The USA Midwest was well represented once again in the National Hockey League post season in 2016 as four of five teams qualified for the post season — the Columbus Blue Jackets the lone exception. However, two of the four are already on the sidelines and one more will join tonight leaving either the St.
With the All-Star Game on its crazy attention over, teams have officially embarked on the final stretch of the 2015-16 NHL Regular Season. Four of the five Midwest-based NHL teams are in the thick of the NHL Playoff race — three on the inside while one tries to find a way in. For the fifth
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
Compared to the other Midwest-based teams, the Detroit Red Wings left a large number of players in camp for longer, but on Sunday (Oct. 4) the long awaited deep cuts came getting the team close to a final roster. The Wings forwards: Andreas Athanasiou; Louis-Marc Aubry; Tyler Bertuzzi; Colin Campbell; Anthony Mantha; Zach Nastasiuk; Tomas
A pair of young hopefuls still in camp scored the goals to lead the Wings to a 2-1 win at the Air Canada Center in Toronto in its final pre-season contest Saturday (Oct. 3). After a scoreless first period, Andreas Athanasiou and Anthony Mantha both notched goals in the second period and that was enough for
The Detroit Red Wings still have more than 40 players in camp and they received a penultimate test Friday (Oct. 2) at the Joe Louis Arena against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Henrik Zetterberg put the Wings in front to stay 3:57 into the third period and Brad Richards added a late empty netter to clinch
