By Jim den HollanderEditor/PublisherMidwesthockey.info This is the second of five summer review/preview type stories on the NHL’s Midwest-based NHL teams.The Columbus Blue Jackets may still be a few years away from breaking back through the NHL’s playoff window but they should show a marked improvement this season.The Jackets fell hard last season, a season ending
All things considered, it was just one game, but the Columbus Blue Jackets head to work today hoping it wasn’t a turning point in its Eastern Conference Best of Five Qualification series with the Toronto Maple Leafs. There’s two ways of looking at what happened in a 3-0 loss to the Leafs in Toronto Tuesday
An awesome defensive effort and standout goaltending from Joonas Korpisalo led the Columbus Blue Jackets past the Toronto Maple Leafs in their NHL Eastern Conference Qualifying Series opener Sunday. Korpisalo turned aside every one of the 28 Leafs’ shots and they needed every one of them as it wasn’t until an empty netter with 19
Artemi Panarin’s first goal with the Columbus Blue Jackets stood up as the game winner and Sergei Bobrovsky turned in a 37-save effort as the host Jackets used a third period rally to pull out a 3-1 win against the Rangers at Nationwide Arena on Friday (Oct. 13, 2017). Kevin Hayes opened the scoring for
After weeks of hype, predictions, speculation and pre-season tilts, the National Hockey League got rolling for real last Wednesday (Oct. 4, 2017) and there were a few surprises for the Midwest-based teams. At the top end is the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago BlackHawks and St. Louis Blues, all rolling into the campaign in impressive fashion
The Columbus Jackets made about a big a move as a team can make in 2016-17 and there is excitement heading into Training Camp this season with the possibility of an even better (on paper at least) team this season. The Jackets will open camp on Thursday (Sept. 14, 2017) with 60 players (34 forwards,
