GENEVA, ILLINOIS (Courtesy Chicago Steel) — The 2017 Clark Cup Champion Chicago Steel announced Wednesday the preseason schedule for the 2017-2018 season. The six-game exhibition slate includes a home-and-home series against the I-55 rival Bloomington Thunder, a visit to the Dubuque Fighting Saints, and three games against Western Conference opponents (Waterloo Black Hawks, Lincoln Stars,
Waterloo, IA (Courtesy Waterloo Black Hawks) –Weekend matchups with the Des Moines Buccaneers and the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders will provide Waterloo Black Hawks fans with an early opportunity to watch the 2017/18 squad come together next month. Tuesday (Aug. 1, 2017), the Hawks announced a pair of preseason home games against the two Iowa rivals.
On one hand, parity is at a premium in the United States Hockey League to the extent that it was not unusual to see teams rise or fall two positions or more in a weekend through the second half of the 2016-17 season. But, on the other hand there was the Chicago Steel and Sioux
Tyler Gratton couldn’t have picked a better time to score his first goal of the United States Hockey League postseason. Gratton’s goal 11:30 into overtime, lifted the visiting Chicago Steel to a 2-1 win in the game and the clinching victory game five of the Best of Five Clark Cup Championship against the host Sioux
Home ice wasn’t able to help the Fargo Force on Tuesday (April 18) as the Waterloo Black Hawks collected a 3-0 win at the Scheels Arena to complete a three game sweep and advance to the United States Hockey League West Conference championship round. Black Hawks opened the series with a pair of wins on
Eeli Tolvanen‘s second of the night, scored with 68 seconds to play snapped a 3-3 deadlock and lifted the host Sioux City Musketeers to a 4-3 United States Hockey League win against the Des Moines Buccaneers at the Tyson Events Center on Friday (Oct. 28). Tolvanen, 17, from Finland will likely be a top 10