Author: MiHockey Staff
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Check out the latest digital edition of MiHockeyMag
In the latest issue of MiHockeyMag, we continue to prepare you for the upcoming 2015-16 season. We take a look at the top questions looming over the Red Wings’ 2015-16 campaign, why it’s Henrik Zetterberg’s time to lead and what lies ahead for Todd Nelson in Grand Rapids. Plus, we provide a report from the Top 80 Showcase, tips to…
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WCHA announces preseason polls; preseason player awards
By @MichaelCaples – Prior to their 2015 season kick-off teleconference call with the head coaches of their respective programs, the WCHA announced their coach and media preseason polls and player selections. Here are what the coaches and media members are predicting for the upcoming season: From the coaches: Preseason WCHA Player of the Year Tyler…
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First female-only USA Hockey Referee Clinic in Michigan a success
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By @StefanKubus – LIVONIA – The Michigan Amateur Hockey Association and USA Hockey held the first annual USA Hockey Referee Clinic strictly for women this past weekend. Eighteen girls signed up for the clinic, held Saturday at Eddie Edgar Ice Arena in Livonia. With 44 registered female officials across the state of Michigan last…
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Red Wings announce first 15 roster cuts
By @MichaelCaples – The Detroit Red Wings have announced the first 15 roster cuts from training camp, as the team works to trim their roster before the start of the 2015-16 season. Here are the players released or assigned to their respective clubs today, as the Wings went from 72 to 57 players:
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Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg talks about the start of training camp
By Jesse O’Brien – TRAVERSE CITY — With a new face roaming the bench this season, the Red Wings likely will lean harder on one of their more familiar, and certainly most bearded, ones. Entering his third year as captain, Henrik Zetterberg will play a crucial role in helping Detroit maintain a sense of…
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Jeff Blashill talks about his first day at training camp; Franzen talks about his new coach
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By Pat Evans – TRAVERSE CITY — Jeff Blashill is used to training camps. He’s run American Hockey League camps the previous three seasons at the helm of the Grand Rapids Griffins. The new Red Wings bench boss, who spent one season in Detroit under former head coach Mike Babcock, said the main difference this…
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Red Wings’ training camp starts with scary collision between Jerome Verrier and Darren Helm
By Jesse O’Brien – TRAVERSE CITY — Less than 20 minutes into the Detroit Red Wings’ 2015 training camp, first-year head coach Jeff Blashill already had a scary situation on his hands. Camp invitee Jerome Verrier was carried off the ice on a stretcher following a vicious collision with veteran Darren Helm during drills…
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Livonia native Phil Osaer hired for new goaltender-specific USA Hockey ADM role
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By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey announced two new members for their American Development Model staff today, and one of them is a Michigan native selected for a brand-new role. Phil Osaer, a Livonia native and Ferris State alum, will be the ADM manager of youth goaltending programs, a role in which he “will help…
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PHOTOS: Friday action at the Compuware Honeybaked AAA Invitational
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Check out MiHockey’s photos from Friday’s action at the Compuware Honeybaked AAA Invitational, featuring games from USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth and Suburban Ice Farmington Hills. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey)