Through the 42 game regular season there was virtually no separation between the Dells Ducks and Rochester Ice Hawks of the Minnesota Junior Hockey League. Six playoff games later nothing has changed. The Ducks and Ice Hawks sat in a virtual deadlock atop the Minnesota Division standings even in points, wins, losses, even overtime losses.

The SPHL leading Peoria Rivermen made the trip into Alabama and pulled off a split with the host Huntsville Havoc last weekend (March 13-14, 2015). Rivermen took the first game with a 6-2 margin but the home side regrouped and pulled out a 3-1 edge in the getaway game. The Havoc controlled the game to

As usual, the ECHL teams were all busy on the weekend (March 13-15, 2015) with key battles in both the East and West Conference involving teams from the Midwest. Among the most successful was the Rapid City Rush who used home ice to full advantage and collected a two-game sweep of the Allen Americans to

The six Midwest-based American hockey League teams all saw action on the weekend (March 13-15, 2015) including the Lake Erie Monsters who had mixed results in the Lone Star State. Lake Erie Friday — Monsters 4 at Rampage 0 A 30-save effort for Calvin Pickard helped the Monsters to a 4-0 win at San Antonio’s

The closer teams get to the post season in the NHL the more at stake every time it takes the ice it seems. Four of the five Midwest teams had a win one – lose one weekend while the Blackhawks were undefeated, but played just once. Here is a look at the weekend (March 13-15,

As usual, the junior hockey scene is much quieter on weeknights, but two of the five NA3HL Divisions got a jump on their respective Best-of-Three Championship series this week. NA3HL Metro Jets 6 Pittsburgh Vengeance 5 (ot) Matt Dempsey’s wrister 8:38 into overtime gave the host Jets the upper hand in its series with the