was hired as the franchise's initial coach and general manager. After a name-the-team contest, the choices were narrowed to Fargo Force, Fargo Phantoms, and Fargo Fire. Twelve people submitted the Force name; as a result, they won a dinner with head coach Dean Blais and each received two season tickets to the Force's inaugural season.[1]

As a result of the Force's entry, the area's previous hockey team, the Fargo-Moorhead Jets of the North American Hockey League announced they were leaving the area in April 2008,[2] and folded later that year.[3]

Marks retired following the 2014–15 season and was replaced by former University of North Dakota player/assistant coach Cary Eades, who had just led the Sioux Falls Stampede to the 2014–15 Clark Cup Championship. In 2018, Fargo won the Clark Cup Finals over the Youngstown Phantoms to win their first championship in team history. Following the 2018–19 season, Eades stepped down from his coaching position, retaining the general manager title, and associate coach Pierre-Paul Lamoureux was named head coach.[4] Lamoureux left after the 2020–21 season[5] and was replaced by Scott Langer who had spent the previous five seasons with the North American Hockey League's Aberdeen Wings.[6] On October 16, 2021, owner Ace Brandt died of cancer.[7]

Season-by-season records

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NHL draft picks

The Fargo Force have had the following players picked in the NHL draft.[8]

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Awards and player recognition

  • Jack Adams – 2016–17 All-USHL Team, 2016-17 USHL Most Goals[18]
  • Ryan Bischel – 2017 U.S. Junior Select Team[19]
  • Dean Blais – 2008–09 USHL Coach of the Year
  • Hank Crone – 2016 U.S. Junior Select Team,[20]
  • Cary Eades – 1991–92 USHL General Manager of the Year, 2012–13 USHL Coach of the Year
  • Ty Farmer – 2017–18 All-USHL Team[21]
  • Teemu Kivihalme – 2013 U.S. Junior Select Team[22]
  • Mike Lee – 2008–09 USHL Goaltender of the Year
  • Blake Lizotte – 2016–17 All-USHL Team,[23] 2016 U.S. Junior Select Team
  • Michael Mancinelli – 2017–18 USHL All-Rookie Team
  • Strauss Mann – 2017–18 All-USHL Team
  • Ben Meyers – 2018–19 All-USHL Team[24]
  • Zane McIntyre – 2011–12 USHL Goaltender of the Year
  • Josh Nodler – 2018 U.S. Junior Select Team[25] 2018–19 USHL All-Rookie Team[26]
  • Ryan O'Reilly – 2017–18 USHL All-Rookie Team, 2018 U.S. Junior Select Team
  • Clayton Phillips – 2016–17 USHL All-Rookie Team
  • Nate Schmidt – 2009–10 USHL All-Rookie Team
  • Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup – 2017–18 All-USHL Team
  • Denis Smirnov – 2015–16 All-USHL Team[27]
  • Anthony Taranto – 2008–09 All-USHL Team

Prospects games participants

  • Jack Adams – 2017 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game[28]
  • Kaden Bohlsen – 2019 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
  • Charlie Dovorany – 2017 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
  • Mikey Eyssimont – 2015 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game[29]
  • Cedric Fiedler – 2019 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game[30]
  • Gabe Guertler – 2013 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game[31]
  • Brendan Harms – 2013 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
  • Matt Kessel – 2018 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
  • Josh Nodler – 2019 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
  • Ryan O'Reilly – 2017 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game, 2018 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
  • Clayton Phillips – 2016 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game, 2017 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
  • Ryan Savage – 2017 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game, 2018 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game[32]
  • Nate Schmidt – 2010 USHL All-Star Game
  • Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup – 2018 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
  • Denis Smirnov – 2015 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
  • Riley Tufte – 2015 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game[33]
  • Luke Witkowski – 2009 USHL All-Star Game

Roster

As of September 21, 2022.[34]

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References

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  2. [2]
    Archive_order | INFORUM | Fargo, North Dakota - Moorhead, Minnesota [dead link]
  3. [3]
    Fargo-Moorhead ceases operations
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    "2019 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game Rosters Announced". USHL.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-09. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
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    "All-American Prospects Game All-Time Roster". AllAmericanProspectsGame.com.
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    "Fargo Force Roster". USHL. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
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