Category: Editor’s picks
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Details on NHL Awards Show, trophy nominee announcement dates released
By Michael Caples – The NHL announced today details surrounding their annual awards show, and what days fans can expect to hear the official nominees for the major awards. Television and radio broadcaster George Stroumboulopoulos will host the event, set to take place on June 24 at the Encore at Wynn Las Vegas, with TV broadcasting…
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Madison Capitols tender Belle Tire’s Jalen Chatfield
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By Michael Caples – The Madison Capitols, new members of the USHL, announced today that they have tendered a Michigan product. The newly-formed club have signed Belle Tire’s Jalen Chatfield – the Capitols’ first-ever tendered defenseman in their short history. Chatfield, who played for the Belle Tire Midget Major club this pat season, joins forwards…
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Michigan Tech announces 2014-15 schedule, GLI dates
By Michael Caples – The college hockey season may just be a few weeks retired, but it’s never too early to look into next year. The Michigan Tech Huskies released their 2014-15 schedule today, and in the process, announced the dates for the 50th Great Lakes Invitational. Highlights of the Huskies’ schedule include a season-opening…
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Michi-gamer: Pride of the Mitten (Week of April 21, 2014)
Welcome to another season of MiHockey’s Michi-gamer! We take great pride in our homegrown talent. Whether they grew up in the Mitten or we welcomed them here for college or juniors, they are our own. They represent the best place in the world for hockey. Every morning, we pick one Michi-gamer from the previous night’s…
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Game 2 Breakdown: Bruins find the scoresheet in a hurry
By Stefan Kubus – Boston out battled and outgunned Detroit all afternoon long to take a 4-1 win and even the series up at one aside. While Detroit couldn’t get much going, what they do have going for them is that they split the first two games on the road with this season’s Presidents’…
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Bruins score four to even series with Red Wings
By Michael Caples – In Game 1, the Boston Bruins tried for a full 60 minutes to get a puck past Jimmy Howard. It didn’t take long for them to solve their scoring riddle in Game 2. Two goals in the first ten minutes jumpstarted the Bruins’ offense, as they picked up a 4-1…
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Game 1 Breakdown: Howard shuts out Bruins in series opener
By Stefan Kubus – Game 1 featured stellar netminding, relatively negligent power plays and another highlight-reel play from Pavel Datsyuk. The Red Wings star forward’s goal with 3:01 remaining in the third period was the only one scored in the game, and Jimmy Howard stopped all 25 shots he faced en route to a…
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Pavel Datsyuk’s late goal gives Red Wings a Game 1 win over Boston
By Nick Barnowski – Entering the third period, it seemed as if the team that scored first would win the game. As it turned out, that feeling was spot-on. Pavel Datsyuk fired a shot past Tuukka Rask with three minutes left in the game to give the Detroit Red Wings a 1-0 lead that…
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Caples: Five things to watch in the Red Wings vs. Bruins series
By Michael Caples – The Red Wings managed to stretch their consecutive playoff-appearance streak to 23 seasons with an impressive run through the final two months of the regular season. Their reward? A date with the Presidents’ Trophy winners. Detroit will be taking on the top team in the entire National Hockey League tonight…
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Alex Nedeljkovic named OHL goaltender of the year
By Matt Mackinder – Even with a losing record and playing for a team that barely made the playoffs, Alex Nedeljkovic earned a top Ontario Hockey League award as the second-year Plymouth Whalers’ backstop was named the OHL’s goaltender of the year for the 2013-14 season. Nedeljkovic, the first Whalers’ goalie to win the…