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Earlier this year we got crucified for suggesting that as many as eight teams would be leaving the Central Hockey League this spring and summer. Aside from Odessa, the Colorado Eagles are moving to the ECHL, RGV is all but dead, Quad ...

Bustling high school hallways across the nation are filled with junior level hockey players who are faced with the task of balancing top flight hockey and their scholastic responsibilities. As junior leagues around the country begin to ...

It was a good idea. The Western Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League had done well with their American based franchises, so when the Lewiston Mainiacs were announced, it was assumed that a string of American based, Quebec Major Junior ...

Most of us are taught right from wrong at a relatively young age. Later in life, a few will youthfully cross the line, and possibly be forced to face the inevitable consequences for the action. Even later in life, greed has been known to ...

My readers know me well enough by now to understand that it is going to take something special to get a story out on the weekend, well, we got a biggie for you. By all indications, the North American Hockey League is going to face ...

There is a buzz in the American Junior Hockey community about next month's USA Hockey Annual Congress in Colorado Springs. We announced, earlier this week, that we would be in attendance, the response has been luke warm. Why is that? ...

It has been a long day and I now remember why I don't miss the overnight road trip. Nothing like the joys of driving a fifteen passenger van full of almost professional athletes. Lets just say that boys will be boys. My soccer team, ...

Much of the potential for success in the coming season is going to hinge on what happens between May and September.  The reprieve, from those long hours on the bus, in the rink and competitive games is almost here. The ...

Ian Jenkins, one of Michigan's brightest prospects at the goaltender position, before his tragic accident, was on the road to realizing his dream of becoming a National Hockey League player. The Ypsilanti, Michigan native had just ...

Is it really all about the money or is it about development? This is the grand question that USA Hockey is facing at next month's meetings in Colorado Springs. In one corner stands the youth council, loaded with the ammunition of ...