Category: Amateur Hockey
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USA Hockey announces roster for 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup
By @MichaelCaples – Today, USA Hockey announced its roster for the upcoming 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. The U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team features nine Michigan names – players were selected from the USA Hockey Boys Select 17 Player Development Camp: Players: Dylan Davies – Defenseman – Traverse City native Michael Feenstra – Defenseman – Grand…
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Family of Julianna Ward-Brown holding non-profit 5/10k runs for ‘Julianna’s Wishes’ charity
By @StefanKubus – The family of Julianna Ward-Brown is holding a non-profit 5/10K run to help raise money for others through the Julianna’s Wishes charity. The “Miles for Smiles” runs will take place on Saturday, Sept. 29 in Howell. Those wishing to participate can learn more and sign up through the event’s RunSignUp page. Donations…
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2003 birth-year player invites for 2018 USA Hockey Select 15 Camp announced
By @MichaelCaples – The Michigan Amateur Hockey Association has announced the 2003 birth-year players who have received invitations to the 2018 USA Hockey Select 15 Camp. Congrats to the following players, who will represent Michigan at the national event from July 15-20 in Amherst, New York: Forwards Davis Codd Dylan Duke Noah Laba Niklas Miller…
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2018 Draft: Jonathan Gruden selected by Ottawa Senators
By @MichaelCaples – DALLAS – From Rochester Hills to Canada’s capital. Jonathan Gruden has been selected by the Ottawa Senators at No. 94 overall in the 2018 NHL Draft. A product of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, Gruden is a Honeybaked alum and a Miami commit. His dad, John, played for Senators during his…
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2018 Draft: Bode Wilde selected by the New York Islanders
By @MichaelCaples – DALLAS – He was born in Montreal. He grew up in Birmingham. He moved to Plymouth two years ago. Sometime soon, he will be moving again. To New York. On Saturday, Bode Wilde was selected by the New York Islanders in the second round (No. 41 overall) of the 2018 NHL Draft…
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Houghton hockey player, 12, passes away in city’s flooding
By @MichaelCaples – The MiHockey staff is saddened to learn that the 12-year-old boy who passed away in the Houghton area flooding was a member of our hockey community. Thatcher Markham was a member of Copper Country Hockey from the age 5, and he was also beginning work as a referee in the area. In…
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Seventh annual USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game slated for Minnesota
By @MichaelCaples – The seventh annual USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game will be taking place in Wild country. In a release from USAH today, it was announced that the AAPG will be hosted by the Minnesota Wild on Sept. 19, 2018 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. The AAPG annually serves as…
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USA Hockey announces World Junior Summer Showcase invite list
By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey announced today the 42 players invited to this year’s World Junior Summer Showcase. This year’s camp, which serves as the starting point for selecting Team USA for the World Juniors, will take place from July 28 through Aug. 4 in Kamloops, British Columbia. Michigan leads the way with 10 natives…
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Jim Smith re-elected as president of USA Hockey; other notes from Annual Congress
By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey’s Annual Congress took place in Colorado Springs last weekend, and there were a few news items of note. Jim Smith was unamiously re-elected as president of USA Hockey during the Board of Directors meeting on June 9. At that meeting, it was also announced that USA Hockey had a record…
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USA Hockey expands Hockey Weekend Across America to ‘Hockey Week Across America’
By @StefanKubus – Hockey Weekend Across America will have a different look in 2019. That’s because the event, now in its 12th year, is set to last an entire week. USA Hockey announced that the newly-named Hockey Week Across America will take place from Feb. 17-24, 2019, celebrating an entire week of hockey festivities across…