The Chicago Steel have not been a team with a lot of playoff experiences in the United States Hockey League — at least not in recent seasons. There are still miles to go, but the Steel team looks solid out of the gate as a pair of wins this past weekend (Oct 14-15) boosted the
The United States Hockey League opened the 2016-17 regular season this past weekend with a number of highlights. All teams played at least once this past Friday and Saturday (Sept. 23-24) and five teams opened with a pair of contests. Among the most impressive starts was Team USA who got wins from both its U-18
If you are like this writer, the relief of finally reaching the end of a hockey season, sometime in mid to late June turns to sadness and desperation to get on with it again soon after. Of course for junior and college teams the season is a somewhat distant memory by the time pro teams
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
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
Opening night doesn’t get much more exciting than this one. Connor Valesano, 20, from Duluth, MN fired the game winner on a penalty shot, lifting the Sioux City Musketeers to a 4-3 overtime edge against the host Fargo Force at Scheels Arena Friday (Sept. 25) night. Other opening night action saw Waterloo Blackhawks picking up a
