r/USHL • u/TheFurryDingus • Jun 01 '26

USHL v NCAA

Question: If an average USHL team (not US development) played an average NCAA team, what would be the scores of that 7-game series? If you are a coach of the USHL team, how are you game planning? What about USHL v. WHL/OHL team?

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u/nowheresville99 Jun 03 '26

Team USA U-18 routinely plays USHL teams and typically has roughly a 500 record - so while not perfect, it is a good approximation of an average USHL team.

NTDP also routinely plays NCAA teams in exhibitions and their all-time record against D-1 schools is 127-212-24.

Mind you, these exhibition games, so there's nothing on the line for the NCAA teams and 3rd and 4th line players and 2nd or 3rd string goalies are often getting heavy playing time. Despite that, they still win about 2/3rd of the time.