Category: Amateur Hockey
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Grosse Pointe girls’ programs teaming up for instructional skate this Wednesday
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By @MichaelCaples – The Grosse Pointe Hockey girls’ program and the Grosse Pointe South girls’ varsity hockey program are teaming up this week to host a free instructional skate for girls of all ages and skill sets. Taking place this Wednesday at Grosse Pointe Community Ice, the instructional skate will be led by GPS girls’…
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Jeff Daniels talks about being a hockey dad in Michigan
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By @MichaelCaples – Jeff Daniels has quite a lengthy feature on the Detroit Free Press’ official website right now. After all, the Chelsea native is a famous actor and musician (can’t wait for Dumb and Dumber To to arrive in theaters in November). But naturally the part that caught our eyes was when Daniels started talking about being…
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Eastside Elite Hockey League crowns 2014 men’s, women’s champions
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By @MichaelCaples – The Eastside Elite Hockey League wrapped up their 2014 season this week, with the Golden Seals capturing the men’s division and the Cougars capturing the women’s division. The Golden Seals men’s team was led by Mac McDonnell, Garret Ross, Dakota Klecha and Easton Powers, while Max Milosek tended to the crease. Here…
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KOHA leaders talk about first year as a USA Hockey ‘ADM Model Association’
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By Stefan Kubus – Brian Tulik made one thing very clear at the annual Michigan Amateur Hockey Association summer meeting in Traverse City: if the coaches and parents don’t buy into the USA Hockey American Development Model, it simply will not succeed within an organization. Tulik is the director of coaching and player development for…
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MiHockey’s ‘The Shift’ with Ryan Moore
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Welcome to MiHockey’s new feature ‘The Shift’ – hockey questions for hockey players. In each ‘The Shift’ feature, we take you through the mindset of today’s hockey player through a question-and-answer session, profiling players from the NHL all the way down to youth travel hockey. MORE: See more ‘The Shift’ features here Our next featured player is…
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Seven Michigan names survive World Junior evaluation camp cuts
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By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey announced the 27 players remaining at their World Junior evaluation camp today, and there are still seven Michigan names in Lake Placid. The players remaining – camp opened with 42 – will now take on the Czech Republic, Finland and Sweden later this week as they continue to try to…
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Six Michigan natives receive invites to 2014 USA Hockey Women’s National Festival
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By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey announced the 69 players invited to their national women’s hockey festival today, and six of them hail from Michigan. Three defensemen and three forwards will make up the Michigan contingent of players who will be in Lake Placid, N.Y., from August 12-16 for the 2014 USA Hockey Women’s National Festival.…
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Video: Michigan native has stick broken over her head in international girls tournament
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UPDATE (August 4, 1:30 p.m.): Congrats to the West Coast Selects Team, who captured gold in their international tournament. By @MichaelCaples – Video out of Budapest, Hungary from Michigan natives shows a terrible scene during a girls’ hockey game, and yet another reminder that dangerous outbursts on the ice shouldn’t be tolerated. The video below…
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New ownership turns abandoned Flint-area ice rink into new Crystal Fieldhouse
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By @MichaelCaples – It’s not going to be easy, but they’re going for it. Vince Brooks, former vice president of Perani’s Hockey World, is the general manager of the new Crystal Fieldhouse, an ice arena in Genesee County. Not familiar with the Crystal Fieldhouse name? It used to be the Ice Mountain Arena Complex, a…
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Purple Heart Required: Michigan Warriors Hockey Program offers ice time for disabled veterans
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By @MichaelCaples – ROYAL OAK – Cory Snedden needed his right ankle put back together after he was hit by a mortar in Iraq. That didn’t stop him from lacing up skates and giving hockey a try for the first time on July 15. Snedden, 32, attended a Michigan Warriors practice that day, where he…