Category: Juniors
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NAHL Michigan quartet vie for North supremacy
By Matt Mackinder – The North Division underwent a revamp over the summer months, but the Michigan-heavy division should be one of the most competitive divisions in all of the North American Hockey League. Back are the Michigan Warriors, Port Huron Fighting Falcons and Traverse City North Stars, with the Motor City Metal Jackets moving…
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Lumberjacks ready to contend for USHL championship
By Matt Mackinder – How’s this for instant bonding? During a recent United States Hockey League preseason game, Muskegon Lumberjacks’ rookie Nick Seeler was checked from behind by a Youngstown Phantoms player. Fellow rookie Ryan Lomberg immediately came to Seeler’s defense and took care of the situation. According to Lomberg, situations like that one that…
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Spirit aim to soar to new heights
By Carl Chimenti – As the Saginaw Spirit prepare to celebrate their 10th anniversary, the team enters the 2011-12 season as serious title contenders in the Ontario Hockey League. The defending West Division champions will be raising their first championship banner during their opening weekend, and they are poised to go further than last year…
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NAHL Preview: The Michigan teams
By Matt Mackinder – The North Division underwent a revamp over the summer months, but the Michigan-heavy division should be one of the most competitive divisions in all of the North American Hockey League. Back are the Michigan Warriors, Port Huron Fighting Falcons and Traverse City North Stars, with the Motor City Metal Jackets moving…
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Stacked Plymouth squad not flying under radar
By Matt Mackinder – Before the season even started, so-called Ontario Hockey League experts pegged the Plymouth Whalers as the team to beat in the Western Conference. And with two NHL-drafted goalies, three forwards drafted in the first round by NHL clubs and every defensemen returning, how could anyone argue? Plymouth coach and GM Mike…
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Saginaw lands top prospect
By Carl Chimenti – The Saginaw Spirit have bolstered their blue line for the upcoming season, with defenseman Jamie Oleksiak deciding to leave college hockey for the OHL. Oleksiak is a big body at 6-foot-7, 240 pounds and was a first round selection (14th overall), by the Dallas Stars in June’s NHL Draft. The Toronto,…
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Miller chooses Whalers over North Dakota
By Matt Mackinder – After June’s NHL draft, the Plymouth Whalers were looking to start the season with two first-round picks on their roster in Stefan Noesen and Rickard Rakell. Not too shabby, but that number rose to three when J.T. Miller, a 2009 draft pick of the Whalers and 2011 New York Rangers’ first-rounder,…