The Soo Eagles have returned to the suddenly bolstered Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League this season and will open by reigniting its cross-border rivalry with the Soo Thunderbirds. The Eagles will be the first to clear customs, playing the Thunder at the Essar Arena on the Canadian side of the International Bridge as all 12
While the Wooster Oilers and Cincinnati Thunder made their respective debuts to NA3HL league play in an all-East Division opening weekend, several other teams and divisions will get their respective seasons underway starting Friday night. West Michigan Wolves will kick off its season with a Friday/Saturday pair at Jamestown, NY against the Southern Tier Express
The USPHL-Midwest gets underway Friday night with 14 of the league’s 18 teams opening their 2015-16 campaigns. The league recently went through bit of a facelift as four different teams found themselves unable to line up at the starting gate. As a result, the team has transformed from a two-conference — four division type of
The North American Hockey League (NAHL) will ease into its regular season on the weekend with six teams in action. ‘Of the half dozen starters, only one — the Topeka Roadrunners are based in the Midwest. The Roadrunners are also the lone Midwest team the plays out of the competitive South Division which is now
The USHL is the highest ranked junior outfit in this country and it also enjoys the longest season thanks to an elongated pre-season. The teams may have started pre-season encounters a few days later than other junior squads, but the Chicago Steel was already underway in August, playing at the Club World Cup in Russia.
Despite an improved solid effort, the Cincinnati Thunder came up short in its second game of the weekend at Pittsburgh. Thanks in part to some steady goaltending by Daniel Dolliver in the Thunder goal, teams played through a scoreless first period but the host Vengeance grabbed control of the contest with two goals in 2:25
