By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info For the past few days, the resignation of former head coach Mike Babcock before running his first practice has not just been the top story for the Columbus Blue Jackets. The signing of Babcock earlier this season gave Columbus fans reasons to be optimistic of a quick turnaround and
By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info The American Hockey League is the top feeder league to the NHL and features several Midenwest connections. There are seven teams including affiliates for all five Midwest-based NHL teams along with the Milwaukee Admirals, the top farm team to the Nashville Predators. The Ads play in the Central
By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info This is the fifth and final off-season story giving a quick look at the past season and an early look at the season ahead for the five Midwest-based NHL teams. Four seasons removed from hoisting the Stanley Cup for the first time in league history, the St. Louis
By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info This is the second of seven off season articles representing the junior hockey leagues falling under the Midwesthockey.info umbrella. The two US Midwest-based teams in the Ontario Hockey League both had solid regular seasons which resulted in a head-to-head battle immediately in the post season. A 36-27-3-2 regular season
Saginaw, MI. – The Saginaw Spirit made two selections in today’s CHL Import Draft, adding a defenseman and a forward to the roster for next season. With Saginaw’s first pick 52nd overall, they selected 6’1” 175lbs Russian defenseman Pavel Mintyukov. Mintyukov is a late 2003 birth year who spent last season with MHK Dynamo Moskva of the
Courtesy Fargo Force – Three Former Fargo Force players and current NHL free agents have signed recent contracts with NHL teams. Forward Tanner Kero to the Dallas Stars, defenseman Luke Witkowski to the Tampa Bay Lightning, and goaltender Zane McIntyre to the Vancouver Canucks. Kero, a member of the 2010-11 Fargo Force squad has agreed to
