By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info Hockey is back! Junior hockey is back for what looks like it could be the first relatively normal season in the past three years and this weekend sees at least a couple Midwest-based teams at the start line. Already out of the gates is the North American Hockey League
By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info This is the first of a series of articles re-introducing Midwesthockey.info after a long layoff. This will outline the different junior leagues the include teams from the Midwest. While hockey at every level endured a crazy 2020-21 season due to the pandemic that affected the entire world, junior hockey
The Minnesota Magicians got an early jump on the North American Hockey League weekend with a 5-4 overtime win at the Richfield Ice Arena against the visiting Springfield Jr. Blues Thursday (Oct. 12, 2017). The Magicians started slowly in a back and forth contest that saw the Blues build a 3-0 first period lead with
It’s difficult to predict what will happen in the North American Hockey League, so this ‘preview’ is based mainly on how things wrapped up last season. There have been no off-season changes that affect the 11 Midwest teams technically. For a minute, it appeared the Midwest Division would go through some changes as Kenai River
The Quad City Mallards of the ECHL announced a couple of signings on Tuesday (Sept. 5, 2017) on both the team and league website. The Mallards, affiliated with the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League and Las Vegas Golden Knights of the NHL signed Ryan McGrath, a 26-year-old forward from O’Fallon, MO and Matt
The Aberdeen Wings and Janesville Jets enjoyed the best North American Hockey League playoff run among the Midwest-based teams this past season, both finishing as Division champions and reaching the Robertson Cup semi-finals. The Midwest is well-represented in the four-division league with 11 of the league’s 24 teams setting up shop in the American Midwest.
