Jamie Schaafsma, a veteran center from Ontario stepped up as the series hero, scoring a pair of first period tallies which was all the Fort Wayne Komets to finally dispatch the Cincinnati Cyclones in the seventh and final game of a thrilling East Coast Hockey League Western Conference Quarter-Final series. When the final buzzer sounded,
The United States Hockey League ‘Final Four’ will battle it out for East and West Conference titles beginning this weekend. The top two seeds have been vanquished in east as the Bloomington Thunder completed a five-game upset of the Anderson Cup Champion Cedar Rapids RoughRiders while the Dubuque Fighting Saints got by the Green Bay Gamblers in four games. In the Western Conference,
The Bloomington Thunder, a sophomore squad in the United States Hockey League, reached the post season for the first time this season and one series in, the team is celebrating both its first series win and first upset. A 5-2 win at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena in front of a stunned home town crowd
By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info The 2016 hockey post season is in full swing as the National Hockey League has joined the party. That leaves just the American Hockey League to make its fashionably late entrance to the party next week. Junior Wrap/Playoffs In junior hockey, Tier 3 leagues have already wrapped up play for
Here’s a quick look at what’s been up for the five Midwest-based NHL teams since the start of the New Year. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS The team sits dead last in the East Conference in terms of standings, but a trade on Jan. 6 has the team and the town buzzing. It’s no secret young prospect
Clearly Midwesthockey.info has been basically non-existent for most of the past six weeks or so. The plan is for that to change with the arrival of a new calendar year. Health issues and other commitments have unfortunately taken precedence in recent weeks, but the vision of this website becoming a solid voice of hockey in
