A.J. Jenks fired the game winner 4:48 from the end of the middle period as the Toledo Walleye opened the 2017-18 ECHL campaign with a 3-2 edge against the host Quad City Mallards at Taxslayer Center in Moline, IL on Friday (Oct. 13, 2017). The Walleye, ECHL affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings and Grand
Toledo Walleye, ECHL affiliate of the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins and the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings added second year pro forward Ryan Obuchowski to its roster on Thursday (Sept. 7, 2017). Obuchowski, 25, from West Bloomfield, MI, is a 6’1”, 185 lbs. defenseman who played picked up 16 points (2g, 14a) in 69
When the Columbus Blue Jackets Prospect team takes the ice at the annual Traverse City Prospects Tournament on Friday, it will have a pair of USHL graduates guarding the crease. Since the end of the 2016-17 NHL season, the Blue Jackets have signed both Matiss Kivlenieks, the 2016-17 USHL Goaltender of the Year from the
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
Three Midwest based teams headed into National Hockey League play on Saturday (Oct. 29) and all three were involved with shutouts. Leading the way was Devan Dubnyk who recorded an unheard of third straight shutout, stopping all 29 Dallas Stars shots, leading the Minnesota Wild to a 4-0 win at the Xcel Energy Center. The
Artem Anisimov gathered in the rebound of a shot by teammate Artemi Panarin and buried it past goaltender Keith Kincaid as the icing on a come from behind win for the Chicago BlackHawks who bested the host New Jersey Devils 3-2 in overtime at the Prudential Center in Newark in one of two NHL games
