Category: For Fans
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Shaved Ice – August 8
Quick hits Team USA made a round of cuts at the 2012 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp, and there are still eight Michigan connections on the roster. Longtime Detroit Red Wings PA announcer Budd Lynch celebrated his 95th birthday yesterday. Yesterday, Detroit announced the signing of 19-year-old prospect Tomas Jurco to a three-year entry-level contract. Jurco…
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Red Wings ink Jurco to three-year deal
By Ben Fleck – The Detroit Red Wings announced today that 19-year-old Tomas Jurco has been signed to a three-year entry-level contract. A native of Kosice, Slovakia, the 6’2”, 193-pound forward was drafted by the Red Wings in the second round – 35th overall – of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, but has spent the…
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Shaved Ice – August 7
MiHockey’s Ben Fleck here with you for another daily edition of Shaved Ice. Quick Hits The Detroit Red Wings signed 19-year-old forward Tomas Jurco to a three-year entry-level contract. Check out our story here. USA Hockey made its first cuts at the National Junior Evaluation Camp this morning. The group of players at the camp…
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Shaved Ice – August 6
Quick hits Today, the 2012 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp continues, where the first games against European competition kick off. USA Blue takes on FInland at 1 p.m., and USA White plays Sweden at 4:30 p.m. The WCHL’s Michigan Mustangs went 5-0 to make it to the 2012 North American PowerHockey Cup championship game…
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Shaved Ice – August 3
MiHockey’s Stefan Kubus here with you to celebrate another Friday. Quick hits Four out of the famous “Russian Five” – Igor Larionov, Slava Fetisov, Sergei Fedorov, and Vladimir Konstantinov – have committed to playing in the Alumni Showdown during the SiriusXM Hockeytown Winter Festival at Comerica Park this coming December. Paging Slava Kozlov? A recent…
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Michigan Mustangs represent the Mitten at the PowerHockey Cup
By Stefan Kubus – Monday update: The Mustangs once again made a spirited run to the North American PowerHockey Cup championship game, going undefeated to get there. In the first game, they defeated the London Knights, 11-4. On Saturday, they beat the Ottawa Capitals and the Toronto Rock, 7-3 and 8-3, respectively, clinching the top…
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Six Michigan natives selected for 2012 USA Hockey Women’s National Festival
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USA Hockey announced Tuesday the 79 players selected to participate in the 2012 USA Hockey Women’s National Festival, and six of them are Michigan natives. Goaltender Alexis Shaw (Troy), defenseman Kirsten Padalis (Farmington Hills), forward Andrea Anastos (Farmington Hills) and forward Abby Roque (Sault Ste. Marie) are on the U18 roster, while forwards Brittany Dougherty…
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Shaved Ice – August 2
Ryan Zuke and Ben Fleck here with you on this Thursday morning. Quick hits The NCAA announced yesterday that hand passes will not be allowed anywhere on the ice, among other rule changes for all of college hockey. Six Michigan natives have been selected for the CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game, set to take place…
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NCAA announces rule changes to hand passes, net dislodging, more
By Michael Caples – The NCAA announced on their official website today that the governing body of all college hockey will not allow hand passes anywhere on the ice, among other rule changes. The Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved proposals “aimed at increasing offensive opportunities.” According to the release, all hand passes, even in the…
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Six Michigan natives selected for CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game
By Stefan Kubus – USA Hockey announced today the 40 players who will partake in the first-ever CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game – and six call the Mitten home. The inaugural game, set for Sept. 29 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y. (home of the Sabres), will feature 31 players from the USHL,…