Category: Amateur Hockey
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VIDEO: Ryan Kesler goes undercover as a Ducks fan, hilarity ensues
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The Anaheim Ducks’ video department has created another gem with star forward and Livonia native Ryan Kesler. The Ducks’ crew has posted a new video with Kesler where the Honeybaked and NTDP alum goes undercover as a Ducks fan to a preseason game. With plenty of make-up and disguises, Kesler successfully mingles with fans and…
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Port Huron hockey video featured by GoPro
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Action camera maker GoPro likes to feature videos produced with their wearable devices by people across the globe. On Nov. 18, they decided to celebrate GoPro-filmed hockey footage, shot in Port Huron. Check out this fantastic video that showcases a group of friends getting together for hockey – a great example of what makes our…
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MAHA announces 2016 state playoff locations
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By @MichaelCaples – Teams who think they are worthy of a shot at a state title can start planning out their March schedules. MAHA has provided MiHockey with their 2016 state playoff sites and locations, which will begin on Feb. 29 for select age groups and run through Mar. 20. USA Hockey National Championships…
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Bauer’s parent company unveils new neck collar said to decrease concussions
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By @MichaelCaples – Performance Sports Group, the parent company of Bauer Hockey, announced yesterday a new device that’s supposed to reduce concussions in athletic competition. It’s not a new helmet, however, but a neck collar. The new product, a “proprietary yet easy-to-use band worn on the neck,” is designed to effect blood volume in…
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NTDP U17s to play Red Wings alumni on Tuesday
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By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program Under-17 Team is in the process of getting used to playing against older competition. The U17s play in the USHL, which routinely puts them up against players two or three (or more) years older than they are. When they take the ice at USA Hockey…
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Updated: One Michigan native, four USHL players with MI ties named to U.S. Junior Select Team
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UPDATE (Nov. 25): USA Hockey has announced the addition of Ryan Bednard to the U.S. Junior Select Team roster. Bednard, a Macomb native, currently plays for the Youngstown Phantoms of the USHL, and he is committed to Bowling Green. By @MichaelCaples – There are no Michigan natives on the U.S. Junior Select Team roster this…
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PHOTOS: Girls’ Bauer World Invite
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Some of the best female hockey players in North America came to Metro Detroit this past weekend to compete in the Bauer World Invite at rinks across Michigan. Check out our photo gallery from some of the opening-day action. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey) Congrats to Little Caesars 16U for capturing the Tier I title in…
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More than 14,000 U.S. kids try sport for the first time during USAH’s “Try Hockey For Free Day”
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By @MichaelCaples – The numbers are in, and they are fantastic. USA Hockey has announced that more than 14,000 children tried hockey for the first time during the nation-wide “Try Hockey For Free Day” event on Nov. 7. Nearly 500 sites across 48 states held ‘Try Hockey’ events on Saturday. “This event is all…
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Karmanos: “I’m truly honored and humbled to be included in this great institution”
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By @MichaelCaples – During his Hockey Hall of Fame induction speech, Peter Karmanos, Jr., reflected on his first hockey memory. The Detroit native confessed that when he was 8 years old, he was a budding baseball and football fan. When his mother offered to let him stay up past his bedtime to watch something…
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Ruggiero: “I didn’t know I could play hockey for a living when I was a little girl”
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By Faith Krogulecki – When Angela Ruggiero was 7 years old, her older brother came home in his goalie gear desperate for players to add to his team. Before she knew it, Ruggiero was on the ice, and she never looked back. On Monday night, Ruggiero became the fourth women’s hockey player to be inducted…