Parker Rutherford, 19, from Fort Wayne, IN faced only seven shots, but stopped all of them helping his Wisconsin Rapids Riverkings open the United States Premier Hockey League (Premier) to a 2-0 shutout win against the Kalkaska Rhinos in its opening game of the league’s Chicago Showcase tournament on Thursday (Oct. 12) at the Leaf
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
A trio of Road Warriors turned weekend getaways into six points as the Wisconsin Rapids River Kings, Dells Ducks and Illiana Blackbirds all swept three game sets on the road. Sept. 26 Wisconsin Rapids 3 Marquette 0 The Riverkings, formerly known as the Central Wisconsin Saints, made a fine debut earning wins in its first
The former 16-team Minnesota junior Hockey League briefly ballooned to 17 teams in the off season with the addition of the Ironwood Fighting Yoopers to the Minnesota Division, but that was balanced by three teams — the Twin Cities Northern Lights of the Minnesota Division along with both the Fort Wayne Federals and Crystal Lake
