Waterloo Black Hawks Tickets

Waterloo Black Hawks

Waterloo Black Hawks hockey enters 2026-27 under new head coach Brett Olson, who takes over after playing for the Hawks from 2005 to 2008 and later serving as associate head coach. Waterloo reached last season's Clark Cup Final for the first time since 2014, falling to the Muskegon Lumberjacks in a five-game thriller with three straight overtime games. The Black Hawks remain one of the USHL's most storied programs, with a championship history reaching back decades. Get set for the Brett Olson era at Event Tickets Center.

USHL Western

USHL standings have long treated the Western Conference as a tight, physical bracket, and Waterloo's rivalry with the Lincoln Stars has been at the center of it in recent years. Lincoln eliminated the Black Hawks from the playoffs in three straight seasons before Waterloo finally turned the tables in 2025, winning the conference finals series 3-1 on the way to the Clark Cup Final. The Fargo Force, Sioux Falls Stampede, and Sioux City Musketeers round out a conference that sends its representative through a genuine gauntlet most seasons. Waterloo's most recent Clark Cup title came in 2004.

Waterloo Black Hawks at Young Arena

Young Arena sits along the Cedar River in downtown Waterloo, Iowa, and has served as the Black Hawks' home since the mid-1990s. The building holds around 3,000 for hockey, with standing-room crowds pushing well past that for big rivalry nights and playoff games. Last spring's Clark Cup Final brought some of the largest crowds the rink has seen since 2014, a reminder of how loud the building gets when the games matter most. Expect a close, old-school junior hockey atmosphere rather than a modern arena experience.

Waterloo Black Hawks Schedule

Waterloo opens its home schedule at home on Friday, October 2, 2026, hosting the Dubuque Fighting Saints to kick off the Brett Olson era in front of the home crowd. The Black Hawks play the standard USHL slate of 62 games, split between home dates in Waterloo and long road trips across the conference. Lincoln returns for a home date later in the fall, marking the first regular-season meeting since last year's playoff series and adding an early measuring-stick game to the schedule. A full slate against the rest of the Western Conference will decide playoff seeding as usual.

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Waterloo's history of producing deep playoff runs gives every home date a little extra weight, and new head coach Brett Olson brings a direct connection to the program's recent championship pedigree. Young Arena remains one of the more intimate buildings in the USHL, putting fans close to the ice from almost every seat, and this group looks ready to pick up where last spring left off. Get your Waterloo Black Hawks tickets at Event Tickets Center.