Alex Peck, 20, couldn’t have picked a better time to fire his first of the season as his goal scored just past the halfway mark of the final period snapped a 4-4 deadlock and lifted the Springfield Jr. Blues to a 5-4 win against Midwest Division rival Janesville Jets in North American Hockey League play
The final eight teams began play in four North American Hockey League (NAHL) Division Championship series this past weekend — four of them from the American Midwest. That number was reduced to three on Monday night as the Topeka Roadrunners fell 2-1 in double overtime to the Wichita Falls Wildcats on home ice and succumbing in three straight in
Eight teams remain in the North American Hockey League post season heading into four Division Championship playoff rounds. Half of those teams, playing in three of the four divisions, come out of the American Midwest Central Division Bismarck Bobcats (37-19-4) vs. Austin Bruins (29-27-4) At least one Midwest-based team will advance to the Robertson Cup Championship tournament