For a second straight season, the American Hockey League’s Central Division was well represented in the Calder Cup playoffs as the Grand Rapids Griffins pushed everyone aside to hoist the Calder Cup in June. With a playoff run like the Cleveland Monsters (then known as the Lake Erie Monsters) the previous season, The Griffins put
A successful regular season turned into a nice, but shorter than hoped for East Coast Hockey League playoff run for the Toledo Walleye. For a second straight year, the ECHL Kelly Cup Championship series had not Midwest-based teams as the Walleye advanced furthest, but ultimately made its exit in the Western Conference finals against the
A great playoff run sadly resulted in another heartbreaking finish as the Peoria Rivermen reached the league championship series, but for a second straight season, watched another squad raise the President’s Cup for a second straight year. The Rivermen overcame a slow start and finished the season with a record of 32-13-11, tied for second
The Federal Hockey League’s Commissioner’s Cup as the Danville Dashers matched its regular season supremacy with a pair of playoff series victories in 2016-17. The Dashers dominated the regular season with a 39-9-4-4 record for 129 points (the Federal League uses the international style points system ie: three points for a regulation victory, two for
The Grand Rapids Griffins led just once in Game Six of the American Hockey League Calder Cup Championship series game at Van Andel Arena on Tuesday (June 13, 2017), but that lead lasted the final 7:19 of the contest. Martin Frk fired the game winner, lifting the Griffins to a 4-3 edge in the game
The Syracuse Crunch made it clear immediately in Game Five of the American Hockey League Calder Cup Championship series, it was far from finished. A goal 17-seconds in sent the host Crunch on in its way to a 5-0 first period cushion and eventually a 5-1 win at the Onondaga County War Memorial Arena against
