Category: Juniors
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NHL Central Scouting releases ‘players to watch’ list, see the Michigan connections
NHL Central Scouting released their preliminary list of players to watch for the 2013 NHL Draft today. Here’s a compilation of the players with a connection to the state of Michigan that made the list; their current team is listed, with other notable information related to Michigan in parentheses at the end. Players were given a…
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MiHockey Previews: Saginaw Spirit look to build on last year’s second half
By Matt Mackinder – A coaching change seemed to invigorate the Spirit in last year’s second half. Can the club continue to build with new bench boss Greg Gilbert? Rewind If only Greg Gilbert was Saginaw’s coach all season, who knows what might have been the result? After taking over for Todd Watson midway through…
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MiHockey previews: Plymouth Whalers return with a loaded roster
By Matt Mackinder – The Ontario Hockey League’s Plymouth Whalers are annual contenders in the Western Conference, and 2012-13 shouldn’t serve as any exception. A deep roster has coach Mike Vellucci and the Whalers expecting a deep run in the OHL playoffs. Rewind The Whalers were expected to go all the way to the OHL…
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NAHL season gets underway; MiHockey checks out the Michigan teams
By Matt Mackinder – With the NAHL season getting underway at the NAHL Showcase in Minnesota, here’s a look at this year’s crop of Michigan-based teams. Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings An expansion team in 2011-12, Kalamazoo put on quite a show, finishing second in the North Division and losing in the North Division finals to Port…
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Pick the next MiHockeyMag cover
The next issue of MiHockeyMag is our college and juniors preview. Instead of picking which team we would feature on the cover, we have decided to let you, the fans, pick instead. Below is a gallery of nine custom covers the MiHockey design team has created for our seven Division I schools and our two…
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Veteran Meurs wants to be a leader for Whalers
By Matt Mackinder – More than points, Garrett Meurs wants to improve on and off the ice for the Plymouth Whalers this season. As the team’s top pick in the 2009 Ontario Hockey League draft, Meurs came into the OHL with maybe more pressure than most, but has been a steady forward for Plymouth the…
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USA Hockey announces jersey designs for CCM All-American Prospects Game
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USA Hockey announced today the uniforms that the top 40 American-born prospects will wear at the inaugural CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game. The uniforms, designed by Nike, feature jerseys, pants and socks for Team Blue and Team White for the game on Sept. 29 in Buffalo, N.Y., at the First Niagara Center. Here are the…
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Speaking of Hockey – What’s your favorite jersey?
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in Amateur Hockey, College, Featured, Ferris State Bulldogs, Flint Firebirds, For Coaches, For Fans, For Parents, For Players, Griffins, HPHL, Juniors, Lake Superior State Lakers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Tech Huskies, NAHL, Northern Michigan Wildcats, Oakland Grizzlies, Pro, Red Wings, Saginaw Spirit, Slideshow, The Latest, Tier 1, University of Michigan Wolverines, USHL, Western Michigan Broncos, Youth HockeyESPN is counting down the best jerseys in pro sports right now, and it got us thinking – what’s your favorite hockey jersey ever worn by a team in Michigan? The iconic Winged Wheel, a throwback collegiate one, or your high school/youth team, you name it…tell us your favorite on our Facebook page, and you…
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A new labor war: Are CHL players forming their own union?
By Dave Waddell – Labor turbulence in hockey looks like it may spread beyond the current stare down between the NHL and its players union. A proposed union representing over 1,300 major junior hockey players in the Canadian Hockey League – which includes the Plymouth Whalers and Saginaw Spirit – will move this week to…
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OHL’s Rangers, Michigan Daily settle over Trouba case
By Matt Mackinder – The Jacob Trouba war appears over. For now, at least. After the Michigan Daily reported earlier this summer that the Rochester native had been offered a large sum of money by the Ontario Hockey League’s Kitchener Rangers to forgo his commitment to the University of Michigan this fall, the Rangers took…