The Bloomington Thunder, a sophomore squad in the United States Hockey League, reached the post season for the first time this season and one series in, the team is celebrating both its first series win and first upset. A 5-2 win at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena in front of a stunned home town crowd
With teams either just into the second half or just wrapping up the first half of their 60-game schedules, the pecking order has been set, but far from finalized in America’s top junior hockey league. In the early days of 2016, the Dubuque Fighting Saints have set themselves up as the team to beat with
Jake Kielly, 19, from Eden Prairie, MN stopped all 31 of the shots he faced to help lead the United States Hockey League’s Tri-City Storm to a 2-0 win at Fox Valley Ice Arena in Chicago Saturday (Oct. 3). In other league action on the same day: Youngstown Phantoms doubled the Bloomington Thunder 4-2 on
Closest game of the night in United States Hockey League play Friday (Oct. 2) was settled by Michael O’Leary, 17, from Nova Scotia who sank his shot in the fifth round of the shootout to lift the host Dubuque Fighting Saints past the Green Bay Gamblers 4-3. Dubuque’s shootout win helped the home teams capture
How high are expectations in the guy who took top Rookie honors and set a record for goals by a 16-year-old last season? Maybe not high enough as Kieffer Bellows, 17, from Edina, MN fired three goals and added an assist on the game clinching empty netter to lift the US National Development Team Program U-18
It was a showcase frenzy for the United States Hockey League Friday (Sept. 18) with 13 of the league’s teams and another from overseas all heading into action under the banner of three different Regional Showcase events. Iowa Classic – Game 2 Roughriders 3 Musketeers 2 (so) The second day of play in the all-Iowa tournament kicked
