Bo Hanson, a 17-year-old defenseman from Idaho notched his second of the game 4:22 into overtime to lift the Muskegon Lumberjacks to a 5-4 win over the US National Development Team U-17 squad Saturday at the Subway Shootout, a seven-team USHL tournament played in Green Bay. In other second-day games, the USNDTP U-18’s downed Bloomington
The USHL is the highest ranked junior outfit in this country and it also enjoys the longest season thanks to an elongated pre-season. The teams may have started pre-season encounters a few days later than other junior squads, but the Chicago Steel was already underway in August, playing at the Club World Cup in Russia.
Among the highlights from the opening weekend of the United States Hockey League’s 2014-15 season was a trio of wins for the Muskegon Fury and franchise debuts for both the Madison Capitols and Bloomington Thunder. Following is a summer of all of the games for the league’s opening weekend. Sept. 26 Muskegon 5 Team USA
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