Category: Slideshow
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Michi-gamer: The Pride of the Mitten (Week of Oct. 15)
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Welcome to another season of MiHockey’s Michi-gamer, now powered by Bauer Hockey. We take great pride in our homegrown talent. Whether they grew up in the Mitten or we welcomed them here for college or juniors, they are our own. They represent the best place in the world for hockey. Every night, we’ll keep an eye on those…
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Five Michigan natives selected for Junior A challenge
USA Hockey announced today their roster for the 2012 World Junior A Challenge, which will be played Nov. 5-11 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, with five Michigan natives making the list. Team USA won the prestigious under-20 tournament three straight years from 2008-10, and placed third last year. Twenty-one of the 22 players on the roster hail from…
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Andersson expected to lead in third season with Griffins
By Andrea Nelson – Hockey might be Joakim Andersson’s first love, but his second is never far from his mind. Whether he’s warming up before a hockey game or playing FIFA World Cup, soccer fills the minutes that aren’t reserved for the ice. “I love soccer, I’d play soccer,” Andersson said of his optional career…
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Colin MacDonald: Late-round draft pick to OHL captain
By Matt Mackinder – It’s rare that 14th-round draft picks amount to anything in the Ontario Hockey League, but for Plymouth Whalers’ defenseman Colin MacDonald, he is the exception to the rule. Drafted with the 270th overall selection in the 2008 OHL draft (and 13 rounds after the Whalers took a young prodigy named Tyler…
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Special DElivery: Talking Lou Lamoriello after last night’s U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame induction
By Darren Eliot – The U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame inducts Lou Lamoriello and the very next day the NHL finally moves the negotiating process along with the NHLPA. Coincidence? Probably, but the implications are intriguing. Long known to have much pull inside the league, maybe Mr. Lamoriello didn’t want any acrimonious labor issues sullying…
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CCHA Players of the Week – Oct. 15
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association announced their players of the week today. Western Michigan’s Garrett Haar was named ‘Gladiator Defenseman of the Week’, while Northern Michigan’s Cohen Adair was named the league’s ‘Gongshow Rookie of the Week’. From the CCHA release: Postgame Offensive Player of the Week Blake Coleman, MIA So., F (Plano, TX) Coleman had…
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Wolverines bounce back, rout RIT Friday night
By Michael Caples – ANN ARBOR – On Thursday, the Wolverines failed to take advantage of a two-goal lead in the third period, eventually losing to RIT in overtime. Twenty-four hours later, it was a different story. Michigan dominated the final frame – scoring four goals on the Tigers – to post a convincing 7-2…
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Special DElivery: A magical mix of baseball and hockey no more
By Darren Eliot – I’m writing at the time I’d be heading to the Fox Sports Detroit Call Sam Studio for opening night desk duty. Certainly, the morning skate would have been part of the day’s agenda making sure I had my opening night nuggets on the Red Wings and the Predators all lined up.…
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Wolverines let first-period lead slip away, lose to RIT in OT
By Michael Caples – ANN ARBOR – The Michigan Wolverines jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period of their regular-season opener against the Rochester Institute of Technology. Yet even after adding another goal in the third period, the Wolverines discovered in overtime that four goals wouldn’t be enough. RIT forward Adam Hartley…