Midwest Blackbirds

The Midwest Blackbirds formerly the Illiana Blackbirds are a junior ice hockey team from Dyer, Indiana. The team is a member of the United States Premier Hockey League. The team is based out of Midwest Training and Ice Center.
The team began play with the 2012-13 season in the Minnesota Junior Hockey League. In 2015 the team would end up in the newly formed USPHL Midwest Division along with the membership of the Midwest Junior Hockey League and the majority of the members of the Minnesota Junior Hockey League. The team moved to the USPHL Elite Division when the Midwest Division was reorganized for 2016-17.
Owner and coach Reid Simpson was named an assistant coach with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League for the 2016-17 season and announced that due to insufficient time to get a new coach the team would not play for the 2016-17 season. 
The team would also sit out the 2017-18 season.  The team would return for the 2018-19 season as the renamed Midwest Blackbirds.
The team would be dropped by the USPHL in early September of 2022.
==Season-by-season results==
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	OL 	SL 	Pts 	GF 	GA 	Standing 	1stround 	2ndround 	3rdround 	Final 	
Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League 	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	Minnesota Junior Hockey League	
2012–13 	50 	26 	17 	7 	- 	59 	223 	206 	2nd, Great Lakes 	W 2-0 (Central Wisconsin) 	W 2-0 (Wooster) 	L 2-1 (Wisconsin) 	- 	
2013–14 	46 	34 	11 	1 	0 	69 	213 	141 	2nd, Great Lakes 	W 2-0 (Wisconsin) 	W 2-1, (Tri-City) 	L 2-0 (Dells) 	- 	
2014–15 	38 	13 	23 	2 	- 	28 	114 	148 	1st, Central 	W 2-0 (St. Louis) 	bye 	L 2-0, (Rochester) 	- 	
USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	USPHL Midwest Division 	
2015-16 	48 	23 	22 	2 	- 	48 	166 	180 	6th Western9th overall 	L 0-2 (Dells Ducks 	- 	- 	- 	
USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division 	USPHL Elite Division
2016-17 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus
USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	USPHL Premier Division 	
2017-18 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus 	on hiatus
2018-19 	44 	17 	25 	2 	- 	36 	139 	178 	3rd Midwest East 	W 2-0 (Tri-City Ice Hawks 	L 0-2 (Motor City Hockey Club)	- 	- 	
2019-20 	44 	12 	32 	0 	- 	24 	110 	279 	6th Midwest East 	L 0-2 (MJDP 	- 	- 	- 	
2020-21 	44 	12 	30 	2 	- 	26 	134 	255 	6th Midwest East 	L, DQF 2-0 (Fort Wayne Spacemen) 	- 	- 	- 	
2021-22 	44 	15 	25 	4 	- 	34 	120 	201 	5th Midwest East 	L, DQF 0-2 (Detroit Fighting Irish)	- 	- 	- 	
Category:Established in 2012
Category:Minnesota Junior Hockey League team
Category:USPHL teams