After dropping the first two games of its three-game road trip on the weekend, Markus Hannikainen led the Cleveland Monsters to the winning track, firing three goals as the Monsters whipped the Iowa Wild 7-3 at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Tuesday (Oct. 25). The Monsters grabbed control with three unanswered first
The Milwaukee Admirals remained perfect three games into its 2016-17 American Hockey League with a 2-1 win at Allstate Arena Wednesday (Oct 19) against the host Chicago Wolves. Austin Watson, a 24-year-old forward from Ann Arbor Michigan broke a 1-1 draw near the midway mark of the second period as he plays toward a return
Two seasons ago, Anthony Mantha appeared on a fast track to the NHL and the Detroit Red Wings when a broken leg suffered at the rookie tournament in Traverse City put him on the sidelines. Since then he has tried to make his way back to Motown and while he has played a handful of
Among the early week pro hockey transactions among Midwest teams Monday and Tuesday: The Minnesota Wild returned Mike Reilly, a 23-year-old defenseman from Chicago to the Iowa Wild Monday, but recalled him once again to the Twin Cities on Wednesday (Oct. 19). Reilly played one game with the Wild early this season and last year
By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info The American Hockey League’s Central Division standings sees sometimes drastic changes on a week-to-week basis. That’s what makes it so great. This season the Lake Erie Monsters had a hot and cold season. At different times, the squad found itself among the top four positions or out of the post
There is still plenty of time for things to change and that would not even be that unusual in the American Hockey League’s Central Division which includes all six of the Midwest-based AHL teams. But, as of right now, it seems four of the six — Rockford Ice Hogs, Milwaukee Admirals, Grand Rapids Griffins and
