The Columbus Blue Jackets Prospects bounced back from a rough game at the end of round robin play to claim the championship of the annual Traverse City NHL Prospects Tournament for a second straight season. With a 5-2 win the Jackets both claimed the title and denied the host Detroit Red Wings a chance to
Sept. 12, 2015 TRAVERSE CITY – The Detroit Red Wings brass felt it had a shot at winning the annual Traverse City NHL Prospects Tournament with a solid roster this fall and after the second day, the Wings were in control of the ‘Howe’ Division. A 3-2 win for the Wings Prospects against the Chicago
Tomas Nosek‘s goal stood up as the game winner as the Detroit Red Wings Prospects opened up the Traverse City NHL Prospects Tournament with a 1-0 win against the Carolina Hurricanes Prospects. That was one of two Gordie Howe Division matches on Sept. 11. The other saw the Chicago Blackhawks Prospects doubled up by the
Eight teams, including all five of the Midwest-based entries will be taking part in the Annual Traverse City NHL Prospects Tournament beginning Friday in both the Davids rink and West rink at the Traverse City Center Ice Arena. With training camps following immediately after the completion of the tournament, this is effectively, a kickoff to the 2015-16
Full disclosure I have to admit right here that I am not originally from the Midwest. I am not even from the USA. So, it’s possible I have this wrong, but before I moved here from Canada I always thought there were two ‘hubs’ of hockey in the USA — Massachusetts and Minnesota. Now, I
The past few seasons have been interesting for fans of the Detroit Red Wings with a couple of major changes. First – the team that staked its reputation on grabbing league elders that wanted to play one or two final seasons in Motown has changed as Detroit is no longer considered among the league’s ‘Elite’
