A successful regular season turned into a nice, but shorter than hoped for East Coast Hockey League playoff run for the Toledo Walleye. For a second straight year, the ECHL Kelly Cup Championship series had not Midwest-based teams as the Walleye advanced furthest, but ultimately made its exit in the Western Conference finals against the
Matt Garbowsky’s goal 3:07 into the third overtime period lifted the host Colorado Eagles to a 5-4 win and a commanding 3-1 lead in its Best of Seven East Coast Hockey League Western Conference final series at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland CO on Thursday (May 18, 2017). Teams were meeting for the second
The Colorado Eagles grabbed control of its Best of Seven East Coast Hockey League West Conference final with the Toledo Walleye with a 4-3 overtime edge at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland Colorado on Wednesday (May 17, 2017). After earning a split in the first two games at the Huntington Center in Toledo the
Jeff Lerg provided shutout goaltending, stopping all 24 of the Fort Wayne Komets shots he faced as the Toledo Walleye picked up an emphatic 5-0 win to clinch the East Coast Hockey League’s Central Division final with a 5-0 win at the Huntington Center in Toledo Saturday (May 6, 2017). Simon Denis opened the scoring
By Jim den Hollander Editor Midwesthockey.info After a promising start, but ultimately back to back losses against the Central Division champion Toledo Walleye, the Kalamazoo Wings have made things much more interesting with wins in its own home games to tie the series at 2-2. Down 4-1 just 28:34 minutes into the series, the Wings
The Kalamazoo Wings fought back to tie the score twice at the Wings Events Center Friday night, but ultimately surrendered a 3-2 decision in shootout against the visiting Wheeling Nailers in one of seven East Coast Hockey League games involving Midwest based teams. All seven saw Midwest teams playing games against teams from outside of
