Two days into play at the Traverse City Prospects Tournament, the Columbus Blue Jackets find themselves on track to defend its championship. In a game that pitted both of the first day winners against each other, the Jackets Prospects took control of the Ted Lindsay Division with an 8-5 win against the Minnesota Wild Prospects.
The defending champion Columbus Blue Jackets Prospects and Minnesota Wild Prospects both opened play at the eight-team NHL Prospects tournament at Traverse City Friday (Sept. 11) afternoon. Playing in the ‘Ted Lindsay’ Pool, the Wild started out with an impressive 5-2 win against the New York Rangers Prospects while the Jackets Prospects also opened with
Eight teams, including all five of the Midwest-based entries will be taking part in the Annual Traverse City NHL Prospects Tournament beginning Friday in both the Davids rink and West rink at the Traverse City Center Ice Arena. With training camps following immediately after the completion of the tournament, this is effectively, a kickoff to the 2015-16
Another disappointingly early exit from the post season brought at least one huge off season move for the St. Louis Blues. For a second straight season the Blues finished on top of its division, but couldn’t put together fourth playoff wins, falling this time in the opening round to the Minnesota Wild. Not that the
Once again, the National Hockey League Conference finals sees just one Midwest based team remaining as the Hawks made its third straight visit to the battle for the Clarence Campbell Bowl. It was evident early on that the Midwest crew in the NHL would not match the 2013-14 season performance that saw all five of
The closer teams get to the post season in the NHL the more at stake every time it takes the ice it seems. Four of the five Midwest teams had a win one – lose one weekend while the Blackhawks were undefeated, but played just once. Here is a look at the weekend (March 13-15,