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Shaved Ice – Nov. 22
Only two more days ’til turkey…can’t wait. Quick hits In case you were living under a rock yesterday (read: in case you don’t use any sort of technology…wait, then how are you reading this?) Sidney Crosby returned from a 10-month absence to play an NHL game for the first time since suffering a concussion. And…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 21
Welcome back to the work week. Hope everybody had a great weekend. Quick hits Our new favorite Fox Sports Detroit analyst, Darren Eliot, got plenty of extra face-time during the Red Wings game last night due to a power outage at the Honda Center in Anaheim. The Wings and Ducks were delayed roughly half an…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 18
Sorry this is coming in a little later than usual. I was at Novi Ice Arena late last night, working on the captains cover shoot for the next issue of the magazine. Quick hits The up-and-down nature of the Red Wings this season continued last night, as the club lost 5-2 to rival San Jose…
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A good time for doing good
We’re heading into the holiday stretch. A little prematurely, I think, so I’m siding with Nordstrom’s on this one holiday at a time thing. Philosophically, of course; it’s not like I’m shopping there (see previous posts about kids and sports sucking up all my money). Fighting my inner Scrooge, I try to recognize that the holiday season,…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 17
Tonight is our photo shoot for the high school captains cover for the next issue of Michigan Hockey magazine, and HS games have already started. Who’s excited for another year of high school hockey? Quick hits Chris Stewart was given a three-game suspension for his hit on Niklas Kronwall. You can hear Brendan Shanahan’s reasoning…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 16
Somebody get me a cup of coffee. Quick hits The Red Wings took on the St. Louis Blues yesterday, and it was a rough start to their four-game road trip. Drew Miller’s goal at the 6:07 mark of the first period turned out to be the Wings’ only goal in the game, and they lost…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 15
Good morning, everyone. A few weeks ago, we published a short article about how the Red Army youth team from Russia stopped by to play against Honeybaked. They aren’t the only team to cross the pond to play against teams from the Mitten. On Sunday, the ’97 Suburban Stars took on Druzhba ‘78, a Ukrainian…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 14
Welcome back to the work week, everybody. Hopefully you enjoyed your weekend full of hockey – I know I did. Quick hits The Red Wings had back-to-back home games Friday and Saturday night for the first time in…well, a while. On Friday, they posted a 3-0 shutout over Edmonton, with Drew Miller winning the battle…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 11
Have a great Veterans Day everyone. Remember why you’re lucky enough to be watching hockey all weekend. Quick hits The Red Wings take their two-game win streak into a clash with the Edmonton Oilers tonight at Joe Louis Arena. The Oilers, by the way, are actually a pretty good hockey team this year, and goaltender…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 10
It’s like Christmas morning – the latest issue of Michigan Hockey showed up at the office this morning. And I say like Christmas morning because we have a Christmas tree on the cover. Quick hits Wednesday was another quiet day around the Mitten, in terms of Michigan’s top teams. The Grand Rapids Griffins were the…