Category: Slideshow
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Spartan alums return to East Lansing for annual MSU Pro Camp (with photos)
By @MichaelCaples – EAST LANSING – Near the end of every August, they return to Munn Ice Arena. Former Spartans (and some of their friends) arrive in East Lansing ready for the transition from summer training to team training camps, and with the help of Tom Newton, they start finding their stride once again.…
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Griffins release 2016-17 AHL schedule
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By @StefanKubus – The Grand Rapids Griffins released their 2016-17 schedule on Monday. This season marks the Griffins’ 21st as a franchise, 16th in the American Hockey League and 15th as the AHL affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings. The Griffins will open their 76-game season at Van Andel Arena for the 11th time in…
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Spirit acquire former Guelph captain C.J. Garcia
By @StefanKubus – The Saginaw Spirit announced they’ve acquired former Guelph Storm captain C.J. Garcia in exchange for the Spirit’s third-round pick in the 2017 OHL Priority Selection, a second-round pick in 2019 and a fourth-round pick in 2020 (via North Bay). Garcia, a 6-foot, 180-poumd defenseman, enters his fifth season in the OHL after…
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Firebirds acquire rights to Garrett Forrest in goaltending swap with North Bay
By @StefanKubus – The Flint Firebirds swapped goaltender rights with the North Bay Battalion and, in the process, brought Garrett Forrest back home in a sense. Flint shipped the rights to netminder Brent Moran to North Bay in exchange for the rights to Forrest and the Windsor Spitfires’ fourth-round pick in the 2017 OHL Priority Selection. Though he’s…
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Howe, LeClair named head coaches for 2016 All-American Prospects Game
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By @StefanKubus – With 42 of the best American-born prospects eligible for the 2017 NHL Entry Draft skating in the 2016 All-American Prospects Game, they’ll certainly have two great hockey minds guiding them. USA Hockey announced Monday that U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame members Mark Howe, son of the late Gordie Howe, and Philadelphia…
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OHL announces new “blindside hit rule” and more fighting limitations
By @MichaelCaples – The Ontario Hockey League announced some rule changes today that should make the game safer for the Major Junior league when the puck drops on the 2016-17 season. The OHL’s Board of Directors adopted a new “Blindside Hit Rule” today, along with new rules to discourage fighting. With the new ‘blindside’…
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PHOTOS/VIDEO: Abdelkader, Larkin take flight with Breitling Jet Team
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On Thursday, Red Wings forwards and Michigan natives Justin Abdelkader (Muskegon) and Dylan Larkin (Waterford) went for rides with the Breitlling Jet Team at Willow Run Airport in Belleville. Check out MiHockey’s photo gallery and video interviews with the hometown boys; it was Larkin’s first fighter jet experience, while Abdelkader has previously flown with the…
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Recruiting: Mitchell Chaffee commits to UMass
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By @MichaelCaples – Mitchell Chaffee is on his way to Massachusetts – at least in a year or two. The 5-foot-11, 196-pound forward announced on Wednesday that he has committed to new coach Greg Carvel and the UMass Minutemen. Chaffee, a native of Rockford and a product of the Michigan Nationals (now Fox Motors)…
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Jersey sponsorship coming to World Cup of Hockey
By @MichaelCaples – The end is near. Just kidding, but… The National Hockey League just announced that SAP will “be the official sponsor for all game-worn home and away jerseys for duration of the [World Cup of Hockey].” The photo attached with the tweet shows a SAP logo on the right shoulder of all…
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Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill named grand marshal for the Pure Michigan 400
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By @MichaelCaples – The Red Wings announced today that head coach Jeff Blashill will be serving as the grand marshal for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 on Aug. 28. Blashill will be responsible for notifying the drivers to “Start your engines!” when the Pure Michigan 400 begins at 2 p.m. at…