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V.21:I.10 | December 20, 2010FIRST CLASS

August 201016 Registration Opens for Travel and House

25 Travel Registration Closes

28-29 Travel Alignment Meetings

September 20103 Initial Travel Alignments Posted

8-9 Travel Alignment Appeals

10-12 LCAHL Faceoff Festival

13 Final Travel Alignments & Schedules Posted

14 Begin Scheduling Travel Games

September continued17 House Registration Closes

18 Travel League Play Begins

21 Initial House Alignments Posted

22-23 House Alignment Appeals

24 Final House Alignments & Schedules Posted

25 House Scheduling Begins

26 Face-Off Meeting at Motor City Casino & Conference Center

30 House League Play Begins

January 20119 League Play Ends

10-13 Make-up Days

14 Post Playoff Pools and Schedules

18 Start of League Playoffs First Round Robin

February 201118 Playoff First Round Ends

26-27 Playoff Quarters and Semis

March 20115-6 Playoff Quarters, Semi’s and Finals

11-19 Playoff Finals

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20th Anniversary SeasonMH celebrates 20 years

with a look back at 1993

Best of 2010Pond hockey, Frozen Four

and more

Red Wings Insider

Last year’s result fuels hot start

AMATEUR HOCKEY REPORTLivingston Lightning Pee Wees win Thanksgiving Tournament 6Honeybaked Midget Minor squad takes Bauer Invitational 6Canton Victory Honda Mite A team wins at Eddy Edgar 8Royal Oak Mites capture Livonia Thanksgiving Tourney title 8Squirt AA Toledo Cherokee wins Mid-Am Silver Stick 8

SPEAKING OF HOCKEY What did you think of the Big Chill at the Big House? 10

GET BETTER Shoot to score 11

STATE OF THE GAME By Lyle PhairBorn to Play 12

YOUTH LEAGUE STANDINGS Adray Community Hockey League 6LCAHL Travel Divisions 14-15Tier I Elite Hockey League 16

FROM THE CREASE By Steve McKichan You and your partner 17

HOMETOWN HERO Howell’s T.J. Hensick 18

TOURNAMENT CALENDAR 21

HIGH SCHOOL REPORTGrosse Pointe North and Cranbrook girls at top of standings 26Teams get “once in a lifetime” opportunity to play at the Big House 27

JUNIOR HOCKEYNAHL Report: Fighting Falcons staying upbeat in Port Huron 30Mavric Parks leads Spirit to top of Western Conference 32Whalers’ hitting stride at mid-way point 32

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December 20, 2010, Volume 21 : Issue 10

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Big Chill at the Big HouseMichigan shuts out Michigan State, 5-0,

on Dec. 11 in front of a crowd of 113,411 at Michigan Stadium.

We’ll kick off the New Year with a report from the annual Great Lakes Invitational at Joe Louis Arena, a look back at 1994 in

celebration of our 20th season of Michigan Hockey and more.

Look for it on arena stands, on michiganhockeyonline.com and in your e-mail In Box on January 7, 2011.

Advertising copy for the next issue of MH is due on December 29.

Contact Lucia Zuzga at (248) 479-1134 or [email protected] or Philip Colvin at (248) 479-1136

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Happy Holidays

FROM THE EDITOR

Happy Holidays from all of us at Michigan Hockey and I hope that everyone enjoys some fun and relaxing time with family and friends to close out 2010.

This issue includes coverage of the Big Chill at the Big House game, including a cutout poster of the rink in the middle of a packed Michigan Stadium (page 28). The day had the feel of a football Saturday in Ann Arbor – with tailgaters getting an early start, vendors selling commemorative apparel and fans everywhere sporting team colors. The weather held off , the Wolverines rolled to a 5-0 win over the Spartans and the players on both sides said it was the most fun they ever had playing hockey.

Several youth and high school teams also got the opportunity to play at Michigan Stadium in the week leading up to the Big Chill (pages 26 and 27).

For more on the Big Chill at the Big House, including an extensive photo gallery from the event and the games before it, check out our Only on the Web section on our website: michiganhockeyonline.com.

In our continuing series commemorating our 20th season of Michigan Hockey, we take a look back at 1993, the year that the Detroit Red Wings hired Scotty Bowman and Donald Trump married Marla Maples (page 18-19).

Good luck to Jon Merrill (Brighton/Michigan Wolverines), Jack Campbell (Port Huron/Windsor Spitfi res), Rocco Grimaldi (Auburn Hills/U.S. National U18 Team), Chris Brown (Michigan Wolverines) and Brandon Saad (Saginaw Spirit) as they compete for a roster spot on the U.S. National Junior Team that will play in the World Junior Championship on Dec. 26 - Jan. 5, 2011, in Buff alo, NY.

Finally, with the holiday tournament season coming up, if you’d like to see your team featured just e-mail us some info, a team photo and the names of everyone on your team and it will be in the next Michigan Hockey!

Have a great holiday season,


From the Editor

Cover: The Big Chill at the Big House on Dec. 11 at Michigan Stadium by Tom Turrill/Michigan Hockey.

Photos at left: (from top, L to R): Michigan State’s Trevor Nill battles Michigan’s Chris Brown during the Big Chill at the Big House game on Dec. 11 by Dave Reginek/Michigan Hockey; The Frozen Four at Ford Field by Andrew Knapik/Michigan Hockey and Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard by Tom Turrill/Michigan Hockey.

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Livingston Lightning Pee Wees win Livingston Lightning Pee Wees win at Thanksgiving Tournamentat Thanksgiving Tournament

With 19 wins and a tie through their fi rst 20 games, the Livingston Lightning Pee Wee B squad is on their way to an outstanding season.

The streak includes a win at the Kalamazoo Tournament in October and also four straight victories over tough opponents to take the Hockeytime Thanksgiving Tournament at the Kensington Valley Ice House.

The Lightning opened with a 10-3 win against the Macco Mustangs from Sault St Marie, Canada. Eric Lindberg (4), Colton O’Doherty and Dylan Kopicko each had hat tricks and defenseman Ryan Morrison earned a playmaker.

O’Doherty proved to be an early riser for the 7 AM game on Saturday against the Ann Arbor Bombers as he had three goals and three assists in the Lightning’s strike 6-1 morning wake up match with the undefeated Bombers. Lindberg, Kopicko and Morrison also tallied goals for the Lightning.

The “Solid as a Rock” machine returned with a 3-1 victory over a tough KV Generals squad, who are in fi rst place in their LCAHL Division. Lindberg, O’Doherty and Kopicko netted goals in the Thanksgiving weekend morning game.

This set up the showdown against the KV Brigade who came in with only one loss this season and beat the KV Generals to get to the fi nals.

The championship game was worth the wait as two Goliaths battled to a 3-3 tie into the third period. The game was fi lled with bone-crushing hits from Christian Stawiarski, Clark Sist and Colton O’Doherty. The contest tipped in favor of the Lightning when Eric Lindberg scored a power play goal on a nice pass from Colton O’Doherty to make it 4-3. Then O’Doherty took the ensuing faceoff through the defenders, deked the goalie and tallied the fi nal goal to give the Lightning a 5-3 win. O’Doherty was named tournament MVP. Defenders Ryan Morrison and Noah Allen tallied points for the Lightning with Lindberg getting short-handed and rebound goal in the game.

Lightning head coach is Jeff Lefebvre, and assistant coaches Paul Kestner, Gil O’Doherty, Kevin Sist and Ron Jones.

The Lightning is: Eric Lindberg, Colton O’Doherty, Nick Lefebvre, Zach Kestner, Jake Kestner, Clark Sist, Griff en Jones, Ryan Morrison, Christian Stawiarski, Noah Allen, Zach Lefever, Griffi n Tengel, Dylan Kopicko, Gus Galejs and Alec Parent.

The Honeyaked U16 squad traveled to Chicago in November and came home with the prestigious Bauer Invitational title.

The tournament included seven divisions and 408 teams, including 80 U16 squads competing for the College Hockey Cup at both the AAA and Elite AAA Divisions.

Honeybaked opened play in the Elite AAA Division with a 4-1 win over the local Sabres and then beat Seattle, 5-1. The following day Honeybaked knocked off both St. Louis and

the DC Capital Nationals to advance to the quarterfi nals. On Sunday morning Honeybaked shut out the Minnesota Blades, 3-0, to earn a spot in the semifi nal against Compuware. Against their hometown rival, Honeybaked won 2-1 to make the fi nal against the Chicago Mission.

Against the Mission, Honeybaked rolled to a 6-1 win to take the Elite AAA U16 Division title.

