Category: For Parents
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Glendening happy to get extension done, looking ahead to 2016-17
By @StefanKubus – DETROIT – Grand Rapids native Luke Glendening is certainly happy to be staying in Detroit for an additional four seasons. But even after signing a four-year extension earlier this summer, he also knows – perhaps better than anyone else being a former walk-on at the University of Michigan – that there are no…
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NJEC: Wolverines invitees talk World Junior camp in Plymouth, upcoming season
By @MichaelCaples and @StefanKubus – PLYMOUTH – Four Wolverines are getting a head start on the 2016-17 season – thanks to invites to the USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp in Plymouth. Nick Boka (Plymouth), Brendan Warren (Carleton), Luke Martin (St. Louis, Mo.) and Joseph Cecconi (Youngstown, N.Y.) were the Block M representatives for…
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ESPN announces broadcast schedule for World Cup of Hockey
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By @MichaelCaples – ESPN announced the broadcast schedule today for the upcoming World Cup of Hockey, giving fans an idea of how they will be able to watch their favorite NHL players in action this September. The puck officially drops between Team USA and Team Europe on ESPN2 at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept.…
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VIDEO: Larkin Hockey School Q&A
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Once per each of the three weeks of the Larkin Hockey School, the Larkin boys – Colin, Adam, Ryan and Dylan – hold a question-and-answer session with their campers. Check out some of the boys’ answers in the video below. And by the way, we put subtitles on Dylan’s answers because he ended up…
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Red Wings announce partnership with Detroit Parks & Rec to transform Jack Adams Arena
By @MichaelCaples – Announced late last week, the Red Wings are helping the City of Detroit Parks & Recreation Department transform Jack Adams Memorial Arena and Adams Butzel Recreation Complex in downtown Detroit. The Wings, the City of Detroit Parks & Rec and the organization ‘Summer in the City’ will be painting large-scale, hockey-themed…
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12 players trimmed from U.S. roster at National Junior Evaluation Camp
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By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey announced this morning that they have made 12 cuts from their roster for the National Junior Evaluation Camp, currently taking place in Plymouth at USA Hockey Arena. Michigan natives Alex DeBrincat, Tyler Parsons and Nick Boka still remain on the U.S. roster, as do University of Michigan players Joe…
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Michigan natives relish 2016 U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp in Plymouth
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By @StefanKubus – PLYMOUTH – The 2016 U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp opened on Saturday at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, a rink that all of the six participating Michigan natives virtually grew up in or at least played in. The camp, which runs from July 30 through August 6, features many of the top Under-20…
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PHOTOS: Monday’s games at the National Junior Evaluation Camp
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On Monday, the National Junior Evaluation Camp continued with games between Team USA Blue and Sweden, then Team USA White vs. Finland – and a pair of victories for the U.S. split squads. It was the last day of games for the full Team USA roster before cuts begin tomorrow. (Photos by Andrew Knapik/MiHockey) Team…
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Andreas Athanasiou talks upcoming NHL campaign, giving back at Red Wings Youth Camp
By @StefanKubus – DETROIT – When Andreas Athanasiou was just a kid, he had the opportunity to take part in a hockey camp with then Toronto Maple Leafs forwards Darcy Tucker and Shayne Corson. And on Monday, it was the Red Wings’ speedy forward doing the teaching this time as a guest instructor at the Detroit…
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VIDEO: CCM Skills Camp puts youth players through training with technology
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Check out these short clips of some of the drills at the CCM Skills Camp, held at Plymouth’s USA Hockey Arena on July 23-24. Using technology to work on the players’ ‘read and react’ skills, players were signaled by flashing lights to cut certain ways or send a pass off a pad in a hurry.