Stories under consideration as top local hockey stories of 2007

Top local hockey stories of the year

Here is the link to last year’s list: LINK and also here: LINK


1 Bill Wirtz dead at age 77
2 Rocky Wirtz assumes head of Chicago Blackhawks
3 Dale Pulford reassigned by Rocky Wirtz
4 Chicago Blackhawks affiliate with Rockford IceHogs
5 Rockford IceHogs defeat Kalamazoo K-Wings in seven game final to win Colonial Cup
6 Darren Haydar ends his point streak at 39 games
7 Darren Haydar named regular season AHL MVP
8 Brent Sterling named AHL Rookie of the year
9 Chicago Hounds quit the Sears Centre; will not play in 2008
10 Atlanta Thrashers fire Coach Bob Hartley; Don Waddell takes the reins
11 Rockford approves multi-million renovation of MetroCentre, acquisition of IceHogs
12 Blackhawks fail to make playoffs for fifth consecutive year [This sentence originally said tenth consecutive year]
13 Wolves fall to Bulldogs in fifth game of Western Conference finals
14 United Hockey League falls to six teams
15 Wolves sweep Admirals in Western Division quarter finals
16 United Hockey League assumes name of International Hockey League
17 Quad City Mallards affiliate with the Calgary Flames
18 Nashville Predators unravel financially. Milwaukee loses Coach Claude Noel