By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwest Hockey.info From the sidelines, it appeared the expectations would have to be tempered somewhat for the Springfield Jr. Blues this season. Someone must have forgot to mention that to the team itself. After sitting out the 2020-21 NAHL season, the Blues rolled into this fall with basically, an expansion
By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info All four North American Hockey League Division championship series will kick off on Friday. The Best-of Five Midwest Division Series will start at 7 p.m. at the Richfield Ice Arena with the Kenai River Brown Bears as the guest against the Minnesota Magicians at Richfield Ice Arena. The Aberdeen
By Jim den Hollander Publisher/Editor Midwesthockey.info Down 3-1 after a period, the Kenai River Brown Bears took over and two third period goals, including the game winner with 3:34 to go completed an NAHL Midwest Division semi-final upset 4-3 win against the top seeded Janesville Jets. The Brown Bears stunned the top seed with a
By Jim den Hollander Publisher/Editor Midwesthockey.info A pair of Midwest-based NAHL teams battled back to deny opponents an early celebration on Friday (May 29). After dropping a pair on home ice, the previous weekend, the Janesville Jets got off the mat and delivered a huge 6-1 win against the Kenai River Brown Bears at the
The longest regular season ever finally ended and 16 North American Hockey League teams, including a half-zone Midwest-based teams kicked off the playoffs with mixed results. Midwest Division Home teams struggled out of the gate in the opening weekend here and that paid off for the Minnesota Magicians who make the long trek to Alaska
The North American Hockey League recently released its 2019-20 regular season schedule. After several years of paying attention, the schedules look similar each time around. Call the annual Showcase event at the Schwan Super Rink in Blaine, MN the official opening as every team moves into the amazing six-rink facility and plays four times in
