Category: For Parents
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USA Hockey video offers a look at the playing surface an 8-year-old sees on full ice
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Check out this video produced by USA Hockey that features grown men trying to play hockey on a playing surface scaled to resemble what an average 8-year-old experiences when trying to play in a full-size ice rink.
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STX launches hockey combine, tournament partnership
By Michael Caples – As STX continues to dive into the hockey market, they have now signed a sponsorship deal with a tournament and ice hockey experience company. The Baltimore-based company, who announced that they were entering the hockey market in June 2013, will be partnering with 200×85, LCC to be the title sponsor of…
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Video: MSU’s Mike Ferrantino on ‘Michigan’s Players’
In MiHockey’s first ‘Michigan’s Players’ feature, we introduce you to Michigan State Spartans forward Mike Ferrantino. The MSU sophomore, a native of Plymouth, is a Detroit Catholic Central graduate and a product of Compuware and the USHL.
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High school state playoff scores: Day 3
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Wednesday saw the start of the pre-region rounds for the Michigan high school hockey teams still alive in the state tournament. Here’s a look at the state-wide scoreboard from last night’s contests. Division 1 TC West 4, Manistee 1 GR West 6, GR Northview 4 Grandville 5, Jenison 4 OLSM 4, Brother Rice 3 Plymouth…
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High school state playoffs scores: Day 2
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Here are the scores from the second day of the Michigan high school hockey state playoff tournament, along with updated brackets. Division 1 East Kentwood 8, Wayland Union 0 Lowell 9, Kay Loy Norrix 3 Detroit Catholic Central 8, South Lyon 0 Northville 4, N. Farmington 1 Dearborn Unified 5, Monroe 0 Woodhaven 8, Crestwood…
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Check out the latest digital edition of MiHockeyMag
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In this issue of MiHockeyMag, we take a look at high school hockey in Michigan, just as their state playoffs arrive. We also discuss the Red Wings’ state of affairs after losing Henrik Zetterberg, share our thoughts on the hate-it-or-love-it shootout and take a look inside an elite adult hockey league out in Grand Rapids.…
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NTDP raises more than $4,000 for C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital with Star Wars jerseys
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By Michael Caples – The U.S. National Team Development Program Under-18 Team may have wore Darth Vader jerseys on Jan. 18, but it was for good, not evil The team auctioned off the specially designed Star Wars jerseys they wore in a game at the Ann Arbor Ice Cube last month, and raised more than…
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High school state playoffs begin; scores from Day 1
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The high school hockey playoff race started yesterday across Michigan. Here are the scores from the first night of games: Division 1 Traverse City West 2, Bay Reps 1 (seven overtimes) GR West 2, Rockford 1 GR Northview 12, GR Union 0 Jenison 8, Holland W Ottawa 4 Grandville 8, Hudsonville 1 OLSM 8, Waterford…
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From The Crease: Tight gap control drill (video)
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By Jeff Lerg – Here is a drill that for goaltenders who aren’t always comfortable getting into a post leg up position when a player walks out from behind the net. I like to stay on my feet as much as possible to keep tight gap control. Have the player skate around the net and…
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Caples: #Oshie2014 thrilled; let’s keep going with it
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By Michael Caples – Even if he never scores another goal, you won’t soon forget the name TJ Oshie. The St. Louis Blues’ budding superstar captivated the hockey world when he went toe-to-toe, time-after-time, with Russian goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, eventually giving his American squad a shootout victory. It was as if time stood still,…