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Fine debut for Vanek not enough for Wings

Thomas Vanek was hoping a change of scenery would help him forget and turnaround a dismal 2015-16 National Hockey League season. If the opening contest for the Detroit Red Wings is any indication it will be onward and upward for the Austrian vet who joined the Wings this season as a Free Agent, as he

BlackHawks introduce host of newbies

Midwest NHL Notebook for Oct. 12, 2016 The 2016-17 season started the same way the 2015-16 season ended for the Chicago BlackHawks on Wednesday night as the Hawks dropped a 5-2 decision to the visiting St. Louis Blues. It was the first meeting between the two since the finally figured a way past the Hawks

Final look — 2016 Midwesthockey.info year in Review — NHL

By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info In Pittsburgh, the celebration is ongoing, but of course our look here at Midwesthockey.info is on our own five Midwest based NHL teams. To that end, the conclusion out of the five different centers differed greatly. Here is a quick look at the 2015-16 NHL campaign – Midwest style.  

Four out of five in the hunt

Despite off season speculation and in my case, hopes, it seems most of the five Midwest-based NHL teams are in a similar position to where they stood 365 days ago. If the post season started today, four of the five teams would be invited to the dance while the lone outsider — the Columbus Blue