Category: The Latest
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Five Michigan names on U.S. Men’s National Team roster for World Championship
UPDATED ON FRIDAY, APRIL 18 – Team USA announced today that they have added Grosse Pointe Woods native Andy Miele to the World Championship roster. Miele, 26, recorded 23 goals and 47 assists for 70 points in 69 AHL games this year with the Portland Pirates. He was a second-team AHL All-Star selection. By Michael…
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Photos from our 2014 MiHockey Banquet of Champions
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On April 15, 2014, we hosted our 22nd annual MiHockey Banquet of Champions event, celebrating all the MAHA and high school state championship-winning teams. The event, emceed by Fred Pletsch and the Fox Sports Detroit Girls, took place at Laurel Manor in Livonia, and was attended by more than 1,000 people. (Photos by Andrew Knapik/MiHockey)
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Muskegon Lumberjacks sign Honeybaked defenseman Mitch Eliot to USHL tender
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By Michael Caples – At the 2014 MiHockey Banquet of Champions event last night, Muskegon Lumberjacks coach Todd Krygier announced that they had signed one of the players in attendance to a USHL tender. The club has signed Honeybaked Midget Minor defenseman Mitch Eliot, who will join the Lumberjacks for the 2014-15 season. Eliot,…
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Jeff Blashill named AHL coach of the year
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By Michael Caples – The American Hockey League announced their coach of the year today, and the award’s going to one of Michigan’s own. Jeff Blashill, head coach of the Grand Rapids Griffins, was named this year’s recipient of the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award, given to the league’s most outstanding coach as voted by fellow coaches…
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Czarnik, Hellebuyck named to college hockey All-America teams
By Michael Caples – The Michigan schools with NCAA Division 1 hockey programs may not have fared so well with All-American selections, but two Michigan natives playing for schools outside the Mitten state were named to the prestigious list on Friday. Washington native Austin Czarnik, a junior forward with Miami (Ohio), and Commerce native…
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Final college hockey rankings for 2013-14 season announced
With Union capturing the 2014 NCAA title on Saturday, the college hockey season has officially come to a close. Here are the final team rankings, as compiled by USCHO, for April 14: Union Minnesota Boston College North Dakota Massachusetts-Lowell Ferris State Wisconsin St. Cloud State Quinnipiac Providence Notre Dame Minnesota State Colgate Vermont Cornell Michigan…
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Red Wings vs. Bruins playoff schedule announced
The Detroit Red Wings will meet fellow Original Six foe Boston in the first round of the 2014 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Here are the game times for the opening round (home games in bold): Friday, April 18, 7:30 p.m. – Detroit at Boston NBC Sports Network, TSN Sunday, April 20, 3 p.m. – Detroit…
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Red Wings fall to Hurricanes in regular-season home finale
By Stefan Kubus – DETROIT – The last time Carolina won a regular-season game at Joe Louis Arena, the team was not only named the Hartford Whalers, but the victory also came in the last season Detroit didn’t make a playoff appearance: 1989-90. But in Detroit’s home finale of the 2013-14 campaign, Carolina ended…
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Metro Detroit player/referee asking for hockey community’s support as he applies for ‘Challenge Detroit’
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By Michael Caples – Kyle Kendziuk is on a mission to help Detroit, but he needs a little help from the hockey community. Kendziuk, a longtime player and referee in the metro Detroit area, is one of 175 people from across the country applying to be part of Challenge Detroit, a collaborative effort between major…
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Commerce native Connor Hellebuyck wins inaugural Mike Richter Award as NCAA’s top goaltender
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By Michael Caples – Connor Hellebuyck recently signed with the Winnipeg Jets, but he still had one more college hockey-related item to take care of. The Commerce native and UMass-Lowell product was named the winner of the inaugural Mike Richter Award today, given to the nation’s top college hockey goaltender. Hellebuyck, who played high…