When the Fort Wayne Komets cruised into Kalamazoo and captured a 2-1 edge on Friday (Oct. 21) night at the Wings Events Center, it seemed it had the upper hand in a home and home weekend set with the Kalamazoo Wings. But the Wings took a turn as road warriors the following evening capturing a
Last year the Missouri Mavericks won 52 times in 72 games, finishing as the league’s top regular season team with a 10-point edge on second place. However, the dream season turned into a nightmare when it ran into the defending champion Allen Americans in the post season. The first hurdle thrown in front of the
By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info It doesn’t take much imagination to ratchet up some excitement into the East Coast Hockey League Conference semi-final between the Missouri Mavericks and Allen Americans. First, they have a rivalry dating back at least through the past regular season and this is a match of the league’s top team and regular season champions
Six Midwest-based teams started the East Coast Hockey League post season but one round in only two remain. The Missouri Mavericks and Fort Wayne Komets are the top two seeds heading into the Western Conference semi-finals meaning both have home ice advantage against the Allen Americans and Utah Grizzlies respectively. But they definitely took different paths through the first round. The Mavs have
The Midwest was well represented among the eight ECHL West Conference Quarterfinal qualifiers this season with four teams reaching the playoff stage. However, they wound up facing each other in first round battles — the most exciting one still to be settled between the second seeded Fort Wayne Komets and number seven Cincinnati Cyclones. Meanwhile,
A couple of five goal nights helped the Kalamazoo Wings improve its playoff perspective this past weekend. The Wings used back-to-back wins at the Wings Event Center against the North Division leading Toledo Walleye to get within seven points of the eighth and final playoff position. That seven point spread doesn’t sound nearly as rough
