By Jim den Hollander Editor Midwesthockey.info The Charlotte Checkers grabbed control while the Grand Rapids Griffins strengthened its grip on their respective American Hockey League Central Division Best-of-Five Semi Final matches on Sunday (April 23). The Checkers used an overtime goal from Connor Brickley to open a 2-1 series lead at the AllState Arena near
The Chicago Wolves fought back to even its American Hockey League Best of Five Central Division Semi-Final with the host Charlotte Checkers on Friday (April 21) while the Grand Rapids Griffins the other division semi with a win against the visiting Milwaukee Admirals. After being shutout the previous night the Wolves struck back with a
It’s uncommon for the lower seeded team to open a hockey playoff on home ice so the Charlotte Checkers took full advantage of the opportunity, opening its American Hockey League Central Division Semi-Final series with a 4-0 win against the top seeded Chicago Wolves at Bojangles Coliseum on Thursday (April 20, 2017) night. While veteran
The Kalamazoo Wings fought back to tie the score twice at the Wings Events Center Friday night, but ultimately surrendered a 3-2 decision in shootout against the visiting Wheeling Nailers in one of seven East Coast Hockey League games involving Midwest based teams. All seven saw Midwest teams playing games against teams from outside of
The opening weekend of the American Hockey League was not friendly to the Chicago Wolves or Rockford Ice Hogs. But both teams turned things around this past weekend. The 0-2 Ice Hogs started a three-game weekend Friday (Oct. 21) at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, breaking into the win column and also handing the
The name may be slightly different, but it sure looks like the same old Monsters after the opening weekend of the American Hockey League. All six Midwest-based teams were in action on the first weekend, including the former Lake Erie Monsters, no known as the Cleveland Monsters. The Cleveland crew opened the regular season Friday
