Category: For Fans
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Wolverines alum Mike Van Ryn named Kitchener Rangers head coach
By @MichaelCaples – The OHL’s Kitchener Rangers announced staff changes today, and their new head coach is certainly familiar to Wolverines fans. Mike Van Ryn, a Wolverines alum who spent two seasons in Ann Arbor (1997-99), was selected as the Rangers’ new head coach. Ryn, a first-round pick of the New Jersey Devils in 1998,…
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Todd Nelson officially named head coach of the Grand Rapids Griffins
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By @MichaelCaples – Another week, another hire for a coaching vacancy in the Detroit Red Wings’ organization. The Grand Rapids Griffins officially announced today that Todd Nelson will be their new head coach. Nelson, who played for the Griffins and two different professional teams in Muskegon, fills the void left by Jeff Blashill, who…
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Tim Gortsema named president of the Grand Rapids Griffins
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By @MichaelCaples – The Griffins announced their new head coach today, but they had some big front office news, as well. Griffins majority owner Dan DeVos announced that Tim Gortsema has been promoted to president of the Griffins’ hockey club. Gortsema was previously the senior vice president of business operations for the Griffins. “As an…
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Peter Mannino to begin coaching career with USHL’s Chicago Steel
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By @MichaelCaples – Farmington Hills native Peter Mannino is hanging up the pads, but he’s not leaving the game. The longtime goaltender is joining a new coaching staff with the USHL’s Chicago Steel after a seven-year professional hockey career. Mannino joins new head coach Dan Muse in Chicago to begin working in a league he…
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Wolverines release full 2015-16 hockey schedule
By @MichaelCaples – The University of Michigan has released the full 2015-16 schedule for their hockey team, and there are plenty of dates to circle on the calendar. Aside from their Big Ten match-ups (the conference schedule was announced on June 3), the Wolverines will be hosting Mercyhurst, Robert Morris, Niagara, Dartmouth and former…
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Five Michigan natives invited to U.S. World Juniors evaluation camp
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By @MichaelCaples – Today, USA Hockey announced the 39 players invited to their World Juniors evaluation camp, held in Lake Placid. Five Michigan natives were invited – Brandon Halverson, Josh Jacobs, Zach Werenski, Kyle Connor and Dylan Larkin. Halverson (Traverse City), Werenski (Grosse Pointe) and Larkin (Waterford) were all on the 2015 World Junior…
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OHL releases 2015-16 schedule; check out the Firebirds and Spirit’s season outlooks
By @MichaelCaples – The Ontario Hockey League has released their 2015-16 season schedule, which gives fans their first look at the inaugural season for the Flint Firebirds. The Firebirds franchise will officially begin OHL play against their new neighbors – the Saginaw Spirit – at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw on Thursday, Sept. 24…
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Is hockey finally getting its own emoji?
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By @MichaelCaples – CBS Sports is reporting that hockey fans across the globe might finally get something they’ve all (or at least some of them) have been waiting for – a hockey emoji. You know the silly smiley faces and tiny images you can send through your smartphones and such…well there’s never been a hockey…
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Report: Chris Chelios to work with Red Wings’ defensemen next season
By @StefanKubus – It appears a Hall of Famer and former Detroit defenseman is joining the Red Wings next season. Clarifying a previous report by TSN analyst and former Red Wings defenseman Aaron Ward, the Detroit Free Press is reporting that Chris Chelios will be working with the Red Wings’ defensemen during the 2015-16 campaign. It’s akin…
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Gustav Nyquist’s OT winner against Ottawa named TSN’s Play of the Year
By @MichaelCaples – The votes are in, and Gustav Nyquist wins. The Red Wings’ forward scored one remarkable overtime goal against the Ottawa Senators, and fans have declared it the TSN Play of the Year. Here’s the goal, in case you haven’t seen it: The goal was also the top goal of the year, as…