Here’s a quick look at what’s been up for the five Midwest-based NHL teams since the start of the New Year. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS The team sits dead last in the East Conference in terms of standings, but a trade on Jan. 6 has the team and the town buzzing. It’s no secret young prospect
Clearly Midwesthockey.info has been basically non-existent for most of the past six weeks or so. The plan is for that to change with the arrival of a new calendar year. Health issues and other commitments have unfortunately taken precedence in recent weeks, but the vision of this website becoming a solid voice of hockey in
By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info editor One of the biggest struggles to running this website/vlog/twitter updater/facebook page, is remaining consistent. This is a dream of mine but as of this moment, it is mostly singular venture. Because of that, real life has a way of interfering with the progress of things. If you are one
The Columbus Blue Jackets trimmed six more players from its pre-season trainining camp roster Sunday (Oct. 4) after wrapping up a 5-2-1 pre-season run. The team re-assigned forwards Kerby Rychel and Markus Hannikainen along with defenseman Dean Kukan to the Lake Erie Monsters while forward Michael Chaput and defenders Andrew Bodnarchuk and Justin Falk were
Jake Kielly, 19, from Eden Prairie, MN stopped all 31 of the shots he faced to help lead the United States Hockey League’s Tri-City Storm to a 2-0 win at Fox Valley Ice Arena in Chicago Saturday (Oct. 3). In other league action on the same day: Youngstown Phantoms doubled the Bloomington Thunder 4-2 on
The Tri City Icehawks extended its winning streak to four games with a 7-1 United States Premier Hockey League-Midwest road win against the Motor City Hawks Friday (Oct. 2). In other league play on the same night, the Kalkaska Rhinos scored last and held off the Michigan Wild 7-6 on home ice; the St. Croix Valley
