Category: Amateur Hockey
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Names to know as OHL Draft approaches
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By Matt Mackinder – When the annual Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection takes place this Saturday (April 6), expect many Michigan-born players to see their names pop up on the draft list of the online-exclusive event that starts at 9 a.m. Seeing how many of those Michiganders wind up in the OHL is another story,…
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From The Crease: The Offseason
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By Jeff Lerg – Now that it is the offseason, it is time to talk about how to use this time wisely. Many of you will be playing a spring season and will constantly be on the ice. I would also recommend playing other sports if time/money allow. I know that one of the reasons…
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NTDP announces first seven commits for 2013-14; three from Michigan
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The U.S. National Team Development Program announced the first seven commitments for their 2013-14 Under-17 team today, with three Michigan natives joining the Ann Arbor-based program. Forward Brendan Warren (Carelton) and defensemen Nicholas Boka (Plymouth) and Zach Werenski (Grosse Pointe) were formally announced as inagural members of the 2013-14 U17 team. They join forwards Christian…
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Sean Day: “I’m prepared to go anywhere and I’ll play anywhere that takes me”
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By Matt Mackinder – He was born in Belgium, has a Canadian passport, but lives in Rochester and has grown up playing his youth hockey in the Detroit area. And Sean Day is fast-tracking his way to the Ontario Hockey League. Day, a 6-foot-2, 197-pound defenseman who played this season for the Compuware…
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Compuware defenseman Sean Day officially approved for “exceptional player” status to enter OHL Draft early
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By Michael Caples – The Ontario Hockey Federation officially announced today that Compuware defenseman Sean Day has been granted “exceptional player” status and will be allowed to enter the OHL Draft one birth-year early. An evaluation process by Hockey Canada, with a ‘special evaluation panel’ asseembled to evaluate Day both on hockey and academics…
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Honeybaked Midget Minors win state title
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Honeybaked captured the state title at the Midget Minor level on Sunday at the Taylor Sportsplex, after winning back-to-back games against Belle Tire. Can’t see the images below? Click here to view the gallery through our Flickr account. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey)
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Photo gallery: Honeybaked wins Bantam Major state title
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Honeybaked ’98 captured the Bantam Major state title last Sunday, when they defeated High Performance Hockey League rival Compuware by a score of 2-0. Can’t see the images below? Click here to view the gallery through our Flickr account. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey)
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Eight Michigan natives – most of any state – invited to NTDP evaluation camp
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USA Hockey announced their rosters for the National Team Development Program evaluation camp today, which will be held from March 22-26 at the Ann Arbor Ice Cube. The camp will help select the 2013-14 U.S. National Under-17 Team. Michigan will send the most players of any state to the camp, with a total of eight…
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Seven overtime periods later, Honeybaked 16U captures state title
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Honeybaked won the 16U Tier 1 state title during the seventh overtime of their game against Little Caesars on March 10 at the Taylor Sportsplex. Can’t see the photo gallery? Click here to view the images through our Flickr account. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey) By Matt Bishop – TAYLOR — In all the years he’s been involved in…
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USA Hockey announces new “Learn-to-Skate” curriculum
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By Michael Caples – The governing body for youth hockey in the United States has announced a new “Learn-to-Skate” curriculum for aspiring hockey players and those in charge of teaching them how to skate. This morning, USA Hockey announced a comprehensive Learn-to-Skate curriculum model featuring two ‘tracks’ – Learn-to-Skate 1, Learn-to-Skate 2 – designed to…