INDUSTRY GROWTH FUND TO FINANCE FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR POTENTIAL PROGRAMS, STARTING AT U. OF ILLINOIS The NHL and NHLPA are committed to supporting the growth of NCAA Division I hockey, introducing a new initiative to fund feasibility studies for potential programs on Friday prior to the NHL Draft. The University of Illinois will be the…
Read MoreTotal Package Hockey is pleased to announce the addition of Francis Anzalone to its executive team, as the company prepares for its 16th year as a leader in the on and off-ice development of student-athletes. Anzalone spent the 2016-2017 season as the Associate Head Coach of the Shreveport Mudbugs in the North American Hockey League. …
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The NHL and the NHL Players Association are teaming up to support and promote the growth of Cawlidge Hawkey. The NHL will announce on Friday — during NHL Draft weekend festivities in Chicago, which also hosted the Frozen Four this past April — that the league will sponsor studies at five U.S. colleges to examine…
Read MoreCAN PAUL MCAVOY BECOME KENTUCKY’S FIRST NHL PLAYER? Kentucky has been home to minor-league ice hockey teams, and the sport has a growing club presence around the Bluegrass State. Still, it’s one of 10 states including Arkansas, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wyoming believed not to have ever produced an NHL player. Photo:…
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Croix Evingson made Mudbugs history Saturday. In the seventh round of the NHL Draft, the Winnipeg Jets selected the Shreveport Mudbugs defenseman with the 211th overall selection. Shreveport Mudbugs defenseman Croix Evingson was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets.(Photo: Henrietta Wildsmith/The Times) The 6-foot-5, 209-pound Alaska native captured Defenseman of the Year honors in the North…
Read MoreHello from Magness Arena, where a Zamboni is out there right now resurfacing the ice following the Colorado Avalanche annual Burgundy-White game. This, after J.T. Compher wiped the competition on the same ice Sunday. Compher, no question about it, was the No. 1 star of the game. He scored two goals – one a hard-to-the-net…
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MITCH ELIOT TRYING TO “BE A SPONGE” AT RED WINGS’ DEVELOPMENT CAMP Photo by Michael Caples/MiHockey Mitch Eliot’s first Red Wings’ development camp has come with a few bumps and bruises. It’s summer hockey, sure, but it doesn’t mean the guys aren’t competing. Hard not to when the likes of Ken Holland, Jeff Blashill, Todd…
Read MorePhoto courtesy of Total Package Hockey By @MichaelCaples – Total Package Hockey Detroit is proud to announce that Jake Transit has accepted a scholarship offer from Ferris State University. The new Bulldogs commit and Center of Excellence alumnus is a ’99 birth-year skater currently with the Dubuque Fighting Saints, the USHL club that drafted…
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Total Package Hockey is pleased to announce the addition of Francis Anzalone to its executive team, as the company prepares for its 16th year as a leader in the on and off-ice development of student-athletes. Anzalone spent the 2016-2017 season as the Associate Head Coach of the Shreveport Mudbugs in the North American Hockey League. …
Read MoreTotal Package Hockey Detroit is pleased to announce that eight TPH-trained players will be participating in the 2017 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects game tonight in Buffalo, NY. “On behalf of TPH, we congratulate these players on being selected to compete in an event that is truly one of a kind,” TPH Director of Hockey…
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