Category: Juniors
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U.S. World Junior training camp to take place in Plymouth
By @MichaelCaples – The 2020 U.S. National Junior Team Training Camp is coming through Plymouth. USA Hockey has announced the details for the final preparations leading up to the 2020 World Junior Championship, and that includes a training camp in Plymouth on Dec. 16-17. The team will skate multiple times each day at USA…
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Checking out NHL Central Scouting’s November ‘Players to Watch’ list for 2020 Draft
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By @MichaelCaples – NHL Central Scouting has released its updated ‘Players to Watch’ list for November as they continue to analyze the upcoming 2020 NHL Draft class. Here is a breakdown of all of the Michigan names and connections appearing on the new list (you can see it in full here): A Skaters…
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NTDP Under-18 Team wins Five Nations; U17s claim silver at World Challenge
By @MichaelCaples – The USA Hockey National Team Development Program’s two teams brought home some new hardware over the weekend. The Under-18 Team won the U18 Five Nations tournament in Sundsvall, Sweden, while the Under-17 Team claimed silver in the World Under-17 Challenge in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The U18s were perfect in four games,…
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Stoever, Gushchin named USHL players of the week
By @MichaelCaples – One Michigan native and one Michigan resident take up two of the three spots on Tuesday’s USHL players of the week list. Northville native Christian Stoever has been named the league’s goaltender of the week, while Muskegon Lumberjacks forward Danil Gushchin earned forward of the week recognition. Stoever only appeared in…
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Brighton’s Sam Brennan named NAHL defenseman of month for October
By @MichaelCaples – Sam Brennan has had an impressive start to the 2019-2020 NAHL season, and it has been recognized as the calendar flips to November. The Brighton native has been named the NAHL’s defenseman of the month for October, after Brennan recorded eight points in 10 games from the blue line with his…
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Thrun, Venegoni named NAHL stars of the week
By @MichaelCaples – A pair of Michigan natives appear on the latest edition of the NAHL stars of the week list. Grand Rapids native Theo Thrun and Livonia native Jordan Venegoni both earned recognition from their junior league after outstanding performances for their respective NAHL clubs. Thrun, a Fox Motors product, posted back-to-back game-winners…
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NTDP Under-17 Team scores 10 in first international game
By @MichaelCaples – The USA Hockey National Team Development Program Under-17 Team got its first real taste of international hockey yesterday, and they must have really liked it. The NTDP 2003 birth-year group hit double digits in the goal column on Sunday, beating the Czech Republic 10-1 in their first game at the 2019…
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Danil Gushchin’s heroics wins game for Lumberjacks, lands him on SportsCenter Top 10 list
By @MichaelCaples – Hockey is a team sport, but Friday night in Muskegon, it was all about Danil Gushchin. The Lumberjacks forward scored all four of Muskegon’s goals in a 4-3 win, and three of them came in the closing moments of the contest. After scoring a first-period goal, Gushchin scored twice in the…
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Lumberjacks alum Svechnikov first player to score “Michigan Move” goal in NHL
By @MichaelCaples – It’s called “The Michigan Move” and now, another Michigan connection will forever be associated with it. Last night, Muskegon Lumberjacks alum Andrei Svechnikov scored the first lacrosse-style, pick-the-puck-up-behind-the-net-and-wrap-it-in style goal in the National Hockey League. Here was the goal: The move was first performed on a big stage by University of…
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PHOTOS: NTDP U17s top unbeaten Dubuque in overtime
The USA Hockey National Team Development Program Under-17 Team welcomed the Dubuque Fighting Saints to Plymouth for a Saturday night USHL battle, and they sent them home with their first loss. Chaz Lucius scored with 1:29 remaining in a three-on-three overtime period to give the NTDP U17s their third straight win as they head…