A successful regular season turned into a nice, but shorter than hoped for East Coast Hockey League playoff run for the Toledo Walleye. For a second straight year, the ECHL Kelly Cup Championship series had not Midwest-based teams as the Walleye advanced furthest, but ultimately made its exit in the Western Conference finals against the
The last Midwest-based team was eliminated from the East Coast Hockey League post season when the Toledo Walleye surrendered a 6-3 defeat against the Colorado Eagles at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland CO on Friday (May 19, 2017). The trip to Colorado was devastating for the Walleye who split the first two games on
Sam Warning opened and closed the scoring at the iWireless Center in Moline, IL helping the host Quad City Mallards to a 3-2 edge against the visiting and previously undefeated Tulsa Oilers on Saturday (Oct. 29) in one of six East Coast Hockey League games involving Midwest based teams. In other Saturday action: Rapid City
The Kalamazoo Wings fought back to tie the score twice at the Wings Events Center Friday night, but ultimately surrendered a 3-2 decision in shootout against the visiting Wheeling Nailers in one of seven East Coast Hockey League games involving Midwest based teams. All seven saw Midwest teams playing games against teams from outside of
The Wichita Thunder got a jump on the weekend action Thursday (Oct. 27) once again rallying back from an early deficit to open its two-game road series against the Atlanta Gladiators at Infinite Energy Arena. Early period goals by A.J. White and Tyler Murovich had the host team up 2-0 by the five minute mark
When the Fort Wayne Komets cruised into Kalamazoo and captured a 2-1 edge on Friday (Oct. 21) night at the Wings Events Center, it seemed it had the upper hand in a home and home weekend set with the Kalamazoo Wings. But the Wings took a turn as road warriors the following evening capturing a
