As teams head back from the Christmas break, the 10 Midwest-based ECHL Hockey teams are split evenly — five in a post season position and five looking at an early trip to the golf course if they can’t turn things around in the next few months. They are also split evenly on each side —
The nice thing about covering the six Midwest-based teams in the American Hockey League is that they are all in the same division. Of course the bad thing about that is only four of the eight teams in the Central Division will qualify for the post season. In recent seasons, this division has seen its
Pontus Aberg notched a pair of goals and helped the host Milwaukee Admirals get by the Rockford IceHogs Friday (Oct. 2) 5-2 at the Kern Center Arena, on the campus of the Milwaukee School of Engineering. The game as the first of two pre-season exhibition matches for the Admirals and second of two games for
The Rockford Ice Hogs officially opened camp with 24 players Sunday (Sept. 27) at the BMO Harris Bank Center with 24 players on the opening day roster. The group included three goaltenders (Shane Owen, Mac Carruth and Mark Visentin) along with 10 defensemen (Patrick Koudys, Ben Marshall, Kevin Quick, Kirill Govtovets, Sam Jardine, Nick Mattson,
For a second straight day, the Chicago Blackhawks made some major moves Saturday (Sept. 26), assigning six players to its AHL affiliate, the Rockford Ice Hawks while releasing six others on Saturday (Sept. 26 The news came from the two separate releases. Re-assigned to the Rockford Ice Hogs are: Ryan Haggerty – A 22-year-old, 6’0,” 201 lbs.