Amateur Hockey Report

Honeybaked wins seven straight to Honeybaked wins seven straight to take home Bauer Invitational titletake home Bauer Invitational title

Livingston Lightning Pee Wees win Livingston Lightning Pee Wees win at Thanksgiving Tournamentat Thanksgiving Tournament

Honeybaked wins seven straight to Honeybaked wins seven straight to take home Bauer Invitational titletake home Bauer Invitational title

ADRAY COMMUNITY HOCKEY LEAGUE STANDINGS AS OF DEC. 11

EAST DIVISIONMITE W L T TP GF GA GPMITE W L T TP GF GA GPRED Saginaw 1 5 1 0 10 26 13 6Saginaw 3 3 1 1 7 27 21 5Saginaw 4 4 2 0 8 31 13 6Saginaw 5 2 3 0 4 20 27 5Saginaw 2 1 3 1 3 16 21 5Icelanders 0 5 0 0 11 36 5 SQUIRT W L T TP GF GA GPSQUIRT W L T TP GF GA GPWHITE Bay County 2 6 0 0 12 47 16 6Mt. Pleasant 2 3 1 0 6 19 9 4Lapeer 3 1 1 2 4 12 17 4#3 Midland 2 2 0 4 16 14 4Lapeer 1 1 4 1 3 14 32 6Saginaw 4 0 5 1 1 10 30 6 RED Blackhawks 4 0 0 8 27 6 4Gladiators 4 1 1 9 19 14 6Mt. Pleasant 1 3 1 0 6 17 8 4Saginaw 1 1 3 1 3 15 19 5Bay County 1 0 5 0 0 7 26 5Lapeer 2 0 2 0 0 1 13 2 BLUE #1 Midland 2 0 0 4 10 3 2Bay County 3 4 0 0 8 24 2 4#2 Midland 2 2 0 4 6 14 4Saginaw 3 1 4 0 2 5 17 5Saginaw 2 0 3 0 0 2 11 3 PEE WEE W L T TP GF GA GPPEE WEE W L T TP GF GA GPWHITE Mt. Pleasant 2 3 0 1 7 23 10 4Saginaw 4 3 0 1 7 17 8 4Bay County 2 5 0 2 12 29 10 7#2 Midland 1 3 0 2 10 14 4Lapeer 1 1 4 0 2 13 34 5Saginaw 2 0 4 2 2 6 19 6#3 Midland 0 2 0 0 4 7 2 RED Gladiators 7 1 0 14 29 16 8Bay County 1 5 1 0 10 27 8 6#1 Midland 2 2 2 6 23 21 6Blackhawks 2 3 0 4 7 15 5Saginaw 1 1 5 1 3 12 23 7Saginaw 3 1 4 0 2 9 21 5Mt Pleasant 1 0 2 1 1 4 7 3 BANTAM W L T TP GF GA GPBANTAM W L T TP GF GA GPWHITE #3 Midland 3 0 0 6 14 4 3Bay County 1 4 0 1 9 32 9 5Blackhawks 2 2 0 4 13 19 4#1 Midland 1 2 1 3 13 15 4Saginaw 1 0 2 1 1 8 16 3Saginaw 3 0 4 1 1 11 28 5 RED Gladiators 6 0 0 12 35 7 6#4 Midland 4 0 0 8 20 3 4#2 Midland 3 1 0 6 11 8 4Lapeer 1 2 3 1 5 19 22 6Mt Pleasant 1 1 3 2 4 13 22 6Saginaw 2 0 5 1 1 6 26 6Saginaw 4 0 4 0 0 9 25 4 MIDGET W L T TP GF GA GPMIDGET W L T TP GF GA GPWHITE Grand Valley 1 1 0 0 2 6 0 1Mt. Pleasant 1 1 0 0 2 6 0 1Bay County 1 2 0 1 5 21 9 3#2 Midland 1 1 0 2 6 6 2Saginaw 2 1 1 0 2 4 8 2Blackhawks 0 1 1 1 7 13 2Saginaw 3 0 3 0 0 4 18 3 RED GFHA Ice Raiders 1 0 0 2 8 2 1GRAHA 1 1 1 0 2 10 10 2Lapeer 1 0 0 1 1 5 5 1Saginaw 1 0 0 1 1 5 5 1Lansing 1 0 1 0 0 2 8 1#1 Midland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

METRO DIVISIONMITE W L T TP GF GA GPMITE W L T TP GF GA GPRED Fraser Ice Dogs 9 1 1 19 54 26 11OLSM 6 1 2 14 31 12 9USA 1 6 1 3 15 41 26 10Coyotes Bham 1 4 2 3 11 34 25 9Summit Sting 5 5 0 10 34 23 10Firehawks Bham 2 3 5 2 8 27 27 10Hurricanes Bham 3 0 9 1 1 17 59 10Bull Dogs 0 9 0 0 14 54 9

BLUE Maple Leafs 5 0 1 11 30 9 6Blackhawks 5 0 1 11 24 5 6GPHA 2 3 3 0 6 26 30 6Thunderbirds 2 3 0 4 17 16 5SCS Bruins 1 3 0 2 13 17 4Stars 1 5 0 2 5 27 6GPHA3 Bruins 0 3 0 0 3 14 3 SQUIRT W L T TP GF GA GPSQUIRT W L T TP GF GA GPWHITE DYHA Kings 7 0 2 16 40 14 9Bulldogs 8 1 3 19 58 24 12SCS Maple Leafs 7 3 0 14 37 24 10Troy Pirates 6 4 2 14 44 29 12Blackhawks 5 6 0 10 38 38 11Flags 3 4 1 7 32 29 8Wings 2 7 1 5 17 49 10BWHA 1 1 6 2 4 15 39 9GPHA 2 0 8 3 3 35 70 11 RED PHMHA 1 9 0 1 19 52 24 10Sabres 6 2 1 13 37 26 9Raptors 7 3 2 16 54 40 12Blackhawks 5 4 1 11 45 29 10Summit Flames 4 6 0 8 27 43 10BWHA 2 1 5 2 4 15 22 8Falcons 1 7 1 3 25 51 9Flags #3 1 7 0 2 27 47 8 BLUE Blackhawks 9 0 0 18 63 29 9Puckhogs 9 0 1 19 47 12 10SCS Longhorns 6 1 1 13 35 15 8Troy Red Wings 7 3 2 16 61 42 12Birmingham 2 7 6 1 15 39 45 14Blackhawk 4 6 1 9 33 22 11Birmingham 1 1 3 0 2 5 14 4GPHA Coyotes 1 6 0 2 7 37 7Troy Penguins 1 # 0 2 18 57 12USA 1 0 9 0 0 17 52 9 PEE WEE W L T TP GF GA GPPEE WEE W L T TP GF GA GPWHITE Fraser Bruins 10 0 0 20 71 18 10Mt. Clem Chiefs 7 3 1 15 45 40 11Spits 6 3 0 12 46 33 9Muskies 4 5 1 9 39 40 10Stallions 3 6 0 6 27 42 9Timberwolves 1 7 3 5 29 54 11SCS Cougars 1 8 1 3 17 47 10 RED SCS Bruins 10 0 1 21 51 13 11Sabres 8 1 2 18 46 20 11GPHA Bruins 5 5 1 11 35 37 11Mt. C. Thunder 5 6 3 13 27 27 14USA Vipers 3 4 2 8 27 40 9Troy Senators 1 8 3 5 17 35 12Stampede 1 9 0 2 11 42 10 BLUE Bombers 8 0 0 16 56 13 8Summit Flames 5 1 1 11 50 22 7MT. C. Wild 4 3 1 9 41 45 8USA Knights 4 4 0 8 38 31 8Mustangs 4 4 0 8 29 34 8P. H. Flags 2 2 2 6 36 36 6Birmingham 3 7 0 6 23 52 10DYHA Penguins 0 9 0 0 6 46 9 BANTAM W L T TP GF GA GPBANTAM W L T TP GF GA GPWHITE SCS Bruins 10 0 0 20 58 18 10Summit 9 1 0 18 53 18 10Predators 5 3 0 10 30 24 8Blackhawks 6 4 1 13 58 46 11Thrashers 3 3 0 6 19 23 6Fraser Bruins 2 4 2 6 30 34 8Panthers 2 # 0 4 25 59 12Macomb 1 8 1 3 32 64 10Patriots 1 6 0 2 7 26 7 RED Travelers 9 1 0 18 70 32 10Devils 7 2 0 14 62 36 9Troy Sabres 5 3 0 10 27 21 8Mt. Clem Hitmen 4 4 1 9 37 36 9GP Hawks 5 5 0 10 38 38 10Blue Water Preds 4 5 1 9 46 48 10Birmingham 1 9 0 2 31 70 10PHMHA 0 6 0 0 6 36 6

