Category: For Players
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MiHockey’s ‘The Shift’ with Aidan Muir
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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New program designed to showcase top Michigan high school players announced
UPDATE (Friday, Aug. 8): The Michigan Hockey Advancement program will now be holding tryouts to select the players for their ‘Top 80 Showcase’ on Aug. 16-17. The tryouts will be open to any high school hockey player interested in trying out for a spot within the 80-player roster. Tryouts will be held at Farmington Hills…
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Brian Rafalski to enter U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame
By @MichaelCaples – The U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame announced the four people they will be welcoming into their storied collection later this year, and one of them hails from the suburbs of Detroit. Dearborn native Brian Rafalski, who spent his last four NHL seasons with his hometown Detroit Red Wings, will be part…
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MiHockey’s ‘The Shift’ with Ryan Moore
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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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Seven Michigan names survive World Junior evaluation camp cuts
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By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey announced the 27 players remaining at their World Junior evaluation camp today, and there are still seven Michigan names in Lake Placid. The players remaining – camp opened with 42 – will now take on the Czech Republic, Finland and Sweden later this week as they continue to try to…
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Six Michigan natives receive invites to 2014 USA Hockey Women’s National Festival
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By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey announced the 69 players invited to their national women’s hockey festival today, and six of them hail from Michigan. Three defensemen and three forwards will make up the Michigan contingent of players who will be in Lake Placid, N.Y., from August 12-16 for the 2014 USA Hockey Women’s National Festival.…
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Motte sets up Larkin for game-winner in first WJEC international game
By @MichaelCaples – The top players USA Hockey has to offer for the upcoming World Junior championship are competing for roster spots in Lake Placid this week, and a few Michigan Wolverines wasted no time establishing themselves. With Team USA’s ‘Blue Team’ taking on Finland in the first day of international competition at the…
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Video: Michigan native has stick broken over her head in international girls tournament
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UPDATE (August 4, 1:30 p.m.): Congrats to the West Coast Selects Team, who captured gold in their international tournament. By @MichaelCaples – Video out of Budapest, Hungary from Michigan natives shows a terrible scene during a girls’ hockey game, and yet another reminder that dangerous outbursts on the ice shouldn’t be tolerated. The video below…
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New ownership turns abandoned Flint-area ice rink into new Crystal Fieldhouse
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By @MichaelCaples – It’s not going to be easy, but they’re going for it. Vince Brooks, former vice president of Perani’s Hockey World, is the general manager of the new Crystal Fieldhouse, an ice arena in Genesee County. Not familiar with the Crystal Fieldhouse name? It used to be the Ice Mountain Arena Complex, a…
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Hockey Jobs: How Keith Perera went from working at a Cali hockey shop to being brand manager for Warrior Hockey
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By @MichaelCaples – WARREN – Keith Perera might have been born in Montreal, but for the last six years he’s been living in Michigan and working for one of hockey’s fastest growing companies. It’s in that journey from Montreal to the Mitten, however, where Warrior’s brand manager for hockey built a playbook for on…