Category: HPHL
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“Hockey Player’s Bible” a must-read for youth players
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By @StefanKubus – If there’s one thing a young hockey player should carry with them to the rink or keep in their wallet, it’s this. Former Stanley Cup-winning head coach and GM of the Detroit Red Wings Jimmy Skinner laid forth 17 rules for hockey players to follow in a list titled “A Hockey Player’s Bible.” Reddit user…
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Steven Oleksy brings the Stanley Cup to Mount Clemens Ice Arena, L’Anse Creuse North
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By @MichaelCaples – MOUNT CLEMENS – The Mount Clemens Ice Arena isn’t normally very busy on a Monday morning. When hometown hero Steven Oleksy brings the Stanley Cup by for a visit, however, the place fills up in a hurry. The Chesterfield native picked up Lord Stanley’s Cup at roughly 8 a.m. this morning,…
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Team USA wins U17 Five Nations, claims silver at Ivan Hlinka
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By @MichaelCaples – A pair of teams representing the United States had successful tournaments in international summer hockey play this week. The United States Under-17 Select Team posted a perfect 4-0-0-0 record to win the 2016 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament in Frisco, Texas, while the Under-18 Select Team finished in second place at the…
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Kevin Porter brings the Stanley Cup to downtown Plymouth
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By @MichaelCaples – PLYMOUTH – If you drove through downtown Plymouth Sunday morning, you may have seen a substantial line leading from the stage at Kellogg Park. You may have also seen Lord Stanley’s Cup glistening in the sunlight. Sunday was Kevin Porter’s day to spend with hockey’s ultimate prize, and he insisted on…
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Keller, Drake make U.S. women’s select teams for upcoming series with Canada
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By @MichaelCaples – When the U.S. takes on Canada in two three-game series next week, two Michigan natives will be helping the American squads take on their main rivals. Farmington native Megan Keller has been selected for the 2016 U.S. Women’s Under-22 Select Team, while Traverse native Delaney Drake will be on the Under-18 Select…
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Five Michigan-based 16U AAA teams to partake in USHL’s inaugural Fall Classic West tourney
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By @MichaelCaples – For the first time, the United States Hockey League is building a youth hockey tournament into their Fall Classic tournament series. From Sept. 9-11, 16 of the nation’s top 16U teams will take part in the inaugural Fall Classic West Youth Tournament – including Michigan AAA organizations Belle Tire, Compuware, Fox Motors,…
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Ian Cole shares his Stanley Cup day with his hometown of Ann Arbor and the hockey community
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By @MichaelCaples – ANN ARBOR – The first Ann Arbor native to win the Stanley Cup proudly marched his new trophy through his hometown today. Ian Cole took Lord Stanley’s Cup on a tour of some his favorite places Friday – all with the goal of sharing his moment with his community and the…
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How Andy Greene and his mom team up for a hockey camp in Trenton every summer
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By @MichaelCaples – TRENTON – If you look closely at the children participating in a weeklong hockey camp at the Kennedy Ice Arena in Trenton, Mich., you will notice that almost all of them have autographs on their sticks and jerseys. When the organizer of the camp is Trenton’s hometown hero, that’s understandable. Every summer,…
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Lumberjacks’ Rem Pitlick announces his decision to leave for Minnesota
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By @MichaelCaples – The Muskegon Lumberjacks just lost their leading scorer from last season. Rem Pitlick, last year’s USHL Player of the Year, announced in an exclusive interview with the USHL today that he has decided to make the jump to NCAA hockey and join the Minnesota Golden Gophers for the 2016-17 season. “This…
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The National Junior Evaluation Camp is over…so now what?
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By @StefanKubus – The best in the world were on-hand at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth for the U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp last week. But with that now in the books and the impressions made on the U.S. staff, what’s next? “Discussions and a little bit of feedback, kind of talk amongst ourselves…