WEST DIVISIONSQUIRT W L T TP GF GA GPSQUIRT W L T TP GF GA GPWHITE HAWKS 1 7 0 0 14 34 14 7KOHA Brown 6 2 0 12 39 13 8GRAHA 2 3 1 1 7 16 13 5

Grand Valley 2 3 3 1 7 29 25 7Muskegon 2 2 6 0 4 22 35 8Big Rapids 1 1 5 0 2 11 25 6West Shore 1 1 6 0 2 14 40 7 RED Grand Valley 1 4 0 1 9 30 6 5Battle Creek 1 3 0 1 7 18 7 4GRAHA 1 3 2 2 8 22 17 7Berrien 1 2 2 2 6 13 14 6Muskegon 1 2 3 0 4 9 13 5Kentwood 1 0 7 0 0 2 37 7 BLUE Grand Valley 3 3 0 3 9 23 15 6HAWKS 2 4 1 1 9 29 12 6GRAHA 3 4 2 0 8 22 17 6Rockford Rams 4 2 2 10 32 25 8Kentwood 2 2 6 0 4 13 30 8CC Pride 1 0 6 0 0 4 24 6 GREEN HAWKS 3 6 0 0 12 41 8 6Holland 1 2 0 0 4 11 4 2Grand Valley 4 3 3 0 6 20 19 6KOHA Gold 3 3 1 7 25 24 7GRAHA 4 2 5 1 5 21 39 8EGRAHA 1 0 5 0 0 5 29 5 PEE WEE W L T TP GF GA GPPEE WEE W L T TP GF GA GPWHITE CC Pride 1 4 0 0 8 19 7 4EGRAHA 2 5 1 1 11 26 12 7KOHA Gold 5 2 2 12 38 24 9GRAHA 1 4 3 1 9 25 23 8HAWKS 2 2 4 1 5 14 23 7Lansing 2 2 4 1 5 18 27 7Muskegon 2 1 4 1 3 13 29 6Battle Creek 1 0 5 1 1 13 21 6 RED West Shore 1 9 0 0 18 43 7 9EGRAHA 1 6 2 0 12 26 15 8Big Rapids 1 7 3 0 14 29 19 10Muskegon 1 3 4 1 7 25 18 8HAWKS 1 2 3 0 4 12 18 5Grand Valley 1 1 4 0 2 7 15 5Lansing 1 1 6 0 2 7 39 7KOHA Brown 0 7 1 1 11 29 8 BLUE Holland 1 7 0 2 16 29 8 9Kentwood Falcons 6 2 2 14 38 27 10KOHA Black 5 2 2 12 23 16 9Rockford Rams 3 2 2 8 20 12 7Muskegon 3 4 3 1 9 28 20 8Berrien 1 3 4 2 8 25 20 9Lansing 3 2 5 1 5 17 37 8GRAHA 2 1 7 0 2 17 37 8Grand Valley 2 1 7 0 2 18 38 8 BANTAM W L T TP GF GA GPBANTAM W L T TP GF GA GPWHITE Rockford Rams 5 0 1 11 30 10 6EGRAHA 2 4 0 1 9 28 10 5Lansing 2 6 0 4 16 55 25 10Kentwood Falcons 5 3 2 12 35 28 10GRAHA 1 2 3 1 5 15 22 6Grand Valley 2 1 3 0 2 11 18 4KOHA Gold 1 4 0 2 9 28 5Berrien 1 1 6 1 3 18 34 8Holland 1 0 6 0 0 7 33 6 RED Muskegon 1 7 1 0 14 37 9 8EGRAHA 1 7 2 1 15 33 12 10Big Rapids 1 7 2 2 16 33 22 11KOHA Brown 3 2 0 6 24 13 5Lansing 1 3 4 3 9 32 31 10Grand Valley 1 3 6 1 7 31 35 10West Shore 1 1 6 0 2 17 47 7HAWKS 1 0 8 1 1 7 45 9 MIDGET W L T TP GF GA GPMIDGET W L T TP GF GA GPWHITE Grand Valley 1 1 0 0 2 6 0 1Mt. Pleasant 1 1 0 0 2 6 0 1Bay County 1 2 0 1 5 21 9 3#2 Midland 1 1 0 2 6 6 2Saginaw 2 1 1 0 2 4 8 2Blackhawks 0 1 1 1 7 13 2Saginaw 3 0 3 0 0 4 18 3 RED GFHA Ice Raiders 1 0 0 2 8 2 1GRAHA 1 1 1 0 2 10 10 2Lapeer 1 0 0 1 1 5 5 1Saginaw 1 0 0 1 1 5 5 1Lansing 1 0 1 0 0 2 8 1#1 Midland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Mite A Canton Victory Honda takes Mite A Canton Victory Honda takes Thanksgiving Tournament titleThanksgiving Tournament title

Squirt AA Toledo Cherokeequirt AA Toledo Chero eSquirt AA Toledo CherokeeSquirt e AA Toledo Cherokeecaptures Mid-Am Silver Stickkcaptures Mid-Am Silver StickMid A Sil Sticaptures Mid-Am Silver k -Am Silver Stick

Regional titleRegional title

Royal Oak Mite Metro Sports Raiders Royal Oak Mite Metro Sports Raiders win Livonia Thanksgiving titlewin Livonia Thanksgiving title

The Canton Victory Honda Mite A team won fi ve straight games to take the Eddy Edgar Thanksgiving Tournament title.

Canton Victory Honda opened with wins against Chelsea, 2-0, and Livingston, 7-2, and tied Livonia 3-3. In the semifi nals, Canton got goals from Nicholas Chartrand, Hadley Hudak, Bobby Valeri, and Caden Pachota. Goalies Nicholas Galda and Ashton Queen earned their second shutout of the tournament.

In the fi nals rematch against Livingston, Pachota opened the scoring for Canton with assists to Erika Goleniak and Hadley Hudak, before the Lightning scored twice to take the lead, 2-1. But the Victory Honda squad came back with two shorthanded goals in the third period from Gavin Hayes, assisted by Pachota,

and Pacota, with assists going to Hayes and Hudak, for the win.Canton Victory Honda is: Bobby Breach, Nicholas Chartrand,

Jason Domas, Nicholas Galda, Erika Goleniak, Megan Goleniak, Gavin Hayes, Hadley Hudak, Joseph Janda, Gavin Klaassen, Jackson Mayer, Giovanni Morano, Caden Pachota, Ashton Queen, Madilyn Ressler, Antonio Valeri, and Bobby Valeri.

Canton Victory Honda’s head coach is Paul Goleniak, goalie coach is Bobby Valeri and assistant coaches are Bob Breach, Marc Chartrand, Ryan Goleniak, Tom Goleniak, Matt Ressler, and Amerigo Valeri. Team managers are Leandra Goleniak and Wendy Pachota.

The Toledo Cherokee Squirt AA team went unbeaten in fi ve games to win the Mid-Am Silver Stick Regional Championship in Dayton, Ohio on December 6. Balanced scoring from 10 diff erent players, and solid team defense with only fi ve goals against over the fi ve games were keys to victory.

The Cherokee opened with a 6-0 win over the Arctic Foxes. Clay Hightower, who scored two goals in the game, opened the scoring. Matthew Snyder and Will MacKinnon drew assists. Zachary Pylypuik scored the fi rst of four second period Toledo goals with Andrew St. Julian assisting. The third goal came when Corey Hubbard passed to Ryan Brow on the point and his hard shot found the net.

Toledo kept rolling with goals from Snyder and Nate Koszycki, assists went to Hightower, Brett Blasingim and Brow. Noah Smalley earned the shutout.

The Cherokee then shutout a solid Nashville team, 1-0, on a goal from Ethan Heidepriem assisted by Hubbard. Keegan Vitucci got the shutout in net.

Toledo beat the Artic Foxes again, 4-1, behind goals from Timmy Organ, Koszycki and St. Julian (two). Drawing assists were Koszycki, Organ, Justin Maroszek

and Heidepriem. In a semifi nal rematch against Nashville, Hightower

scored on the power play on a nice give and go with Koszycki to tie the game, 1-1. St. Julian also assisted on the goal. Still tied, 1-1, in the fi nal period, a heads up pass from Organ sent Hubbard on a breakaway and he scored the game winner. Goaltender Vitucci earned the 2-1 victory.

The Lakeland Hawks took a 1-0 lead in the fi nal, but St. Julian scored the Cherokee’s next two goals, assisted by Organ and Brow, respectively. Lakeland then tied the game and Smalley made a great save on a breakaway to keep the score2-2. Matty Barrow scored twice to give Toledo a 4-2 lead, with an assist going to Heidepriem.

