Category: Editor’s picks
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NAHL announces 2013-14 all-league, all-division teams
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The North American Hockey League announced their All-NAHL and All-Division teams for the 2013-14 season. See below for the all-league and all four division teams (Central, Midwest, North and South), as voted on by the league’s coaches. Members of Michigan’s NAHL teams are bolded. 2013-14 All-NAHL Team • Forward: Alec Butcher, Kenai River Brown Bears…
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USHL Phase 1 Draft Watch
By Michael Caples – Tonight, the United States Hockey League’s member clubs select the top 1998 birth-year players from across the country. MiHockey will be watching for all the Michigan natives and the players selected by the Muskegon Lumberjacks; follow along with our live updates right here. First Round No. 2 – Youngstown Phantoms –…
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Lumberjacks announce trades for Michigan natives Marchin, Molino
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By Michael Caples – Just a few hours before the start of the 2014 USHL Draft, the Muskegon Lumberjacks announced a trio of trades that will bring two Michigan natives back home next fall. The USHL club announced that they have acquired Algonac native Tom Marchin and Trenton native Griffen Molino in trades with the…
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USHL Draft to take place tonight, tomorrow morning
By Michael Caples – The United States Hockey League is set to begin their 2014 draft today and tomorrow. The league, which boasts the top Junior A teams in the country, annually holds a two-part draft, with Phase 1 beginning tonight at 6 p.m. ET. Phase 1 of the draft consists of eight rounds, with…
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NHL ’15 teaser trailer released; Doc Emrick on the call?
EA Sports has released a teaser trailer for NHL ’15 today, and it sounds like they have a new play-by-play guy. The voice of Michigan resident Doc Emrick, NBC’s lead announcer for their NHL broadcasts, can be heard talking about the game in the background of a video that shows off EA’s latest recreations of…
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Griffins advance to second round of AHL playoffs with 5-3 win Friday night
By Pat Evans – GRAND RAPIDS – With a 4-3 win against the Abbotsford Heat at Van Andel Arena, the Grand Rapids Griffins will advance to the second round of the Calder Cup Playoffs in their journey to defend the cup. Grand Rapids captain Jeff Hoggan scored twice in front of 7,641 fans, the…
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Photos: Grand Rapids Griffins vs. Abbotsford Heat – Game 4
The Grand Rapids Griffins finished off their first-round series with the Abbotsford Heat Friday night at Van Andel Arena. (Photos by Amanda O’Toole/MiHockey)
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Twenty-three girls selected for USA national player development camps
By Michael Caples (@michaelcaples) – On April 25-27 in Grand Rapids, MAHA gathered 154 girls’ hockey players and goaltenders for USA Hockey national player development camp tryouts. The girls competed amongst their various age groups (1997-2000) to represent Michigan at the national camps, which will be held in St. Cloud, Minn., in July. Congrats to…
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Photos: Some of our favorites from the Red Wings’ 2013-14 season
Some of our favorite photos from the Red Wings’ 2013-14 season. (Photos by MiHockey’s Jen Hefner, Michael Caples, Tom Turrill, Andrew Knapik and Erik Roush)
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MiHockey Banquet of Champions videos
Check out all the videos we played at the 22nd annual MiHockey Banquet of Champions event, held at Laurel Manor in Livonia on April 15. The Intro Video (song- “For Love of the Game” by Pillar): The Girls’ Tier II Videos: The Girls’ Tier I Videos: The Squirt Videos: The Pee Wee Videos: The Bantam…