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
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.
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
The nice thing about covering the six Midwest-based teams in the American Hockey League is that they are all in the same division. Of course the bad thing about that is only four of the eight teams in the Central Division will qualify for the post season. In recent seasons, this division has seen its
