By Jim den Hollander Last year, it seemed strange to see so many new teams in the post season and so many teams that followed up a successful season prior with no admission to the playoff dance. That was nothing. There is simply no way anyone could predict a crazy season like this one. What
The St. Louis Blues grabbed control in the opening period, but didn’t clinch its 3-1 at Madison Square Gardens against the host New York Rangers until Jaden Schwartz sank an empty netter with 1:47 to play on Tuesday (Oct. 10, 2017) night. The other three goals all came in the opening 20 minutes starting with
The game on Tuesday (Oct. 25) between the Minnesota Wild and Boston Bruins at the TD Center in Boston was a clear case of haves vs. have-nots with the ‘have’ Wild coming out on top 5-0. In other action involving Midwest based teams, the Detroit Red Wings doubled the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 at Joe
Three unanswered second period goals turned a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 margin for the host Minnesota Wild against the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night (Oct 15) at the Xcel Energy Center. The Wild went on to a 4-3 win, for a happy finish to its home opener and helping the team rebound from a
Midwest NHL Notebook for Oct. 12, 2016 The 2016-17 season started the same way the 2015-16 season ended for the Chicago BlackHawks on Wednesday night as the Hawks dropped a 5-2 decision to the visiting St. Louis Blues. It was the first meeting between the two since the finally figured a way past the Hawks
The Columbus Blue Jackets wrapped up the 2015-16 pre-season at home Saturday (Oct. 3) with a 7-1 win against the visiting Nashville Predators. The Jackets opened up a 3-0 first period lead and never looked back on its way to a lopsided win at the Nationwide Arena Nick Foligno and Brandon Saad both scored a pair
