Author: MiHockey Staff
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Shaved Ice – August 13
MiHockey’s Stefan Kubus here with you on a Monday morning. Quick hits Not to kick things off on a scary note, but it’s actually better news than it sounds. Should there be a lockout in the NHL this season, the league can elect to cancel the 2013 Winter Classic all the way up until Jan.…
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Shaved Ice – August 10
MiHockey’s Stefan Kubus here with you to wrap up the work week. Quick hits Check out our article on Ken Holland’s summer, and how he’s battling through an interesting off-season. Hockey families are asked to participate in a Light The Night Walk event in Troy to help battle Leukemia. Both the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto…
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Hockey families asked to participate in “Light The Night Walk” to fight Leukemia
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By Ryan Zuke – A year ago, the Mannino family lost 18-year-old David, a talented hockey player for Little Caesars AAA and Detroit Jesuit High School, to Leukemia. Now, they are aiming to help others battling the same disease. On Saturday, Sept. 22, Team Bring It – named after David’s favorite wrestler, The Rock,…
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Plymouth Whalers’ Mistele looking to make an impact in Year 2
By Matt Mackinder – It’s rare when a 16-year-old rookie makes an immediate impact in the Ontario Hockey League and Plymouth Whalers’ rookie Matt Mistele wasn’t one to buck that trend last season. Mistele was in and out of the line-up, but the complaints never came. Not once. Instead, he showed a mature sense of…
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Shaved Ice – August 9
MiHockey’s Ryan Zuke here with you on a rainy Thursday morning. Quick hits Twenty-four years ago today, Wayne Gretzky was dealt from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in arguably the most memorable – and important – trade in NHL history. Despite missing out on all of the big-name free agents, Red Wings general…
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Ken Holland tries to navigate an off-season of unease in Hockeytown
By Dave Waddell – It’s hard to know if Detroit Red Wings’ general manager Ken Holland is familiar with Rudyard Kipling’s classic poem “If”, which starts with the virtues of keeping one’s head while all around are losing theirs. With Wings’ fans clearly feeling unease about their team having seen Nick Lidstrom, Brad Stuart and…
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Shaved Ice – August 8
Quick hits Team USA made a round of cuts at the 2012 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp, and there are still eight Michigan connections on the roster. Longtime Detroit Red Wings PA announcer Budd Lynch celebrated his 95th birthday yesterday. Yesterday, Detroit announced the signing of 19-year-old prospect Tomas Jurco to a three-year entry-level contract. Jurco…
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Eight Michigan connections stay alive at U.S. Junior Evaluation Camp
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By Ryan Zuke – Thirty-four players survived cuts at the 2012 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp—and four of them call the Mitten home. The Michigan-born players remaining on the roster are Jacob Trouba (Rochester), Patrick Sieloff (Ann Arbor), Reid Boucher (Grand Ledge) and Blake Pietila (Brighton). Trouba was selected 9th overall in the 2012…
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Red Wings ink Jurco to three-year deal
By Ben Fleck – The Detroit Red Wings announced today that 19-year-old Tomas Jurco has been signed to a three-year entry-level contract. A native of Kosice, Slovakia, the 6’2”, 193-pound forward was drafted by the Red Wings in the second round – 35th overall – of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, but has spent the…
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Shaved Ice – August 7
MiHockey’s Ben Fleck here with you for another daily edition of Shaved Ice. Quick Hits The Detroit Red Wings signed 19-year-old forward Tomas Jurco to a three-year entry-level contract. Check out our story here. USA Hockey made its first cuts at the National Junior Evaluation Camp this morning. The group of players at the camp…