Author: MiHockey Staff
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Shaved Ice – August 22
MiHockey editor Michael Caples here on a Wednesday for another action-packed Shaved Ice. Quick hits Check out our article from Michigan State’s annual pro camp right here. We talked to Justin Abdelkader, Mike Weaver, Torey Krug, and Trevor Nill, and there’s a bunch of photos of other players. The Red Wings invited their fans to…
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MSU hosts their annual pro camp this week
By Stefan Kubus – EAST LANSING – With hockey’s demanding nature and the grueling grind of an 82-game NHL regular season, there isn’t much of an offseason for most players. For a group of former Michigan State Spartans, the annual Pro Camp – held at Munn Ice Arena from Monday to Friday of this week…
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U-M Flint starts women’s independent club hockey team
By Stefan Kubus – While the University of Michigan-Flint currently has a men’s club team, who says that women can’t also play? Beginning in the upcoming 2012-13 season, the Wolverines will sport an independent women’s club team for the first time ever. Nikki Baragwanath and Alisha Mulanix, founder and vice president of the team, respectively,…
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Shaved Ice – August 21
MiHockey’s Michael Caples here with you on a Tuesday morning. Quick hits Kirk Maltby has joined Steve Yzerman, Vladimir Konstantinov and Kris Draper on the list of Red Wings alums for bobblehead nights at the Joe, per fan voting of the last few weeks. Meanwhile, DRW fans can now buy preseason game tickets – here’s to…
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Shaved Ice – August 20
MiHockey’s Stefan Kubus here with you on a Monday afternoon…in East Lansing. Quick hits Despite the ongoing CBA negotiations between the NHL and NHLPA, the AHL season will commence either way, and the Grand Rapids Griffins released their 2012-13 season schedule on Friday. Detroit Red Wings tickets for the 2012-13 preseason went on sale this…
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Shaved Ice – August 17
MiHockey’s Stefan Kubus here with you on this Friday afternoon. Quick hits Sounds like the Michigan Daily vs. Kitchener Rangers argument has finally ended. Lots of Winter Classic Alumni Showdown news surfacing, as Aaron Ward, Paul Coffey, Jimmy Carson, and Michigan Wolverines head coach Red Berenson are all set to suit up for Detroit. Also,…
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OHL’s Rangers, Michigan Daily settle over Trouba case
By Matt Mackinder – The Jacob Trouba war appears over. For now, at least. After the Michigan Daily reported earlier this summer that the Rochester native had been offered a large sum of money by the Ontario Hockey League’s Kitchener Rangers to forgo his commitment to the University of Michigan this fall, the Rangers took…
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ICE Arena in Mount Pleasant closed until Oct. 1
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By Ryan Zuke – When cooling in a house fails, it’s not normally an urgent matter. But when cooling in an ice rink fails, it creates an immediate problem. When the Isabella Community Events Arena in Mount Pleasant was ready to start making ice for the season, its water-cooled chiller was leaking and there was…
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Red Wings cancel annual prospects tournament in Traverse City
By Michael Caples – In what potentially could be the first product of an NHL lockout, the Red Wings have cancelled their annual prospects tournament in Traverse City. Via an official press release, Detroit GM Ken Holland and the Red Wings, stated that they will not host the NHL Prospects Tournament at the Center ICE…
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Shaved Ice – August 16
Ryan Zuke here with you on this Thursday morning to give you your daily hockey fix. Quick hits On Dec. 15, three organizations from Kalamazoo will join forces and gear up to play hockey to increase autism awareness in the community, and raise money for a brand new Great Lakes Center for Autism Treatment and…