Category: Junior Hockey

Junior hockey season faces off in Janesville, Soo and Columbus

By JIm den Hollander   Editor/Publisher  Midwesthockey.info  Junior Notebook Sept. 8, 2023  The 2023-24 hockey season officially kicks off in a few hours with puck drops fpr a trio of MIdwest junior hockey teams and more to follow tomorrow.  The NAHL will kick off its regular season with the traditional trek of the Alaska-based teams

Steel moves to NA3HL Central to compete as Wisconsin Wilderness

By JIm den Hollander  Editor/Publisher  Midwesthockey.info  The North American ‘3’ Hockey League (NA3HL) is an American Tier 3 hockey league stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains.  Of the five divisions, two six-team groupings – the Central and West Divisions are located entirely in the American Midwest.   There are a few changes this

Lumberjacks looking to build on last season’s finish

By Jim den Hollander   Editor/Publisher  MIdwesthockey.info  The Wisconsin Lumberjacks are the latest in a string of American squads that have represented the American Midwest in Canada’s Superior International Junior Hockey League. The seven-team one division league includes six clubs from Northwestern Ontario along with the Lumberjacks, out of Spooner.  Formed in 2001, the league

Soo Eagles looking to return to playoff perch this season

By Jim den HollanderEditor/PublisherMidwesthockey.infoThis is the fourth of seven off season looks at the different junior leagues under the midwesthockey.info umbrella.A young Soo Eagles team took its share of learning lumps this past season and ultimately missed out on the post season. The lone US-based team in the Canadian Tier 2 Northern Ontario Junior Hockey