The Hawks made it 4-3 with 3:26 remaining in the game to set up an exciting fi nish. A Toledo penalty in the fi nal minute combined with an empty Lakeland net gave the Hawks a 6-on-4 advantage but the Cherokees outworked their opponents to clear the puck and the one goal lead held up.

The Cherokee will travel to Sarnia to compete in the Silver Stick Finals in January.

The Royal Oak Hockey Association’s Mite B Raiders, sponsored by Metro Sports, won the 2010 Eddie Edgar Thanksgiving Challenge Tournament.

The Raiders made the fi nals with a 2-1-1 record for a rematch with the Livonia Sharks for the championship. The Sharks entered the fi nal with a 4-0 record and having beaten the Raiders, 5-3, earlier in the tournament.

The Raiders worked hard and had fun and were able to pull off a 5-2 win against the Sharks in the fi nal to win the championship.

The kids played great and we had a wonderful time at the tournament,” said Raiders head coach Sean O’Rourke, who is assisted by John O’Connor. “Thank you to Justin, Lori and the team at the Eddie Edgar Ice Area and Livonia Hockey Association. We plan to be back.”

The Raiders are: Bryce O’Rourke, Jake Mullins, Devin Knepp, Adam Ricketts, Nate Hiltunen, Finn O’Rourke, Quinn O’Connor, Wesley Lariviere, Griffi n Murray, Robert Yowell, Julian Brammer-Gon, Tommy Sharbaugh and Griffi n Salinas.

Mite A Canton Victory Honda takes Mite A Canton Victory Honda takes Thanksgiving Tournament titleThanksgiving Tournament title

Squirt AA Toledo Cherokee Squirt AA Toledo Cherokee captures Mid-Am Silver Stick captures Mid-Am Silver Stick

Regional titleRegional title

Royal Oak Mite Metro Sports Raiders Royal Oak Mite Metro Sports Raiders win Livonia Thanksgiving titlewin Livonia Thanksgiving title


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Speaking of Hockey

“Not too much because Michigan “Not too much because Michigan State is losing.”State is losing.”Shane Gregory, 14, Northville

“We’ve had a great day“We’ve had a great dayand Michigan is winning.”and Michigan is winning.”Julia Furlong, 13, Ann Arbor

“Being with friends and “Being with friends and fami ly ta i lgat ing and fami ly ta i lgat ing and watching the game.” watching the game.” John O l sen , Da r i en , Connecticut

“Seeing all the goals.”“Seeing all the goals.”Brendan C le land , 8 , Rochester

“Coming to the game with my “Coming to the game with my son Sean and seeing the Stealth son Sean and seeing the Stealth Bomber fly over, that was his Bomber fly over, that was his favorite part.”favorite part.”Steve Plunkett, Fenton

“I went to the Cold War at “I went to the Cold War at Michigan State so I wanted to Michigan State so I wanted to be part of the second one too.”be part of the second one too.”Stacy Schwartz, Clawson

“The tailgating.” “The tailgating.” Michelle Misure (left), Ypsilanti “Just walking in the stadium and seeing the rink on “Just walking in the stadium and seeing the rink on the field.” the field.” Julie House, Pinckney

“Playing hockey in a “Playing hockey in a football stadium.”football stadium.”Corey Walker, Grand Blanc

“Just watching a game “Just watching a game outside, it ’s a cool outside, it ’s a cool experience.”experience.”A.J. Batshon, 14, Northville


Shoot to score


Get Better

Everyone loves to shoot the puck so it’s a skill that gets worked on a lot by players, which is great.

But to “shoot to score” players need to use the proper technique and develop the coordination and rhythm required to shoot the puck hard and accurately.

All shots – the wrist shot, snap shot, and slapshot - rely on many of the same principles although they diff er slightly in technique. Players should fi rst learn and refi ne these principles by concentrating on the wrist shot:

BODY POSITIONINGPlayers should start from a ready position with knees bent and feet about shoulder

width apart for good balance and stability. They should be standing perpendicular with the target with their front shoulder pointing in the direction of the shot. In other words if they are standing directly in front of the net, they should be facing the sideboards, not the net. This is important in getting the legs involved, pushing off the back foot and transferring the body weight onto the front foot on the follow-through.

PUCK POSITIONINGThe puck starts on the heel of the blade of the stick. The stick starts back behind

the back foot and the blade of the stick should be “square” with the target. As the puck is swept across in front of the body through to the release point, it should spin from the heel to be released closer to the toe. This causes the puck to spin during the shot keeping it fl at and giving the shooter better control.

ARM MOVEMENTTo get the blade square with the target, players need to get their arms “away

from their bodies”. Typically, inexperienced players keep their hands in front of their bodies and their stick blade moves in an arc pattern as opposed to a straight line from the starting point through to the release point. By doing this, they are using mostly their bottom hand for power, with the top hand virtually doing nothing. In essence, they should be moving both hands and arms across the body together

until the top hand is out in front of the body (the puck would be directly in front of the body at this point). At this point, the player continues to push through with the bottom hand while pulling back on the top hand, getting the wrists involved as well.

LEG MOVEMENTPlayers should start with the weight on the back skate as they draw the puck

back into a position to shoot. As they begin to move the puck forward with their arms, they push off of the inside edge of the back skate transferring the weight onto the front foot to follow through toward the net. As the weight is shifted, the front foot needs to be pointed toward the target as well, so the player can follow through in the direction of the target. It is important that the shooter “stay down” on the puck – keeping the legs bent – the front leg should be at about 90 degrees on the follow through.

RHYTHMThe upper body and lower body need to work together to get the most power

and accuracy. It takes plenty of practice to develop the rhythm necessary to push off with the legs while moving the arms, transferring the weight and pulling back on the top hand, then following through toward the target.

FOLLOW-THROUGHA player’s head needs to be up to see their target. And at the end of the shot,

the feet, the head and the stick blade should end up pointing in the direction of the target with the player following through, moving toward the target.

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State of the Game

Stateof the

Gameby Lyle Phair

Happy Birthday to all of the youth hockey players born in December! While the festive season really is a wonderful time of the year, it is not

necessarily a great time to be celebrating your birthday. Not only do you get bamboozled out of an extravagant birthday celebration and gifts that kids born in other months of the year might get, you also have the privilege of starting out the hockey career race with the equivalent of having both skates untied, your helmet on backwards and a broken stick.

In other words, you have a few more challenges to overcome than kids born in other months of the year.

It is sort of the youth hockey version of drawing the Jail Card in Monopoly. Go directly to jail. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Go to the end of the line behind all of the bigger, more mature kids born in the July, August or September. You can fi nd them behind the bigger, more mature kids born in March, April or May. And of course they will be directly behind the most fortunate souls, who were born in January, February or March. A January 1st birth date is like winning the hockey lottery. December 31st, not so much.

Obviously there has to be a cut-off , a start date and an end date and ultimately there has to be an oldest and youngest player in each age group. There is no way around that. To me it makes sense to have that cut-off right around the time that the season starts, sort of like they do with school, as opposed to in the middle. But either way you are still going to have a one year gap in age. By using a two-year age group instead of a single birth year, at least the youngest players have the chance very second year to be in the middle of the age group as opposed to always being the youngest.

WHY IT MATTERSRight about now you might be asking why it matters? What diff erence

does it make? It does have signifi cance in a couple of diff erent areas.First of all is opportunity. Clearly, all players are not provided with the

same opportunity. And that opportunity, or lack of it, extends across all levels and age groups. In fact, Malcolm Gladwell devoted a whole chapter of his book, Outliers: The Story of Success, to the disparity in birth dates in junior hockey in Canada. As would be expected, junior hockey team rosters are more heavily weighted with players born in the fi rst quarter of the year, followed by players born March through June. There are typically fewer and fewer kids represented in each month as the year progresses.

Not that I think it is all that important that we structure our youth hockey programs with the primary goal of being player factories for the National Hockey League. While that might be a nice by-product of a well structured program, it certainly should not be the main objective. That being said, the fact that a miniscule percentage of youth hockey players do realize their dreams of playing professionally at the highest level makes me think that we should provide that same opportunity to all players, instead of creating a system that unfairly benefi ts so few who just happen to be born in the

right months. And wouldn’t there be potentially signifi cantly more players capable of fulfi lling those dreams of playing at a higher level if players in all months were given that same opportunity?

CHECK THE NUMBERSDon’t believe me? Let’s take a look at the breakdown of players this year

on the rosters of the fi ve Detroit area teams in the Minor Midget Division of the Tier One Elite Hockey League: Victory Honda, Honeybaked, Little Caesars, Belle Tire and Compuware.

