Category: Slideshow
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Airblade aims to mix air hockey and real hockey into new extreme sport
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By Michael Caples – Air hockey meets real hockey. That’s how the creators of Airblade – a new twist on hockey – are explaining it. It seems to be the appropriate explanation for it, too, since they are literally creating a life-sized air hockey rink for players to compete on. Started right here in…
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Whalers, Spirit gearing up for OHL playoffs
By Matt Mackinder – Both the Plymouth Whalers and Saginaw Spirit are in the Ontario Hockey League playoffs and both open the first round as the underdog. The Whalers, in the playoffs for a 23rd straight season, will play the OHL regular-season champion Guelph Storm, while Saginaw goes head to head with the Erie Otters,…
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Check out the latest digital edition of MiHockeyMag
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In this issue of MiHockeyMag, we celebrate a new group of high school hockey state champions. We also share some of the many ways the hockey community has remembered Grandville’s Ryan Fischer, take a look at an ever-changing Red Wings roster, and Darren Eliot shares his thoughts on the age-old Hockeytown vs. State of Hockey…
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Photos: Red Wings vs. Penguins
The Red Wings found a way to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins with 0.4 seconds left in overtime to pick up a crucial win at Joe Louis Arena. (Photos by Andrew Knapik/MiHockey)
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Red Wings beat Penguins on last-second OT goal
By Stefan Kubus – DETROIT – In a battle of the NHL’s most wounded teams, Detroit came out on top with less than a second remaining on the clock in a wild one at Joe Louis Arena Thursday night. Led by Daniel Alfredsson’s two-goal night, Jimmy Howard’s 39-save performance and a big penalty kill…
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Spartans’ season comes to a close in OT loss to Ohio State
By Jesse O’Brien – ST. PAUL, Minn. — Wearing dark, muted colors, Jake Hildebrand spoke softly, looking down at the floor. “I think the only thing you can take out of games like these is a sour taste in your mouth, and the feeling in your stomach that you don’t want to happen again,” he…
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Video: 2014 MAHA Midget Minor State Championship
Honeybaked topped Little Caesars to capture the 2014 MAHA Midget Minor state title. (Video created by Michael Crawford/MiHockey)
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Zach Saar’s double OT winner eliminates Michigan from B1G Tournament
By Jesse O’Brien – ST. PAUL, Minn. — The puck ricocheted off the post and skipped, danced and pirouetted along the red line behind Penn State Matthew Skoff. And the No. 13 Michigan hockey team’s season danced with it. Then with a swift kick by Penn State sophomore forward Eric Scheid, the puck skidded away from…
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Michigan Tech’s Pheonix Copley signs with Capitals
By Michael Caples – The Washington Capitals announced yesterday evening that they have signed a goalie away from a Michigan school. The NHL club has signed Michigan Tech goaltender Pheonix Copley to a two-year entry-level contract, announced by general manager George McPhee on the Caps’ official site. Copley, 22, was the hero of the…
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Eliot: Hockeytown vs. The State of Hockey – The debate rages on
By Darren Eliot – Recently on Fox Sports Detroit we did a segment called “Hockeytown vs. The State of Hockey”, which of course are the monikers that Detroit and Minnesota go by. At this time of year it is interesting to look at the differences between the two hockey-rich regions. Minnesota has long been…