This is the first of three items bringing the three Tier 3 Junior Hockey Leagues from the Midwest up to the same date as the others before providing weekly updates and hopefully previews. Maybe even more than the other junior leagues, the NA3HL seems to be going through major facelifts every off season. The biggest
The former 16-team Minnesota junior Hockey League briefly ballooned to 17 teams in the off season with the addition of the Ironwood Fighting Yoopers to the Minnesota Division, but that was balanced by three teams — the Twin Cities Northern Lights of the Minnesota Division along with both the Fort Wayne Federals and Crystal Lake
By Jim den Hollander This afternoon, I was putting together my wrap up of games involving Midwest teams at he NAHL Showcase tournament which was now played almost a month ago at Blaine, MN. It was one of the stories I have done in recent days in an effort to ‘catch up’ and get to
Most teams enjoyed both high and low points at the NAHL Showcase tournament played at the Schwan Super Rink at Blaine, MN Sept. 17-20 but it was hard to find a low for two teams. Austin Bruins played in the tournament’s final game and whipped the defending Robertson Cup champion Fairbanks Ice Dogs 9-4 to
The annual Showcase tournament in Blaine, MN is generally considered as the opening of the North American Hockey League season, but each year a few teams manage to get a few games under their bests before the four games in four days extravaganza. This season, four different cities regular season matches and two of those
All of the Junior Hockey Leagues are underway now in the Midwest. This is the start of a quick series of posts on how Midwest teams have fared so far. Tier I – USHL Pre-Season The Resch Center in Green Bay hosted the nine East Division teams and Sioux City was the host for the