The Chicago Steel have not been a team with a lot of playoff experiences in the United States Hockey League — at least not in recent seasons. There are still miles to go, but the Steel team looks solid out of the gate as a pair of wins this past weekend (Oct 14-15) boosted the
The United States Hockey League opened the 2016-17 regular season this past weekend with a number of highlights. All teams played at least once this past Friday and Saturday (Sept. 23-24) and five teams opened with a pair of contests. Among the most impressive starts was Team USA who got wins from both its U-18
If you are like this writer, the relief of finally reaching the end of a hockey season, sometime in mid to late June turns to sadness and desperation to get on with it again soon after. Of course for junior and college teams the season is a somewhat distant memory by the time pro teams
One game in, it appeared the upper seeds had full control of their respective United States Hockey League Conference Championship series. But the road warriors pulled even and now have some control heading home for the key middle games. While the top seeded Tri-City Storm opened with an impressive 4-0 shutout against the Waterloo Blackhawks at Viaero Center in
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
With teams either just into the second half or just wrapping up the first half of their 60-game schedules, the pecking order has been set, but far from finalized in America’s top junior hockey league. In the early days of 2016, the Dubuque Fighting Saints have set themselves up as the team to beat with
