Tag: Minnesota Wilderness

Uberti shutout leads Wilderness to first NAHL win at Showcase tourney

By Jim den Hollander   Editor/Publisher  Midwesthockey.info  Loris Uberti (‘04/Martigny, Switzerland) stopped all 23 shots he faced to help the Minnesota Wilderness snap a three-game season opening losing streak with a 1-0 win against the Maryland Black Bears at the NAHL Showcase Tournament Friday at the National Sports Center Super Rinks in Blaine, MN.  Harper Searles

Rough opening day for NAHL’s Midwest Division at Blaine Showcase

By Jim den HollanderEditor/PublisherMidwesthockey.infoThe Wisconsin, Illinois and Minesota based clubs from the NAHL’s Midwest Division are hoping the first of four days at the annual Showcase tournament at Blaine, Minnesota’s National Sports Center Super Rinks is not a sampling of what is to come.The five teams all came up short in their first Showcase tests,

Jets begin quest for turnaround NAHL season with sweep of Ice Dogs

By Jim den Hollander   Editor/Publisher   Midwesthockey.info  The Janesville Jets took its first two steps toward erasing some tough memories with some impressive wins on home ice against the visiting Fairbanks Ice Dogs in their season opening series at Janesville Ice Arena Friday and Saturday.  Both the Jets and Ice Dogs are perennial front runners in

Junior hockey season faces off in Janesville, Soo and Columbus

By JIm den Hollander   Editor/Publisher  Midwesthockey.info  Junior Notebook Sept. 8, 2023  The 2023-24 hockey season officially kicks off in a few hours with puck drops fpr a trio of MIdwest junior hockey teams and more to follow tomorrow.  The NAHL will kick off its regular season with the traditional trek of the Alaska-based teams

Lumberjacks looking to build on last season’s finish

By Jim den Hollander   Editor/Publisher  MIdwesthockey.info  The Wisconsin Lumberjacks are the latest in a string of American squads that have represented the American Midwest in Canada’s Superior International Junior Hockey League. The seven-team one division league includes six clubs from Northwestern Ontario along with the Lumberjacks, out of Spooner.  Formed in 2001, the league