Tomas Nosek’s second goal of the night and ninth of the post season came just under 14 seconds away from the end of the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup championship opening game and lifted his Grand Rapids Griffins to a 3-2 win against the visiting Syracuse Crunch at the Van Andel Arena Friday (June 2,
The Aberdeen Wings and Janesville Jets enjoyed the best North American Hockey League playoff run among the Midwest-based teams this past season, both finishing as Division champions and reaching the Robertson Cup semi-finals. The Midwest is well-represented in the four-division league with 11 of the league’s 24 teams setting up shop in the American Midwest.
The Granite City Lumberjacks collected its third Silver Cup in three seasons, picking up some monstrous wins after a slow start at the North American 3 Hockey League’s Championship tournament. This past season saw the league expand to eight different divisions, meaning only division champs drew an invite to the end of season bash. Four
The 11 teams of the United States Premier Hockey League’s National Collegiate Development Conference held an entry draft May 17 to set the core of their respective teams from the upcoming season. The teams combined to draft 20 players from the American Midwest Region, two of the teams combining to scoop up 11 players. The
x The 2017-18 United States Premier Hockey League season will feature a bit of a reunion for teams in the Midwest. With the start of the NCDC League, which brings free hockey to the USPHL with most of last season’s Premier Division teams involved, the Elite Division teams have graduated to the Premier Division for
After a successful first season, eight teams from the United States Premier League Midwest Division graduated to the Elite level in 2016-17 season – a season dominated by the Wisconsin Rapids Riverkings in nearly every way. The Riverkings posted a record of 37-4-3, including wins in its first 17 regular season contests to wrap up
