Category: For Fans
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Lakeview Arena advances to the final round for Kraft Hockeyville USA
VOTE NOW FOR LAKEVIEW ARENA! Click here to vote online and text ‘Lakeview’ to 35350. You can vote up to 50 times a day via each method. By @MichaelCaples – The two finalists for Hockeyville USA have been announced, and Lakeview Arena is still alive. Thanks to the supporters who voted for Lakeview, the rink…
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Brent Darnell named College Hockey Inc.’s new Director of Education
By @MichaelCaples – Former Michigan State Spartans forward Brent Darnell has a new job. College Hockey Inc. announced today that the Detroit Catholic Central and MSU alum is the organization’s new Director of Education. “I am very excited at the great opportunity I have to be a member of College Hockey Inc.,” Darnell said…
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Report: Pavel Datsyuk to skate with Team Russia at World Championship
By @MichaelCaples – According to a report from Russia’s Sport Express, Pavel Datsyuk’s season isn’t over yet. Sport Express has published a short article saying that pending a physical, the Red Wings’ star forward will play for his native Russia in the IIHF World Championship. From a translated quote in the article: “Tomorrow will…
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Red Wings’ season comes to a close with 1-0 loss in Tampa Bay
By @MichaelCaples – With 1:43 remaining in regulation, everything changed. In a game where the Red Wings were sending plenty of viable scoring chances Ben Bishop’s way, it was what seemed to be a harmless dump-in by the Lightning that turned out to be the game-winning goal. Ryan Callahan skated the puck across the…
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A new Red Wings song is here to get you ready for Game 5
Local artist Baby G – Grant Vanslembrouck or @GrantVancie on Twitter – has released his Red Wings 2016 playoffs song, and we’re sharing it just in time to get Hockeytown ready for a crucial Game 5. Check it out below.
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Western Michigan announces 2016-17 schedule
By @MichaelCaples – The Western Michigan Broncos announced their 2016-17 non-conference schedule today, finalizing the calendar for the NCHC program. WMU will kick off the new season with a home-and-home series against rival Ferris State on Oct. 7-8. The Bulldogs will host Round 1 in Big Rapids, while the Broncos will host Round 2…
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Hockey remains No. 1 among NCAA sports in Academic Progress Rate measurement
By @MichaelCaples – College hockey continues to carry the banner for a key academic measuring stick among all NCAA sports. Men’s ice hockey maintained its place atop the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate, it was announced today. The APR is calculated by points totals for all athletic sports at each school – student-athletes receive one…
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PHOTOS: Red Wings vs. Lightning (Game 4)
Check out MiHockey’s photo gallery from Game 4 between the Red Wings and Lightning, and click here to read the recap from last night’s game. (Photos by Michael Miller/MiHockey)
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Special teams lift Lightning to Game 4 victory over Red Wings
By @StefanKubus – DETROIT – Just like in Games 1 and 2, Nikita Kucherov opened the scoring in Tuesday night’s Game 4 at Joe Louis Arena. And like those games, the end result proved to be the same: a Lightning victory, this time a 3-2 final sparked by the Bolts’ power play. Kucherov potted a pair…
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Abdelkader takes high road after helping shut down Tampa’s top guns
By @StefanKubus – DETROIT – Like the game before it, the animosity between the Red Wings and Lightning took over at the end of Game 3 Sunday night. Thirty-two penalty minutes were dished out at the final buzzer after another brawl occurred, this time following a 2-0 Red Wings win at Joe Louis Arena,…