By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info This is the fifth and final off-season story giving a quick look at the past season and an early look at the season ahead for the five Midwest-based NHL teams. Four seasons removed from hoisting the Stanley Cup for the first time in league history, the St. Louis
By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Saukhockey.info Two Midwest-based NHL teams met up on Wednesday (Nov. 16) possibly heading in opposite directions. The St. Louis Blues continued its winning streak, capturing a 5-2 win against the host Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center in the Windy City. After the game, the Hawks remain a point ahead
The suddenly surging Chicago Wolves grabbed a weekend split with the Rockford Ice Hogs by taking the return match at Allstate Arena by a whopping 7-3 count in American Hockey League play Saturday night. The IceHogs won in Rockford the previous evening 3-2, but the Wolves responded in a big way and after dropping its
The opening weekend of the American Hockey League was not friendly to the Chicago Wolves or Rockford Ice Hogs. But both teams turned things around this past weekend. The 0-2 Ice Hogs started a three-game weekend Friday (Oct. 21) at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, breaking into the win column and also handing the
The name may be slightly different, but it sure looks like the same old Monsters after the opening weekend of the American Hockey League. All six Midwest-based teams were in action on the first weekend, including the former Lake Erie Monsters, no known as the Cleveland Monsters. The Cleveland crew opened the regular season Friday
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
