Category: For Fans
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New NTDP head coach John Wroblewski brings unique experience to Plymouth
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By @MichaelCaples – PLYMOUTH – John Wroblewski understands what the current NTDP players are going through. After all, he didn’t have a permanent locker to call his own during his time with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, either. Wroblewski was part of the inaugural NTDP team in Ann Arbor in 1997; now, he’s…
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MiStory: How a college hockey pipe dream became a reality (by Chad McDonald)
In MiHockey’s new MiStory feature, we let hockey people tell their own stories with their own words. Battle Creek native Chad McDonald shares his story of how he turned his college hockey dream into a reality through hard work, determination and support from people throughout the hockey community in Michigan. (Cover image photo courtesy of…
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Larkin named Red Wings’ rookie of the year by DSBA
By @MichaelCaples – In a unanimous vote, the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association have selected Dylan Larkin as the Red Wings’ rookie of the year. The 19-year-old native of Waterford was the first teenager to play for the Wings since Jiri Hudler in 2003-04, and the first to be in the line-up on opening night since…
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New video shares more information about practice facility coming with new Red Wings arena
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By @MichaelCaples – Red Wings fans are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Little Caesars Arena as the new home of the Detroit Red Wings. Youth hockey people, however, are looking forward to more than just a new building for their hometown team. The practice rink that will be constructed along with the new Hockeytown…
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Headlines from Dylan Larkin’s first season with the Red Wings
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By @MichaelCaples – May 21 marked the one-year anniversary of Waterford native Dylan Larkin officially signing a contract with the Detroit Red Wings, the NHL club that drafted him No. 15 overall in 2014. After one year with the Michigan Wolverines, Larkin – a Belle Tire and USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program product…
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U.S. falls to Russia in bronze-medal game at Worlds
By @MichaelCaples – Team USA’s journey at the World Championship in Russia came to a close with a loss to the host country Sunday. The American squad fell to Russia by a final score of 7-2 in the bronze-medal game, a day after a 4-3 loss to Canada in the semifinals. It marks the third…
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Team USA falls to Canada in Worlds semifinal; Larkin named U.S. player of the game
By @StefanKubus – Team USA came close, but couldn’t overcome Canada in the semifinal of the 2016 IIHF Men’s World Championship, a 4-3 final. Waterford native and Detroit Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin was named the player of the game for Team USA, as he set up two of the U.S. goals in the losing…
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UPDATE: Agent denies reports from multiple Russian outlets saying Datsyuk is signing with SKA
UPDATE (3:10 p.m. ET) – Per Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News, Dan Milstein – Pavel Datsyuk’s agent – says the reports out of Russia are untrue, and that his client has yet to speak with any teams. More on that story here. By @MichaelCaples – Multiple reports are coming out of Russia…
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Ryan Oulahen named new head coach of Flint Firebirds; Wellwood named assistant
By @MichaelCaples – The Firebirds officially have a new head coach. Announced today, Ryan Oulahen will be the bench boss for the Flint OHL franchise, and he will be joined by new associate coach Eric Wellwood. Oulahen, 31, was a fifth-round pick of the Detroit Red Wings in 2003. He played four seasons with…
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Dylan Larkin to serve as Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Grand Marshal
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By @MichaelCaples – Start your engines, and start your puns. Red Wings speedster Dylan Larkin will be rubbing elbows with people who travel a whole lot faster than he does when he serves as the Grand Marshal of the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix on Saturday, June 4. The Waterford native and Detroit…