Category: Amateur Hockey
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Plenty of Michigan events to celebrate 2015 IIHF World Girls’ Ice Hockey Weekend
By @StefanKubus – As part of the 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation World Girls’ Ice Hockey Weekend, nearly 140 locations across 34 U.S. states are participating in the weekend events to celebrate girls hockey, which take place this Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10-11. Eight locations across Michigan are set to participate. The overall goal of the event is to…
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USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program wants fans to name their mascot
By @MichaelCaples – New building, new name for the mascot. That’s one of the many things USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program is working on as their inaugural season in Plymouth begins. The NTDP has asked fans to help name their mascot with their new “Name the Eagle” campaign. “With this year’s move to…
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PHOTOS: 2015 Compuware Honeybaked AAA Invitational (midgets)
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Check out MiHockey’s photos from the second week of the 2015 Compuware Honeybaked AAA Invitational, featuring U15, U16 and U18 boys’ teams. Click here for photos from the younger age groups. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey)
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Alex DeBrincat sets Erie Otters single-game goal record with five Thursday night
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By @MichaelCaples – Heading into the 2015-16 OHL season, there was some talk about whether Alex DeBrincat could have the same kind of offensive impact for his Erie Otters club without Connor McDavid. The Farmington Hills native made a big statement about that on Thursday night. DeBrincat scored five goals in a 6-1 win…
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Michigan to host four 2017 USA Hockey National Championships
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By @MichaelCaples – In 2017, there will be plenty of elite youth hockey teams coming through the Mitten State. USA Hockey has announced the 2017 Toyota-USAH National Championship locations, and four of them will be in Michigan. The Honeybaked Hockey Club will be hosting Girls Tier I and Women’s A, B and C national championship…
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Grand Rapids-based Kickstarter wants to change youth hockey sticks
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By @MichaelCaples – A Kickstarter campaign launched today from a company based out of Grand Rapids. Their goal? Offer hockey sticks sized correctly for youth players. Twig Hockey Company has launched their ‘Junior Twig’ stick, designed with the teeny-tiny hockey player in mind. With flexes of 20, 30 or 40, and a smaller stick…
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Checking out a USA Hockey Adult Skills Clinic in Plymouth (with photos)
By @StefanKubus – PLYMOUTH – As USA Hockey’s Rich Hansen said, “everyone ends up in an adult league sometime.” Men and women ages 21 and older arrived at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Mich. Saturday morning to kick off a two-day USA Hockey Adult Skills Clinic. The 30 participants experienced a wide variety of skating,…
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Grand Traverse Hockey Association one of three new USA Hockey Model Associations
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By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey announced today that they have added three new Model Associations, and one of them is in Michigan. The Grand Traverse Hockey Association, based out of Traverse City, is one of the new programs to commit to fully implementing programming dedicated to American Development Model principles. The Walpole Express in Walpole,…
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NHL Central Scouting releases September ‘players to watch’ list for 2016 Draft
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By @MichaelCaples – NHL Central Scouting has released their preliminary ‘players to watch’ list for the 2016 NHL Draft – take a look at the Michigan natives and current residents who have been tabbed as potential draftees next June. Michigan natives are in bold, while players currently playing for a Michigan-based program are also included…
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VIDEO: Players, coach video from the All-American Prospects Game
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On Sept. 24, some of the best NHL Draft-eligible players the U.S. has to offer competed at the 2015 CCM Hockey/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game in Buffalo, N.Y. The showcase game, now in its fourth year of operation, brings together elite talent for scouts of professional hockey programs to check out at the start of…