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
One game in, it appeared the upper seeds had full control of their respective United States Hockey League Conference Championship series. But the road warriors pulled even and now have some control heading home for the key middle games. While the top seeded Tri-City Storm opened with an impressive 4-0 shutout against the Waterloo Blackhawks at Viaero Center in
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
Jake Kielly, 19, from Eden Prairie, MN stopped all 31 of the shots he faced to help lead the United States Hockey League’s Tri-City Storm to a 2-0 win at Fox Valley Ice Arena in Chicago Saturday (Oct. 3). In other league action on the same day: Youngstown Phantoms doubled the Bloomington Thunder 4-2 on
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
