Category: For Players
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Recruiting: Noah Lalonde commits to Lake Superior State
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By @MichaelCaples – Noah Lalonde has spent his junior hockey career in Youngstown, Ohio and Omaha, Nebraska. Soon, he’ll be a little closer to home. The Macomb native has committed to Lake Superior State, where he will continue his hockey career under the tutelage of Damon Whitten and the Lakers’ hockey program. “I chose LSSU…
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Joe Shawhan named new head coach of Michigan Tech
By @MichaelCaples – The Huskies have their new head coach. Tuesday morning, Michigan Tech announced that Joe Shawhan will be the man taking over the Huskies hockey program after Mel Pearson left for Michigan. Shawhan, a Sault Ste. Marie native, was an assistant coach for Pearson at MTU for the last three seasons. “I’m thrilled…
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Three Michigan natives win Memorial Cup with Windsor Spitfires
By @MichaelCaples – Home ice has its benefits. On Sunday night, host team Windsor won the 2017 Memorial Cup, beating the Erie Otters 4-3 in an all-OHL final game at the WFCU Centre. “My guys are amazing,” Windsor head coach Rocky Thompson said after the game. “We saw what they’ve gone through here. We witnessed…
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Michigan Tech to announce new head coach Tuesday morning
By @MichaelCaples – The last major Michigan coaching hire of the 2017 offseason will take place Tuesday morning. Michigan Tech has announced it will announce its new hockey head coach at 9:30 a.m. the day following Memorial Day. The press conference will be streamed live on Facebook, while also being open to the public. Fans…
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PHOTOS: Griffins clinch Western Conference title with Saturday night win
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The Grand Rapids Griffins clinched an AHL Western Conference championship Saturday night at Van Andel Arena, punching their ticket to the Calder Cup Final with a 4-2 victory over the San Jose Barracuda. Click here for more about the game and the upcoming series with Syracuse here. (Photos by Andie Wojciak/MiHockey)
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Grand Rapids Griffins advance to AHL Calder Cup Final
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By @MichaelCaples – The Grand Rapids Griffins are heading to the AHL’s Calder Cup Final. Wit ha 4-2 victory over San Jose tonight, the Griffins are Western Conference champions, punching their ticket to the league finals with a 4-1 series victory. The Griffins will meet the Syracuse Crunch in the final playoff round – a…
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Alex DeBrincat named Canadian Hockey League player of the year; Chmelevski Scholar Student
By @MichaelCaples – Turns out Alex DeBrincat wasn’t just the best player in the Ontario Hockey League, but the best one in all of the Canadian Hockey League this year. The CHL – a collection of the OHL, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League – has named the Farmington Hills…
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PHOTOS: Griffins take 3-1 series lead with Friday night win over San Jose
The Griffins scored four unanswered goals in the second period Friday night, taking control of Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals and taking control of the series with San Jose in the process. After a 6-2 win, Grand Rapids holds a 3-1 series lead, with the opportunity to finish the series on home ice…
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Bill Muckalt leaves Tri-City Storm for “higher opportunities” – is he coming back to Michigan (Tech)?
By @MichaelCaples – The Tri-City Storm just announced that head coach Bill Muckalt has left the team for “higher opportunities.” It’s not a big leap to assume that means he’s coming back to the state of Michigan, either to work for Mel Pearson at the University of Michigan or taking over at Michigan Tech in…
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Thomas Ebbing signs with the Montreal Canadiens
By @MichaelCaples – The Montreal Canadiens announced today that they have signed Thomas Ebbing to a one-year contract for the 2017-18 season. It’s a two-way contract (AHL/ECHL) for the 22-year-old Troy native and MSU alum. A Brother Rice and Chicago Steel alum, Ebbing spent four seasons with the Spartans, logging 14 goals and 41 assists…