Fort Wayne Komets announced in a recent press release the retirement of Kaleigh Schrock. A hometown hero, from Fort Wayne, Schrock played his entire six-season pro career with the Komets, while the team played in three different leagues. In his first season, the Komets played in the International Hockey League, then two in the Central
The Evansville Icemen recently announced its eight qualifying offers for the 2015-16 season as of July 1. Each ECHL team was entitled to reserve the rights to a maximum of eight qualified players. Of the eight qualified players, no more than four could be veterans (260 regular season professional hockey games played as of the
By Jim den Hollander Midwest Hockey Editor It was almost literally midnight Eastern Time when the clock finally struck the figurative ‘midnight’ on the season for the Toledo Walleye on home ice Wednesday night. A long and thrilling post season run came to an abrupt end when the ECHL’s East Conference regular season champs surrendered the
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
Here is a quick look at which Midwest pro teams were in action on Wednesday night (March 10). AHL Utica Comets 1 Chicago Wolves 2 – Coming off of back to back to back defeats in Cleveland, the Wolves got things back on track against the visiting Utica Comets with a 2-1 overtime win at the Allstate
Here is a quick look at which Midwest pro teams were in action on Tuesday night as well as any scuttlebut involving them. NHL Blue Jackets 4 Hurricanes 3 (so) Playoff positioning is not even a consideration for these teams, but team pride was certainly in place as the Columbus Blue Jackets battled the host
