Category: Amateur Hockey
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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…
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PHOTOS: 2016 Eastside Elite championship game
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Check out our photos from the 2016 Eastside Elite Hockey League’s championship game for its top division – featuring some of the best pro, college and junior hockey players from Michigan and beyond. In the 2016 title game, the Rockies managed to defend their trophy, beating the Nordiques once again. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey)
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U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2016 announced
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By @MichaelCaples – The Class of 2016 for the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame has been announced, and a few Michigan natives will be entering the hall thanks to their participation on a famous international team. The victorious U.S. team for the 1996 World Cup of Hockey will enter the U.S. Hockey Hall, it was…
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Recruiting: Joshua Nodler commits to Michigan State
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By @MichaelCaples – Oak Park native Joshua Nodler won’t have to travel too far for his college hockey career when the time comes. The 2001 birth-year forward has given a verbal commitment to Michigan State, setting himself up for one of the next steps in his hockey career. “First off, I am extremely honored and…
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PHOTOS: Metro Summer Hockey League title game
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Check out MiHockey’s photo gallery from some of the action at the Metro Summer Hockey League men’s title game, held Sunday evening at Suburban Ice Farmington Hills. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey)
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Tyler Parsons shines in final game of National Junior Evaluation Camp in Plymouth
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By @MichaelCaples – PLYMOUTH – There wasn’t a ‘player of the game’ selection process for games at the National Junior Evaluation Camp. If there were, Tyler Parsons would have earned the last one. To borrow from the hockey lingo dictionary, Parsons ‘stood on his head’ between the pipes for Team USA in their lopsided…