After remaining somewhat quiet in the early games this season, the front line guys stepped up in a big way Tuesday (Oct. 18) night helping the Chicago BlackHawks to a 7-4 win at home against the Philadelphia Flyers. In other action involving Midwest based NHL teams, the Minnesota Wild took advantage of a Los Angeles
After a pair of tough road tests in Florida, the Detroit Red Wings played host to the Ottawa Senators on Monday (Oct. 17) for its final home opener at the Joe Louis Arena. The Wings were as desperate as an NHL team can be three games into a season, facing a Sens team riding a
Despite off season speculation and in my case, hopes, it seems most of the five Midwest-based NHL teams are in a similar position to where they stood 365 days ago. If the post season started today, four of the five teams would be invited to the dance while the lone outsider — the Columbus Blue
The Minnesota Wild played a neutral site pre-season game at Saskataoon, SK against the Edmonton Oilers Saturday (Sept.26) and came up on the short end of a 3-0 shutout. Anton Slepyshev, Rob Klinkhammer and Oscar Klefbom scored the Edmonton goals and Connor McDavid collected assists on two of them while Anders Nilsson turned aside 25
