Full disclosure I have to admit right here that I am not originally from the Midwest. I am not even from the USA. So, it’s possible I have this wrong, but before I moved here from Canada I always thought there were two ‘hubs’ of hockey in the USA — Massachusetts and Minnesota. Now, I
The Minnesota Wild appears ready to go with mostly the same guns counting on a year of experience to finally get it to the top of the always tough Central Division in the 2015-16 season. In each of the past two seasons the Wild has advanced past the opening round but ran into the Chicago
Once again, the National Hockey League Conference finals sees just one Midwest based team remaining as the Hawks made its third straight visit to the battle for the Clarence Campbell Bowl. It was evident early on that the Midwest crew in the NHL would not match the 2013-14 season performance that saw all five of
By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info Editor In the early summer of 2010 the Chicago Blackhawks ended a 49-year drought, marching the Stanley Cup Down Madison for the first time since JFK led the nation. The team certainly schooled itself on that experience and this past week Jonathan Toews found himself snatching the grail from Commisioner
The closer teams get to the post season in the NHL the more at stake every time it takes the ice it seems. Four of the five Midwest teams had a win one – lose one weekend while the Blackhawks were undefeated, but played just once. Here is a look at the weekend (March 13-15,
Here is a quick look at which Midwest pro teams were in action on Tuesday night as well as any scuttlebut involving them. NHL Blue Jackets 4 Hurricanes 3 (so) Playoff positioning is not even a consideration for these teams, but team pride was certainly in place as the Columbus Blue Jackets battled the host
