For a second straight season, the American Hockey League’s Central Division was well represented in the Calder Cup playoffs as the Grand Rapids Griffins pushed everyone aside to hoist the Calder Cup in June. With a playoff run like the Cleveland Monsters (then known as the Lake Erie Monsters) the previous season, The Griffins put
The Grand Rapids Griffins led just once in Game Six of the American Hockey League Calder Cup Championship series game at Van Andel Arena on Tuesday (June 13, 2017), but that lead lasted the final 7:19 of the contest. Martin Frk fired the game winner, lifting the Griffins to a 4-3 edge in the game
Matiss Kivlenieks may be from Latvia, but he has been on a whirlwind tour of American junior teams are all three levels for the past four seasons, culminating this past week when he was signed to an entry level contract by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Kivlenieks, a native of Riga, Latvia first came across the
A couple of repeats from earlier games this week are among the highlights on the Midwesthockey.info Pro report for today (March 30, 2017) and another shot for the Wild to snap out of a funk that has dragged it down a bit in recent weeks. NHL Ottawa at Minnesota The Wild showed signs of life
Tonight’s most important games come from the American Hockey League as the three-team battle for the final playoff spot enters the critical stages. Two of the teams are going head to head and the third is desperately looking to get back into the race before its too late. March 28, 2017 AHL Charlotte at
The suddenly surging Chicago Wolves grabbed a weekend split with the Rockford Ice Hogs by taking the return match at Allstate Arena by a whopping 7-3 count in American Hockey League play Saturday night. The IceHogs won in Rockford the previous evening 3-2, but the Wolves responded in a big way and after dropping its
