By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info  Editor In the early summer of 2010 the Chicago Blackhawks ended a 49-year drought, marching the Stanley Cup Down Madison for the first time since JFK led the nation. The team certainly schooled itself on that experience and this past week Jonathan Toews found himself snatching the grail from Commisioner

By Jim den Hollander Midwest Hockey Editor There are some great veteran players on the Columbus Blue Jackets, but the selection of Nick Foligno as the team’s captain is a good call. This past season was a frustrating one in Columbus with injuries to key players, including goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky playing a part in a

There are just two Midwest hockey teams still playing as of June 1 but they have both gone deep into the postseason. The Chicago Blackhawks, looking for its third Stanley Cup in six seasons leads the way, thanks to a huge weekend rally that saw it fight back from a 3-2 deficit against the Anaheim

By Jim den Hollander Midwest Hockey Editor It was almost literally midnight Eastern Time when the clock finally struck the figurative ‘midnight’ on the season for the Toledo Walleye on home ice Wednesday night. A long and thrilling post season run came to an abrupt end when the ECHL’s East Conference regular season champs surrendered the

By Jim den Hollander Midwest Hockey Editor  Despite a valiant seven-game effort, the Detroit Red Wings’ season wrapped up at the end of the opening round of the NHL postseason. A month later, Head Coach Mike Babcock ended a season long media hyped process when he ended his 10-year association with the Wings and moved

By Jim den Hollander Midwest Hockey Editor The Grand Rapids Griffins found its back squarely against the wall just 24 hours into the 2014-15 American Hockey League post season. That was on April 26 as the Griffins found itself quickly down 2-0 in its Best of Five West Conference Quarterfinal against the Toronto Marlies. The Griffins