The Missouri Mavericks announced on its team website today, Andrew Courtney would be returning for a sixth season with the squad having signed a standard player contract. That’s big news for the Mavericks who will be returning a player that proved not only potent, but consistent this season. The 6’3″, 201 lbs. native of Belleville,

The United States Hockey League announced through its website on Tuesday it will introduce a new 3-3 version of regular season overtime for the upcoming season. The overtime will be extended to seven minutes in length and teams will start out playing 4-on-4. With 4:00 or less remaining the game will convert to 3-on-3 at

By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info  Editor In the early summer of 2010 the Chicago Blackhawks ended a 49-year drought, marching the Stanley Cup Down Madison for the first time since JFK led the nation. The team certainly schooled itself on that experience and this past week Jonathan Toews found himself snatching the grail from Commisioner

By Jim den Hollander Midwest Hockey Editor There are some great veteran players on the Columbus Blue Jackets, but the selection of Nick Foligno as the team’s captain is a good call. This past season was a frustrating one in Columbus with injuries to key players, including goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky playing a part in a

There are just two Midwest hockey teams still playing as of June 1 but they have both gone deep into the postseason. The Chicago Blackhawks, looking for its third Stanley Cup in six seasons leads the way, thanks to a huge weekend rally that saw it fight back from a 3-2 deficit against the Anaheim

By Jim den Hollander Midwest Hockey Editor It was almost literally midnight Eastern Time when the clock finally struck the figurative ‘midnight’ on the season for the Toledo Walleye on home ice Wednesday night. A long and thrilling post season run came to an abrupt end when the ECHL’s East Conference regular season champs surrendered the