By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info editor A couple of years ago, I began this blog/website hoping to one day turn it into the voice of hockey in the American Midwest. There is still a million miles to travel in terms of getting it to where I want it to be. But I remember when I
Kearney, Neb. (Courtesy Tri-City Storm) – The South Carolina Stingrays advanced to the ECHL’s Kelly Cup Finals Wednesday with a Game 7 victory over the Manchester Monarchs. Though there are no former Storm players on the Stingrays, broadcaster Colo served as the Voice of the Storm from 2012-15. The Stingrays are in the Finals for
The Grand Rapids Griffins got a chance to play on home ice for the first time since May 8 (Game Four of the Central Division final against Chicago) and celebrated with a 4-2 win against the visiting San Jose Barracuda at the Van Andel Arena on Wednesday (May 24, 2017). The Griffins used three unanswered
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Courtesy Dubuque Fighting Saints) — Dubuque Fighting Saints forward Zach Solow (Naples, Fla./Northeastern University) was named by USA Hockey as the Dave Tyler Junior Player of the Year Award winner for the 2016–17 season. Solow, whose career in Dubuque has concluded after two seasons, will be moving on to the college ranks
Waterloo, Iowa (Courtesy Waterloo Black Hawks) – Bailey Conger’s steady regular season and superlative playoff performance have provided the Waterloo Black Hawks forward with the opportunity to join the Providence College Friars this fall. During 2016/17 – his first full United States Hockey League season – Conger ranked fifth in scoring for the Hawks, recording
Tyler Gratton couldn’t have picked a better time to score his first goal of the United States Hockey League postseason. Gratton’s goal 11:30 into overtime, lifted the visiting Chicago Steel to a 2-1 win in the game and the clinching victory game five of the Best of Five Clark Cup Championship against the host Sioux
