The Chicago Steel have not been a team with a lot of playoff experiences in the United States Hockey League — at least not in recent seasons. There are still miles to go, but the Steel team looks solid out of the gate as a pair of wins this past weekend (Oct 14-15) boosted the

Last year the Missouri Mavericks won 52 times in 72 games, finishing as the league’s top regular season team with a 10-point edge on second place. However, the dream season turned into a nightmare when it ran into the defending champion Allen Americans in the post season. The first hurdle thrown in front of the

After a pair of tough road tests in Florida, the Detroit Red Wings played host to the Ottawa Senators on Monday (Oct. 17) for its final home opener at the Joe Louis Arena. The Wings were as desperate as an NHL team can be three games into a season, facing a Sens team riding a

The name may be slightly different, but it sure looks like the same old Monsters after the opening weekend of the American Hockey League. All six Midwest-based teams were in action on the first weekend, including the former Lake Erie Monsters, no known as the Cleveland Monsters. The Cleveland crew opened the regular season Friday

Three unanswered second period goals turned a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 margin for the host Minnesota Wild against the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night (Oct 15) at the Xcel Energy Center. The Wild went on to a 4-3 win, for a happy finish to its home opener and helping the team rebound from a

There are still 80 games to play and no reason for panic, but it sure is strange seeing the Chicago BlackHawks limp out of the gate to an 0-2 start in National Hockey League play. Of course, those losses came against some tough competition — a tough loss against the Blues in the Hawks’ home