Kearney, Neb. (Courtesy Tri-City Storm) – The Tri-City Storm announced its seven-game preseason schedule Wednesday, with home games vs. Lincoln on Fri., Sept. 15 and Omaha on Sat., Sept. 23. Both home preseason games feature free tickets for season ticket holders and $5 tickets for the public. Tickets for these games will go on sale
GENEVA, ILLINOIS (Courtesy Chicago Steel) — The 2017 Clark Cup Champion Chicago Steel announced Wednesday the preseason schedule for the 2017-2018 season. The six-game exhibition slate includes a home-and-home series against the I-55 rival Bloomington Thunder, a visit to the Dubuque Fighting Saints, and three games against Western Conference opponents (Waterloo Black Hawks, Lincoln Stars,
GENEVA, ILLINOIS (Courtesy Chicago Wolves) — The Chicago Steel announced Friday the hiring of Ben Gordon as Associate Head Coach, joining Head Coach Mark Abalan and Assistant Coach Mike Garman behind the bench for the 2017-2018 season. Gordon joins the Steel from the University of Minnesota (Big Ten), where he served as Director of Operations
Team USA had its medal hopes dashed at the Ivan Hlinka tournament at Breclav, Czech Republic, dropping a 7-3 decision against the host Czechs in its third and final round robin game at the eight-team U-18 tournament on Wednesday (August 9, 2017) Unlike its first two games that saw the Americans grabbing quick leads, team
As usual, the United States Hockey League will be well represented at the annual Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in Slovakia and Czech Republic in August. USA Hockey held a massive tryout camp at Amherst, NY, whittling 10-teams of U-18 players down to two teams for the tryout ending All-Star Game and finally, one 22-player roster
On one hand, parity is at a premium in the United States Hockey League to the extent that it was not unusual to see teams rise or fall two positions or more in a weekend through the second half of the 2016-17 season. But, on the other hand there was the Chicago Steel and Sioux