Author: MiHockey Staff
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Metro High School Invitational reports – Saturday
By Brian Kalisher – Temperatures are dropping, the holidays are approaching, and local rinks are gearing up to play host to their respective high school hockey teams for another season. On Nov. 18 and 19, Novi Ice Arena held the 10th annual Metro High School Invitational. While holiday gifts will be unwrapped soon enough, the…
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Metro High School Invitational reports – Friday
By Brian Kalisher – Temperatures are dropping, the holidays are approaching, and local rinks are gearing up to play host to their respective high school hockey teams for another season. On Nov. 18 and 19, Novi Ice Arena held the 10th annual Metro High School Invitational. While holiday gifts will be unwrapped soon enough, the…
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Wolverines drop 2-1 decision to Buckeyes
By Michael Caples – ANN ARBOR – Sometimes, one bad bounce is all that is needed to decide a hockey game. Unfortunately for the Wolverines, they were on the wrong side of the “puck luck” Friday night. At the 7:53 mark of the third period, Buckeyes freshman forward Darik Angeli took a shot towards the…
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Saginaw nips Brampton 3-2 in shootout
By Carl Chimenti – SAGINAW – Vincent Trocheck scored the first goal and the last goal for the Saginaw Spirit, helping them snap a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 shootout win over the Brampton Battalion Thursday night. Head coach and GM Todd Watson was pleased with his team’s effort, knowing full well that his…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 18
Sorry this is coming in a little later than usual. I was at Novi Ice Arena late last night, working on the captains cover shoot for the next issue of the magazine. Quick hits The up-and-down nature of the Red Wings this season continued last night, as the club lost 5-2 to rival San Jose…
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A good time for doing good
We’re heading into the holiday stretch. A little prematurely, I think, so I’m siding with Nordstrom’s on this one holiday at a time thing. Philosophically, of course; it’s not like I’m shopping there (see previous posts about kids and sports sucking up all my money). Fighting my inner Scrooge, I try to recognize that the holiday season,…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 17
Tonight is our photo shoot for the high school captains cover for the next issue of Michigan Hockey magazine, and HS games have already started. Who’s excited for another year of high school hockey? Quick hits Chris Stewart was given a three-game suspension for his hit on Niklas Kronwall. You can hear Brendan Shanahan’s reasoning…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 16
Somebody get me a cup of coffee. Quick hits The Red Wings took on the St. Louis Blues yesterday, and it was a rough start to their four-game road trip. Drew Miller’s goal at the 6:07 mark of the first period turned out to be the Wings’ only goal in the game, and they lost…
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Chiasson proves level-headed leader of UM freshmen
The following story was originally published by The Michigan Daily on Nov. 14, 2011. Visit http://goo.gl/JiTvg or go to michigandaily.com By Matt Slovin, Daily Sports Writer One of the Michigan hockey team’s defensive anchors is a patient man. Freshman Mike Chiasson stayed patient in Omaha, Neb., where he played three seasons for the Omaha Lancers…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 15
Good morning, everyone. A few weeks ago, we published a short article about how the Red Army youth team from Russia stopped by to play against Honeybaked. They aren’t the only team to cross the pond to play against teams from the Mitten. On Sunday, the ’97 Suburban Stars took on Druzhba ‘78, a Ukrainian…