Category: Youth Hockey
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Eastside Elite Hockey League crowns 2014 men’s, women’s champions
By @MichaelCaples – The Eastside Elite Hockey League wrapped up their 2014 season this week, with the Golden Seals capturing the men’s division and the Cougars capturing the women’s division. The Golden Seals men’s team was led by Mac McDonnell, Garret Ross, Dakota Klecha and Easton Powers, while Max Milosek tended to the crease. Here…
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KOHA leaders talk about first year as a USA Hockey ‘ADM Model Association’
By Stefan Kubus – Brian Tulik made one thing very clear at the annual Michigan Amateur Hockey Association summer meeting in Traverse City: if the coaches and parents don’t buy into the USA Hockey American Development Model, it simply will not succeed within an organization. Tulik is the director of coaching and player development for…
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MiHockey’s ‘The Shift’ with Ryan Moore
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. MORE: See more ‘The Shift’ features here Our next featured player is…
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Seven Michigan names survive World Junior evaluation camp cuts
By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey announced the 27 players remaining at their World Junior evaluation camp today, and there are still seven Michigan names in Lake Placid. The players remaining – camp opened with 42 – will now take on the Czech Republic, Finland and Sweden later this week as they continue to try to…
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Six Michigan natives receive invites to 2014 USA Hockey Women’s National Festival
By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey announced the 69 players invited to their national women’s hockey festival today, and six of them hail from Michigan. Three defensemen and three forwards will make up the Michigan contingent of players who will be in Lake Placid, N.Y., from August 12-16 for the 2014 USA Hockey Women’s National Festival.…
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Video: Michigan native has stick broken over her head in international girls tournament
UPDATE (August 4, 1:30 p.m.): Congrats to the West Coast Selects Team, who captured gold in their international tournament. By @MichaelCaples – Video out of Budapest, Hungary from Michigan natives shows a terrible scene during a girls’ hockey game, and yet another reminder that dangerous outbursts on the ice shouldn’t be tolerated. The video below…
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New ownership turns abandoned Flint-area ice rink into new Crystal Fieldhouse
By @MichaelCaples – It’s not going to be easy, but they’re going for it. Vince Brooks, former vice president of Perani’s Hockey World, is the general manager of the new Crystal Fieldhouse, an ice arena in Genesee County. Not familiar with the Crystal Fieldhouse name? It used to be the Ice Mountain Arena Complex, a…
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Purple Heart Required: Michigan Warriors Hockey Program offers ice time for disabled veterans
By @MichaelCaples – ROYAL OAK – Cory Snedden needed his right ankle put back together after he was hit by a mortar in Iraq. That didn’t stop him from lacing up skates and giving hockey a try for the first time on July 15. Snedden, 32, attended a Michigan Warriors practice that day, where he…
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How Michigan’s girls fared at USA Hockey Select Camps
With the USA Hockey Girls Select Camps in the books, here’s a look at how Michigan’s representatives fared at the U18, 15 and 14 events. Congrats to all the girls who were invited to their respective camps. Girls Select U18 Morgan Stacey – 3 games, 1 penalty Abby Roque – 3 games, 1 goal,…
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Check out this Little Caesars Hockey video
Little Caesars Hockey just released a new video featuring the likes of Danny DeKeyser, Todd Bertuzzi and Kris Draper. Check it out below.