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Speaking of Hockey – What’s your favorite jersey?
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in Amateur Hockey, College, Featured, Ferris State Bulldogs, Flint Firebirds, For Coaches, For Fans, For Parents, For Players, Griffins, HPHL, Juniors, Lake Superior State Lakers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Tech Huskies, NAHL, Northern Michigan Wildcats, Oakland Grizzlies, Pro, Red Wings, Saginaw Spirit, Slideshow, The Latest, Tier 1, University of Michigan Wolverines, USHL, Western Michigan Broncos, Youth HockeyESPN is counting down the best jerseys in pro sports right now, and it got us thinking – what’s your favorite hockey jersey ever worn by a team in Michigan? The iconic Winged Wheel, a throwback collegiate one, or your high school/youth team, you name it…tell us your favorite on our Facebook page, and you…
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Shaved Ice – August 23
MiHockey editor Michael Caples here to provide you with another installment of Shaved Ice. Quick hits It might not seem like this matters much around here, but it does – apparently the Canadian Hockey League players are building their own union. It’s no secret that junior hockey is big business in Canada, and that the…
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Shaved Ice – August 22
MiHockey editor Michael Caples here on a Wednesday for another action-packed Shaved Ice. Quick hits Check out our article from Michigan State’s annual pro camp right here. We talked to Justin Abdelkader, Mike Weaver, Torey Krug, and Trevor Nill, and there’s a bunch of photos of other players. The Red Wings invited their fans to…
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MSU hosts their annual pro camp this week
By Stefan Kubus – EAST LANSING – With hockey’s demanding nature and the grueling grind of an 82-game NHL regular season, there isn’t much of an offseason for most players. For a group of former Michigan State Spartans, the annual Pro Camp – held at Munn Ice Arena from Monday to Friday of this week…
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U-M Flint starts women’s independent club hockey team
By Stefan Kubus – While the University of Michigan-Flint currently has a men’s club team, who says that women can’t also play? Beginning in the upcoming 2012-13 season, the Wolverines will sport an independent women’s club team for the first time ever. Nikki Baragwanath and Alisha Mulanix, founder and vice president of the team, respectively,…
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Shaved Ice – August 21
MiHockey’s Michael Caples here with you on a Tuesday morning. Quick hits Kirk Maltby has joined Steve Yzerman, Vladimir Konstantinov and Kris Draper on the list of Red Wings alums for bobblehead nights at the Joe, per fan voting of the last few weeks. Meanwhile, DRW fans can now buy preseason game tickets – here’s to…
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Shaved Ice – August 20
MiHockey’s Stefan Kubus here with you on a Monday afternoon…in East Lansing. Quick hits Despite the ongoing CBA negotiations between the NHL and NHLPA, the AHL season will commence either way, and the Grand Rapids Griffins released their 2012-13 season schedule on Friday. Detroit Red Wings tickets for the 2012-13 preseason went on sale this…
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Shaved Ice – August 17
MiHockey’s Stefan Kubus here with you on this Friday afternoon. Quick hits Sounds like the Michigan Daily vs. Kitchener Rangers argument has finally ended. Lots of Winter Classic Alumni Showdown news surfacing, as Aaron Ward, Paul Coffey, Jimmy Carson, and Michigan Wolverines head coach Red Berenson are all set to suit up for Detroit. Also,…
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OHL’s Rangers, Michigan Daily settle over Trouba case
By Matt Mackinder – The Jacob Trouba war appears over. For now, at least. After the Michigan Daily reported earlier this summer that the Rochester native had been offered a large sum of money by the Ontario Hockey League’s Kitchener Rangers to forgo his commitment to the University of Michigan this fall, the Rangers took…
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ICE Arena in Mount Pleasant closed until Oct. 1
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By Ryan Zuke – When cooling in a house fails, it’s not normally an urgent matter. But when cooling in an ice rink fails, it creates an immediate problem. When the Isabella Community Events Arena in Mount Pleasant was ready to start making ice for the season, its water-cooled chiller was leaking and there was…