By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info The American Hockey League’s Central Division standings sees sometimes drastic changes on a week-to-week basis. That’s what makes it so great. This season the Lake Erie Monsters had a hot and cold season. At different times, the squad found itself among the top four positions or out of the post
There is still plenty of time for things to change and that would not even be that unusual in the American Hockey League’s Central Division which includes all six of the Midwest-based AHL teams. But, as of right now, it seems four of the six — Rockford Ice Hogs, Milwaukee Admirals, Grand Rapids Griffins and
The nice thing about covering the six Midwest-based teams in the American Hockey League is that they are all in the same division. Of course the bad thing about that is only four of the eight teams in the Central Division will qualify for the post season. In recent seasons, this division has seen its
Technically, the Grand Rapids Griffins already started the three-game winning streak it is currently riding earlier in the week, but the weekend return of Andreas Athanasiou from the Detroit Red Wings certainly didn’t hurt. The 21-year-old native of London, ON returned from a half-dozen games with the parent team and his first NHL goal. If he
With just over a week to go before the start of the NHL regular season, the Red Wings still have 45 players in pre-season camp. The roster got a little lighter Thursday (Oct. 1) though as goaltender Jared Coreau was reassigned to the Grand Rapids Griffins. Coreau, a 23-year-old, 6’4,” 236 lbs. goaltender from Perth,
Tomas Tatar was the difference in a return match between the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks at the Joe Louis Arena Wednesday (Sept. 24). The same two teams met in pre-season play at the United Center in Chicago the previous night with the host Hawks opening the pre-season with a win. Tatar opened
