By Jim den HollanderEditror/PublisherMidwesthockey.infoThe Chippewa Steel broke into the win column in a big way on day two of the NAHL Showcase Tournament at National Sports Center Super Rinks in Blaine, MN Thursday.After starting the season with a pair of defeats, the Steel took its frustrations out on the Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks, pounding in
By Jim den HollanderEditor/PublisherMidwesthockey.infoThe Wisconsin, Illinois and Minesota based clubs from the NAHL’s Midwest Division are hoping the first of four days at the annual Showcase tournament at Blaine, Minnesota’s National Sports Center Super Rinks is not a sampling of what is to come.The five teams all came up short in their first Showcase tests,
By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info The Janesville Jets took its first two steps toward erasing some tough memories with some impressive wins on home ice against the visiting Fairbanks Ice Dogs in their season opening series at Janesville Ice Arena Friday and Saturday. Both the Jets and Ice Dogs are perennial front runners in
By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info This is the third of seven off season articles representing the junior hockey leagues falling under the Midwesthockey.info umbrella. The North American Hockey League is one of two ‘Tier 2’ level junior hockey leagues run in USA and it is the only one that includes teams based in the
The Minnesota Wilderness wrapped up 13-goal, two-win weekend with an 8-4 win against the visiting Kenai River Brown Bears Saturday (September 25, 2021) as the six Midwest-based North American Hockey League (NAHL) weekend series wrapped up. The other team to pick up a weekend sweep was the St. Cloud Norsemen who also enjoyed a big
By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info The second day of play at the NAHL Showcase weekend at the National Sports Center Super Rinks in Blaine, Minnesota featured a rematch of last season’s Robertson Cup Championship game. Thanks to a 25-save shutout from Devon Bobak (‘01/Northwood, OH) it was the Shreveport Mudbugs prevailing once again at
