Jack Badini enjoyed a four-point night as the Chicago Steel advanced to the Clark Cup Championship with a 7-3 triumph at the Mystique Ice Arena in Dubuque against the host Fighting Saints on Saturday (May 6, 2017). The win clinched a 3-1 edge in the Best of Five Eastern Conference championship series. On the West
DUBUQUE, Iowa (Courtesy Dubuque Fighting Saints) — Dubuque Fighting Saints defenseman Veli-Matti Tiuraniemi (Pietarsaari, Finland) has committed to the University of Maine, making his college choice for the future. This is Tiuraniemi’s first season with the Saints, in which he excelled as an offensively-minded presence on the blue line. Tiuraniemi was selected by the Fighting
After earning a split in the first two road games, the underdog Dubuque Fighting Saints and Waterloo Black Hawks looked to take advantage of home ice in the crucial third game of their respective USHL Conference finals on Friday (May 5, 2017). Nothing doing. A 28-save effort from Matiss Kivlenieks in goal led the Sioux
DUBUQUE, Iowa (Courtesy Dubuque Fighting Saints) — The Dubuque Fighting Saints hockey staff made 10 selections in Phase I of the USHL Draft, including six forwards and four defensemen. The entire draft class consisted of 2001 birth dates. “I think we got some good players that we targeted,” said Kalle Larsson, the Saints’ director of
GENEVA. Ill. (Courtesy Dubuque Fighting Saints) — Bend, but not break. The Dubuque Fighting Saints found themselves in a similar situation to Game 1, but this time, they found a way to hold on in Game 2, as they topped the Chicago Steel 3-1 on Saturday (April 29, 2017) night at the Fox Valley Ice
The Chicago Steel and Sioux City Musketeers both took advantage of home ice to grab control of their respective United States Hockey League Conference Final series on Friday (April 28, 2017). The Steel rallied back from a 3-1 deficit early in the third with three goals in 6:52, including both the tying and winning goals
