Category: Editor’s picks
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Beau Schmitz – the “country boy” captain
By Matt Mackinder – Whether he’s on the ice playing in the Ontario Hockey League or hunting in the woods, Beau Schmitz has his eyes on the prize. An avid outdoorsman, the Plymouth Whalers’ captain and Howell native can often be found away from Compuware Arena in a deer blind waiting for an eight-point buck…
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Saginaw gives John McFarland new lease on hockey
By Carl Chimenti – John McFarland is getting a fresh start. You know the story – an underachieving player is traded and before you know it he finds his game and becomes the player that everyone thought he should be. Early in his career, McFarland was touted as possessing once-in-a-generation talent, and he was expected…
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Honeybaked ’98s welcome the Red Army
The 1998 Red Army team from Russia arrived in Michigan a week before competing in the Bauer Invitational tournament in Chicago Nov. 4-6. Here they have a slate of games that included a tilt with the Honeybaked ’98s on Saturday, Oct. 29. The game was fast-paced from the outset and the boys on both sides…