By Jim den Hollander Editor/Publisher Midwesthockey.info All four North American Hockey League Division championship series will kick off on Friday. The Best-of Five Midwest Division Series will start at 7 p.m. at the Richfield Ice Arena with the Kenai River Brown Bears as the guest against the Minnesota Magicians at Richfield Ice Arena. The Aberdeen
By Jim den Hollander Publisher/Editor Midwesthockey.info A pair of Midwest-based NAHL teams battled back to deny opponents an early celebration on Friday (May 29). After dropping a pair on home ice, the previous weekend, the Janesville Jets got off the mat and delivered a huge 6-1 win against the Kenai River Brown Bears at the
The longest regular season ever finally ended and 16 North American Hockey League teams, including a half-zone Midwest-based teams kicked off the playoffs with mixed results. Midwest Division Home teams struggled out of the gate in the opening weekend here and that paid off for the Minnesota Magicians who make the long trek to Alaska
It’s difficult to predict what will happen in the North American Hockey League, so this ‘preview’ is based mainly on how things wrapped up last season. There have been no off-season changes that affect the 11 Midwest teams technically. For a minute, it appeared the Midwest Division would go through some changes as Kenai River
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 Aberdeen Wings’ awesome playoff run came to an abrupt halt on Saturday (May 13, 2017) as Evgeny Yakovlev’s goal 2:43 from the end of the first overtime period lifted the Aston Rebels to a 2-1 win in the third game of their Best of Three North American Hockey League Robertson Cup semi-final series. Teams
