Category: Editor’s picks
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Team USA captures gold at Under-18 World Championshp
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By Michael Caples – They’ve done it again. Team USA captured the gold medal at the 2014 International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s Under-18 World Championship yesterday in Finland, besting the Czech Republic 5-2 in the title game. The win gives the U.S. their 11th consecutive medal, which is a U18 World Championship tournament record. It…
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Looking back and looking ahead for the Detroit Red Wings
By Dave Waddell – Players and coaches always claim they learn more from defeats than victories. However, the Boston Bruins exposed the Detroit Red Wings on so many levels in their five-game playoff series win it’ll take more than just one summer to act on the lessons learned. “I don’t think we played up…
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Game 5 Breakdown: Bruins end Red Wings’ season
By Stefan Kubus (@SKubus) – Goals by Loui Eriksson, Zdeno Chara, Milan Lucic and Jarome Iginla, along with steady goaltending from Tuukka Rask, proved to be too much for Detroit, as the Bruins ended the Red Wings’ season with a 4-2 win and 4-1 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series victory. Two of the injured veterans,…
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Red Wings’ season comes to a close with Game 5 loss
By Michael Caples – They made it close multiple times, but it wasn’t enough. Henrik Zetterberg pulled Detroit within one goal with 3:52 left in regulation, but an empty-netter for Jerome Iginla sealed Game 5 – and their Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series – for the Bruins. With their 4-2 win over Detroit, Boston eliminated…
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Larkin leads Team USA to U18 World Championship title game
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By Michael Caples – Waterford native Dylan Larkin scored a goal and an assist and Plymouth Whalers goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 19 of 20 shots, as Team USA picked up a 4-1 win over Sweden in the IIHF Men’s Under-18 World Championship. With the victory, the U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Team will move on to…
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Sproul scores game-winner in double OT in playoff opener
By Michael Caples – The Grand Rapids Griffins started their 2014 AHL playoff campaign last night, and ended it in memorable fashion – courtesy of Ryan Sproul. The rookie defenseman fired a long shot on goal from the right boards at the 19:26 mark of the second overtime period that got deflected past goaltender…
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Michigan-based Original Stix bringing hockey stick iPhone cases to reality
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By Michael Caples – Hey hockey players (and fans), meet your new phone case. Hockey stick phone cases are about to hit the market, and they’re being made right here in Michigan. A new company called Original Stix, created by 24-year-old St. Clair Shores native Terry Johnson, is taking broken hockey sticks and turning them…
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Photos: Red Wings vs. Bruins – Game 4
The Detroit Red Wings hosted the Boston Bruins for Game 4 of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series. (Photos by Jen Hefner/MiHockey)
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Zetterberg’s return not enough; Wings fall to Bruins in Game 4 at JLA
By Stefan Kubus – DETROIT – Niklas Kronwall and Pavel Datsyuk each welcomed new additions to their respective families in the last 24 hours, and it seemed to fuel their efforts Thursday night. But despite the duo setting each other up for both Detroit goals and having captain Henrik Zetterberg return, it wasn’t enough…
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Game 4 Breakdown: Bruins put the Wings on the brink of elimination with OT win
By Michael Caples – DETROIT – For a while there, it looked like everything was going right for the Red Wings. A 2-0 lead halfway through the second period, a dominating first period, Henrik Zetterberg back in the lineup – things were going well. Then Torey Krug scored in the second. And Milan Lucic…