The North American Hockey League recently released its 2019-20 regular season schedule. After several years of paying attention, the schedules look similar each time around. Call the annual Showcase event at the Schwan Super Rink in Blaine, MN the official opening as every team moves into the amazing six-rink facility and plays four times in
It’s difficult to predict what will happen in the North American Hockey League, so this ‘preview’ is based mainly on how things wrapped up last season. There have been no off-season changes that affect the 11 Midwest teams technically. For a minute, it appeared the Midwest Division would go through some changes as Kenai River
The Aberdeen Wings and Janesville Jets enjoyed the best North American Hockey League playoff run among the Midwest-based teams this past season, both finishing as Division champions and reaching the Robertson Cup semi-finals. The Midwest is well-represented in the four-division league with 11 of the league’s 24 teams setting up shop in the American Midwest.
The Wings scored twice in its opening game of the Robertson Cup semis, both goals coming in a span of 3:15, but it wasn’t enough to get by the Aston Rebels who grabbed control of the Best-of-Three Semi-final series Thursday (May 11, 2017). All four teams at the Robertson Cup event, taking past at the
Forbes Ploszaj handled all of the 46 shots he faced and Colin Raver finally found a way past Trevor Micucci after 75:05 to bring a sudden finish to a long and exciting night. The goal lifted the Aberdeen Wings to a thrilling 1-0 North American Hockey League Midwest Division final series clinching overtime victory at
The Janesville Jets carried a 3-2 lead out of the opening period and didn’t allow the host Fairbanks IceDogs a chance to get any close on its way to wrapping up the North American Hockey League Midwest Division title in action at the Big Dipper Ice Arena in Alaska Saturday (May 6, 2017). The Jets
