Waterloo, Iowa (Courtesy Waterloo Black Hawks) –From the beginning of March through the end of the 2017/18 regular season, forward Joey Cassetti recorded ten points (three goals, seven assists) in 14 games, providing a timely boost for the Waterloo Black Hawks during a dramatic run to the USHL’s Anderson Cup regular season championship. The 19-year-old

When the Peoria Rivermen joined the SPHL in 2013, it was the lone Midwest in a league based primarily in the southern states. And why not, the league is officially known as the Southern Professional Hockey League. The Midwest footprint has strengthened since then as the Evansville Thunderbirds came aboard in 2016 and this summer

With one of the Western-based ECHL teams leaving for bigger things (the AHL) and additions in the East, the Midwest-based ECHL teams are now spread a little more evenly through the Western Conference Divisions. Eight teams from the Midwest are returning, but a couple are moving from the Central to the West Division this time

By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info Editor The winners of the Central Division managed to convert that into a Calder Cup championship in three of the past five seasons in the American Hockey League, but this time around the Midwest-based teams in the pro Minor Pro hockey league found themselves on the golf course early. One

At least a couple of the five Midwest-based National Hockey League teams sees them in unusual, but enviable positions for Friday night’s NHL Entry Draft. It’s not all that long ago all five teams moved into the post season festivities, but there has been a bit of a skid since then – likely hitting rock

By Jim den Hollander Midwesthockey.info Editor The Rockford IceHogs begin play in the Central Division finals in Winnipeg on Friday night. It’s a great accomplishment for the top minor league affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks if not at least a little unexpected. The Central Division is always wacky, in the sense that the standings seem