It should be noted that this age group is for 15 and 16 year olds, 1994 and 1995 birth years, and that it is the fi rst age group comprised of two birth years. All younger age groups are made up of players from one birth year.

Of the 97 players on the rosters of the fi ve teams, 21 players (22%) were born in January, 15 (15%) in February, 19 (20%) in March, 14 (14%) in April, 5 (5%) in both May and June, 4 (4%) in July, 7 (7%) in August, 3 (3%) in September, 2 (2%) in both October and November and exactly zero were born in December. Breaking that down by quarters, 57% of the players were born in the fi rst quarter, 25% in the second, 14% in the third and 4% in the fourth. Doesn’t appear to be much of a chance for the October, November and December kids, does there?

Obviously not every age group of every competitive level will have this distribution. But there is a good chance it will be close in most leagues where the players are chosen by tryouts.

THE ADVANTAGESIt starts at the youngest age groups. In Mite A and AA hockey, for 7 and

8 year olds, the coaches will usually select the biggest, strongest, fastest players on the ice at the tryout. Typically those players are also the oldest players, the ones born earlier in the year. One to three months can make a huge diff erence in the physical and mental maturity of 7 and 8 year olds. So those kids get an advantage right from the get-go.

To compound the issue, those selected teams often get more ice time than the rest of the teams at their age group. For example a Mite A or AA team typically has three one-hour skates (games or practices) a week while a Mite B (house or drafted) team might only get two one-hour skates per week. And to add to it even further, the A/AA teams usually get the more experienced coaches while the house leaguers often get the dads who might be great guys and do a wonderful job with the kids, but might not have a lot of experience at playing or coaching the game.

So who do you think will be most prepared to make the A or AA team the following year at tryouts? Would you be surprised to fi nd out that it is again the older, bigger, more mature players, many of whom also benefi tted from more ice time and more experienced coaching than their peers?

The cycle repeats itself year after year after year all of the way up to Midgets and then on to Junior and above. Obviously there are other factors that infl uence the outcome, such as how hard a player competes, athleticism, intelligence and this thing called puberty.

But more often than not the herd is pretty much the same herd from year to year. A herd that was thinned far too soon, way before there is any reason to thin it out. And the unfortunate by-product of that thinning is that kids born later in the year are saddled with obstacles that are incredibly diffi cult for them to overcome.

Don’t they all deserve the same chance? Not just to advance to the higher levels of hockey, but to be in a position to be one of the better players in their age group at some point? How fun can it be to always be starting the race in the back row?

Timing plays a huge role in the game of hockey. The players that are in the right place at the right time have the best chance to impact the game. Those who were born at the right time have the best chance.

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1. Beat cream cheese with mixer until creamy. Add sugar, egg and vanilla; mix well. Drop by tablespoonfuls over

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2. Bake 35 to 40 min. or until cream cheese mixture is lightly browned. Cool completely before cutting to serve.

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Lakeland Hawks 98 14 5 6 3 13 49 48 0KOHA K-Wings Silver 98 11 5 6 0 10 35 33 0Chelsea Chiefs #2 98 13 4 7 2 10 41 67 14Grand Valley Stars 98 11 4 6 1 9 30 39 4

Pee Wee AA - Lidstrom 6 GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMSaginaw Badgers 98 8 8 0 0 16 47 21 0St. Clair Shores Lakers 98 13 4 8 1 9 38 54 20Port Huron Flags 98 9 2 6 1 5 29 46 26Dragons 98 11 2 9 0 4 29 58 34EMHA Flint Flames 98 7 1 5 1 3 29 40 4

Bantam A - Yzerman 1 Red GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMFarmington Flames 97 14 13 0 1 27 75 23 0Suburban Stars 97 13 9 1 3 21 45 17 0West Kent Hawks 97 15 9 4 2 20 62 35 0Flint Icelanders 97 13 4 7 2 10 29 46 0Oakland Jr. Grizzlies 97 14 4 9 1 9 37 45 10Mt. Clemens Wolves 97 11 3 7 1 7 21 39 0Troy Sting 97 13 0 12 1 1 17 57 0

Bantam A - Yzerman 1 White GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMBelle Tire Dearborn 97 14 6 5 3 15 43 35 0Grand Rapids 97 13 5 4 4 14 44 48 0Fraser Falcons 97 12 6 5 1 13 28 34 0Michigan Ice Hawks 97 12 5 4 3 13 34 31 0Lansing Capitals 97 14 5 8 1 11 40 52 0Rochester Rattlers 97 14 5 8 1 11 31 44 15Trenton 97 10 3 3 4 10 28 28 0

Bantam A - Yzerman 2 GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMToledo Cherokee 97 12 7 3 2 16 39 34 10Little Caesars 97 11 7 4 0 14 42 39 10K. V. Rebels 97 11 5 6 0 10 46 40 0Canton Victory Honda 97 10 5 5 0 10 36 31 20Saginaw Badgers 97 10 3 6 1 7 20 28 0KOHA K-Wings 97 10 3 6 1 7 28 39 40

Bantam A - Howe 3 GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMWest Michigan Warriors 97 17 8 3 6 22 49 31 5Birmingham Rangers 97 17 9 5 3 21 57 46 20Livonia Knights 97 15 9 5 1 19 57 39 5Victory Honda Peak 97 13 8 3 2 18 39 28 10Midland Northstars 97 16 7 6 3 17 48 49 10Lakeland Hawks 97 15 7 6 2 16 43 36 10Novi Ice Cats 97 14 6 4 4 16 38 32 0Plymouth Stingrays 97 13 6 5 2 14 33 30 0Summit Plastics 97 14 4 9 1 9 27 46 0Allen Park Huskies 97 13 1 8 4 6 30 50 17Michigan Jaguars 97 11 0 11 0 0 16 50 0

Bantam A - Howe 4 West GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMAnn Arbor Wolves 97 11 9 2 0 18 70 19 10Orchard Lake Pirates 97 11 6 4 1 13 36 32 2Livingston Lightning 97 10 6 3 1 13 39 37 0Westland Wolves 97 10 4 4 2 10 40 32 26Grand Rapids Griffins #2 97 10 4 4 2 10 26 31 10

Bantam A - Howe 4 East GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMCleveland Warriors 97 11 7 2 2 16 41 21 8St. Clair Shores Saints 97 11 6 4 1 13 38 29 76Lapeer Storm 97 9 4 3 2 10 30 31 31Macomb Mavericks 97 12 2 7 3 7 34 54 60Grosse Pointe Bulldogs 97 13 1 8 4 6 24 43 10USA Eagles 97 8 0 8 0 0 8 57 14

Bantam A - Lidstrom 5 E. GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMSylvania Maple Leafs 97 12 10 2 0 20 63 16 8Redford Royals 97 10 8 0 2 18 57 20 24Henry Ford Hurricanes 97 11 8 3 0 16 47 27 8Belle Tire Taylor 97 11 7 3 1 15 49 30 86Michigan Travelers 97 13 6 6 1 13 45 52 92Port Huron Flags 97 11 2 7 2 6 25 47 96Lakeland Stingrays 97 13 2 11 0 4 24 63 96Team Toledo 97 11 0 11 0 0 23 78 39

Bantam A - Lidstrom 5 W. GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMMidwest Bulldogs 97 11 10 1 0 20 64 17 4K. V. Renegades 97 11 9 1 1 19 80 20 68Victory Honda Edgez 97 9 7 1 1 15 67 13 34Kentwood Falcons 97 12 7 5 0 14 34 34 20Ice Mountain Cats 97 10 5 5 0 10 42 44 4Chelsea Chiefs 97 12 4 8 0 8 47 51 16KOHA K-Wings Silver 97 10 1 9 0 2 10 63 12Jackson Generals 97 13 0 13 0 0 7 109 56

Bantam AA - Yzerman E. GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMRochester Rattlers 96 11 9 0 2 20 36 14 10St. Clair Shores Saints 96 10 8 1 1 17 46 13 15Trenton Thunder 96 9 6 3 0 12 33 27 54

Travel StandingsTravel StandingsTravel StandingsTravel StandingsStandings by Pointstreak as of December 14, 2010

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December 20, 2010, Volume 21 : Issue 10 Youth League StandingsToledo Cherokee 96 10 5 4 1 11 34 18 75Oakland Jr. Grizzlies 96 11 3 7 1 7 31 38 0USA Eagles 96 9 2 5 2 6 13 25 10Mt. Clemens Wolves 96 11 2 8 1 5 17 41 40Port Huron Flags 96 9 1 8 0 2 11 45 30

