Jaden Schwartz sank the game winner 25 seconds into the third period as the Blues snapped a 1-1 draw and kept itself alive in its Best of Seven National Hockey League Central Division final series at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis Friday (May 5, 2017). The Blues needed the win against Nashville, staving off
Vern Fiddler fired the game winner with 5:05 to go, nullifying a nice St. Louis rally and lifting the visiting Nashville Predators to a 4-3 series opening win against the Blues at Scottrade Center Wednesday (April 26) in their National Hockey League Central Division final. The Preds never trailed in the contest, but a pair
The Midwest contingent in the NHL playoffs was cut in half on Thursday (April 20) as both the Columbus Blue Jackets and Chicago Blackhawks were punted in their respective Division Semi-Final series. After staving off the Penguins in game four of the series a couple of nights earlier, Jackets dropped a 5-2 decision at Pittsburgh’s
By Jim den Hollander Editor Midwesthockey.info The Chicago Blackhawks will take the ice at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville tonight (April 20) in an unfamiliar position, trying to avoid a much quicker than expected exit for the 2017 NHL playoffs. The West Conference champs find themselves on the brink of elimination as they take the
The East Coast Hockey League has five Midwest based teams in action tonight, all against non-Midwest opponents. The most urgent of those games and the highlight of the March 29 Pro Report is the Missouri Mavericks who will faceoff against a Texas based nemesis looking for two valuable points as it works through the final
Three Midwest based teams headed into National Hockey League play on Saturday (Oct. 29) and all three were involved with shutouts. Leading the way was Devan Dubnyk who recorded an unheard of third straight shutout, stopping all 29 Dallas Stars shots, leading the Minnesota Wild to a 4-0 win at the Xcel Energy Center. The
