2024-25 Dubuque Fighting Saints Statistics
United States Hockey League (USHL)
Team Record: 41-18-1 (SO: 3-2) - 85 points
Finishing 3rd in the USHL's Eastern Conference
Location: Dubuque, Iowa
2024-25 Dubuque Fighting Saints RosterTeam Record: 41-18-1 (SO: 3-2) - 85 points
Finishing 3rd in the USHL's Eastern Conference
Location: Dubuque, Iowa
The Dubuque Fighting Saints of the United States Hockey League ended the 2024-25 season with a record of 41 wins and 18 losses (and 1 overtime losses), with a 3-2 showing in shootouts for 85 points finishing third in the USHL's Eastern Conference.
The Fighting Saints netted 226 goals and yielded 186. Gavin Cornforth scored 27 goals for Dubuque, and Colin Frank, Lucas Vliet and Gavin Cornforth each accounted for 27 assists. Jan Spunar earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad, while Liam Beerman added 15 or more wins, too. Liam Beerman recorded a 2.76 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Cornforth | F | 62 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 47 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 133 | 20.3 |
| Lucas Vliet | F | 56 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 169 | 13.0 |
| Michael Barron | F | 61 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 130 | 16.9 |
| Josh Giuliani | F | 53 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 92 | 25.0 |
| Colin Frank | F | 51 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 18.6 |
| Heikki Ruohonen | F | 49 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 16.0 |
| Matthew Desiderio | D | 62 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 153 | 9.2 |
| Cole Spicer | F | 37 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 14.3 |
| Cooper Dennis | F | 55 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 10.6 |
| Jonathan Morello | F | 59 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 7.6 |
| Josh Niedermayer | D | 56 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 7.4 |
| Charlie Arend | F | 55 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 10.2 |
| Teddy Merrill | F | 58 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 101 | -6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 6.1 |
| Torkel Jennersjo | F | 50 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 85 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 54 | 22.2 |
| Kristian Kostadinski | D | 62 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 99 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 10.7 |
| Dryden Allen | D | 60 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 5.8 |
| Ritter Coombs | LW | 29 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 42 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 25.0 |
| Melvin Ekman | F | 44 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8.3 |
| Edison Engle | D | 34 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5.1 |
| Luke Malboeuf | D | 62 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.5 |
| Sean Barnhill | D | 54 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 10.8 |
| Gavin Lock | F | 27 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 38 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| James Mackey | D | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Jan Spunar | G | 39 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bexultan Makysh | F | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Nicholas Desiderio | F | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Xavier Lieb | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Kroll | D | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Luke Brierley | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Kane Johnson | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cullen McCrate | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Nick Romeo | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Tommy Bleyl | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Dylan Johnson | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liam Beerman | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1286 | 223 | 375 | 598 | 772 | 158 | 46 | 87 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 1755 | 12.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Spunar | 39 | 2298:00 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 2.82 | 1158 | 1050 | .907 | |
| Liam Beerman | 23 | 1326:00 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 2.76 | 692 | 631 | .912 | |
| Dylan Johnson | 2 | 120:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.50 | 46 | 41 | .891 | |
| Empty Net | 19 | 29:00 | 0 | 10 | 20.69 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 83 | 3773 | 41 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 2.93 | 1906 | 1722 | .903 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Cornforth | F | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Lucas Vliet | F | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21.1 |
| Michael Barron | F | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Josh Giuliani | F | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21.4 |
| Colin Frank | F | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Heikki Ruohonen | F | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Matthew Desiderio | D | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | -4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Cole Spicer | F | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Cooper Dennis | F | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Jonathan Morello | F | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Josh Niedermayer | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Charlie Arend | F | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Teddy Merrill | F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Kristian Kostadinski | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Dryden Allen | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Melvin Ekman | F | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Edison Engle | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Luke Malboeuf | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Barnhill | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Gavin Lock | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| James Mackey | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Liam Beerman | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 205 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 73 | -22 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 198 | 11.1 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liam Beerman | 7 | 396:00 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.27 | 192 | 177 | .922 |
| Empty Net | 4 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34.29 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 70 | 1465 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.78 | 491 | 472 | .961 |
