Category: The Latest
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Shaved Ice – October 18
Go Tigers…again. Stupid rain delays. Gotta love those indoor sports like hockey, right? Five Michigan natives will represent Team USA in the World Junior A Challenge in Canada this November. Click here to see who they are. Check out our feature on the new captain of the Plymouth Whalers, Colin MacDonald. From late-round pick to…
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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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‘Meet the Spartans’ in Cheboygan on Oct. 25
The Spartans are heading up north, and they’re giving their fans a chance to meet them while they are there. Michigan State’s hockey team announced today that they are going to be hosting a ‘Meet the Spartans’ event on Thursday, Oct. 25, at Ralph G. Cantile Arena in Cheboygan. The Spartans play Lake Superior State…
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Shaved Ice – October 17
Go Tigers. Well, I think some of that initial excitement from the NHL’s proposal has died down. Now we wait and see what the PA comes up with in response. More on that in the ‘Outside the Mitten’ section of this blog. We’ve named Max Shuart our Michi-gamer of the night, after he helped his…
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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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Shaved Ice – October 16
Not every day one of Michigan’s own is inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. DO WE HAVE A DEAL? Reports are flying left and right that the NHL has offered up a 50/50 split for revenue sharing, which was at the heart of the battle between the two sides. The deal, per TSN,…
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in College, Ferris State Bulldogs, Flint Firebirds, For Coaches, For Fans, For Parents, For Players, Griffins, Juniors, Lake Superior State Lakers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Tech Huskies, NAHL, Northern Michigan Wildcats, Oakland Grizzlies, Pro, Red Wings, Saginaw Spirit, The Latest, University of Michigan Wolverines, USHL, Western Michigan BroncosIt’s voting season, in case you haven’t noticed. So we decided to have a little fun, and construct our own ballot, full of some of the biggest questions facing hockey in Michigan this season. Fill out a ballot (it’s a short one, we promise), and you could win either a Reebok Ai9 stick (for lefties),…