Thomas Vanek was hoping a change of scenery would help him forget and turnaround a dismal 2015-16 National Hockey League season. If the opening contest for the Detroit Red Wings is any indication it will be onward and upward for the Austrian vet who joined the Wings this season as a Free Agent, as he
Midwest NHL Notebook for Oct. 12, 2016 The 2016-17 season started the same way the 2015-16 season ended for the Chicago BlackHawks on Wednesday night as the Hawks dropped a 5-2 decision to the visiting St. Louis Blues. It was the first meeting between the two since the finally figured a way past the Hawks
The Ontario Hockey League opened its season on Sept. 21 with the two Midwest USA teams going head to head on opening night at the Dort Federal Event Center in Flint, MI. The host Flint Firebirds opened its sophomore season in the OHL with an impressive 4-0 shutout win against the visiting Saginaw Spirit as
The United States Hockey League opened the 2016-17 regular season this past weekend with a number of highlights. All teams played at least once this past Friday and Saturday (Sept. 23-24) and five teams opened with a pair of contests. Among the most impressive starts was Team USA who got wins from both its U-18
Among the three Tier II junior leagues that include Midwest based teams, two begin regular season play this weekend (Sept. 9-11) with the other beginning pre-season play. Following is a quick rundown on how things are going heading into the 2016-17 regular season. NAHL The lone all-American Tier II League, the North American Hockey League
If you are like this writer, the relief of finally reaching the end of a hockey season, sometime in mid to late June turns to sadness and desperation to get on with it again soon after. Of course for junior and college teams the season is a somewhat distant memory by the time pro teams
