Category: For Players
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2017-18 Try Hockey For Free dates announced
By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey has announced the dates for the upcoming season’s Try Hockey For Free dates, so the hockey community can prepare accordingly. The first national Try Hockey For Free Day of the 2017-18 season will take place on Saturday, Nov. 4, as part of Come Play Hockey Month. The second ‘Try Hockey…
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PHOTOS: Griffins win Game 2 of AHL Final in double OT
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Check out MiHockey’s photo gallery from Game 2 of the AHL Final between the Grand Rapids Griffins and the Syracuse Crunch – a double-overtime thriller with a game-winning goal from Ben Street. For more on the game, click here. (Photos by Andie Wojciak/MiHockey)
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Street scores in double OT to give Griffins Game 2 win
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By @MichaelCaples – The AHL Final hasn’t been short on drama thus far. A day after Tomas Nosek scored in the final minute to give the Griffins a Game 1 win, Ben Street scored the game-winner for the Griffins tonight in Game 2. When did the goal come? Double overtime. The Griffins and the Syracuse…
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Norris tops charts in five events; see how the Michigan names fared at the NHL Scouting Combine
By @MichaelCaples – The 104 players invited to the 2017 NHL Scouting Combine for the 2017 draft have went through a series of grueling physical tests, and some of the Michigan names in attendance thrived. Josh Norris led five of the events, while plenty of names cracked the top 25 (the NHL has only released…
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PHOTOS: Griffins open AHL Final with win over Syracuse in Grand Rapids
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The Grand Rapids Griffins opened the 2017 AHL Calder Cup Final with a 3-2 victory over the Syracuse Crunch. Click here for more info on the game; check out MiHockey’s photo gallery below. (Photos by Rena Laverty/MiHockey)
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Nosek’s last-minute game-winner gives Griffins a Game 1 victory in AHL Final
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By @MichaelCaples – Game 1 goes to the Griffins – thanks to Tomas Nosek. The Grand Rapids forward scored at the 19:46 mark of the third period to give the fans at Van Andel Arena a 3-2 victory to start the AHL Calder Cup Final with the Syracuse Crunch. .@Nosy92 had himself a night…
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Michigan names invited to the NHL Central Scouting Combine
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By @StefanKubus – The NHL Scouting Combine began Monday in Buffalo, and the grueling fitness tests that the combine is renowned for take place Friday and Saturday to wrap up the week. The week-long event allows NHL general managers and scouts to meet draft-eligible prospects face-to-face and interview them one-on-one to learn more about their character…
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Invite list announced for girls’ USA Hockey Multi-District Development Camp (2000-02 birth-years)
By @MichaelCaples – The Michigan Amateur Hockey Association has announced the list of girls receiving invitations to the USA Hockey Multi-District Development Camp. Congrats to the following 2000, ’01 and ’02 birth-year girls invited to participate in the camp, which will take place in Kent, Ohio from Aug. 6-11. Angelina Wiater Gabriela Rowe Jenny Heath Madison…
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Red Wings announce Traverse City dates for development camp, training camp, prospects tourney
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By @MichaelCaples – Start making your vacation plans – the Red Wings’ Traverse City schedule is here. The team will hold their annual prospects development camp on July 7-11 at Centre Ice Arena in Traverse City, their longtime “Hockeytown West” second home. The NHL Prospects Tournament will take place Sept. 8-12, and then the Red…
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Rare feat sees Xan Gurney capture two national championships in two months
By @StefanKubus – What defenseman Xan Gurney accomplished during the 2016-17 campaign was certainly one of the rarer feats seen in the youth hockey world. The Grosse Ile native started the 2016-17 season skating for Compuware 16U. By the end of it, Gurney became a national champion in not one, but two leagues. Gurney, a…