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  • Shaved Ice – December 4

    Shaved Ice – December 4

    Another day, another day for hockey. UPDATED AT 3:12 p.m. – The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Mike Ilitch’s Olympia Development Company presented to state lawmakers today their plans for a $650 milllion-dollar development in downtown Detroit, which would feature a “new, state of the art, multi-purpose events center.” You can read the full article…

  • Shaved Ice – December 3

    Shaved Ice – December 3

    How was your weekend? Full of hockey, I hope. Get caught up on another wild weekend of college hockey in the Mitten with our recap of how all seven of our D1 teams did. Hint: went well for the Broncos, and not so well for everybody else. I chatted with Jimmy Howard over the weekend…

  • Shaved Ice – November 30

    Shaved Ice – November 30

    Well, Team MiHockey lost in the Movember battle to the CCHA… You can still donate to our collective effort to support men’s health by clicking right here. Big weekend of college hockey starts tonight. Here’s the match-ups we’re watching: Michigan at Ferris State – Will the Wolverines find their offense on the road? Northern Michigan…

  • Shaved Ice – November 29

    Shaved Ice – November 29

    Tomorrow, we display our moustaches for the final day. Can’t wait to shave. Did you know that Team MiHockey has been taking on Team CCHA in a Movember battle? Read more about that one right here, before it’s too late. Think we’re all getting our razors ready… You can meet Jimmy Howard and Jonas Gustavsson…

  • From The Crease: Maintaining Composure

    From The Crease: Maintaining Composure

    By Dave DeSander (guest writer) – As a goalie, you have the difficult task of playing the entire game. Not only does playing the entire game require physical demands on the body, but it is also highly stressful and taxing demands of mental composure. It is this mental composure that will very likely be the…

  • Shaved Ice – November 28

    Shaved Ice – November 28

    Welcome to a Wednesday edition of Shaved Ice. Forbes released their projected values for all 30 NHL teams today, with the Red Wings checking in at $346 million. That puts them at No. 6 in the league – the five above DRW are the other Original 6 squads. For the record, the Leafs hold the…

  • Shaved Ice – November 27

    Shaved Ice – November 27

    Happy Tuesday. Check out our article on Luke Glendening, who proved that you can play high school hockey (and other sports, too) and still make it to the pros. Two Michigan connections snagged CCHA Players of the Week honors yesterday, click here to read more. Here is a round-up of all the Muskegon Lumberjacks games…

  • Shaved Ice – November 26

    Shaved Ice – November 26

    Welcome back to the work week, everyone. Know of any good Cyber Monday deals? Unless you were the Northern Michigan Wildcats, it wasn’t a great weekend for college hockey – at least for Michigan’s teams. However, a lot of teams had the weekend off due to Thanksgiving. We’re looking forward to getting all the programs…

  • Shaved Ice – November 23

    Shaved Ice – November 23

    NHL cancels the All-Star game – bad Black Friday news. And now for happier things… Check out this article about how five members of the Honeybaked 19U girls team signed national letters of intent to play D-1 college hockey next year. Andy Greene had his number retired by Trenton High School on Wednesday, and we’ve…

  • Shaved Ice – November 21

    Shaved Ice – November 21

    Last Shaved Ice before Thanksgiving. The Michigan Wolverines welcome Bowling Green to Yost tonight for a Thanksgiving Eve battle. Then the Wolverines will eat some turkey, and prepare to head to Madison Square Garden for their big game against Cornell. Michigan State alum Chris Mueller is our Michi-gamer today, click on this link to find…