Category: Griffins
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Team USA Olympic camp roster announced
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By Michael Caples – USA Hockey announced the players invited to their Men’s National Team Orientation Camp today, and plenty of Michigan connections made the list. Detroit Red Wings members Jimmy Howard, Dan DeKeyser (Clay Township) and Justin Abdelkader (Muskegon) were chosen by the U.S. management group, as were Michigan natives Ryan Miller (East Lansing),…
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Photo gallery: Red Wings’ development camp
Check out our photos from the Red Wings’ development camp scrimmage. (All photos by Jennifer Leigh/MiHockey) More from the Red Wings’ development camp: Trevor Hamilton talks about his Red Wings development camp experience Red Wings to host 2013 NHL Prospects Tournament in Traverse City Mike Babcock Jr. is carving his own hockey path Dane Walters…
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NHL and NHLPA announce agreement with IIHF/IOC for Sochi
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By Michael Caples – The National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association announced today that they have an agreement with the International Ice Hockey Federation and the International Olympic Committee to ensure NHL player participation in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The National Hockey League’s schedule – also…
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Red Wings to host 2013 NHL Prospects Tournament in Traverse City
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The Red Wings announced today that they will host the 2013 NHL Prospects Tournament at Traverse City’s Centre Ice Arena, beginning on Sept. 5. The tournament will consist of these eight NHL clubs and their prospects: Detroit Red Wings Dallas Stars Minnesota Wild St. Louis Blues Buffalo Sabres Carolina Hurricanes Columbus Blue Jackets New York…
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Dane Walters trying to make the most of Red Wings’ development camp opportunity
By Nick Barnowski – TRAVERSE CITY – Dane Walters is trying to take the next step in his hockey career, and in Traverse City this week, he’s getting the chance to show Jeff Blashill what he’s made of. Again. Walters skated for the Grand Rapids Griffins head coach at Western Michigan University in 2010-11,…
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Red Wings’ prospects compete in scrimmage at Centre Ice Arena
By Nick Barnowski – TRAVERSE CITY – The halfway point of this year’s Detroit Red Wings development camp has been reached, and was marked Friday by an intra-squad scrimmage at Centre Ice Arena. Following two days of on- and off-ice drills, the players were finally able to skate in a game environment, which consisted…
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Wright named Red Wings’ new director of amateur scouting
By Nick Barnowski – TRAVERSE CITY – The Detroit Red Wings and general manager Ken Holland announced today that Tyler Wright was named the team’s new director of amateur scouting. Wright had formerly served in the same position with the Columbus Blue Jackets. He played in 613 NHL games with the Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins,…
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Luke Glendening talks about his whirlwind 2012-13 season
By Nick Barnowski – TRAVERSE CITY – Luke Glendening has had quite the year. After signing with the Grand Rapids Griffins in June of 2012, Glendening started this past season in Toledo, where he put up 21 points in 27 games with the Walleye, earning a call up to the AHL. In Grand Rapids,…
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Checking in with Jared Coreau at the Red Wings’ development camp
By Nick Barnowski – TRAVERSE CITY – Goaltender Jared Coreau has spent the past three seasons playing in Michigan, and it looks like it will stay that way for at least another three years. The former Northern Michigan Wildcat signed a three-year entry level contract with the Detroit Red Wings back in April and is…
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Red Wings’ brass pleased with defense prospects
By Nick Barnowski – TRAVERSE CITY – Aside from the news about forward Darren Helm’s recovery, the defensemen within the Detroit Red Wings’ system shared some of the spotlight on the first day of the organization’s annual summer development camp. Ryan Sproul, Xavier Ouellet, Nick Jensen, and Alexei Marchenko, among others, impressed after taking…