Category: For Fans
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Wings Insider – Filppula adjusts to life on the left wing
By Dave Waddell – The pre-season is for tinkering, but one experiment that will survive into the regular season is the shifting of center Valtteri Filppula to left wing. Filppula has been flanking center Henrik Zetterberg on a line that also includes Johan Franzen and has responded with two goals and six points in four…
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Spartans post six in Anastos’ debut
By Michael Caples – EAST LANSING – Tom Anastos said he didn’t hear the student section at Munn Ice Arena chanting his name after his first game as head coach of the Spartans. The new Spartans coach, who changed the structure of the student section to wrap the students around a corner of the end…
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From the stands: Hockeyfest 2011
By Danielle Floyd – As a Red Wings fan, there is nothing more exciting than stepping foot into Joe Louis Arena. The only thing that could make it better is having the knowledge that upon entering, you’ll be able to come face to face with your favorite players. Many fans felt that excitement on Sept.…
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A Captain, on and off the ice
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By Michael Caples – Chase Podsiad remembers where he was when he heard that the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup this June. To any hockey player or fan, that’s like saying “yes, I remember what I just had for lunch”. But when Zdeno Chara lifted Lord Stanley’s Cup, Podsiad wasn’t sitting on his couch…
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Michigan D-1 schools: Breaking down the rest from the Mitten
Western Michigan:When Jeff Blashill left Kalamazoo to become an assistant coach with the Red Wings, it looked as though it would be a rough summer for the Broncos. However, the news of the replacement was just as shocking as the vacancy. Former NHL coach Andy Murray will now take over the Broncos program, and he…
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Spartans Preview
By Michael Caples – Rewind: Things didn’t go the way the Spartans planned last year. A below-500 win total and a difficult-to-swallow 5-0 loss to Michigan in the historic Big Chill at the Big House led to coach Rick Comley stepping down. The Alaska Nanooks eliminated Michigan State in the first round of the CCHA…
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Wolverines Preview
By Michael Caples – Rewind: The Wolverines were one bounce away from a 10th NCAA title last April. A 3-2 loss to Minnesota-Duluth in the national championship game concluded a season in which the Wolverines won a CCHA regular-season title and third-place finish in the CCHA playoffs. Coach Red Berenson then had an active summer,…
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Red Wings Preview
By Michael Caples – Rewind: Last spring, the Wings seemed destined to complete a historic comeback against San Jose. However, concussions to Dan Cleary and Todd Bertuzzi led to a disappointing performance in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals, and for the second consecutive season, the Sharks eliminated the Wings. A surprise retirement by…
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Saginaw lands top prospect
By Carl Chimenti – The Saginaw Spirit have bolstered their blue line for the upcoming season, with defenseman Jamie Oleksiak deciding to leave college hockey for the OHL. Oleksiak is a big body at 6-foot-7, 240 pounds and was a first round selection (14th overall), by the Dallas Stars in June’s NHL Draft. The Toronto,…
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Miller chooses Whalers over North Dakota
By Matt Mackinder – After June’s NHL draft, the Plymouth Whalers were looking to start the season with two first-round picks on their roster in Stefan Noesen and Rickard Rakell. Not too shabby, but that number rose to three when J.T. Miller, a 2009 draft pick of the Whalers and 2011 New York Rangers’ first-rounder,…