Both the Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets started the regular season with losses in their first two games. For both, that seems like a long time ago now. While the offense is starting to come around, stellar goaltending has helped in a huge way for both clubs. The Blue Jackets entered the weekend
Three unanswered second period goals turned a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 margin for the host Minnesota Wild against the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night (Oct 15) at the Xcel Energy Center. The Wild went on to a 4-3 win, for a happy finish to its home opener and helping the team rebound from a
Midwest NHL Notebook for Oct. 12, 2016 The 2016-17 season started the same way the 2015-16 season ended for the Chicago BlackHawks on Wednesday night as the Hawks dropped a 5-2 decision to the visiting St. Louis Blues. It was the first meeting between the two since the finally figured a way past the Hawks
By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info The American Hockey League’s Central Division standings sees sometimes drastic changes on a week-to-week basis. That’s what makes it so great. This season the Lake Erie Monsters had a hot and cold season. At different times, the squad found itself among the top four positions or out of the post
By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info In Pittsburgh, the celebration is ongoing, but of course our look here at Midwesthockey.info is on our own five Midwest based NHL teams. To that end, the conclusion out of the five different centers differed greatly. Here is a quick look at the 2015-16 NHL campaign – Midwest style.
Team USA has begun preparations for this December’s IIHF World Junior Tournament with an Evaluation Camp held in Lake Placid this week. Exhibition matches involved head to head action with ‘White’ and ‘Blue’ USA teams to start and eventually Sweden and Finland — also in the midst of picking their own squads, provided the opposition.
