Category: For Fans
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Special DElivery: Committing to Jimmy Howard was the prudent thing to do
By Darren Eliot – After the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, the pace set in going from the draft to free agency was frenetic. As if the league was still trying to catch up from the first-half lockout. One of the “catch-up” mechanisms to come out of the new collective bargaining agreement was the…
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NCHC announces CBS Sports Network schedule; four games for WMU
The National Collegiate Hockey Conference announced their national television schedule today, with 18 inaugural-season contests slated to appear on the CBS Sports Network. Western Michigan appears in four of the 15 regular-season games to be nationally televised in the league’s first season. WMU CBS Sports Network schedule Friday, Dec. 6 vs. North Dakota Friday, Dec.…
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John Vanbiesbrouck named Lumberjacks’ GM; USHL approves team sale
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By Michael Caples – The Muskegon Lumberjacks and the United States Hockey League had a pair of announcements today regarding the team’s leadership core. West Michigan’s USHL club has officially named former NHL goaltender and Detroit native John Vanbiesbrouck as their new general manager and director of hockey operations, and confirmed their new ownership group.…
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Trevor Hamilton talks about his Red Wings development camp experience
By Nick Barnowski – TRAVERSE CITY – It’s hard not to see the benefits of playing hockey in Michigan. Trevor Hamilton knows all about that. The 18-year-old has spent his entire hockey career in the Mitten, and he’s earned a spot on Miami University’s team for next season. “It’s been great just playing Michigan…
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Red Wings to host 2013 NHL Prospects Tournament in Traverse City
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The Red Wings announced today that they will host the 2013 NHL Prospects Tournament at Traverse City’s Centre Ice Arena, beginning on Sept. 5. The tournament will consist of these eight NHL clubs and their prospects: Detroit Red Wings Dallas Stars Minnesota Wild St. Louis Blues Buffalo Sabres Carolina Hurricanes Columbus Blue Jackets New York…
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Mike Babcock Jr. is carving his own hockey path
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By Nick Barnowski – TRAVERSE CITY – Michael Babcock Jr. did not have to be a hockey player. Even with all of the attention his last name gets, he said that his dad, Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock, had never pressured him into the game. Instead, he’s making the most out of his own…
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Dane Walters trying to make the most of Red Wings’ development camp opportunity
By Nick Barnowski – TRAVERSE CITY – Dane Walters is trying to take the next step in his hockey career, and in Traverse City this week, he’s getting the chance to show Jeff Blashill what he’s made of. Again. Walters skated for the Grand Rapids Griffins head coach at Western Michigan University in 2010-11,…
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Red Wings’ prospects compete in scrimmage at Centre Ice Arena
By Nick Barnowski – TRAVERSE CITY – The halfway point of this year’s Detroit Red Wings development camp has been reached, and was marked Friday by an intra-squad scrimmage at Centre Ice Arena. Following two days of on- and off-ice drills, the players were finally able to skate in a game environment, which consisted…
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Whalers earn commitments from three 2013 draft picks
By Michael Caples – The Plymouth Whalers announced that three of their most recent draft picks will be joining them next fall. Head coach and GM Mike Vellucci announced that forwards Cullen Mercer and Bryce Yetman, along with goaltender Zach Bowman, have signed Standard Ontario Hockey League Player’s Agreements with the club. Mercer, a 16-year-old…
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Wright named Red Wings’ new director of amateur scouting
By Nick Barnowski – TRAVERSE CITY – The Detroit Red Wings and general manager Ken Holland announced today that Tyler Wright was named the team’s new director of amateur scouting. Wright had formerly served in the same position with the Columbus Blue Jackets. He played in 613 NHL games with the Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins,…