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
The Indy Fuel rallied from a 4-1 deficit but fell one goal shy in its ECHL opener at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita against the host Thunder on Friday (Oct. 13, 2017). Matt DeBlouw paced the Thunder, ECHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers and Bakersfield Condors in its home opener, scoring twice, including the lone
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.
Indy Fuel, ECHL affiliate of the American Hockey League’s Rockford Ice Hogs and the Chicago BlackHawks of the NHL, added a pair of rookies to its roster on Thursday (Sept. 7, 2017). Jack Burton, a 24-year-old defenseman from Maryland and Darby Llewellyn, a 21-year-old winger from Ann Arbor, MI both signed on Thursday with the
The suddenly surging Chicago Wolves grabbed a weekend split with the Rockford Ice Hogs by taking the return match at Allstate Arena by a whopping 7-3 count in American Hockey League play Saturday night. The IceHogs won in Rockford the previous evening 3-2, but the Wolves responded in a big way and after dropping its
