Brent Maranto - JuniorHockey.com Contributor

The entire town of McCall, Idaho has essentially shut down, so they can roll out the welcome mat for the six Western States Hockey League teams, their friends and families and the numerous league officials in town, for the 2013 ...

The #1 seeds were at it again in the divisional finals and all but one was able to take care of business with a sweep. Three of the four top seeds, Idaho, El Paso and the Dallas Ice Jets, have claimed division titles and are headed ...

The conclusion of this marathon of a regular season is finally upon us and as many had predicted, a number of playoff spots have come right down to the wire. Every team in the league but the two from Arizona, the Redhawks and ...

The second to last weekend of the regular season provided even more action than hoped for, as a couple of teams really bolstered their playoff hopes or even clinched and a few others continued to fade into oblivion. The playoff seeds ...

Two weeks is all that remains in the 2012-2013 regular season and as expected, the playoff race has come right down to the wire. The top four seeds are already locked down but there are still a bevvy of teams jockeying for position ...

It was another action packed weekend across the Western States Hockey League and if you didn't know otherwise, you would have thought you were watching playoff hockey. The race for the 16 playoff spots continued over 27 weekend ...

With just about every team in the Western States Hockey League still in contention for one of the 16 playoff spots across the league, a few improved their chances with solid showings this past weekend. On the flip side, a few teams ...

 It's the week of Valentine's Day but you can guarantee that there won't be a whole lot of love lost this weekend, as 16 teams battle over 22 weekend games. With the start of the playoffs just one month away, we can finally ...

Another weekend is in the books and a few more upsets took place, as we continue to be reminded that any team can win on any night, especially now that we're down to the final stretch of games and only a few are ...

It may have been one of the lighter weekends we've seen over the past few months but that didn't stop a number of teams from dropping and falling, as the playoff picture has really started to take shape across the Western States ...