On one hand, parity is at a premium in the United States Hockey League to the extent that it was not unusual to see teams rise or fall two positions or more in a weekend through the second half of the 2016-17 season. But, on the other hand there was the Chicago Steel and Sioux
Matiss Kivlenieks may be from Latvia, but he has been on a whirlwind tour of American junior teams are all three levels for the past four seasons, culminating this past week when he was signed to an entry level contract by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Kivlenieks, a native of Riga, Latvia first came across the
Kearney, Neb. (Courtesy Tri-City Storm) – The South Carolina Stingrays advanced to the ECHL’s Kelly Cup Finals Wednesday with a Game 7 victory over the Manchester Monarchs. Though there are no former Storm players on the Stingrays, broadcaster Colo served as the Voice of the Storm from 2012-15. The Stingrays are in the Finals for
Tyler Gratton couldn’t have picked a better time to score his first goal of the United States Hockey League postseason. Gratton’s goal 11:30 into overtime, lifted the visiting Chicago Steel to a 2-1 win in the game and the clinching victory game five of the Best of Five Clark Cup Championship against the host Sioux
The Chicago Steel was poised to capture the Clark Cup at Fox Valley Ice Arena on Saturday (May 20, 2017) until the Sioux City Musketeers rallied to tie and then win Game Four with two goals in the game’s final three minutes. The Steel held a comfortable 4-2 cushion late in the second period before
A 27-save shutout from Ales Stezka pushed the Chicago Steel to a 3-0 win against the Sioux City Musketeers at the Fox Valley Ice Arena Friday (May 19, 2017) and within a win of capturing the United States Hockey League’s Clark Cup Championship. The Steel picked up a goal in each period and that was
