Category: For Fans
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Recruiting: Mitchell Chaffee commits to UMass
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By @MichaelCaples – Mitchell Chaffee is on his way to Massachusetts – at least in a year or two. The 5-foot-11, 196-pound forward announced on Wednesday that he has committed to new coach Greg Carvel and the UMass Minutemen. Chaffee, a native of Rockford and a product of the Michigan Nationals (now Fox Motors)…
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Jersey sponsorship coming to World Cup of Hockey
By @MichaelCaples – The end is near. Just kidding, but… The National Hockey League just announced that SAP will “be the official sponsor for all game-worn home and away jerseys for duration of the [World Cup of Hockey].” The photo attached with the tweet shows a SAP logo on the right shoulder of all…
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Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill named grand marshal for the Pure Michigan 400
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By @MichaelCaples – The Red Wings announced today that head coach Jeff Blashill will be serving as the grand marshal for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 on Aug. 28. Blashill will be responsible for notifying the drivers to “Start your engines!” when the Pure Michigan 400 begins at 2 p.m. at…
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“Hockey Player’s Bible” a must-read for youth players
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By @StefanKubus – If there’s one thing a young hockey player should carry with them to the rink or keep in their wallet, it’s this. Former Stanley Cup-winning head coach and GM of the Detroit Red Wings Jimmy Skinner laid forth 17 rules for hockey players to follow in a list titled “A Hockey Player’s Bible.” Reddit user…
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Steven Oleksy brings the Stanley Cup to Mount Clemens Ice Arena, L’Anse Creuse North
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By @MichaelCaples – MOUNT CLEMENS – The Mount Clemens Ice Arena isn’t normally very busy on a Monday morning. When hometown hero Steven Oleksy brings the Stanley Cup by for a visit, however, the place fills up in a hurry. The Chesterfield native picked up Lord Stanley’s Cup at roughly 8 a.m. this morning,…
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Kevin Porter brings the Stanley Cup to downtown Plymouth
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By @MichaelCaples – PLYMOUTH – If you drove through downtown Plymouth Sunday morning, you may have seen a substantial line leading from the stage at Kellogg Park. You may have also seen Lord Stanley’s Cup glistening in the sunlight. Sunday was Kevin Porter’s day to spend with hockey’s ultimate prize, and he insisted on…
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Ian Cole shares his Stanley Cup day with his hometown of Ann Arbor and the hockey community
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By @MichaelCaples – ANN ARBOR – The first Ann Arbor native to win the Stanley Cup proudly marched his new trophy through his hometown today. Ian Cole took Lord Stanley’s Cup on a tour of some his favorite places Friday – all with the goal of sharing his moment with his community and the…
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How Andy Greene and his mom team up for a hockey camp in Trenton every summer
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By @MichaelCaples – TRENTON – If you look closely at the children participating in a weeklong hockey camp at the Kennedy Ice Arena in Trenton, Mich., you will notice that almost all of them have autographs on their sticks and jerseys. When the organizer of the camp is Trenton’s hometown hero, that’s understandable. Every summer,…
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Lumberjacks’ Rem Pitlick announces his decision to leave for Minnesota
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By @MichaelCaples – The Muskegon Lumberjacks just lost their leading scorer from last season. Rem Pitlick, last year’s USHL Player of the Year, announced in an exclusive interview with the USHL today that he has decided to make the jump to NCAA hockey and join the Minnesota Golden Gophers for the 2016-17 season. “This…
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MiStory: Less than a second (by Ryan Kesti)
In MiHockey’s new MiStory feature, we let hockey people tell their own stories with their own words. Ryan Kesti spent 2010-15 as a forward at Northern Michigan University. Kesti wrapped up his final hockey season, his first as a professional, with a bang, and now tells the story of his journey through hockey as he begins to embark on a new post-hockey adventure – and…