Category: The Latest
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Team USA splits first day of games at World Junior Summer Showcase; Cotter, Lodnia record goals
By @MichaelCaples – Monday marked the start of games for Team USA at the World Junior Summer Showcase out in Kamloops, B.C. Like previous years, USA Hockey has started with split squads at the prestigious summer event, giving more players the opportunity to impress the coaching staff in hopes of making the World Junior team…
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Wolverines announce that Quinn Hughes will be back for sophomore season
By @MichaelCaples – The Michigan Wolverines haven’t announced the team’s 2018-19 roster just yet, but they have confirmed one big piece of the puzzle. Quinn Hughes will be back for another season in Ann Arbor. The No. 7 overall pick in this summer’s NHL Draft has announced via a MGoBlue.com article that he will be…
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PHOTOS: 2018 Eastside Elite All-Star Classic
On July 26, some of the best names in Michigan’s hockey community showed up at Mount Clemens Ice Arena for the 2018 Eastside Elite All-Star Classic. Designed to support four causes – ALS awareness, autism awareness, concussion prevention and the Special Olympics – Team Larionov, Team Chelios, Team Samsonov and Team Bertuzzi squared off in…
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College hockey overtime protocols approved; other rule changes announced
By @MichaelCaples – It maintains the status quo, really, after it looked like there was going to be a shake-up in college hockey – at least in how points are distributed in conference standings. A rule proposal was initially approved by the hockey rules committee that would ban the use of three-on-three overtime and shootouts…
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Remembering Cam Ashley
By @MichaelCaples – The MiHockey team was saddened to learn today of the passing of Cam Ashley. The Saginaw native was 22. Ashley’s hockey career took him across the country, as evidenced by the outpouring of support and condolences shared across social media in his honor. He played with the Cleveland Barons youth 14U and…
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Brandon Naurato hired by Red Wings in player development role
By @MichaelCaples – Brandon Naurato has been building his hockey training resume in impressive fashion the last few years. Turns out, his hometown team took notice. The Detroit Red Wings have hired Naurato, a Livonia native, as a player development consultant. Naurato, a Detroit Catholic Central and University of Michigan alum, will be working for…
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Recruiting: Brendan Hill commits to Lake Superior State
By @MichaelCaples – Someday, Brendan Hill will have to leave the friendly confines of USA Hockey Arena. He knows which rink he’s heading to, however – Taffy Abel, to be exact. Hill, a Detroit Catholic Central defenseman, has verbally committed to Lake Superior State. “I chose LSSU because it’s a beautiful community with a great…
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GoFundMe page established in John Vigilante’s honor to help support youth hockey players
By @StefanKubus – John Vigilante’s impact on youth hockey will live on. Shortly after the hockey community lost the beloved coach and former Plymouth Whalers star, a GoFundMe page was established to create a new fundraising initiative designed to help families afford the cost of hockey. The GoFundMe page – which can be seen here…
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NCAA modifies overtime proposal; three-on-three, shootouts are options again
By @MichaelCaples – On June 14, the NCAA announced that the Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Rules Committee had approved a proposal that would forbid anything more than a five-minute overtime period of five-on-hockey. Still tied after the old-school overtime set-up? Game’s a tie. Yesterday, however, the committee backpedaled on the idea, after “receiving membership…
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2018 Eastside Elite All-Star Game rosters settled by live draft
By @MichaelCaples – In a live draft conducted within the lobby of Mount Clemens Ice Arena tonight, the rosters were decided for the upcoming 2018 Eastside Elite Hockey League All-Star Game. The ASG – which will actually be a collection of three-on-three games between four squads – will feature Team Chelios, Team Samsonov, Team Larionov…