Category: For Fans
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Spirit’s Will Petschenig named OHL Humanitarian of the Year
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By @MichaelCaples – It didn’t take long for Will Petschenig to make an impact on the Saginaw community. An off-season acquisition for the Spirit, Petschenig created the program “A Heart Like Mine” to reach out to children and families grieving the loss of a loved one. That, along with other activities, has led to…
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Red Wings hire Griffins’ Jeff Salajko as new goaltending coach
By @MichaelCaples – Exactly one week after they announced the hiring of Doug Houda as a new assistant coach, the Red Wings have selected their new goaltending coach. Detroit general manager and executive vice president Ken Holland announced today that the Wings have hired Jeff Salajko as their new goaltending – a hire that is…
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PHOTOS: Griffins’ season comes to a close with overtime loss in Game 6
The Grand Rapids Griffins were one bounce away from forcing a winner-take-all Game 7 with Lake Erie, but Grosse Pointe native Zach Werenski found the back of the net in overtime to wrap up the series for the Monsters. Ryan Sproul, Tomas Nosek and Xavier Ouellet scored for the Griffins in what turned out to…
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Zach Werenski scores series-clinching overtime goal in Grand Rapids
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By @MichaelCaples – Zach Werenski picked a heck of a time to score his fourth goal of the postseason. The Grosse Pointe native scored the series-clinching goal for his Lake Erie Monsters Monday night in Grand Rapids, breaking a 3-3 tie in overtime against the Griffins. Here’s the goal: .@ZachWerenski with the OT…
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Check out the latest edition of MiHockeyMag
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In the latest issue of MiHockeyMag, we bring you our annual training and fitness guide. We also highlight Lakeview Arena in Marquette as the winner of 2016 Kraft Hockeyville, introduce you to Michigan Tech commit Tommy Parrottino and more. Click here, or click on the cover image below, to view the latest issue of MiHockeyMag on your…
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Today marks 20th anniversary of Steve Yzerman’s double-overtime Game 7 playoff goal
By @StefanKubus – It might go down as one of the all-time greatest moments from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and it happened exactly 20 years ago from today. On May 16, 1996, the seventh and deciding game between Steve Yzerman’s Detroit Red Wings and Wayne Gretzky’s St. Louis Blues was deadlocked at zero after 80 minutes of hockey. That is, until Gretzky turned the…
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John Wroblewski named new NTDP head coach
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By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey announced today that John Wroblewski will be the new head coach for the National Team Development Program. Wroblewski, formerly the head coach of the Youngstown Phantoms of the USHL, is a NTDP alum as a player and assistant coach. He will serve as head coach of the U.S. National Under-18…
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Red Wings announce ‘Street Hockey Summer Tour’
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By @MichaelCaples – The Detroit Red Wings have announced that they will be holding an inaugural ‘Street Hockey Summer Tour’ this July and August at locations across Michigan. The Street Hockey Summer Tour, presented by Meijer, will take over the parking lots of 10 different Meijer locations to host free street hockey clinics for…
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Wolverines announce finalized 2016-17 schedule
UPDATE: The Wolverines’ full schedule has been unveiled with today’s Big Ten hockey schedule. Michigan begins the 2016-17 campaign with an exhibition contest against the University of Windsor on Sunday, Oct. 2. The Wolverines begin Big Ten play on Dec. 1 at Penn State; Michigan’s first home Big Ten game will be on Dec.…
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Talking Lakeview Arena’s Kraft Hockeyville win with the man who wrote the original essay
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By @MichaelCaples – Fritz Hoenke may just end up being the most popular hockey dad of all-time in Marquette. The longtime youth hockey supporter quickly wrote something about the hometown rink during the hockey season, and the submission has resulted in a $150,000 donation and the opportunity to host an NHL preseason game for Lakeview…