Bantam AA - Yzerman West GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMFarmington Hills Fire 96 11 8 2 1 17 48 24 20Midland Northstars 96 11 7 2 2 16 39 31 15Lakeland Hawks 96 13 7 5 1 15 42 39 20K. V. Renegades 96 12 6 5 1 13 41 36 15Kentwood Falcons 96 11 6 5 0 12 33 30 0Plymouth Stingrays 96 11 4 7 0 8 33 38 10Livonia Knights 96 11 3 6 2 8 22 35 20Orchard Lake Pirates 96 12 1 10 1 3 21 46 5

Bantam AA - Howe 3 GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMTroy Sting 96 14 10 3 1 21 49 30 0Michigan Jaguars 96 11 6 3 2 14 35 26 0Summit Plastics 96 12 6 4 2 14 35 27 0Cleveland Warriors 96 16 6 8 2 14 32 39 30Flint Icelanders 96 13 5 4 4 14 39 37 20K. V. Rebels 96 14 4 9 1 9 44 57 12Belle Tire South 96 12 3 9 0 6 36 54 80

Bantam AA - Howe 4 S.C. GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMWoodhaven Leafs 96 13 9 2 2 20 56 33 99Novi Ice Cats 96 12 8 1 3 19 73 39 20Suburban Stars 96 11 7 2 2 16 49 39 73Redford Royals 96 12 4 6 2 10 31 42 10Allen Park Huskies 96 10 4 5 1 9 34 37 15

Victory Honda 96 11 3 8 0 6 36 46 44Little Caesars 96 11 2 7 2 6 33 57 177Ann Arbor Wolves 96 10 2 8 0 4 24 43 30

Bantam AA - Howe 4 W. GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMFort Wayne Komets 96 12 11 1 0 22 72 19 0West Kent Hawks 96 10 7 2 1 15 42 24 15Jackson Generals 96 12 5 5 2 12 40 37 0Holland Ice Dogs 96 10 4 3 3 11 32 27 0Grand Valley Stars 96 10 4 4 2 10 33 33 0Kalamazoo K-Wings 96 13 3 8 2 8 24 40 10Sylvania Maple Leafs 96 13 3 8 2 8 30 60 0Findlay Oilers 96 12 2 8 2 6 16 49 0

Bantam AA - Howe 4 N.E. GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMMichigan Travelers 96 13 8 2 3 19 40 27 70Lapeer Storm 96 12 8 3 1 17 52 20 69Michigan Ice Hawks 96 8 7 1 0 14 35 10 30Birmingham Rangers 96 13 5 7 1 11 54 40 10Blue Water Stars 96 12 5 6 1 11 48 44 57Motor City Jaguars 96 13 5 7 1 11 36 46 8Saginaw Badgers 96 13 4 9 0 8 27 53 36Fraser Falcons 96 12 2 9 1 5 30 82 0

Midget A - Yzerman GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMAllen Park 94 16 16 0 0 32 91 21 4Oakland Jr. Grizzlies 94 16 9 3 4 22 54 38 10West Kent 94 15 10 4 1 21 46 30 0Summit Plastic 94 14 8 3 3 19 54 25 64Flint 94 14 6 7 1 13 25 40 0Mt Clemens 94 15 5 8 2 12 41 55 22

Capital Centre 94 14 5 9 0 10 37 49 50Belle Tire Taylor 94 16 4 11 1 9 30 55 10Birmingham 94 13 2 9 2 6 25 59 30Grand Rapids 94 15 0 11 4 4 18 49 0

Midget A - Howe West GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMK. V. 94 13 12 0 1 25 75 19 233Toledo 94 12 11 0 1 23 73 21 37KOHA 94 13 7 5 1 15 60 45 99Livonia 94 12 7 5 0 14 49 35 82Henry Ford 94 13 6 5 2 14 63 58 56Westland 94 13 5 5 3 13 50 50 136Belle Tire Dearborn 94 15 5 10 0 10 43 88 262Plymouth 94 14 3 9 2 8 28 61 85Canton Victory Honda 94 13 3 9 1 7 41 47 32Michigan Ice Dogs 94 14 1 12 1 3 22 80 59

Midget A - Howe East GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMHoneybaked 94 13 7 4 2 16 58 26 27Port Huron 94 9 7 1 1 15 50 14 64Rochester 94 9 7 2 0 14 56 18 18St. Clair Shores 94 11 6 3 2 14 42 25 22Suburban 94 12 6 5 1 13 41 32 35Troy 94 9 5 3 1 11 33 19 43Orchard Lake 94 11 4 4 3 11 41 36 19Lansing 94 12 1 11 0 2 14 88 52USA 94 10 0 10 0 0 3 80 15

Midget AA -Yzerman GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMSt. Clair Shores Saints 92 16 16 0 0 32 105 17 51Troy Sting 92 15 10 4 1 21 62 52 45

Michigan Blues 92 14 5 5 4 14 47 44 0USA Eagles 92 16 6 9 1 13 55 53 10Westland Warriors 92 13 4 8 1 9 44 55 20Rochester Rattlers 92 16 3 13 0 6 34 92 0Alpena Flyers 92 10 2 7 1 5 24 58 24

Midget AA - Howe GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMBattle Creek Bruins 92 16 13 2 1 27 104 38 76Plymouth Stingrays 92 13 12 1 0 24 92 29 48St. Ignace Firehawks 92 18 11 5 2 24 61 46 37Oakland Icebreakers 92 16 7 8 1 15 50 57 43Suburban Stars 92 14 5 9 0 10 42 53 151Bloomfield Hills Gamblers 92 14 4 9 1 9 36 59 56Grosse Pointe Bulldogs 92 14 3 10 1 7 35 58 132Grand Rapids Griffins 92 13 0 11 2 2 21 101 91

Girls 12U - Yzerman GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMHoneybaked G12U 10 9 1 0 18 49 15 30Compuware G12U 8 5 2 1 11 16 12 4Belle Tire G12U 8 4 4 0 8 17 19 16Little Caesars G12U 10 2 8 0 4 16 38 14Buffalo Wild Wings G12U 8 1 6 1 3 18 32 8

Girls 12U - Howe East GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMVictory Honda G12U 9 9 0 0 18 66 3 42Michigan IceBreakers G12U 10 8 2 0 16 68 11 24Mt. Clemens Wolves G12U 10 8 2 0 16 44 16 6Livonia G12U 13 6 5 2 14 35 35 0K. V. Ravens G12U 9 1 7 1 3 15 44 2Grand Rapids G12U 7 0 6 1 1 7 55 2

Girls 12U - Howe West GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMSt. Clair Shores G12U 10 6 3 1 13 36 19 12Little Caesars G10U 9 5 4 0 10 24 30 4Ann Arbor G12U 8 4 3 1 9 29 27 2Grosse Pointe Bulldogs G12U 8 1 5 2 4 17 40 2USA Wild Flowers G12U 11 0 11 0 0 7 68 4

Girls 14U - Yzerman GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMMt. Clemens Wolves G14U 11 11 0 0 22 71 5 0Rochester G14U 15 10 3 2 22 56 26 4Grosse Pointe Saintes G14U 14 7 5 2 16 33 34 0Michigan IceBreakers G14U 12 6 3 3 15 62 20 2Livonia G14U 12 4 5 3 11 30 33 0Birmingham Rangers G14U 14 2 12 0 4 16 76 0USA Wildflowers G14U 12 0 12 0 0 4 78 12

Girls 16U - Yzerman GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMGrand Rapids G16U 13 9 3 1 19 72 39 10Michigan Icebreakers G16U 11 9 2 0 18 64 14 28Mt. Clemens Wolves G16U 11 7 2 2 16 45 26 60Livonia G16U 13 2 10 1 5 27 65 12Allen Park Huskies G16U 12 1 11 0 2 19 83 32

Girls 19U - Yzerman GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMT. C.North stars G19U 14 7 6 1 15 42 34 60Belle Tire G19U 9 6 1 2 14 25 14 88Gladwin G-Force G19U 13 5 4 4 14 30 26 16Michigan Ice Dogs G19U 13 4 6 3 11 31 38 52Michigan Icebreakers G19U 13 3 8 2 8 23 39 38



