By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info editor One of my work colleagues has been poking fun at me ever since they hoisted Lord Stanley’s mug in early June – for good reason. Since starting Midwesthockey.info several seasons ago, I have become somewhat attached to the five NHL teams that I try to provide information on. At
The St. Louis Blues opened its 2017-18 Training Camp on Thursday (Sept. 14, 2017) with few new veteran faces in the lineup. The Blues spent most of the summer re-signing its players rather than making big changes and why not? Despite losing out to Nashville in the Central Division final in the spring, the Blues
The Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues have reversed roles in recent days. While the Blues busted out of the gate earlier this month, opening up the new season with wins in each of its first three league contests, the Wings stumbled to an 0-2 start in Florida. A few weeks later, teams met
The game on Tuesday (Oct. 25) between the Minnesota Wild and Boston Bruins at the TD Center in Boston was a clear case of haves vs. have-nots with the ‘have’ Wild coming out on top 5-0. In other action involving Midwest based teams, the Detroit Red Wings doubled the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 at Joe
There’s a good thing there are no style points in hockey. The Detroit Red Wings at times seemed to throw goaltender Jimmy Howard to the Wolves, but he endured, allowing just one goal on 33 shots, leading his team to a 2-1 win in his first start of the new season against the New York
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
