Tyson Gross (’02/Calgary, AB) sank the overtime game winner to lift the Fargo Force to a 5-4 edge against the US National Development Program in one of three games played on the final day of the Dicks Sporting Goods USHL Fall Showcase tournament. Other games saw the Sioux City Musketeers getting past the Muskegon Lumberjacks
By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info Playing primarily for pride, the Kansas City Mavericks denied the visiting Utah Grizzlies a chance to move closer to securing an ECHL Western Conference playoff spot with a 5-2 victory at Cable Dahmer Arena Thursday (May 27). Mavs scored first, Jared Van Wormer (‘92/Traverse City, Mich.) pulling the trigger
The longest regular season ever finally ended and 16 North American Hockey League teams, including a half-zone Midwest-based teams kicked off the playoffs with mixed results. Midwest Division Home teams struggled out of the gate in the opening weekend here and that paid off for the Minnesota Magicians who make the long trek to Alaska
From ECHL Website. – The Rapid City Rush, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Arizona Coyotes, announced that forward Tyler Coulter has signed to return to the Rush for the 2020-21 season. Coulter returns to the Rush after finishing his rookie season in the ECHL. He completed a successful season, earning 39 points (24g-15a)
From AHL website — The Iowa Wild have re-signed defenseman Keaton Thompson to a one-year AHL contract for the 2020-21 season. Thompson, 24, appeared in 45 games for Iowa in 2019-20, collecting two goals and 12 assists along with a plus-14 rating, good for second on the team in plus/minus. A native of Devils Lake, N.D.,
Luke Bafia, a Florida native and graduate of Western Michigan Broncos will make his professional debut with the Kansas City Mavericks. Bafia recorded 46 points (6g, 40a) and 102 PIM over four seasons with the Broncos. Before that he played his junior hockey with the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers and the Rio Grande Valley Killer
