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The Idaho Junior Steelheads, who lost on home ice in the second overtime to the Boulder Bison on Saturday night, came back Sunday evening to beat the Bison 4-2 and claim the WSHL Mountain Division crown they had been pointing to all ...

It lacked the end-to-end intensity of the typical Soo Thunderbirds-Soo Eagles game.   While the Thunderbirds were most-deserving of the victory, even they were minus some of the sizzle they usually have when playing their border ...

Tallinn, Estonia - Despite not being officially relegated from Division II Group A to Group B after the 2011 IIHF World U20 Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Team Estonia played host to the latter bracket in 2012. Surprisingly, ...

Anybody know what the Hanson Brothers will be doing early in October? Nothing would be more fitting than having them at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena for the opening game of the 2012-2013 North American Hockey League season. ...

After an exciting opening weekend to the 2012 Western States Hockey League post-season, it was hard to imagine anything more exhilarating taking place in round two. With the exception of the Dallas/El Paso series, the higher seed ...

In a thrilling contest Saturday night in McCall, Idaho, Boulder Bison winger Chris Guidotti (Ft. Collins, CO), the WSHL's regular season points leader, scored the game-winning goal 11 minutes and 51 seconds into the second overtime ...

El Paso, TX - St. Patrick's Day is a fun occasion year in and year out. It's defined by church, the color green, and parties. Saturday night, the El Paso Rhinos may be enjoying themselves a little more than the rest. In a heated ...

I'm not Irish.   But I've been known to frequent the odd Irish pub and drink a beer or two.   This being St. Patrick's Day, I don't have any plans to head out on the town and have a few green beers. But in honour ...

 KENNEWICK, WA - The 2011-12 season will be yet another banner year for the Americans. Ty Rimmer kicked aside 30 shots, while Adam Hughesman notched his 49th and 50th goals of the season and the Tri-City Americans (50-17-2-2, 104 ...

El Paso, TX - There may be no better way to describe Game 1 of the WSHL's Mid-West Conference Finals than how Rhino's head coach Cory Herman put it, "Those are the games you play to be a part of. It was a good playoff game." ...