By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info The American Hockey League is the top feeder league to the NHL and features several Midenwest connections. There are seven teams including affiliates for all five Midwest-based NHL teams along with the Milwaukee Admirals, the top farm team to the Nashville Predators. The Ads play in the Central
By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info editor When announcing the schedule for the upcoming season at Midwesthockey.info, the sidebar is generally, the subtractions, additions or moves in the team standings. For the American Hockey League this summer is a rarity with no changes at all. The 31 teams will not only all be returning for the
By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info Editor The winners of the Central Division managed to convert that into a Calder Cup championship in three of the past five seasons in the American Hockey League, but this time around the Midwest-based teams in the pro Minor Pro hockey league found themselves on the golf course early. One
By Jim den Hollander Entering its final two weeks, the battle for playoff positions in the American Hockey League’s Central Division seems to have been narrowed to a six-way battle for four spots. The Iowa Stars, who battled for second in the division a month ago have sunk to sixth and while it still has
When the Minnesota Wild signed Niklas Svedberg as a free agent this past summer, team management was likely hoping he could offer some help to its AHL affiliate in Iowa. The 28-year-old veteran goaltender from Stockholm, Sweden provided the Iowa Wild with the type of backstopping that could help it reach the post season this
The Milwaukee Admirals opened the American Hockey League 2017-18 campaign with back to back road wins against the Wild at Wells Fargo Arena at Des Moines, IA this past weekend. The Ads hit the five-goal plateau in both contests, winning the first 5-2 and holding off a late surge for a 5-4 edge on Sunday.
