Category: For Players
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The Easton Hockey Game of the Week – Royal Oak Eagles vs. Lakeland Falcons
Welcome to MiHockey’s new youth hockey Game of the Week feature, powered by Easton Hockey. Each week, MiHockey cameras are going behind-the-scenes of a youth hockey game to capture the excitement and passion displayed in rinks across our great state. Our third Easton Hockey Game of the Week feature puts the spotlight on a game…
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MiHockey’s ‘The Shift’ with Nick Boka
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Welcome to MiHockey’s new feature ‘The Shift’ – hockey questions for hockey players. In each ‘The Shift’ feature, we take you through the mindset of today’s hockey player through a question-and-answer session, profiling players from the NHL all the way down to youth travel hockey. MORE: See more ‘The Shift’ features here Our next featured player is…
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Red Wings announce series of roster moves
By @MichaelCaples – The Detroit Red Wings made a series of roster moves today, as they continue to trim their roster in time for the start of the 2014-15 season. The Wings’ roster now stands at 39 players. Here are the moves they made today: Players assigned to Grand Rapids Mattias Backman Martin Frk Colin…
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Darkangelo, Keller picked for Team USA’s Four Nations Cup roster
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By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey announced their roster for the upcoming Four Nations Cup today, and two Michigan natives made the cut. Shiann Darkangelo (Brighton) and Megan Keller (Farmington) will represent the Mitten at the tournament, which will take place Nov. 4-8 at Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops, British Columbia. Darkangelo, a 5-foot-9 forward, is currently…
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Hockey Jobs: Meet Courtney Welch, manager of social media and communications for Fox Sports Detroit
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By Josh Paulisin – Courtney Welch was just another 7-year-old looking for a friend. After her family moved from Royal Oak to Lake Orion in the summer of 1987, Welch was forced to leave everything behind. Her house, her school, her friends. Her home. It’s never easy being the new kid on the block,…
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Photos: Red Wings’ 2014-15 preseason hockey
With the preseason home games now completed, check out our photo gallery from two of the Wings’ tilts with two of their top rivals – the Chicago Blackhawks and the Pittsburgh Penguins. (Photos by Jen Hefner/MiHockey)
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Red Wings fall to Penguins in Joe Louis Arena preseason finale
By @SKubus – DETROIT – The Red Wings wrapped up their home preseason action Wednesday night, but it wasn’t the result they hoped for. Blake Comeau and Oskar Sundqvist lit the lamp, and Marc-Andre Fleury turned aside all 25 shots he faced for a shutout and a 2-0 Pittsburgh Penguins win. Jimmy Howard stopped 31…
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Big Ten proposes big changes as part of NCAA’s new autonomy governance structure
By @MichaelCaples – The Big Ten Conference formally submitted their list of initial recommendations to the NCAA to provide a great deal more benefits for student-athletes. One of the ‘Power Five’ conferences, the Big Ten has proposed these changes as part of the NCAA’s new autonomy governance structure. The proposals will be voted on in…
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NAHL moving Top Prospects Tournament to Ann Arbor
By @MichaelCaples – The North American Hockey League announced today that their 2015 NAHL Top Prospects Tournament will be moving to Ann Arbor. The annual event, presented by Easton Hockey, will be held February 23-24 at the Ann Arbor Ice Cube, home of the U.S. National Team Development Program. The tournament previously took place at…
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Michigan State announces Munn Ice Arena upgrades
By @MichaelCaples – Over the next 12 months, the Munn Ice Arena face-lift will continue to enhance the home of the Spartans. This spring, the arena’s HVAC systems, ice surface, dasher boards and glass were all completely replaced at a cost of more than $6 million. Now, the university has announced a series of…