Category: Youth Hockey
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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…
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“Try Hockey For Free” clinics grow the game during Hockey Day
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By Michael Caples – On Feb. 16, Ara Kabodian took his three children to a “Try Hockey For Free” skate at the Plymouth Cultural Center. After talking to his oldest son, 9-year-old Andrew, through the glass while he was slipping and sliding through his first skating experience, Ara said he was taking advantage of the…
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’03 Farmington Hills Fire win 2012 Motown Cup Squirt A division
Note: The following article and photos are reader submissions from a parent, coach, or player. Have your team highlighted on our website and in MiHockeyMag by e-mailing editor Michael Caples at mcaples@mihockeynow.com. After a close 2-1 defeat to the Newmarket (Ontario) Redmen in the preliminary round, the ’03 Fire won their other two games and…
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Livonia Knights Midget A captures District 4 championship
Note: The following article and photos are reader submissions from a parent, coach, or player. Have your team highlighted on our website and in MiHockeyMag by e-mailing editor Michael Caples at mcaples@mihockeynow.com. The Livonia Midget A Knights travel hockey team captured the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association District 4 Championship with a 6-3 win Feb. 9…