It was a showcase frenzy for the United States Hockey League Friday (Sept. 18) with 13 of the league’s teams and another from overseas all heading into action under the banner of three different Regional Showcase events. Iowa Classic – Game 2 Roughriders 3 Musketeers 2 (so) The second day of play in the all-Iowa tournament kicked
The United States Hockey League got a jump on the weekend with two of its four Regional Showcase events for the weekend dropping the puck Thursday (Sept. 17). Every team in the league is scheduled to be involved in one of the four Showcase events on the weekend before the start of the league’s regular
The host Green Bay Gamblers opened play in the Subway Shootout with a 4-1 over Wisconsin rival Madison Capitols. The win came in the lone game scheduled for the first day of the seven-team event. Both teams scored one in the opening period, in fact the Capitols opened the scoring as Alexandre Payusov, an 18-year-old
The USHL is the highest ranked junior outfit in this country and it also enjoys the longest season thanks to an elongated pre-season. The teams may have started pre-season encounters a few days later than other junior squads, but the Chicago Steel was already underway in August, playing at the Club World Cup in Russia.
As usual, the junior hockey scene is much quieter on weeknights, but two of the five NA3HL Divisions got a jump on their respective Best-of-Three Championship series this week. NA3HL Metro Jets 6 Pittsburgh Vengeance 5 (ot) Matt Dempsey’s wrister 8:38 into overtime gave the host Jets the upper hand in its series with the
Among the highlights from the opening weekend of the United States Hockey League’s 2014-15 season was a trio of wins for the Muskegon Fury and franchise debuts for both the Madison Capitols and Bloomington Thunder. Following is a summer of all of the games for the league’s opening weekend. Sept. 26 Muskegon 5 Team USA
