On the eve of the USHL season, a collection of 42 American players who will be among the cream of the crop at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft were coached by a pair of guys who have been there and done that at Buffalo’s First Niagara Center on Thursday (Sept. 24) night. Jeremy Roenick, a
Among the 11 games on the second day of the Annual North American Hockey League Showcase Tournament Thursday (Sept. 24) was an all-Midwest battle in which the Springfield Blues opened up a 3-0 first period lead and just carried that margin home for a 4-1 win against the Austin Bruins. In other games involving Midwest
All 22 North American Hockey League teams were in action Wednesday (Sept. 23) as the league kicked off its annual Showcase tournament at the Schwann Super Rink at Blaine, MN. Following are summaries from the regular season season games involving the league’s Midwest-based team on the first of our days of action. Ice Dogs 3
After falling for the first time the previous day at home to the St. Louis Jr. Blues, the Peoria Mustangs stormed back with a 7-2 win at the Owens Recreation Center on Sunday (Sept. 20). Other weekend wrap up games saw the Cincinnati Thunder wrapping up a hometown sweep of the visiting Toledo Cherokee 5-3
The Illiana Blackbirds evened its season record at 2-2 and collected a weekend sweep of the host Detroit Fighting Irish as Joe Timmerman, 18, from St. John, IN turned aside all 20 of the Fighting Irish shots on his way to a 2-0 shutout win at the Brownstone Sports Center Sunday (Sept. 20). The only
The Minnesota Iron Rangers wrapped up a great opening weekend on the road with a third straight win against the host English River Miners, this time going to a shootout before wrapping up a 5-4 decision at Ear Falls Arena. After a scoreless opening period, the Iron Rangers rallied for three in the middle frame
