Midwesthockey.info pulled the Western States Hockey League into its stable this past season. The league is made up primarily of teams from the Western, and Northwestern USA, but last season included two teams from the Midwest Region. One of those teams – The Wichita Jr. Thunder came to life in the post season and went

DUBUQUE, Iowa (Courtesy Dubuque Fighting Saints) — The Dubuque Fighting Saints are proud to announce that Kalle Larsson has been promoted to General Manager. On top of his role as the Director of Player Personnel, Larsson will now coordinate the day-to-day personnel moves as GM of the organization. “Over the past two seasons I have

A 39-save effort from Jared Coreau and a couple of goals from Matt Lorito helped clinch a berth in the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup Championship for the Grand Rapids Griffins on Saturday (May 27, 2017) at the Van Andel Arena. While Coreau weathered the storm, in particular through a final 20 minutes that saw

Matiss Kivlenieks may be from Latvia, but he has been on a whirlwind tour of American junior teams are all three levels for the past four seasons, culminating this past week when he was signed to an entry level contract by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Kivlenieks, a native of Riga, Latvia first came across the

Kearney, Neb (Courtesy Tri-City Storm) — The Tri-City Storm is proud to announce Anthony Noreen as its new Head Coach and General Manager, the eighth person to hold the title in the team’s history. Noreen comes to Kearney after head coaching the Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) for two seasons and Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) for four

Six different players contributed goals as the Grand Rapids Griffins collected a 6-2 win against the San Jose Barracudas at the Van Andel Arena on Friday (May 26, 2017) to help the Griffins grab a commanding 3-1 lead in its Best of Seven American Hockey League Western Conference Championship series. It was the visiting Cudas