Category: NTDP
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PHOTOS: National Junior Evaluation Camp begins in Plymouth
The U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp officially began today in Plymouth, with some of the country’s best young hockey players skating at USA Hockey Arena in hopes of earning a spot on Team USA’s roster for the upcoming World Juniors. A portion of today’s first day on the ice featured an intrasquad scrimmage for the…
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USA Hockey’s NTDP Under-17 Team schedule announced
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By @MichaelCaples – The new group of NTDP players now know what their first season in Plymouth will look like. Today, USA Hockey announced the 2016-17 season schedule for the National Team Development Program Under-17 Team – one largely comprised of the team’s United States Hockey League campaign. The 2016-17 season will mark the…
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USHL announces 2016-17 schedule
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By @MichaelCaples – Fans of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program and the Muskegon Lumberjacks can now start planning out their USHL viewing schedule. The top junior league in the country announced their 2016-17 full schedule today. Here are some of the highlights, as it relates to the three Michigan-based teams (Muskegon and the…
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NTDP’s Cockerill, Miller visit kids’ summer camp at Lifetime Fitness in Novi
On Thursday morning, the kids at the Lifetime Fitness summer camp in Novi were the lucky recipients of a visit from two of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program players – Michigan natives Logan Cockerill (Brighton, Boston University commit) and Tommy Miller (West Bloomfield, Michigan State commit). The two Michigan boys talked to the campers…
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’16 Draft: Will Lockwood joins a childhood favorite in Vancouver
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By @MichaelCaples – Rogers Arena, the home of the Canucks, is 2,500 miles away from Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Will Lockwood has never been to Vancouver. Neither of those details kept the Canucks from being one of Lockwood’s favorite teams growing up, however. Why, might you ask? Vancouver was one of Lockwood’s ‘go-to’ teams when…
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Will Lockwood selected No. 64 overall in the NHL Draft
By @MichaelCaples – Will Lockwood hasn’t had to travel much for his hockey career, but in a few years, he might have quite the move to handle. The Bloomfield Hills native was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2016 NHL Draft today, claimed No. 64 overall early in the third round. Lockwood, a University…
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U.S. Women’s National Team will play Canada in Plymouth in December
By @MichaelCaples – In December, some of the best women’s hockey players in the world will be at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth. The U.S. Women’s National Team will play Canada at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth on Dec. 17, 2016 at 4:30 p.m., as part of the first-ever Team USA Winter Champions Series.…
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MAG: Dylan Larkin’s Hockeytown ascension
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In the latest issue of MiHockeyMag, we feature Dylan Larkin’s first season with the Detroit Red Wings and how the Waterford native’s popularity in Hockeytown has skyrocketed. Hear from Larkin and his father, Kevin, on what the last year has been like for the Wings’ rising star. Click here, or click on the image below,…
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Pontiac native Bryan Rust steals the show in Game 7 of Eastern Conference Finals
By @MichaelCaples – Steven Stamkos returned to the line-up for the Tampa Bay Lightning last night, ready to take on Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and the Penguins in the Eastern Conference Finals. Yet it was Bryan Rust who stole the show and sent his team on to the Stanley Cup Final. The Pontiac native…
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New NTDP head coach John Wroblewski brings unique experience to Plymouth
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By @MichaelCaples – PLYMOUTH – John Wroblewski understands what the current NTDP players are going through. After all, he didn’t have a permanent locker to call his own during his time with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, either. Wroblewski was part of the inaugural NTDP team in Ann Arbor in 1997; now, he’s…