A Minnesota-heavy roster opened the 2017 Womens U-18 Series on a winning note, Abbey Murphy’s empty netter with 37-seconds to play in the contest clinching a 4-1 win for the American squad in the first of three games between USA and Canada at Lake Placid, NY on Thursday (August 17, 2017).H Murphy, a 15-year-old native

By Jim den Hollander Editor Midwesthockey.info In an earlier blog, I mentioned that August is the longest month of the summer for hockey fans. That doesn’t mean it’s not a busy month. I am going to make a semi-official jump into the 2017-18 waters over the next few weeks with league previews for the junior

GENEVA, ILLINOIS (Courtesy Chicago Wolves) — The Chicago Steel announced Friday the hiring of Ben Gordon as Associate Head Coach, joining Head Coach Mark Abalan and Assistant Coach Mike Garman behind the bench for the 2017-2018 season. Gordon joins the Steel from the University of Minnesota (Big Ten), where he served as Director of Operations

SAGINAW, Mich. – The Saginaw Spirit rounded out its 2017-18 coaching staff by announcing Friday (Aug. 14, 2017) the team has hired Ryan Kuwabara as Assistant Coach. “I am extremely excited to welcome Ryan to the Spirit organization,” said Spirit Head Coach Troy Smith. “Having observed him develop young players with Ancaster into OHL players

SAGINAW, MI (Courtesy Saginaw Spirit) – Saginaw Spirit General Manager Dave Drinkill announced Wednesday (Aug. 9, 2017) the signing of 2017 CHL Import Pick Tom Bappert to a standard player agreement. “As an organization, we are pleased that Tom has signed a standard player agreement with the Spirit. Having gotten to know him a little

SAGINAW, MI (Courtesy Saginaw Spirit). –  General Manager Dave Drinkill announced Monday (Aug. 7, 2017)  the Saginaw Spirit have hired Troy Smith as the team’s eighth Head Coach in franchise history. “We are very pleased to announce that Troy Smith will be taking over as the next Head Coach of the Saginaw Spirit,” said Drinkill.