Walsh turning game around for improving Storm

By Bobby Metcalfe, Quad-City Times Cody Walsh was quick to brush off his two-goal performance in last Sunday’s win. “Blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then,” he joked. Offense isn’t exactly Walsh’s game as the Quad City Storm defenseman has just 12 goals and 36 assists over 176 games spanning his five-year career. […]

QC Storm players open up about their fights against cancer

By Angela Rose, KWQC-TV6 Moline, Ill. (KWQC) – Two Quad City Storm teammates opened up about being cancer survivors at their team’s Paint the Ice event on Tuesday. Sean Kacerosky and Joe Sova play defense on the hockey team. They said they can count on each other to get through a tough game. “No matter how bad of […]

SPHL announces suspensions

HUNTERSVILLE, NC (January 28, 2020) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) on Tuesday announced the following suspensions: Huntsville’s John Schiavo Huntsville’s John Schiavo has been suspended three games as a result of his actions in Game 152, Huntsville at Birmingham, played on Saturday, January 25. Schiavo was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct […]

Birmingham’s Austin Lotz named Warrior Hockey/SPHL Player of the Week

HUNTERSVILLE, NC (January 28, 2020) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced that goaltender Austin Lotz of the Birmingham Bulls was named the Warrior Hockey/SPHL Player of the Week for January 20-26. Lotz went 3-0-0, stopping 106 of 111 shots faced (0.955 save%) with a 1.62 goals against average as the Bulls extended […]

Marksmen shoot to seventh straight win in shortened game

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – If there were a hockey equivalent to a baseball game being called due to rain, it occurred this afternoon at the Crown Coliseum, as Zamboni issues would force the Marksmen and Thunderbolts to play their rubber match in a game with 20 minutes of play and a shootout. The game would start a […]

Storm Surge comes to Quad-Cities after win over Ice Bears

By Bobby Metcalfe, Quad-City Times (Photo by Jessica Gallagher) After their 6-3 win over the Knoxville Ice Bears on Sunday, the entire Quad City Storm team lined up at center ice for the victory salute and skated down the sheet, crashing into the far boards. The Storm Surge has come to the Quad-Cities. “We really […]

Johnson’s heroics, Marsh’s pair bolt Marksmen to sixth straight

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – With nearly 3,000 youth sports teams, athletes, coaches, and fans in the building for the Marksmen inaugural Youth Sports Jamboree, the Marksmen would show off what it would take to play with the big boys, as they would enter another battle with the Evansville Thunderbolts. Following a 7-5 victory the night prior, it […]

Sellout crowd of 8,049 electrifies the Bay Center, but Ice Flyers fall in OT

By Bill Vilona – Contributing Writer for the Pensacola Ice Flyers Pensacola, Fla. (Jan. 26, 2020) – Amid a sellout crowd Saturday night, matching the best in franchise history, the Ice Flyers played another overtime game containing all sorts of elements. The one thing missing? Joy at the end. Less than a minute into the extra […]

Rivermen perform heroic comeback in 5-2 win

Peoria, IL – The Peoria Rivermen erased a 2-0 deficit to the Macon Mayhem with five unanswered and four in the third period for a 5-2 win in front of 4,669 fans inside Carver Arena Saturday night. The win, Peoria’s third in a row, moves them to 23-4-3 to maintain the top spot in the […]