Category: Editor’s picks
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Griffins release 2016-17 AHL schedule
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By @StefanKubus – The Grand Rapids Griffins released their 2016-17 schedule on Monday. This season marks the Griffins’ 21st as a franchise, 16th in the American Hockey League and 15th as the AHL affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings. The Griffins will open their 76-game season at Van Andel Arena for the 11th time in…
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Spirit acquire former Guelph captain C.J. Garcia
By @StefanKubus – The Saginaw Spirit announced they’ve acquired former Guelph Storm captain C.J. Garcia in exchange for the Spirit’s third-round pick in the 2017 OHL Priority Selection, a second-round pick in 2019 and a fourth-round pick in 2020 (via North Bay). Garcia, a 6-foot, 180-poumd defenseman, enters his fifth season in the OHL after…
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Firebirds acquire rights to Garrett Forrest in goaltending swap with North Bay
By @StefanKubus – The Flint Firebirds swapped goaltender rights with the North Bay Battalion and, in the process, brought Garrett Forrest back home in a sense. Flint shipped the rights to netminder Brent Moran to North Bay in exchange for the rights to Forrest and the Windsor Spitfires’ fourth-round pick in the 2017 OHL Priority Selection. Though he’s…
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Howe, LeClair named head coaches for 2016 All-American Prospects Game
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By @StefanKubus – With 42 of the best American-born prospects eligible for the 2017 NHL Entry Draft skating in the 2016 All-American Prospects Game, they’ll certainly have two great hockey minds guiding them. USA Hockey announced Monday that U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame members Mark Howe, son of the late Gordie Howe, and Philadelphia…
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OHL announces new “blindside hit rule” and more fighting limitations
By @MichaelCaples – The Ontario Hockey League announced some rule changes today that should make the game safer for the Major Junior league when the puck drops on the 2016-17 season. The OHL’s Board of Directors adopted a new “Blindside Hit Rule” today, along with new rules to discourage fighting. With the new ‘blindside’…
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Original Stix announces new clothing line with Red Wings defenseman, Michigan native Danny DeKeyser
By @MichaelCaples – Original Stix, a Michigan-based company that turns broken hockey sticks into phone cases, has a big-name partner joining the team. Earlier this week, Original Stix announced a new clothing line with Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser. The DeKeyser Apparel line, which Original Stix has been creating with the Clay Township native…
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PHOTOS/VIDEO: Abdelkader, Larkin take flight with Breitling Jet Team
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On Thursday, Red Wings forwards and Michigan natives Justin Abdelkader (Muskegon) and Dylan Larkin (Waterford) went for rides with the Breitlling Jet Team at Willow Run Airport in Belleville. Check out MiHockey’s photo gallery and video interviews with the hometown boys; it was Larkin’s first fighter jet experience, while Abdelkader has previously flown with the…
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Recruiting: Mitchell Chaffee commits to UMass
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By @MichaelCaples – Mitchell Chaffee is on his way to Massachusetts – at least in a year or two. The 5-foot-11, 196-pound forward announced on Wednesday that he has committed to new coach Greg Carvel and the UMass Minutemen. Chaffee, a native of Rockford and a product of the Michigan Nationals (now Fox Motors)…
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Jersey sponsorship coming to World Cup of Hockey
By @MichaelCaples – The end is near. Just kidding, but… The National Hockey League just announced that SAP will “be the official sponsor for all game-worn home and away jerseys for duration of the [World Cup of Hockey].” The photo attached with the tweet shows a SAP logo on the right shoulder of all…
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Three Michigan teams to participate in inaugural USHL U14 Fall Classic in Pittsburgh
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By @MichaelCaples – While five Michigan-based U16 AAA teams will be participating in the USHL’s inaugural Fall Classic West Youth Tournament, the Tier I junior league announced today that some of Michigan’s U14 teams will be playing in another tournament in Pittsburgh. Three Michigan-based U14 AAA clubs will be competing in the inaugural USHL…