Category: The Latest
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Peter Mannino to begin coaching career with USHL’s Chicago Steel
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By @MichaelCaples – Farmington Hills native Peter Mannino is hanging up the pads, but he’s not leaving the game. The longtime goaltender is joining a new coaching staff with the USHL’s Chicago Steel after a seven-year professional hockey career. Mannino joins new head coach Dan Muse in Chicago to begin working in a league he…
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Wolverines release full 2015-16 hockey schedule
By @MichaelCaples – The University of Michigan has released the full 2015-16 schedule for their hockey team, and there are plenty of dates to circle on the calendar. Aside from their Big Ten match-ups (the conference schedule was announced on June 3), the Wolverines will be hosting Mercyhurst, Robert Morris, Niagara, Dartmouth and former…
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Five Michigan natives invited to U.S. World Juniors evaluation camp
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By @MichaelCaples – Today, USA Hockey announced the 39 players invited to their World Juniors evaluation camp, held in Lake Placid. Five Michigan natives were invited – Brandon Halverson, Josh Jacobs, Zach Werenski, Kyle Connor and Dylan Larkin. Halverson (Traverse City), Werenski (Grosse Pointe) and Larkin (Waterford) were all on the 2015 World Junior…
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OHL releases 2015-16 schedule; check out the Firebirds and Spirit’s season outlooks
By @MichaelCaples – The Ontario Hockey League has released their 2015-16 season schedule, which gives fans their first look at the inaugural season for the Flint Firebirds. The Firebirds franchise will officially begin OHL play against their new neighbors – the Saginaw Spirit – at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw on Thursday, Sept. 24…
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Is hockey finally getting its own emoji?
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By @MichaelCaples – CBS Sports is reporting that hockey fans across the globe might finally get something they’ve all (or at least some of them) have been waiting for – a hockey emoji. You know the silly smiley faces and tiny images you can send through your smartphones and such…well there’s never been a hockey…
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Report: Chris Chelios to work with Red Wings’ defensemen next season
By @StefanKubus – It appears a Hall of Famer and former Detroit defenseman is joining the Red Wings next season. Clarifying a previous report by TSN analyst and former Red Wings defenseman Aaron Ward, the Detroit Free Press is reporting that Chris Chelios will be working with the Red Wings’ defensemen during the 2015-16 campaign. It’s akin…
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Gustav Nyquist’s OT winner against Ottawa named TSN’s Play of the Year
By @MichaelCaples – The votes are in, and Gustav Nyquist wins. The Red Wings’ forward scored one remarkable overtime goal against the Ottawa Senators, and fans have declared it the TSN Play of the Year. Here’s the goal, in case you haven’t seen it: The goal was also the top goal of the year, as…
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Checking in with Scotty Bowman (a Red Army exclusive)
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In the latest issue of MiHockeyMag, we sat down with former Detroit Red Wings head coach Scotty Bowman ahead of the “Red Army” DVD release. Bowman discusses how the Russian Five’s revolutionary style even bewildered him, how the Red Wings have remained a playoff team all these years, what made him a successful head coach and more. Most…
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Chris Chelios, Danton Cole named assistant coaches for U.S. World Junior team
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By @MichaelCaples – USA Hockey just announced the assistant coaches for the upcoming World Juniors, and the list has some big-time Michigan names. Former Red Wings great Chris Chelios will be on the bench for Team USA when they compete at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship in Helsinki, Finland. He will be joined by…