Category: For Fans
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Muskegon Lumberjacks goaltender named USHL goaltender of the week
By Michael Caples – The holiday season just got a bit more festive for Kevin Lindskoug. The Muskegon Lumberjacks’ goaltender was named the USHL’s “Reebok Goaltender of the Week” yesterday – the second time he has won the award. Lindskoug, a Trelleborg, Sweden native, shut out the National Team Development Program’s Under-17 team on Friday,…
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MiHockey Video: High School Hockey at The Joe
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The Red Wings hosted three games of high school hockey at Joe Louis Arena on Dec. 19, 2012, and MiHockey was there to catch all the action. (Filmed and produced by Evan Secory/MiHockey)
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Shaved Ice – Dec. 26
Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season. Team USA begins their quest for gold at the World Juniors in Russia tomorrow. Get ready for their debut against Germany (9 a.m. on the NHL Network) with our list of players to watch that have a connection to the Mitten. We were at Compuware last Friday to…
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Team USA’s players to watch at the World Juniors
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By Nick Barnowski – Team USA begins the 2013 World Juniors tomorrow in Ufa, Russia, with a game against Germany (9 a.m. on the NHL Network). The players listed below are the Michigan connections we will be keeping an eye on during the tournament. Michigan natives Jacob Trouba (University of Michigan) — Rochester After being…
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Shaved Ice – Dec. 24
Needless to say, there won’t be a Shaved Ice tomorrow. No college or juniors this weekend, but there was still great hockey to watch. We were at Compuware on Friday to see the Red Wings’ alumni take part in a charity game to raise money for a fallen police officer. Click here to see our…
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Red Wings alumni charity game nets over $100,000 for family of fallen police officer
By Stefan Kubus – PLYMOUTH – Former Detroit Red Wings took to the ice at Compuware Ice Arena in Plymouth Friday night to face off against police officers from various metro-Detroit cities in a charity event benefiting a fallen West Bloomfield officer. Patrick O’Rourke – a 12-year veteran of the West Bloomfield Police Department –…
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Shaved Ice – Dec. 21
Friday fun day. It’s finally here – we’ve released our list of the 50 most influential people in Michigan’s hockey scene. Click here, or follow the graphic I’m inserting below, to see who we named to the list this year. Check out our article on how the construction of a high school hockey program at…
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MiHockey’s annual ’50 Most Influential People in Michigan Hockey’
The following 50 people are the hockey players, coaches, administrators, organizers, owners and activists that we deem most crucial to the growth and preservation of our sport in our state. These people influence policy, influence children and influence fans. They are the ones that make things happen, that motivate others to help grow the game.…
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The construction – and challenges – of a high school hockey program at Grand Rapids Public
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By Pat Evans – During a break-out drill at a practice last month, Jeremiah Dubbink yelled out, “I got low,” as he skated. For Dubbink, now an assistant captain on the Grand Rapids Public Schools hockey team, it was a huge step in improvement; especially for head coach Brian Bellgraph. Bellgraph took the helm of…
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Reebok offers 60-day warranty on SicKick sticks through Dec. 31
By Michael Caples – While the technology and materials put into hockey sticks continues to improve, there’s still one problem. You can’t make a one-piece composite hockey stick that will never break. And since the days of the earliest one-piece twigs, there have 30-day manufacturer warranties included in one’s purchase of said hockey necessity. Yet…