MIDGET MAJOR GP W L T PTS GF GA PIM CHICAGOChicago Fury 19 9 6 4 22 77 57 239Team Illinois 19 10 8 1 21 57 47 261CYA 17 10 7 0 20 64 45 518Chicago Mission 17 7 7 3 17 56 51 246Cleveland 20 5 12 3 13 37 77 296 DETROITCompuware 17 9 3 5 23 56 34 194Honeybaked 16 10 4 2 22 61 43 205Victory Honda 17 8 4 5 21 65 46 251Belle Tire 17 8 7 2 18 75 55 339Little Caesars 17 7 7 3 17 55 57 383 EASTBuffalo Regals 16 9 1 6 24 41 28 184Pittsburgh Hornets 16 9 3 4 22 54 40 155Team Comcast 18 6 6 6 18 55 70 311Boston Advantage 14 5 3 6 16 29 28 147Philadelphia Jr Flyers 16 2 9 5 9 33 43 107 MIDAMSt. Louis Amat. Blues 20 13 1 6 32 73 45 251Dallas Stars 19 10 7 2 22 58 51 364Russell Stover 19 6 12 1 13 63 75 226Madison Capitols 20 3 14 3 9 38 83 288Ohio Blue Jackets 20 3 15 2 8 54 82 247 WESTColorado Thunderbirds 24 16 3 5 37 88 43 344Colorado Rampage 24 10 7 7 27 73 60 385LA Kings 23 7 10 6 20 54 74 329Phoenix Jr Coyotes 23 5 11 7 17 61 67 313LA Selects Hockey Club 24 2 22 0 4 39 115 295 MIDGET MINOR GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMCHICAGOTeam Illinois 18 12 3 3 27 80 40 272Chicago Mission 19 11 6 2 24 67 45 260Chi Young Americans 20 7 12 1 15 59 71 281Cleveland Barons 18 3 14 1 7 36 82 263Chicago Fury 19 1 15 3 5 31 71 314 DETROITLittle Caesars 21 18 2 1 37 86 24 287Honeybaked Hockey 20 17 1 2 36 95 28 200Compuware 20 13 6 1 27 70 45 210Victory Honda 23 11 7 5 27 84 76 409Belle Tire 22 9 4 9 27 73 54 426 EASTPhiladelphia Jr Flyers 18 9 7 2 20 41 47 172Pittsburgh Hornets 17 9 7 1 19 58 49 198Buffalo Regals 15 4 8 3 11 40 61 137Team Comcast 16 3 8 5 11 50 55 173Boston Advantage 16 1 12 3 5 19 58 174 MIDAMDallas Stars 20 8 9 3 19 51 60 185Russell Stover 20 6 7 7 19 48 54 213St Louis AAA Blues 20 5 10 5 15 57 69 184Ohio Blue Jackets 20 4 14 2 10 52 88 264Madison Capitols 20 2 17 1 5 24 84 200 WESTLA Selects Hockey Club 18 16 2 0 32 75 32 246Colorado Thunderbirds 18 11 4 3 25 63 33 188Phoenix Jr Coyotes 20 9 8 3 21 63 70 193LA Kings 18 6 8 4 16 51 56 438Colorado Rampage 18 5 9 4 14 39 60 160 BANTAM MAJOR GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMChicago Mission 20 15 2 3 33 106 49 114Belle Tire 17 15 1 1 31 94 26 158Chicago Fury 18 5 5 8 18 37 52 340Cleveland Barons 19 8 10 1 17 47 46 258Little Caesars 18 8 9 1 17 48 56 243Honeybaked Hockey 18 8 9 1 17 49 58 228Chi Young Americans 15 5 6 4 14 43 42 139Team Illinois 18 5 12 1 11 33 58 294Victory Honda 17 3 10 4 10 31 60 150Compuware 16 2 10 4 8 35 76 126 BANTAM MINOR GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMLittle Caesars 22 15 5 2 32 99 45 195Chicago Mission 19 13 3 3 29 97 28 266Compuware 18 13 2 3 29 106 41 253Belle Tire 18 10 2 6 26 81 35 228Honeybaked Hockey 18 11 5 2 24 80 27 128Chi 17 10 3 4 24 64 32 130Cleveland Barons 17 3 13 1 7 31 74 308Victory Honda 19 3 15 1 7 27 106 205Team Illinois 23 3 19 1 7 28 142 236Chicago Fury 19 2 16 1 5 26 109 381

PEE WEE MAJOR GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMHoneybaked 26 21 2 3 45 164 48 184Little Caesars 21 17 0 4 38 139 37 190Chicago Mission 20 14 2 4 32 117 37 176Compuware 20 9 5 6 24 94 51 220Cleveland 23 9 12 2 20 80 92 269Team Illinois 18 8 8 2 18 47 59 285Belle Tire 22 7 13 2 16 62 90 207Victory Honda 20 6 13 1 13 56 79 180CYA 22 3 17 2 8 44 1 266Chicago Fury 22 0 22 0 0 17 224 134 PEE WEE MINOR GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMChicago Mission 18 18 0 0 36 140 18 178Little Caesars 15 12 2 1 25 112 24 240Team Illinois 16 9 4 3 21 68 40 166Chicago Fury 19 9 8 2 20 64 71 184Honeybaked Hockey 15 8 6 1 17 54 38 174Belle Tire 19 7 10 2 16 56 68 172Compuware 16 6 9 1 13 51 59 281Victory Honda 17 4 8 5 13 43 89 216Chi Young Americans 17 3 13 1 7 33 120 206Cleveland Barons 16 0 16 0 0 15 109 266 SQUIRT MAJOR GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMLittle Caesars 18 16 0 2 34 104 30 205Honeybaked Hockey 19 13 2 4 30 86 39 207Chicago Mission 18 13 3 2 28 94 39 150Cleveland Barons 21 12 5 4 28 78 53 164Compuware 18 8 8 2 18 53 56 2Victory Honda 18 8 10 0 16 51 73 2CYA 23 4 15 4 12 63 117 215Belle Tire 18 3 10 5 11 46 73 159Team Illinois 22 4 16 2 10 25 73 223Chicago Fury 19 2 14 3 7 61 108 215 SQUIRT MINOR GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMLittle Caesars 11 10 0 1 21 88 15 86Honeybaked 10 8 2 0 16 42 21 74Belle Tire 11 5 5 1 11 40 43 66Compuware 8 4 4 0 8 24 33 46Cleveland Barons 8 0 7 1 1 19 47 46Victory Honda 10 0 9 1 1 15 69 84 GIRLS 19U GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMLittle Caesars 6 6 0 0 12 33 5 42Pitts. Penguins Elite 6 5 0 1 11 23 6 22Belle Tire 5 4 1 0 8 29 6 38Chicago Mission 6 4 2 0 8 20 9 45Ohio Flames 5 3 1 1 7 28 11 20Victory Honda 7 2 2 3 7 14 15 60CYA 7 2 3 2 6 15 17 68Honeybaked 6 1 3 2 4 6 12 47Madison Capitols 5 1 3 1 3 9 14 48St Louis Lady Blues 6 1 5 0 2 11 37 48New Jersey Rockets 4 0 4 0 0 6 23 30Team Illinois 5 0 5 0 0 3 42 24 GIRLS 16U GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMLittle Caesars 9 9 0 0 18 50 6 70Honeybaked 9 8 0 1 17 64 6 36Chicago Mission 7 6 1 0 12 42 4 49Pitt. Penguins Elite 6 4 0 2 10 21 5 48CYA 7 4 2 1 9 19 14 62Madison Capitols 8 4 4 0 8 26 16 64Victory Honda 10 4 6 0 8 22 32 137Compuware 11 3 6 2 8 17 41 97Team Illinois 10 2 5 3 7 16 40 73St Louis Lady Blues 4 1 0 3 5 8 4 16Ohio Flames 6 1 3 2 4 5 18 58Wisconsin Wild 4 1 3 0 2 14 23 66Chicago Fury 8 0 7 1 1 9 39 26Belle Tire 11 0 10 1 1 8 73 71 GIRLS 14U GP W L T PTS GF GA PIMChicago Mission 9 9 0 0 18 46 5 78Honeybaked 10 5 3 2 12 26 23 52CYA 7 5 1 1 11 32 11 42Little Caesars 9 4 2 3 11 23 12 62Wisconsin Wild 8 4 3 1 9 26 22 58Chicago Fury 7 4 3 0 8 32 24 58Ohio Flames 5 2 2 1 5 12 11 24Pittsburgh Pens Elite 6 2 3 1 5 13 21 60St Louis Lady Blues 8 2 5 1 5 15 30 46Compuware 8 1 5 2 4 15 27 82Victory Honda 7 1 5 1 3 15 42 52Team Illinois 8 0 7 1 1 4 31 44

Tier 1 Elite Standings (December 13, 2010)Standings by Pointstreak

Youth League Standings


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STEVE MSTEVE McKICHANKICHANFrom the creaseFrom the crease

It is unheard of for a team in the modern era to have one goalie play all the games.

If you have played hockey for any length of time as a goalie you have shared the net with a teammate. Sometimes you are the back up and sometimes you are the starter. I would also imagine that at some point you may also play 50% of the time.

