Category: For Coaches
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PHOTOS: 2015 Compuware Honeybaked AAA Invitational (midgets)
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Check out MiHockey’s photos from the second week of the 2015 Compuware Honeybaked AAA Invitational, featuring U15, U16 and U18 boys’ teams. Click here for photos from the younger age groups. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey)
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VIDEO: Mike Babcock talks to media in first return to Joe Louis Arena
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Former Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock returned to Joe Louis Arena Friday for his Toronto Maple Leafs’ preseason contest against Detroit. It was the first time he has been back to coach on the Toronto bench. He spoke to the media ahead of the game.
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Michigan to host four 2017 USA Hockey National Championships
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By @MichaelCaples – In 2017, there will be plenty of elite youth hockey teams coming through the Mitten State. USA Hockey has announced the 2017 Toyota-USAH National Championship locations, and four of them will be in Michigan. The Honeybaked Hockey Club will be hosting Girls Tier I and Women’s A, B and C national championship…
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Grand Rapids-based Kickstarter wants to change youth hockey sticks
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By @MichaelCaples – A Kickstarter campaign launched today from a company based out of Grand Rapids. Their goal? Offer hockey sticks sized correctly for youth players. Twig Hockey Company has launched their ‘Junior Twig’ stick, designed with the teeny-tiny hockey player in mind. With flexes of 20, 30 or 40, and a smaller stick…
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Checking out a USA Hockey Adult Skills Clinic in Plymouth (with photos)
By @StefanKubus – PLYMOUTH – As USA Hockey’s Rich Hansen said, “everyone ends up in an adult league sometime.” Men and women ages 21 and older arrived at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Mich. Saturday morning to kick off a two-day USA Hockey Adult Skills Clinic. The 30 participants experienced a wide variety of skating,…
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Grand Traverse Hockey Association one of three new USA Hockey Model Associations
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By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey announced today that they have added three new Model Associations, and one of them is in Michigan. The Grand Traverse Hockey Association, based out of Traverse City, is one of the new programs to commit to fully implementing programming dedicated to American Development Model principles. The Walpole Express in Walpole,…
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NHL Central Scouting releases September ‘players to watch’ list for 2016 Draft
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By @MichaelCaples – NHL Central Scouting has released their preliminary ‘players to watch’ list for the 2016 NHL Draft – take a look at the Michigan natives and current residents who have been tabbed as potential draftees next June. Michigan natives are in bold, while players currently playing for a Michigan-based program are also included…
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VIDEO: Players, coach video from the All-American Prospects Game
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On Sept. 24, some of the best NHL Draft-eligible players the U.S. has to offer competed at the 2015 CCM Hockey/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game in Buffalo, N.Y. The showcase game, now in its fourth year of operation, brings together elite talent for scouts of professional hockey programs to check out at the start of…
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PHOTOS: Firebirds begin new era in Flint with shootout win over Spirit
On Saturday night, the Firebirds began their new era of Ontario Hockey League hockey in Flint with a 3-2 shootout win over the Saginaw Spirit at the Dort Federal Event Center. Stay tuned for more MiHockey coverage from the historic night. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey)
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PHOTOS: Spirit and Firebirds begin new rivalry in OHL season opener
The Saginaw Spirit and the Flint Firebirds began their new in-state OHL rivalry Thursday night at the Dow Event Center, as the two franchises began their 2015-16 season. It was the first-ever OHL regular-season contest for the Firebirds, who will play the Spirit for the I-75 Divide Cup each year, and they prevailed on the…