Category: NTDP
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Rod Braceful hired as NTDP assistant director of player personnel
By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program has hired another Michigan native to work for the Plymouth-based organization. Rod Braceful has been named the new assistant director of player personnel. Previously the director of scouting for the Muskegon Lumberjacks, Braceful will assist with recruiting and evaluation efforts for the NTDP. Braceful previously…
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NHL Central Scouting’s first ‘Players To Watch’ list for the 2019 Draft revealed
By @MichaelCaples – The first edition of NHL Central Scouting’s ‘Players To Watch’ list for the 2019 NHL Draft is here. With their first list reveal of the season, Central Scouting gives players A, B or C grades. An ‘A’ grade indicates a potential first-round pick, a ‘B’ grade means second/third round and a…
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MiHockey’s ‘Games to Watch’ list for the 2018-19 season
It’s October, which officially means that it’s hockey season. In MiHockey’s annual ‘Games to Watch’ list, we offer up a highlighted list of some of the in-state battles we are certainly excited to see this upcoming season. If you’re looking for great hockey to watch within the friendly confines of the Great Lakes State, here…
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PHOTOS: First practice for the 2018-19 NTDP Under-17 Team
Check out MiHockey’s photos from the first practice for the 2018-19 USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program Under-17 Team, as a new group of budding stars settled in at Plymouth at the end of August. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey)
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PHOTOS: 2018 Stars and Stripes Showdown (Jim Johannson Memorial Game)
On Sunday afternoon, some of the biggest hockey stars from across the country showed up at USA Hockey Arena for the 2018 Stars and Stripes Showdown, a Jim Johannson Memorial Game. In honor of the former USA Hockey executive, Dylan Larkin organized a game that featured the likes of Auston Matthews, Patrick Kane, Seth Jones,…
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2018 All-American Prospects Game roster announced
By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey has announced the 42 players on the roster for the 2018 All-American Prospects Game at the Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota on Sept. 19. It’s not a strong group of Michigan natives; Northville’s Nick Robertson will be carrying the Great Lakes State flag on his own. Nineteen of the players…
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Josh Norris scores game-tying goal, then scores winner in last seconds of OT at World Junior Summer Showcase
By @MichaelCaples – Josh Norris will be expected to be a leader off the ice for Team USA at the upcoming World Junior Championship. Today, he did some leading on it. The Oxford native – one of the players returning from last year’s U.S. WJC squad – scored the game-tying goal halfway through the third…
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Star-studded charity game in honor of Jim Johannson coming to USA Hockey Arena
By @MichaelCaples – Some of USA Hockey’s biggest stars will be in Plymouth on Aug. 26 to pay tribute to Jim Johannson. There will be a charity game at USA Hockey Arena that day, as the likes of Auston Matthews and Dylan Larkin suit up for a game in honor of the man known in…
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USA Hockey announces final roster for World Junior Summer Showcase
By @MichaelCaples – Today’s an off day for Team USA at the World Junior Summer Showcase in Kamloops, B.C., and the management staff has used the down time to trim the roster. Starting tomorrow, Team USA will no longer have a split-squad. Here are the Michigan names remaining on the U.S. roster: Goaltenders Kyle…
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Team USA beats Canada in split-squad series at World Junior Summer Showcase
By @MichaelCaples – Two games against Canada in a split-squad setting, and two wins for the Americans. In Tuesday’s action at the World Junior Summer Showcase in Kamloops, B.C., USA Blue beat Canada White and USA White beat Canada Red, with plenty of Michigan names playing roles in the victories. In a 3-2 victory for…