The Rapid City Rush, ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Minnesota Wild and American Hockey League’s Iowa Wild, added defenseman Brandon Blair to its pre-season roster on Tuesday (Sept. 5, 2017). Blair is looking to make the jump from the SPHL to the ECHL having played most of the past three seasons with the Pensacola Ice
Sam Warning opened and closed the scoring at the iWireless Center in Moline, IL helping the host Quad City Mallards to a 3-2 edge against the visiting and previously undefeated Tulsa Oilers on Saturday (Oct. 29) in one of six East Coast Hockey League games involving Midwest based teams. In other Saturday action: Rapid City
The Kalamazoo Wings fought back to tie the score twice at the Wings Events Center Friday night, but ultimately surrendered a 3-2 decision in shootout against the visiting Wheeling Nailers in one of seven East Coast Hockey League games involving Midwest based teams. All seven saw Midwest teams playing games against teams from outside of
The Wichita Thunder got a jump on the weekend action Thursday (Oct. 27) once again rallying back from an early deficit to open its two-game road series against the Atlanta Gladiators at Infinite Energy Arena. Early period goals by A.J. White and Tyler Murovich had the host team up 2-0 by the five minute mark
Among the early week pro hockey transactions among Midwest teams Monday and Tuesday: The Minnesota Wild returned Mike Reilly, a 23-year-old defenseman from Chicago to the Iowa Wild Monday, but recalled him once again to the Twin Cities on Wednesday (Oct. 19). Reilly played one game with the Wild early this season and last year
Last year the Missouri Mavericks won 52 times in 72 games, finishing as the league’s top regular season team with a 10-point edge on second place. However, the dream season turned into a nightmare when it ran into the defending champion Allen Americans in the post season. The first hurdle thrown in front of the
