Category: Amateur Hockey
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7 great hockey habits
By Darren Eliot – Good Sticks (stick to the puck): All over the ice – Defensemen & Forwards Passing lanes – Defensemen & Forwards Defensive zone – lead with stick, flush, play up boards – Defensemen & Forwards Going to the net – Defensemen & Forwards 1st man on fore-check must make long pass difficult…
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’97 Michigan Ice Hawks win Belle Tire tournament
Note: The following article is a reader submission from a parent, coach, or player. If you would like your team featured on our website, please email mh@michiganhockeyonline.com The ‘97 Michigan Ice Hawks Bantam AA team won the Belle Tire Back-To-School Classic Hockey Tournament on Sept. 25. The 32-team field included top teams from around…
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Honeybaked 14U Girls Storm Stoney Creek
Note: The following article is a reader submission from a parent, coach, or player. If you would like your team featured on our website, please email mh@michiganhockeyonline.com The Honeybaked 14U girls ventured to Stoney Creek, Ontario the weekend of Sept. 23-25 to participate in a 16-team Bantam AA tournament. The teams were divided into four…
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A Captain, on and off the ice
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By Michael Caples – Chase Podsiad remembers where he was when he heard that the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup this June. To any hockey player or fan, that’s like saying “yes, I remember what I just had for lunch”. But when Zdeno Chara lifted Lord Stanley’s Cup, Podsiad wasn’t sitting on his couch…
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Summer recap for the Sled Wings
By Carol Schwanger (Disabled Hockey Representative, Michigan District) – It was a busy summer for a member of the Grand Rapids Sled Wings. Tyler Anderson, 20, received MAHA’s Wes Danielson Award, presented to an athlete who overcomes a disability to play the game of hockey, at their banquet on July 9. Anderson, a member of…
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A Q&A with USA Hockey president Ron DeGregorio
USA Hockey president Ron DeGregorio sat down with MiHockeyNow editor Michael Caples to discuss the state of hockey in Michigan and across the US during the MAHA meetings in Traverse City. MiHockeyNow: How would you describe the status of USA Hockey, as it stands today? DeGregorio: We have some goals and obviously those goals are…
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A message to parents from Dr. Steven Norris
By Michael Caples – TRAVERSE CITY – Dr. Steven Norris has a message for hockey parents and coaches everywhere – sit down, take a Valium, and listen and learn. Norris, an expert in long-term athlete development who has worked extensively with both USA Hockey and Hockey Canada, said that with a smile, of course. The…
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The rule that ruled them all
By Michael Caples – TRAVERSE CITY – Despite a strong contingent pushing against it, the controversial rule change of having all 8-and-under hockey players start their season playing cross-ice hockey has now been approved. The voting members of the Michigan Amateur Hockey Assocation voted 39-16 in favor of Proposal 9 – “In the youth Eight…
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Meijer State Games features 10-player shootout to cap exciting week
By John Raffel – The top two teams in the first-ever 14-and-under hockey division at the Meijer State Games of Michigan didn’t want to stop playing. Teams District 6 and District 2 played to a triple-overtime dramatic 10-player shootout before District 6 was able to win the inaugural 14-U championship in Grand Rapids, a tournament…