Alex Petan‘s goal with 9:40 to play at the iWireless Center in Moline, IL Wedesday night boosted the host Quad City Mallards to a 2-1 win against the Missouri Mavericks in East Coast Hockey League play. While Petan and Jace Coyle looked after the offense, some near perfect goaltending from Adam Vay who stopped 24
Slow and steady seems to work just fine for the Wichita Thunder. Coming off of a last place finish in the Western Conference last season, the Wichita Thunder has found itself an NHL affiliate with the Ottawa Senators and that could be a factor in a nice start to the campaign. Through the first two
After dropping the first two games of its three-game road trip on the weekend, Markus Hannikainen led the Cleveland Monsters to the winning track, firing three goals as the Monsters whipped the Iowa Wild 7-3 at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Tuesday (Oct. 25). The Monsters grabbed control with three unanswered first
The game on Tuesday (Oct. 25) between the Minnesota Wild and Boston Bruins at the TD Center in Boston was a clear case of haves vs. have-nots with the ‘have’ Wild coming out on top 5-0. In other action involving Midwest based teams, the Detroit Red Wings doubled the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 at Joe
The two Midwest based teams in the now 10-team Southern Professional Hockey League both opened the regular season with a couple of defeats on home ice. While the defending regular season champion Peoria Rivermen were thrashed by the Huntsville Havoc, 6-1 and 5-1 at the Peoria Civic Center Oct. 21-22, the expansion Evansville Thunderbolts fell
When the Fort Wayne Komets cruised into Kalamazoo and captured a 2-1 edge on Friday (Oct. 21) night at the Wings Events Center, it seemed it had the upper hand in a home and home weekend set with the Kalamazoo Wings. But the Wings took a turn as road warriors the following evening capturing a
