Category: For Fans
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Shaved Ice – June 4
Tuesday edition of Shaved Ice coming right up. The Griffins look to wrap up the third round tonight when they host the Oklahoma City Barons. A Game 6 win would mean Grand Rapids’ first trip to the AHL Finals. If you’re near Van Andel, get to the game. Yesterday the Ontario Hockey League announced that…
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Muskegon Lumberjacks sold, pending league approval
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By Michael Caples – The Muskegon Lumberjacks appear to be changing hands this off-season. The USHL club just released this statement: The Muskegon Lumberjacks have announced that the organization is in the midst of a transaction that will transfer ownership from Josh Mervis to a new ownership team pending the approval of the United States…
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Lacrosse company STX to enter hockey market
By Michael Caples – STX, a leader in lacrosse equipment, has decided to enter the hockey arms race. The Baltimore-based company, which has been a leader in lacrosse since they introduced the first synthetic lacrosse head in 1970, will formally announce tomorrow that they will begin production and distribution of hockey equipment for the fall…
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Our top 10 moments from the Red Wings’ 2013 season
By Michael Caples – It was another wild season of Red Wings hockey in 2013. Even with a lockout taking away 34 regular-season contests, the Wings managed to produce another memorable season for the Hockeytown faithful. Here are our ten favorite Red Wings moments from the past five months. Think we missed one? Leave us…
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Vellucci named OHL Executive of the Year
By Michael Caples – The awards keep pouring in for the Plymouth Whalers’ bench boss. Whalers president/GM/coach Mike Vellucci was named the Ontario Hockey League’s Executive of the Year today, a month after being named the Ontario Hockey League’s Coach of the Year. Vellucci is the first person in league history to take both…
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Shaved Ice – June 3
Happy Friday. The Grand Rapids Griffins are one win away from their first trip to the Calder Cup Finals. Thanks to some stellar goaltending from Petr Mrazek, the Griffins shut out the Oklahoma City Barons on back-to-back nights, posting 4-0 and 3-0 wins on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, to take a 3-2 series lead. Now,…
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Danny DeKeyser still has to clean out his apartment at Western
By Stefan Kubus – DETROIT – It’s not often that you hear of a National Hockey League player planning to spend a portion of his summer at a college apartment. But before he tackles his off-season training, that’s just what Red Wings’ blue-liner Danny DeKeyser (Clay Township) said he has to head to, with a…
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Shaved Ice – May 31
Happy Friday. Today is team photo and locker clean-out day for the Red Wings. We will be heading down there for one last chance to talk to the players before they scatter for the summer. Always an interesting day. Click on the image below to see our photo gallery from Game 7, if you so…
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Shaved Ice – May 30
Well, it was fun while it lasted. They dragged the top team in the NHL into overtime of Game 7, but the Red Wings couldn’t finish off the upset last night in Chicago. A goal from Brent Seabrook less than four minutes into overtime eliminated the Red Wings from the 2013 NHL playoffs and sent…