March
2014   
In This Issue
MiHockey's youth state title coverage
Special Hockey International Tournament coming to Michigan in May
Check out the latest edition of MiHockeyMag
Mites go for gold in Traverse City
From child's view, adults find full-ice to be no fun
New batch of high school state champions are crowned
Upcoming Events
March 10-23 - State Playoffs Continue

March 21-23 - Michigan Select Player Development Camp Tryouts

March 21-23 - Michigan High School Team Michigan Tryouts (Chelsea)

March 22-23 - USA Hockey Girls'/Women's Coaching Symposium (Hartford, CT)

April 2-6 - USA Hockey National Championships

To see a complete list of all upcoming events, visit the our calendar of events on our website.

Girls'/Women's Coaching Symposium Offer in Conjunction With Women's Frozen Four
Womens Frozen Four

 

USA Hockey will host its 4th annual Girls'/Women's Coaching Symposium in conjunction with the women's Division 1 NCAA Frozen Four championships in Connecticut on March 22-23, 2014. This event is a High Performance Workshop geared toward coaches who coach the female ice hockey player. This will be a very informative workshop that will be a great benefit to your players and you as a coach. The workshop is limited to 100 participants.

 

This is a great opportunity to attend a High Performance Workshop and receive your next CEP certification while watching the best Division 1 women's college teams battle it out for the 2014 national championship.

 

Click here to download an informational flyer on the event. 

Follow All The State Tournament Action
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This
year you will be able to follow all the games in the MAHA  State Tournaments.

 

We will be tracking all the action using a Sport Ngin Tournament site. You can see the pairing for upcoming games and view the results from completed matches.

 

Click Here to Follow the Non-National Bound Tournaments at the Following Levels:

Squirt B
Squirt A

Squirt AA

PeeWee B

PeeWee A

PeeWee AA

PeeWee AAA Minor

PeeWee AAA Major

Banatam B

Bantam A

Midget B

Midget BB

Non-Varsity / JV High School

Girl's House Rec - All Ages

 

Click Here to Follow the National Bound Tournaments at the Following Levels:
Bantam AA
Bantam AAA Minor
Bantam AAA Major

Midget A
Midget AA

Midget AAA Minor

Midget AAA Major

Girl's Tier 1 - All Ages
Girl's Tier 2 - All Ages

Women's A, B & C

 

Note: The standings at the actual tournament locations are the official standings.

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For some, the state playoffs are still the main focus. For others, it's time for spring hockey. Either way, we hope you are getting through the final stretch of a brutal winter, and that your time at the rink is as enjoyable and rewarding as ever.
MiHockey's youth state title coverage



 
A new crop of youth state championship winners are being crowned throughout the month of March. MiHockey photo and video crews are attending as many of the final games as possible; see some of our initial coverage here:

Video Highlights


Photo galleries

Special Hockey International Tournament Coming to Michigan in May

2014 is an exciting year for Disabled Hockey in Michigan. Special Hockey Int 2014 Logo Michigan will be hosting the Special Hockey International Tournament May 1-4 at Fraser Hockeyland. This tournament will bring together more than 60 teams from all over the United States and Canada for over 100 games played over the four days!

 

The success of a tournament of this size is highly dependent on volunteers! We need help to cover over 800 hours of volunteer time! Volunteer positions include: Rink Hosts, Scorekeepers and Clock Operators, Greeters, Game Hosts, Parking Lot Attendants and more. This is a great opportunity for a team activity, work based volunteering, community service hours or great introduction to Disabled Hockey in Michigan. Signing up is easy and volunteer times are available throughout the weekend! Click Here to download more information and to sign up today!

 

Check out the latest edition of MiHockeyMag 

 

 

In this issue of MiHockeyMag, we celebrate No. 5, after the Red Wings retired Nicklas Lidstrom's jersey on March 6. We also share the touching story of 1980 Olympic Team member Mark Wells finally seeing a promise of a rink dedication by his hometown fulfilled. That, along with much, much more, inside this issue of MiHockeyMag.

 

PLUS: Don't miss our Nick Lidstrom Night photo gallery and story

 

Mites Go For Gold in Traverse City and Muskegon

Many Mite Hockey players were also going for the gold Gold Medal 2014 here in Michigan during the last two weekends in February. Over 85 Mite teams and over 700 players took part in events in Traverse City and Muskegon. This was the third year MHA had sponsored the Mite Jamborees in each of these locations.

 

All the players had a great time and there are lots of

Troy in TC 2014
Troy Sting players wait to take the ice in Traverse City

smiles to go around. Players who attended the Muskegon event got to attend a Muskegon Lumberjack Game that night for free. In Traverse City a new format was tried where teams were reseeded for the second day of competition and a single elimination format was played.

 

In total MAHA sponsored four Mite Jamborees this season. It is impressive to see the increased overall skill of the players participating in these types of events. Team enjoyed competing against many new teams that they had not played before. The Traverse City Jamboree included teams from Cheboygan to Monroe.

Shhootout TC 2014
Players from both end of the ice watch an exciting overtime shootout
Video: From Child's View, Adults Find Full-Ice No Fun

By USA Hockey -

 

Ever wonder how a full-sized sheet of ice looks through a child's eyes? USA Hockey put adult players on a hockey rink scaled to simulate what a child experiences when they play full-ice hockey. The results weren't pretty, but they were captured in a new video released last week. Ken Martel, technical director of USA Hockey's American Development Model took it all in and sat down for the following Q-and-A on the topic.

   

Q: What was the inspiration for building the up-scaled hockey rink at the Pond Hockey Championships this year? 

 

Martel: As adults, it's hard to imagine or remember what it was really like trying to play the game on a full-sized ice sheet. And for as much as we try to explain the benefits of cross-ice hockey for skill development and fun among young players, there's nothing that conveys that message better than having adults actually experience the challenges of this up-scaled full-ice environment for themselves. So that was our inspiration - and it says something that we needed an eight-acre lake to do it.

 

READ MORE...

 

High school state championships

Detroit Catholic Central wins Division 1 - Story | Photos




Trenton wins Division 2 - Story | Photos



Farmington wins Division 3 - Story | Photos



Follow these links for more high school hockey coverage:



 

We hope you all have had great ends to fall hockey, and that you have a great start to the spring season.


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