The Midwest was well represented among the eight ECHL West Conference Quarterfinal qualifiers this season with four teams reaching the playoff stage. However, they wound up facing each other in first round battles — the most exciting one still to be settled between the second seeded Fort Wayne Komets and number seven Cincinnati Cyclones. Meanwhile,
A couple of five goal nights helped the Kalamazoo Wings improve its playoff perspective this past weekend. The Wings used back-to-back wins at the Wings Event Center against the North Division leading Toledo Walleye to get within seven points of the eighth and final playoff position. That seven point spread doesn’t sound nearly as rough
As teams head back from the Christmas break, the 10 Midwest-based ECHL Hockey teams are split evenly — five in a post season position and five looking at an early trip to the golf course if they can’t turn things around in the next few months. They are also split evenly on each side —
The Indy Fuel, East Coast Hockey League affiliate of both the Chicago Blackhawks and Rockford IceHogs, issued a press release Friday (Oct. 2) announcing both its pre-season roster and schedule. The Fuel will start out a little light in both the defense (4) and goaltending (1) departments but expect reinforcements to arrive from Rockford soon.
Evansville Icemen, East Coast Hockey League affiliate of the Ottawa Senators and Binghamton Senatorsofficially started the 2015-16 campaign with the opening of its pre-season training camp Friday (Oct. 2). Among those getting ready were 26 players, most of them forwards. Listed below are the players that started at the Evansville Icemen Camp at the Ford
Looking to take advantage of some championship experience, the Fort Wayne Komets have signed veteran forward Jamie Schaafsma who last season hoisted the Kelly Cup. Schaafsma, a 32-year-old, 6’0,” 194 lbs. native of Chatham, ON played the past three seasons with Allen Americans and last year, as team captain, he appeared in all 72 regular
