Category: For Parents
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MAG: USA Disabled Festival is “sportsmanship at its finest”
In the latest issue of MiHockeyMag, our cover story is all about the USA Hockey Disabled Festival, which took place in Fraser and St. Clair Shores in April. Click here, or click on the image below, to check out the three-page spread about the tremendous event that took place in metro Detroit.
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MiStory: School or junior hockey? Why I chose both (by Andrew Dzierwa)
In MiHockey’s new MiStory feature, we let hockey people tell their own stories with their own words. Andrew Dzierwa shares his story of a balancing act between being a full-time student and a full-time junior hockey player in the USPHL with his hometown Traverse City Hounds. Do you have a unique hockey story you…
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MAG: “You Should Know” Blade Jenkins
In the latest issue of MiHockeyMag, we introduce you to Jackson native Blade Jenkins. The Compuware midget minor forward, a Michigan Wolverines verbal commit, is will be skating for USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program Under-17 Team next season. Jenkins was also the first American selected in the 2016 OHL Priority Selection, claimed by the…
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MiHockey’s 2016 USHL Draft Tracker (Day 2)
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By @MichaelCaples – The selection process for the United States’ top junior hockey league continues Tuesday for the USHL Phase 2 Draft. Follow along with MiHockey as we track all of the Michigan names selected, as well as picks made by the Muskegon Lumberjacks (in italics). CLICK HERE FOR USHL PHASE 1 DRAFT RESULTS Round…
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MiHockey’s 2016 USHL Draft Tracker (Day 1)
By @MichaelCaples and @StefanKubus – A new crop of skilled Michigan youngsters are hearing their names called by United States Hockey League clubs Monday night during the league’s Phase 1 Draft at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth. Join MiHockey as we provide live updates on the selections of 2000 birth-year players from our state, and…
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Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill to make appearance at USHL Draft in Plymouth tonight
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By @MichaelCaples – One famous United States Hockey League alumnus familiar to the Michigan hockey audience will be in attendance at the league’s draft show tonight in Plymouth. Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill will be stopping by CJ’s Brewing Company inside USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth during the USHL Phase 1 Draft tonight, which…
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Windsor Spitfires to host 2017 Memorial Cup
By @MichaelCaples – The drive to the Memorial Cup just got a lot shorter for Michigan’s hockey audience. The Ontario Hockey League announced today that the Windsor Spitfires will host the 2017 MasterCard Memorial Cup from May 1828 at the WFCU Centre. The Spitfires, as tournament host, will have a spot in the tournament,…
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Why the Red Wings won’t be playing in the Hockeyville USA preseason game
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By @MichaelCaples – This October, two NHL teams will come to Lakeview Arena to play a preseason game in celebration of Marquette’s victory in Kraft Hockeyville USA 2016. Neither of those two teams are the Detroit Red Wings, however. When the puck drops on Oct. 4, it will be the Carolina Hurricanes and the…
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Marquette’s Lakeview Arena wins Kraft Hockeyville USA 2016
By @MichaelCaples – The hockey community has spoken, and Lakeview Arena is the winner of a major competition. The historic ice arena in Marquette, Mich., is the 2016 winner of Kraft Hockeyville USA after a national voting contest throughout the month of April. With the victory over the course of three rounds of fan voting,…
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NAHL league awards announced: Clarke named defenseman of the year, Goodsir top rookie
By @MichaelCaples – The North American Hockey League announced its players of the year awards today, and a few Michigan natives were recognized. Tecumseh native Cameron Clarke was named NAHL defenseman of the year, while Okemos native Adam Goodsir was honored as top rookie. Clarke, a Ferris State commit, led all NAHL defensemen in…