Full disclosure I have to admit right here that I am not originally from the Midwest. I am not even from the USA. So, it’s possible I have this wrong, but before I moved here from Canada I always thought there were two ‘hubs’ of hockey in the USA — Massachusetts and Minnesota. Now, I
Team USA wrapped up the 2015 National Junior Evaluation Camp with a final exhibition contest Aug. 8 at Lake Placid and an impressive 6-1 win against Finland. Both Finland and Sweden were also using the Lake Placid event as a way to get a late summer look at the hopefuls for their respective National teams
The Rapid City Rush, like the other ECHL teams is putting together its roster for the 2015-16 seasons with summer signings. Starting a busy month of signings was the return to the team of defenseman Brett Kostolansky on the same day the Rush also added veteran defender Kirill Tulupov who last season played in Wichita.
The USA Hockey U-18 team endured a rough start at the annual Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup tournament at Bratislava, Slovakia, Aug. 10 falling to Finland 5-1. The Finns exploded into a 4-0 lead in the opening period and held at 12-3 edge in shots in the frame. Both teams added one in the middle period,
The Quad City Mallards’ management stayed busy throughout the heat of the summer and highlighted a busy month of July by renewing its affiliation agreement with the parent Minnesota Wild. A team issued press release confirmed the Minnesota Wild-Iowa Wild-Quad City Mallards troika would be working together once again, marking the third consecutive season of affiliation
Team USA has begun preparations for this December’s IIHF World Junior Tournament with an Evaluation Camp held in Lake Placid this week. Exhibition matches involved head to head action with ‘White’ and ‘Blue’ USA teams to start and eventually Sweden and Finland — also in the midst of picking their own squads, provided the opposition.
