Category: Youth Hockey
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Trick-Or-Treating at Compuware
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By Brian Kalisher – PLYMOUTH – It was quite a frightening sight Saturday evening at Compuware Arena as youngsters from around the area packed the concourse to take part in the Plymouth Whalers’ Trick-or-Treat Night. As a new staffer for Michigan Hockey, I stopped by to check out the action and help pass out candy…
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Mt. Clemens teams raise over 1,750 items in food drive
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 Michael Caples at mcaples@mihockeynow.com The Mt. Clemens Hockey Association’s First Annual Opening Day Food Drive, benefiting Gleaners Food Bank, was an overwhelming success! We collected over 1750 food items to help…
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Novi Snowcats claw their way to Pittsburgh tourney win
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 Michael Caples at mcaples@mihockeynow.com The Snowcats hit the road for an early season tournament in Pittsburgh, Pa. “We didn’t know what to expect when we found out we were…
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16U Icebreakers win ‘Ignite the Ice’ in Cleveland
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 U16 Michigan Icebreakers won the Girl’s U16 Tier 2 Ignite the Ice Tournament in Cleveland Ohio on Sept. 25. The Icebreakers went undefeated in pool play, outscoring…
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Concussions: Knowing how to respond
By Michael Caples – The Little Caesars Amateur Hockey League held their annual Face-Off Meeting at Motor City Casino on Sept. 25 to prepare youth coaches for the upcoming season. The league directors brought in two big names from drastically different professions that had the same message for new and old hockey coaches alike. Longtime…
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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…