With teams either just into the second half or just wrapping up the first half of their 60-game schedules, the pecking order has been set, but far from finalized in America’s top junior hockey league. In the early days of 2016, the Dubuque Fighting Saints have set themselves up as the team to beat with
Closest game of the night in United States Hockey League play Friday (Oct. 2) was settled by Michael O’Leary, 17, from Nova Scotia who sank his shot in the fifth round of the shootout to lift the host Dubuque Fighting Saints past the Green Bay Gamblers 4-3. Dubuque’s shootout win helped the home teams capture
Opening night doesn’t get much more exciting than this one. Connor Valesano, 20, from Duluth, MN fired the game winner on a penalty shot, lifting the Sioux City Musketeers to a 4-3 overtime edge against the host Fargo Force at Scheels Arena Friday (Sept. 25) night. Other opening night action saw Waterloo Blackhawks picking up a
The host Green Bay Gamblers opened play in the Subway Shootout with a 4-1 over Wisconsin rival Madison Capitols. The win came in the lone game scheduled for the first day of the seven-team event. Both teams scored one in the opening period, in fact the Capitols opened the scoring as Alexandre Payusov, an 18-year-old
