Three Midwest based teams headed into National Hockey League play on Saturday (Oct. 29) and all three were involved with shutouts. Leading the way was Devan Dubnyk who recorded an unheard of third straight shutout, stopping all 29 Dallas Stars shots, leading the Minnesota Wild to a 4-0 win at the Xcel Energy Center. The

The host Traverse City North Stars held a 31-11 edge in shots after 40 minutes against the Decatur Blaze in the only United States Premier ‘3’ Hockey League Midwest Division game of the night Friday (Oct. 28)  at Center Ice in Traverse City but had not pulled away on the scoreboard for one simple reason.

The Wisconsin Rapids Riverkings kept a stanglehold atop the United States Premier Hockey League Midwest Elite Division standings, charging back from an early 2-0 deficit for a 6-2 win on Friday (Oct. 28) at South Wood County Recreational Center. In other league games on the same night, the Forest Lake Lakers collected a 9-2 win

Midwest based teams played in seven North American 3 Hockey League games on Friday (Oct. 28) and all but one of them was decided by a single goal. The most exciting finish of the night might have been at Team Toledo Ice House as the host Toledo Cherokee got shootout goals from Ben Hamilton, 20,

The Soo Eagles, lone Michigan based team in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League has had its share of struggles in league play this season, but Friday (Oct. 28) was one of the few high points so far. The Eagles took a quarter-seasons frustrations out on the last place Espanola Express, using a seven-goal second

Thief River Falls Norskies, one of two Minnesota-based teams in the Superior International Junior Hockey League based primarily in northwestern Ontario, found itself buried quickly, trailing the English River Miners 4-0 before the game was 16 minutes old on Friday (Oct. 28) at the Ralph Engelestad Arena. Keaton Huot, 20, from Thief River Falls, pulled