Category: For Coaches
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Port Huron hockey video featured by GoPro
Action camera maker GoPro likes to feature videos produced with their wearable devices by people across the globe. On Nov. 18, they decided to celebrate GoPro-filmed hockey footage, shot in Port Huron. Check out this fantastic video that showcases a group of friends getting together for hockey – a great example of what makes our…
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MAHA announces 2016 state playoff locations
By @MichaelCaples – Teams who think they are worthy of a shot at a state title can start planning out their March schedules. MAHA has provided MiHockey with their 2016 state playoff sites and locations, which will begin on Feb. 29 for select age groups and run through Mar. 20. USA Hockey National Championships…
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Bauer’s parent company unveils new neck collar said to decrease concussions
By @MichaelCaples – Performance Sports Group, the parent company of Bauer Hockey, announced yesterday a new device that’s supposed to reduce concussions in athletic competition. It’s not a new helmet, however, but a neck collar. The new product, a “proprietary yet easy-to-use band worn on the neck,” is designed to effect blood volume in…
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NTDP U17s to play Red Wings alumni on Tuesday
By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program Under-17 Team is in the process of getting used to playing against older competition. The U17s play in the USHL, which routinely puts them up against players two or three (or more) years older than they are. When they take the ice at USA Hockey…
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VIDEO: Talking hockey with Torey Krug
Livonia native, Michigan State alum and Boston Bruins defenseman Torey Krug talks about his youth hockey experiences and his advice for former players. He also talks about Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill – Krug played for Blashill during the two Michigan natives’ time in the USHL with the Indiana Ice.
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PHOTOS: Girls’ Bauer World Invite
Some of the best female hockey players in North America came to Metro Detroit this past weekend to compete in the Bauer World Invite at rinks across Michigan. Check out our photo gallery from some of the opening-day action. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey) Congrats to Little Caesars 16U for capturing the Tier I title in…
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PHOTOS: The Easton Hockey Game of the Week – Honeybaked vs. Little Caesars ’02
MiHockey’s youth hockey Game of the Week feature, powered by Easton Hockey, is back for another season! Each week, MiHockey cameras are going behind-the-scenes of a youth hockey game to capture the excitement and passion displayed in rinks across our great state. Our first Easton Hockey Game of the Week feature for the 2015-16 season…
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2015 Metro High School Invitational set for this weekend at Novi
By @MichaelCaples – State titles won’t be decided for months, but bragging rights are already on the line. This weekend, eight teams will arrive at Novi Ice Arena to compete in the 14th annual Metro High School Invitational. Four Kensington Lakes Activities Association teams will once again compete against four schools from the Oakland Activities…
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VIDEO: Talking hockey with Jim Slater
Jim Slater, a Lapeer native and Michigan State alum, talks with MiHockey about his journey of becoming a professional hockey player.
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PHOTOS: ‘Military Appreciation Night’ at The Joe
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The Red Wings held their annual ‘Military Appreciation Night’ at Joe Louis Arena on Friday night. Detroit honored active military members and veterans through a variety of activities throughout the night, and volunteers from Blue Star Mothers of America Chapter 180 collected car packages and monetary donations as fans arrived. The Wings wore custom camouflage…