By Jim den Hollander Midwest Hockey Editor Technically, it’s over the border from our official Midwest boundaries, but we have to make an exception for this announcement on the Ontario Hockey League website that Sault Ste. Marie, ON will host the 2016 edition of the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The announcement came in the
The strong get stronger. The NA3HL website announced today Todd Sanden, Head Coach has added Casey Kirley to his staff as an assistant coach. Formerly an assistant coach and director of player personnel at Great Falls of the Frontier Division, Kirley also drafted as a player by the Kenai River Brown Bears in 2009. A native of
The North American Hockey League (NAHL) website announced today Billy Exell, a member of the Robertson Cup championship Minnesota Wilderness will move on to play and study at the University of Minnesota Duluth this fall. Exell, a 19-year-old native of Thunder Bay, ON is thrilled to be moving to play hockey at nearby Minnesota Duluth.
By Jim den Hollander Midwest Hockey Editor Major changes were expected for the ECHL in terms of alignment with the departure of virtually all of its California based squads to the American Hockey League for the upcoming season. The league also got a chance to spread the CHL members out a little better geographically and
The Missouri Mavericks announced on its team website today, Andrew Courtney would be returning for a sixth season with the squad having signed a standard player contract. That’s big news for the Mavericks who will be returning a player that proved not only potent, but consistent this season. The 6’3″, 201 lbs. native of Belleville,
The United States Hockey League announced through its website on Tuesday it will introduce a new 3-3 version of regular season overtime for the upcoming season. The overtime will be extended to seven minutes in length and teams will start out playing 4-on-4. With 4:00 or less remaining the game will convert to 3-on-3 at