When the Columbus Blue Jackets Prospect team takes the ice at the annual Traverse City Prospects Tournament on Friday, it will have a pair of USHL graduates guarding the crease. Since the end of the 2016-17 NHL season, the Blue Jackets have signed both Matiss Kivlenieks, the 2016-17 USHL Goaltender of the Year from the
One of the two newest entries in the United States Hockey League has gone through a bit of a change in the days leading up to its fourth season. Formerly the Bloomington Thunder, the Central Illinois Flying Aces joined the USHL before the 2014-15 season with the Madison Capitols. The Flying Aces have announced not
The Western States Hockey League has just a pair of Midwest-based teams but one of them made some big noise in the post season a year ago. The Wichita Junior Thunder got hot at the right time and rolled right to the Thorne Cup Championship. The Thunder finished third overall in the Midwest Division and
The Flint Firebirds limped home from the OHL Preseason Showcase event at the Harbor Center in Buffalo, following a 6-1 loss at the hands of the North Bay Battalion on Monday (Sept. 4, 2017). The loss wrapped up an 0-3 start to the exhibition campaign, the other losses both 4-3 against both teams from this
Sault Ste. Marie, ON (Courtesy Saginaw Spirit) – On Sunday (Sept. 3, 2017), the Saginaw Spirit wrapped up a home-and-home exhibition weekend with the Soo Greyhounds, dropping a 5-4 decision following a shootout at the Essar Center in the Soo. The Spirit were looking to build off of an exciting 4-3 third period comeback win
SAGINAW, MI (Courtesy Saginaw Spirit) – The Saginaw Spirit scored the final three goals to turn a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 win in its Ontario Hockey League Pre-Season opener at the Dow Event Center on Saturday night (Sept. 2, 2017). The Spirit controlled the pace of the game early in the first period registering
