Category: Amateur Hockey
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MiHockey’s ‘The Shift’ with Kyle Connor
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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. Kyle Connor is our second ‘The Shift’ featured player (Mackenzie MacEachern…
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Dylan Larkin, two Whalers featured on TSN’s Top 60 Draft Watch
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By @MichaelCaples – TSN released their final draft prospect rankings today, projecting the top 60 players available for the 2014 NHL Draft. Waterford native Dylan Larkin, a product of the U.S. National Team Development Program, was the lone Michigan player on the list. The UM commit checked in at No. 12, which is higher than…
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Twenty-one Michigan ’99s invited to USA Select 15 Camp
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By @MichaelCaples – With their Michigan Development Camp tryouts complete, 21 players have received invites to attend the USA Hockey Boy’s Select 15 Development Camp. The camp, which takes place at the Northtown Center at Amherst in Amherst N.Y., will run from July 14-20, and bring together the top ’99 birth-year players from across the…
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Hockey Jobs: Meet Kris Barnes, general manager of Novi Ice Arena
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By Nick Barnowski – As a fan, he was late to the game. Now, as General Manager of Novi Ice Arena, Kris Barnes is doing more than enough to make up for it. After only becoming a hockey fan in high school, Barnes now helps to ensure that those who come to the rink…
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Eight Michigan names on World Junior camp invite list
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By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey has announced the 42 players invited to the 2014 National World Junior Evaluation Camp, and eight Michigan names made the list. The players will begin competing for spots on Team USA’s World Junior roster from August 2-9 in Lake Placid, New York. Participants will practice and compete in international games…
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USA Hockey’s Officiating Development Program coming to Muskegon this August
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By @MichaelCaples – The Muskegon Lumberjacks announced today that the top USA Hockey amateur officials will be coming to downtown Muskegon this August. USA Hockey’s Officiating Development Camp will make its first visit to L.C. Walker Arena and Muskegon on August 25-29. The camp is a weeklong event which features training sessions for the country’s…
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Meijer State Games of Michigan rosters – girls
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By Michael Caples – From June 19-22, some of the best young female hockey players in the state will compete in the Meijer State Games of Michigan’s 15U hockey tournament. Here is a look at the finalized rosters for the girls’ 19U/16U division. The State Games will be played at Georgetown Ice Center, Walker Ice…
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Hockey Jobs: Meet Rob Murphy, the Muskegon Lumberjacks’ VP of business development
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By Robert Bondy – While many wouldn’t deal with a daily two and half hour commute to work, for Rob Murphy the drive is worth continuing a close relationship with the game he loves – hockey. In July, Murphy will complete his first full year with the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the United States Hockey…
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Steven Oleksy talks about the return of the Eastside Elite Hockey League
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By @MichaelCaples – Every summer, some of the best young hockey players in Michigan come together to compete in a summer conditioning league created by Steven Oleksy. The NHL defenseman, a Chesterfield native, started the Eastside Elite Hockey League in 2008 to bring Michigan’s top talent (and players staying here for the summer) from…
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Ben Gleason, Drake Rymsha commit to London Knights
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By @MichaelCaples – Two weeks ago, three Michigan natives committed to the London Knights. Now, they have added two more. Ben Gleason and Drake Rymsha have both signed on with the OHL club, per a team release. They’re joining recent commits Tyler Parsons, Kelly Klima and Kevin Klima as a strong Michigan contingent heading north…