Springfield, Illinois – The 2022 North American Hockey League (NAHL) Entry Draft is set to get underway tomorrow at 1 pm! It’s one of our favorite days of the year so we wanted to get you prepared for what to expect on Draft Day! The first question we get each summer is how do we […]

Springfield, Illinois – The Springfield Jr. Blues have six players, current or alumni, on NHL development camp rosters. Development camps are not tryout camps, but rather are an opportunity for players to showcase their talents to that respective team. Draft picks from this year and previous years will be in attendance as well as invitees […]

Springfield, Illinois – The Springfield Jr. Blues have many alumni playing at the collegiate and professional levels. However, many of those college seasons have run their course, and professional seasons are beginning to wind down. But that doesn’t mean we don’t have highlights to deliver to you, here is our weekly Alumni Recap. The best […]

Springfield, Illinois – The Springfield Jr. Blues have a history of moving players onto collegiate and professional leagues around the world. This season alone we have seen 6 players sign professional contracts once their college season ended, bringing the total count of alumni currently playing professionally to 32. We also had 39 alumni on NCAA […]

Springfield, Illinois – The Springfield Jr. Blues are proud to have moved over 100 players onto NCAA and professional hockey during our tenure in the North American Hockey League (NAHL). Here are a few whose play this past week has turned heads around the hockey world. In what has become the ‘weekly alumni goaltender recap’, […]

Springfield, Illinois – The Springfield Jr. Blues have advanced over 100 players onto college and professional hockey in the last 25 years. We’ve picked out a handful of alumni who have been excelling this season on and off the ice for this week’s Jr. Blues Alumni Breakdown. Dryden McKay nabbed his fourth WCHA Goaltender of […]

Springfield, Illinois – The Springfield Jr. Blues announced this week that current goaltender Jack Williams was ranked #9 on the NHL Central Scouting List for North American goaltenders. Williams, a Michigan State University commit, is continuing the tradition of excellent play by current and former Jr. Blues players. Here is a recap of some of […]

Springfield, Illinois – The Springfield Jr. Blues have over 90 alumni playing in higher junior hockey leagues, college hockey, or professional hockey. Here is a recap of some of our alumni. Nick Niedert (2002-03); Reading Royals, ECHL Nick Niedert (Hudson, IA) played for the Jr. Blues in the early 2000’s and has since played for […]