Category: Tier 1
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Invite list announced for girls’ USA Hockey Multi-District Development Camp (2000-02 birth-years)
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By @MichaelCaples – The Michigan Amateur Hockey Association has announced the list of girls receiving invitations to the USA Hockey Multi-District Development Camp. Congrats to the following 2000, ’01 and ’02 birth-year girls invited to participate in the camp, which will take place in Kent, Ohio from Aug. 6-11. Angelina Wiater Gabriela Rowe Jenny Heath Madison…
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Rare feat sees Xan Gurney capture two national championships in two months
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By @StefanKubus – What defenseman Xan Gurney accomplished during the 2016-17 campaign was certainly one of the rarer feats seen in the youth hockey world. The Grosse Ile native started the 2016-17 season skating for Compuware 16U. By the end of it, Gurney became a national champion in not one, but two leagues. Gurney, a…
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Recruiting: Noah Lalonde commits to Lake Superior State
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By @MichaelCaples – Noah Lalonde has spent his junior hockey career in Youngstown, Ohio and Omaha, Nebraska. Soon, he’ll be a little closer to home. The Macomb native has committed to Lake Superior State, where he will continue his hockey career under the tutelage of Damon Whitten and the Lakers’ hockey program. “I chose LSSU…
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Three Michigan natives win Memorial Cup with Windsor Spitfires
By @MichaelCaples – Home ice has its benefits. On Sunday night, host team Windsor won the 2017 Memorial Cup, beating the Erie Otters 4-3 in an all-OHL final game at the WFCU Centre. “My guys are amazing,” Windsor head coach Rocky Thompson said after the game. “We saw what they’ve gone through here. We witnessed…
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Alex DeBrincat named Canadian Hockey League player of the year; Chmelevski Scholar Student
By @MichaelCaples – Turns out Alex DeBrincat wasn’t just the best player in the Ontario Hockey League, but the best one in all of the Canadian Hockey League this year. The CHL – a collection of the OHL, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League – has named the Farmington Hills…
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Recruiting: Adam Pitters commits to Bowling Green
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By @MichaelCaples – Grosse Pointe South captain Adam Pitters made the jump to the NAHL when his high school hockey season ended. Now, he’s also lined up his college hockey career. The Grosse Pointe native, who played in five postseason games with the Aberdeen Wings at the end of the 2016-17 season, has committed to…
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Five Michigan natives win USHL’s Clark Cup with Chicago Steel
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By @MichaelCaples – Last night, five Michigan natives became Clark Cup champions. With a 2-1 victory in overtime of a winner-take-all Game 5 showdown with the Sioux City Musketeers, the Chicago Steel claimed a league championship. Mitch Lewandowski – Left Wing – Clarkston native Lewandowski, a Michigan State commit, posted 12 points in…
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Lumberjacks’ Keith Petruzzelli named USA Hockey’s Goalie of the Year
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By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey has announced its annual awards, and one of them is going to a goaltender who tended to the crease in Muskegon this year. Lumberjacks goaltender Keith Petruzzelli has been named the Dave Peterson Goalie of the Year award winner; he will be presented with his new award at the annual…
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Recruiting: Brennan Blaszczak commits to Alaska
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By @MichaelCaples – Brennan Blaszczak has had to do his fare share of traveling for hockey, and that won’t change for college. The Troy native has committed to the Alaska Nanooks for his college hockey career starting next fall. “I’m excited to play for the Nanooks because it’s always been my dream to play at…
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2000 birth-year player invites for USA Hockey Select 17 Camp announced
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By @MichaelCaples – The Michigan Amateur Hockey Association has announced the 2000 birth-year players receiving invitations to the 2017 USA Hockey Select 17 National Player Development Camp. Congrats to the following players, who will represent Michigan at the Northtown Center at Amherst in Amherst, N.Y., from June 24-30. Donald Borgula Declan Carlile Drew Cooper Jack…