Category: For Coaches
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Help Shawn Burr fight cancer
Former Red Wing Shawn Burr is taking on a fight away from the ice next month. Burr was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in 2011. Now, in the final stages of his recovery, he has been working hard to raise money and awareness for the cause. On March 17, The Shawn Burr Foundation will…
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“The kids got a sense of the spirit of hockey in Michigan”
The following story was e-mailed to us by Aaron Ellenbogen, a coach with the Orchard Lake Pirates ‘02 team. Read about a moving act in youth hockey, made even more special that it happened on Warrior Hockey Day in Michigan. “Hockey Day in Michigan came and went this past weekend, and there are undoubtedly many…
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Kids experience hockey for first time on Hockey Day
By Brian Kalisher – FARMINGTON HILLS – The Warrior Hockey Day in Michigan celebration not only gave people living in the Mitten a chance to enjoy the game they love, it also provided quality learning opportunities for youngsters taking their first steps on the ice. Like many other rinks across the state, Suburban Ice –…
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CC tops St. Mary’s in Catholic League championship at the Joe
By Brian Kalisher – DETROIT – The Catholic High School League championship game was held at Joe Louis Arena Saturday night for the first time ever, capping off 24 hours of hockey at JLA for the annual Warrior Hockey Day in Michigan celebration. Catholic Central beat Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 5-3 to clinch their fifth…
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Special DElivery: Hockeytown lives up to the name
By Darren Eliot – Quite a week of hockey here in the D. The NHL announces the Winter Classic will come to Ann Arbor and Mr. Ilitch adds to the festivities by opening up Comerica Park for a hockey winter festival leading up to the NHL event. All levels of hockey will participate downtown from…
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NHL Winter Classic officially coming to Hockeytown
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By Michael Caples and Brian Kalisher – Press conference at Comerica Park DETROIT – It’s been speculated and discussed for weeks – if not months. But today, the National Hockey League made it official; the Winter Classic is coming to Michigan. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the 2013 NHL Winter Classic will be played…
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List of Warrior Hockey Day in Michigan events continue to grow
FARMINGTON HILLS – With the Feb. 18 Warrior Hockey Day in Michigan just two weeks away, the list of events celebrating the game keeps getting longer. In addition to two CCHA games on TV, numerous free “Try Hockey” clinics and the quest for “Local Hockey Heroes,” the seventh annual statewide celebration now also includes a…
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Warrior joins leading hockey organizations as Hockey Day in Michigan’s title sponsor
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FARMINGTON HILLS – The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) is pleased to announce that Warrior Hockey has signed on to be the title sponsor of this year’s Hockey Day in Michigan, which will take place on Saturday, February 18, 2012 as an integrated part of USA Hockey’s Hockey Weekend Across America (February 17-19). The CCHA,…
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Take a step toward keeping kids safe on the ice
Probably by now you’ve heard the story of Minnesota high school hockey player Jack Jablonski and the horrific injury he has suffered as a result of a hit from behind into the boards. Mom’s Team has a very nice post about it and so does Yahoo’s Puck Daddy. And Jack Blatherwick’s column at Let’s Play…
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Want Warrior gear? Join us on Facebook
We’re happy to announce that we have teamed up with Warrior Hockey for the Speaking of Hockey page of Michigan Hockey Magazine. For each issue of the mag, we will post a question on Facebook, and one randomly selected answer will win Warrior products. We will also feature some of the answers inside the magazine.…