By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info All four North American Hockey League Division championship series will kick off on Friday. The Best-of Five Midwest Division Series will start at 7 p.m. at the Richfield Ice Arena with the Kenai River Brown Bears as the guest against the Minnesota Magicians at Richfield Ice Arena. The Aberdeen
By Jim den Hollander Publisher/Editor Midwesthockey.info Kyle Gaffney (‘01/Plymouth, Mich.) brought a sudden finish to the fifth and deciding contest of the West Division semi-final with his goal giving the host Aberdeen Wings a 4-3 overtime win at the Odde Ice Center against a stubborn Minot Minotauros squad 19 seconds from the end of the
By Jim den Hollander Publisher/Editor Midwesthockey.info Down 3-1 after a period, the Kenai River Brown Bears took over and two third period goals, including the game winner with 3:34 to go completed an NAHL Midwest Division semi-final upset 4-3 win against the top seeded Janesville Jets. The Brown Bears stunned the top seed with a
By Jim den Hollander Publisher/Editor Midwesthockey.info A pair of Midwest-based NAHL teams battled back to deny opponents an early celebration on Friday (May 29). After dropping a pair on home ice, the previous weekend, the Janesville Jets got off the mat and delivered a huge 6-1 win against the Kenai River Brown Bears at the
By Jim den Hollander Publisher/Editor Midwesthockey.info Cade Stibbe (‘01/Fargo, N.D.) sank the game winner 3:34 into the second overtime lifting the host Minot Minotauros to a 3-2 edge in a must-win contest at Maysa Arena in Minot Thursday night (May 27) against the visiting Aberdeen Wings. The mighty Wings who lost just four times in
Tim Piechowski (‘00/Eden Prairie, Minn.) was the fifth different shooter to score for the visiting Bismarck Bobcats near the halfway mark of the final period at Northwoods Credit Union Arena in Cloquet, Minn. The goal gave the Bobcats a 5-3 lead in the contest and ultimately stood up as the game and series clincher as
