Author: MiHockey Staff
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Shaved Ice – April 1
Welcome back to the work week, everybody. It turned out to be worth the wait – the Wings landed Dan DeKeyser late Friday afternoon. The Clay Township, Mich., native skated with the team on Saturday, which was when everybody found out that he received a call from childhood idol Nick Lidstrom during the recruitment period.…
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Blackhawks rout Red Wings during Mr. Hockey’s birthday
By Matt Slovin – DETROIT — After skating in warm-ups wearing Gordie Howe’s No. 9 sweater, the Red Wings came out of the gate Sunday looking far from Mr. Hockey. With Howe in attendance to celebrate his 85th birthday, Detroit lost its second straight, a 7-1 decision to Chicago. Cory Emmerton scored the lone goal for…
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#TBT: A new jersey number for Dan DeKeyser
By Michael Caples – DETROIT – Dan DeKeyser has to wear a new number. For the majority of his life, the Clay Township native has worn the No. 5. But with his new team, that number isn’t exactly available. DeKeyser, a lifelong Red Wings fan, announced yesterday that he would forego his senior season at…
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Report: Dan DeKeyser has signed with the Red Wings
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By Michael Caples – It appears as one of the most prized college free agents is off the market, and that he’s staying in Michigan. Danny DeKeyser, a highly-touted free agent defenseman out of Western Michigan, has signed with the Detroit Red Wings – his hometown team. The news was first broken by TSN’s Bob…
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Shaved Ice – March 29
DeKeyser Watch continues. You know, we were waiting for Danny DeKeyser to make a decision before posting Shaved Ice today, but…well, we’re posting Shaved Ice anyways. Look like the reports of him announcing his decision at noon were not reliable. We’re still anxiously waiting to see where the Michigan native and Western Michigan defenseman ends…
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MiHockey’s NCAA brackets
MiHockey’s Darren Eliot and Michael Caples have filled out their brackets for the 2013 NCAA Men’s Division 1 Hockey Tournament, just in time for the first game. Click on the images below to see who they think will be winning a national title in Pittsburgh next weekend.
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Michi-gamer: Pride of the Mitten (Week of March 25)
Welcome to another season of MiHockey’s Michi-gamer, now powered by Bauer Hockey. We take great pride in our homegrown talent. Whether they grew up in the Mitten or we welcomed them here for college or juniors, they are our own. They represent the best place in the world for hockey. Every night, we’ll keep an…
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Spartans take positives from playoff run, know they have to get better for start of B1G Hockey
By Stefan Kubus – EAST LANSING – For an extremely young Michigan State Spartans squad, it was hard to use inexperience as an excuse for disappointing results throughout the season, but looking at the returning crop, it doesn’t seem too unreasonable. But that’s not to say it was an acceptable finish for head coach Tom…
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Shaved Ice – March 28
Waiting is the hardest part. Arguably the two best defensemen in Michigan’s college hockey scene have big decisions to make right now. For Western Michigan’s Danny DeKeyser has decided that he’s going pro, but with almost every NHL team courting him, he has to decide which team he wants to play for. Meanwhile, Jacob Trouba…
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With Game 4 victory, Whalers sweep Sting and advance to second round
By Matt Mackinder – Winning on the road is crucial in the Ontario Hockey League playoffs and the Plymouth Whalers did just that, winning Monday night and Wednesday night in Sarnia to sweep the Sting in four straight games to move on to the Western Conference semifinals against an opponent to be determined. Plymouth topped…