Category: For Players
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Kevin Porter brings the Stanley Cup to downtown Plymouth
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By @MichaelCaples – PLYMOUTH – If you drove through downtown Plymouth Sunday morning, you may have seen a substantial line leading from the stage at Kellogg Park. You may have also seen Lord Stanley’s Cup glistening in the sunlight. Sunday was Kevin Porter’s day to spend with hockey’s ultimate prize, and he insisted on…
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Keller, Drake make U.S. women’s select teams for upcoming series with Canada
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By @MichaelCaples – When the U.S. takes on Canada in two three-game series next week, two Michigan natives will be helping the American squads take on their main rivals. Farmington native Megan Keller has been selected for the 2016 U.S. Women’s Under-22 Select Team, while Traverse native Delaney Drake will be on the Under-18 Select…
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Five Michigan-based 16U AAA teams to partake in USHL’s inaugural Fall Classic West tourney
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By @MichaelCaples – For the first time, the United States Hockey League is building a youth hockey tournament into their Fall Classic tournament series. From Sept. 9-11, 16 of the nation’s top 16U teams will take part in the inaugural Fall Classic West Youth Tournament – including Michigan AAA organizations Belle Tire, Compuware, Fox Motors,…
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Ian Cole shares his Stanley Cup day with his hometown of Ann Arbor and the hockey community
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By @MichaelCaples – ANN ARBOR – The first Ann Arbor native to win the Stanley Cup proudly marched his new trophy through his hometown today. Ian Cole took Lord Stanley’s Cup on a tour of some his favorite places Friday – all with the goal of sharing his moment with his community and the…
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How Andy Greene and his mom team up for a hockey camp in Trenton every summer
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By @MichaelCaples – TRENTON – If you look closely at the children participating in a weeklong hockey camp at the Kennedy Ice Arena in Trenton, Mich., you will notice that almost all of them have autographs on their sticks and jerseys. When the organizer of the camp is Trenton’s hometown hero, that’s understandable. Every summer,…
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Lumberjacks’ Rem Pitlick announces his decision to leave for Minnesota
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By @MichaelCaples – The Muskegon Lumberjacks just lost their leading scorer from last season. Rem Pitlick, last year’s USHL Player of the Year, announced in an exclusive interview with the USHL today that he has decided to make the jump to NCAA hockey and join the Minnesota Golden Gophers for the 2016-17 season. “This…
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MiStory: Less than a second (by Ryan Kesti)
In MiHockey’s new MiStory feature, we let hockey people tell their own stories with their own words. Ryan Kesti spent 2010-15 as a forward at Northern Michigan University. Kesti wrapped up his final hockey season, his first as a professional, with a bang, and now tells the story of his journey through hockey as he begins to embark on a new post-hockey adventure – and…
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The National Junior Evaluation Camp is over…so now what?
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By @StefanKubus – The best in the world were on-hand at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth for the U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp last week. But with that now in the books and the impressions made on the U.S. staff, what’s next? “Discussions and a little bit of feedback, kind of talk amongst ourselves…
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PHOTOS: 2016 Eastside Elite championship game
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Check out our photos from the 2016 Eastside Elite Hockey League’s championship game for its top division – featuring some of the best pro, college and junior hockey players from Michigan and beyond. In the 2016 title game, the Rockies managed to defend their trophy, beating the Nordiques once again. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey)
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U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2016 announced
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By @MichaelCaples – The Class of 2016 for the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame has been announced, and a few Michigan natives will be entering the hall thanks to their participation on a famous international team. The victorious U.S. team for the 1996 World Cup of Hockey will enter the U.S. Hockey Hall, it was…