By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info Editor The Rockford IceHogs begin play in the Central Division finals in Winnipeg on Friday night. It’s a great accomplishment for the top minor league affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks if not at least a little unexpected. The Central Division is always wacky, in the sense that the standings seem
Class of the Central Division for much of the last decade, the Chicago BlackHawks will open the doors on its 2017-18 NHL Training Camp with some definite adjustments to be made. The Hawks open camp on Friday (Sept. 15) with 57 players – 32 forwards; 19 Defense and six goaltenders on the opening day rosters.
Alex De Brincat’s goal with 3:25 to go lifted the BlackHawks Prospects to a 4-3 win in its Gordie Howe Division game against the Detroit Red Wings Prospects at the Matthew Wuest Memorial Cup Tournament at Traverse City on Saturday (Sept. 9, 2017). Both the Hawks and Wings were coming off previous day defeats and
The five Midwest-based NHL Prospect Teams opened play at the Matthew Wuest Memorial Cup Tournament in Traverse City on Friday (Sept. 8, 2017). Eight teams in total are taking part – four (Chicago BlackHawks, Detroit Red Wings, Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers) competing in the Gordie Howe Division while the other four (Columbus Blue
The opening weekend of the American Hockey League was not friendly to the Chicago Wolves or Rockford Ice Hogs. But both teams turned things around this past weekend. The 0-2 Ice Hogs started a three-game weekend Friday (Oct. 21) at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, breaking into the win column and also handing the
By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info The American Hockey League’s Central Division standings sees sometimes drastic changes on a week-to-week basis. That’s what makes it so great. This season the Lake Erie Monsters had a hot and cold season. At different times, the squad found itself among the top four positions or out of the post
