Matt Mintun couldn’t have picked a better time to score his first goal as a junior. Mintun, a 16-year-old native of Ottawa Hills, OH made his junior debut on Saturday (Sept. 9, 2017) and lifted his Toledo Cherokee to a 4-3 NA3HL win with his goal scored 3:04 into the overtime period against the Dayton

Last year, the Metro Jets put up a win every time it took the ice in NA3HL Regular Season play – 47 games, 47 wins. If anybody is keeping track, the Jets grabbed number 48 on Friday (Sept. 8, 2017), picking up an 8-3 decision against the Lansing Wolves in the league’s season opener and

Alex De Brincat’s goal with 3:25 to go lifted the BlackHawks Prospects to a 4-3 win in its Gordie Howe Division game against the Detroit Red Wings Prospects at the Matthew Wuest Memorial Cup Tournament at Traverse City on Saturday (Sept. 9, 2017). Both the Hawks and Wings were coming off previous day defeats and

The five Midwest-based NHL Prospect Teams opened play at the Matthew Wuest Memorial Cup Tournament in Traverse City on Friday (Sept. 8, 2017). Eight teams in total are taking part – four (Chicago BlackHawks, Detroit Red Wings, Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers) competing in the Gordie Howe Division while the other four (Columbus Blue

The Soo Eagles came up short in its Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) at Elliot Lake on Saturday (Sept. 9, 2017) falling to the host Wildcats 5-3. Eagles hit the scoreboard first, but trailed 2-1 after 20 minutes and 5-2 after the second, despite holding the edge in shots in both frames. Nick Techel

By Jim den Hollander Editor Midwesthockey.info And just like that, the 2017-18 NHL season is underway. Well, technically, the regular season is still about a month away. But when the Matthew Wuest Memorial Cup Tournament faces off today (Sept. 8, 2017) in Traverse City, the green light is on for all five of the Midwest-based