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Photos: Whalers and Compuware AAA host ‘Try Hockey’ event
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By Michael Caples – PLYMOUTH – Yesterday, the Plymouth Whalers and the Compuware AAA hockey program hosted a Try Hockey For Free event at Compuware Arena in Plymouth. Whalers players, along with girls from the Compuware 12U team, were on the ice to help kids experience the game for the first time. The event…
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Photos: Whalers host Spitfires for fundraising game at Eddie Edgar
The Plymouth Whalers hosted the Windsor Spitfires in a preseason contest and fundraising effort at Eddie Edgar Ice Arena in Livonia this Saturday. The game – which ended in a 5-5 tie – raised more than $20,000 for the Livonia Fallen Heroes Memorial at the Larry Nehasil Park. Click here to read more information…
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Whalers to take on Spitfires at Eddie Edgar to kick off 2013 preseason
By Michael Caples – The Plymouth Whalers will welcome the Windsor Spitfires to Michigan to kick off their 2013 preseason schedule. The game just won’t be at Compuware Arena. The two Ontario Hockey League rivals will play in at Livonia’s Eddie Edgar Ice Arena at 7 p.m. on Aug. 31, kicking off the Whalers’ preseason…
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Whalers earn commitments from three 2013 draft picks
By Michael Caples – The Plymouth Whalers announced that three of their most recent draft picks will be joining them next fall. Head coach and GM Mike Vellucci announced that forwards Cullen Mercer and Bryce Yetman, along with goaltender Zach Bowman, have signed Standard Ontario Hockey League Player’s Agreements with the club. Mercer, a 16-year-old…
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Whalers’ Hartman drafted by hometown Blackhawks
By Matt Mackinder – Kids in Michigan dream of one day playing for the Red Wings just like Canadian kids have dreams to play NHL hockey in Canada. Ryan Hartman grew up in the Chicago area idolizing hulking Blackhawks’ forward Eric Daze, hoping one day he’d be able to don the jersey of his…
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Whalers’ top pick plans to skate with NTDP next season, unsure of future plans
By Matt Mackinder – Jordan Greenway had a feeling the Plymouth Whalers would call his name in the first round of the Ontario Hockey League draft back on April 6. When his name will be announced over the public address system at Compuware Arena is anyone’s guess. A 16-year-old native of Potsdam, N.Y., Greenway played…
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Saginaw Spirit formally announce OHL doubleheader for Hockeytown Winter Festival
By Michael Caples – More long-awaited details about next winter’s outdoor hockey continue to emerge; this time, it’s confirmation that Michigan’s Ontario Hockey League teams will be skating at Comerica Park next December. The Saginaw Spirit formally announced today that they, the Plymouth Whalers, the London Knights and the Windsor Spitfires will all be taking…
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Vellucci named OHL Executive of the Year
By Michael Caples – The awards keep pouring in for the Plymouth Whalers’ bench boss. Whalers president/GM/coach Mike Vellucci was named the Ontario Hockey League’s Executive of the Year today, a month after being named the Ontario Hockey League’s Coach of the Year. Vellucci is the first person in league history to take both…
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Trocheck named OHL’s Most Outstanding Player of the Year
By Michael Caples – The season’s not quite over yet for Vince Trocheck. The Plymouth Whalers star and former Saginaw Spirit captain has been named the 2012-13 recipient of the Red Tilson Trophy, presented to the Ontario Hockey League’s Most Outstanding Player of the Year. Trocheck, also a Little Caesars AAA alum, was chosen by…
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Vellucci named Ontario Hockey League coach of the year
By Matt Mackinder – The game of hockey may change seemingly on a yearly basis, but to ask Mike Vellucci to change his coaching style is something he’s never had to do – and his track record behind the bench of the Plymouth Whalers speaks for itself. On Tuesday, Vellucci was named the Matt…