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Rough opening day for NAHL’s Midwest Division at Blaine Showcase

By Jim den HollanderEditor/PublisherMidwesthockey.infoThe Wisconsin, Illinois and Minesota based clubs from the NAHL’s Midwest Division are hoping the first of four days at the annual Showcase tournament at Blaine, Minnesota’s National Sports Center Super Rinks is not a sampling of what is to come.The five teams all came up short in their first Showcase tests,

Junior hockey season faces off in Janesville, Soo and Columbus

By JIm den Hollander   Editor/Publisher  Midwesthockey.info  Junior Notebook Sept. 8, 2023  The 2023-24 hockey season officially kicks off in a few hours with puck drops fpr a trio of MIdwest junior hockey teams and more to follow tomorrow.  The NAHL will kick off its regular season with the traditional trek of the Alaska-based teams

Kukkonen notches game winner as Magicians edge Wolverines

With the Showcase tournament behind them, Midwest-based North American Hockey League (NAHL) teams head into regular season divisional matches on Sept. 24-25. The parity among the Midwest teams was evident as five of the six Midwest and Central Division matches ended with a one-goal difference, including the Minnesota Magicians notching the game clincher in a