For a second straight season, the American Hockey League’s Central Division was well represented in the Calder Cup playoffs as the Grand Rapids Griffins pushed everyone aside to hoist the Calder Cup in June. With a playoff run like the Cleveland Monsters (then known as the Lake Erie Monsters) the previous season, The Griffins put
The Midwest contingent in the NHL playoffs was cut in half on Thursday (April 20) as both the Columbus Blue Jackets and Chicago Blackhawks were punted in their respective Division Semi-Final series. After staving off the Penguins in game four of the series a couple of nights earlier, Jackets dropped a 5-2 decision at Pittsburgh’s
Three Midwest based teams headed into National Hockey League play on Saturday (Oct. 29) and all three were involved with shutouts. Leading the way was Devan Dubnyk who recorded an unheard of third straight shutout, stopping all 29 Dallas Stars shots, leading the Minnesota Wild to a 4-0 win at the Xcel Energy Center. The
Artem Anisimov gathered in the rebound of a shot by teammate Artemi Panarin and buried it past goaltender Keith Kincaid as the icing on a come from behind win for the Chicago BlackHawks who bested the host New Jersey Devils 3-2 in overtime at the Prudential Center in Newark in one of two NHL games
The Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues have reversed roles in recent days. While the Blues busted out of the gate earlier this month, opening up the new season with wins in each of its first three league contests, the Wings stumbled to an 0-2 start in Florida. A few weeks later, teams met
The game on Tuesday (Oct. 25) between the Minnesota Wild and Boston Bruins at the TD Center in Boston was a clear case of haves vs. have-nots with the ‘have’ Wild coming out on top 5-0. In other action involving Midwest based teams, the Detroit Red Wings doubled the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 at Joe