The relationship you have with your partner is actually very revealing of your “athletic character”. I have had numerous partners in my career and they varied from one I still consider a great friend to others who had their head fully up their hind quarters.

I have devised a simple little survey in an attempt to get you to introspectively and honestly assess some indicators of your “athletic character” when it comes to your relationship with your goaltending partner.

A GOALTENDER SURVEYGo through each question below and answer honestly:

1. Have you ever told anyone that you are better than your goalie partner?

2. Do you get a tinge of enjoyment when your partner allows a bad goal?

3. Do you hope for your partner to get injured so you can play more?

4. Do your parents tell you or do you tell your parents that you are better than the other goalie?

5. Do you have a tough time feeling good when your partner makes the save of the game and earns a big win?

6. If a teammate complains to you about the other goalies’ play do you agree with them and perhaps even add to the conversation?

7. If you see your partner making a consistent, fi xable mistake do you attempt to help them in a supportive non-critical way or do you simple let the issue fester?

STRIVE TO BE A LEADERClearly, you can see the point of my little Q & A. I will admit I have had less

than honorable thoughts about goalie partners in the past. But as I matured and became a coach I can see how fruitless and how counter-productive this is to your game. It may temporarily make you feel better about yourself when the goalie partner struggles but this is very short-lived.

I want all my goalies to honestly support their partners verbally, silently and around teammates and parents. Strive to be that athlete that is a leader. A leader supports all their teammates and one great side eff ect is that over time great leaders always win.

Teammates are very accurate in determining your character and this may explain why many times teams play much harder for one goalie on the team.

In all walks of life and in particular goaltending I believe in something called karma.

So perhaps the next time that puck goes off the post and in on you perhaps the hockey gods are aware of your internal joy when your partner recently muff ed on the fl ip in from center.

From the Crease

You and your partner


Scotty Bowman is hired to coach the Detroit Red Wings. Bowman has six Stanley Cup championships on his coaching resume, including fi ve with the Montreal Canadiens (1973, 76-79) and one with the Pittsburgh Penguins (1992). He would lead the Wings to their fi rst Cup 42 years in the 1996-97 season and again in 1998 and 2002.

The Minnesota North Stars become the Dallas Stars in the 1993-94 season. The North Stars never won a Stanley Cup while in Minnesota however in 1999 Dallas won the franchises’ fi rst. Minnesota didn’t have to wait long until the NHL returned, the Minnesota Wild joined the league in 2001.

The Detroit Red Wings get Paul Coff ey in a trade from the L.A. Kings for Jimmy Carson on Jan. 29. Coff ey would lead the Wings in points in the 1994-95 season and win the Norris Trophy. Coff ey owns the NHL record for goals in

a season by a defenseman (48) which he accomplished in the 1985-86 season.

Brendan Morrison and John Madden begin their careers at the University of Michigan. Morrison and Madden would play four years at Michigan, which included a NCAA national championship in 1996. Morrison was also drafted in the 1993 entry draft by the New Jersey Devils. Morrison currently plays for the Calgary Flames and Madden for the Minnesota Wild.

In January, NHL star Mario Lemieux announces he has Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and must start radiation treatment immediately. Lemieux misses two months of the season. In his return, the Penguins win 17 consecutive games to win their division. Lemieux scores 69 goals and has 91 assists (160) in 60 games, to win the NHL scoring title.

Michigan Hockey 20th Season

January 18thMartin Luther King, Jr.

holiday observed in all 50 states for 1st time

February 26th2nd tallest building in world, New York City World Trade Center bombed, 7 die

April 10thPittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak

April 26thNBC announces Conan O’Brien to replace David Letterman

June 7thCleveland breaks ground for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

June 1stConnie Chung joins Dan

Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News

February 10th“Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey” airs on ABC viewed by over 90 million people

February 19thKenya Moore, 22, (Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA

January 14thDavid Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS

June 7thPrince celebrated his birthday by changing his name to a symbol

March 1stexpansion NHL team, owned by Disney, is named the Mighty Ducks

April 5th55th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Michigan 77-71

May 20th274th and fi nal “Cheers” airs on NBC

April 19thThe Branch Davidian Compound near Waco, Texas, is destroyed in a fi re after 51-day stand-off

January 8thChicago Bull Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point

Michigan Hockey Headlines

20 Years/20 Issues

JANUARY APRILFEBRUARY MAYMARCH JUNE


As the winningest college hockey coach in history with 924 victories over 36 seasons, Ron Mason’s legacy is unparalleled.

Mason led Michigan State to the 1986 National Championship, 17 CCHA regular-season and playoff titles, and guided 19 Spartan teams to the NCAA Tournament.

A four-time CCHA Coach of the Year in his 23 seasons (1979-20) in East Lansing, Mason coached the Spartans’ two Hobey Baker Award winners - Kip Miller (1990) and Ryan Miller (2001) - and mentored 35 All-Americans and 50 former players who went on to establish careers in the National Hockey League. Mason was named the National Coach of the Year in 1992.

“I think that if you ask anyone in college hockey to name the top four or fi ve jobs,” Mason said during his coaching career with the Spartans. “Michigan State will be right there every time. And for me personally, this is the best job I could possibly have. I think that with the enthusiasm of the fans, both here and when we play on the road, the administration and how they treat the program, from the president right on down, I don’t think you could ask for a better setting.”

Prior to Michigan State, Mason won the 1972 NAIA National Championship at Lake Superior State and led Bowling Green to three CCHA regular-season championships and three playoff titles in six seasons (1973-79). Along with Jack Vivian of Bowling Green State University and Bill Selman of St. Louis University, Mason helped establish the CCHA in 1971 when he coached the Lakers.

In total, Mason guided 24 of his teams to the NCAA Tournament, an all-time record. He is a member of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, the Lake Superior State Hall of Fame, and the St. Lawrence Sports Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Michigan State Athletics Hall of Fame on October 1, 2010.

In the 1992-93 season, Mason guided a relatively young Michigan State squad through injuries and illnesses to a 24-14-2 record and a fourth-place fi nish in the CCHA regular season.

A high point of the season came on March 12, 1993 when the Spartans came from behind to beat Kent State, 6-5, in the fi rst round of the CCHA playoff s to give

Mason his 674th college victory. T h e w i n moved him ahead of Len Ceglarski of Boston College as the winningest coach in U.S. college hockey history.

“I’ll remember the enthusiasm in the building tonight,” said Mason. “The guys really showed the fans something with the comeback. It just makes you appreciate how great this place, Michigan State, really is.”

The game-winning goal was scored by senior defenseman and co-captain Wes McCauley.

“I am just proud to be a part of this,” said McCauley. “He is a great coach and a fi rst class human being. Scoring the game winner is something that is going to stick with me forever.”

By Philip Colvin

Flashback: RON MASON RON MASON

July 4thPizza Hut blimp defl ates and lands safely on W 56th street in New York City

July 14thAerofl ot starts non-stop fl ights between Moscow and NY

October 8thHoward Stern releases his 1st book Private Parts

October 13thMighty Ducks win their 1st NHL game

November 24thBrady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for handgun sales

December 16thShannen Doherty (Brenda) is fi red from Beverly Hills 910

August 19thMattel and Fisher Price toys merge

December 20thDonald Trump weds

Marla Maples

December 31stBarbra Striesand does her 1st live

public concert in 20 years

October 26NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte

September 22ndNolan Ryan, 46,

pitches his last game

July 27th Detroit Tigers

Travis Fryman hits for cycle but loses 12-7 to Yankees

August 12thPope John Paul II begins visit of U.S.

November 14thDon Shula becomes winningest coach in NFL history

November 14thPuerto Rico votes against becoming the 51st U.S. state

November 30thNFL announces 30th franchise -

Jacksonville Jaguars

September 4thFormer Michigan Wolverine Jim Abbott pitches a 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium

October 15thNelson Mandela and South Africa President F W de Klerk awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Michigan Hockey 20th Season

RON MASON

JULY OCTOBERAUGUST NOVEMBERSEPTEMBER DECEMBER

MLB Champion Toronto Blue Jays NFL Superbowl winner Dallas Cowboys

NBA ChampionChicago Bulls

NHL Stanley Cup winner Montreal Canadiens

OHL Champion Peterborough Petes Memorial Cup ChampionSSM Greyhounds

NCAA Champion Maine Academy Award’s Top MovieSchindler’s List Top Television Show60 Minutes Jack Adams award- Top NHL CoachPat Burns - Toronto

Cost of a U.S. Stamp$0.29

Hart trophy - NHL MVPMario Lemieux-Pitt. Penguins

Cost of a dozen Eggs$0.87 Cost of a gallon of Milk$2.86 Cost of a gallon of Gas$1.11 #1 SongA Whole New World, Aladdin

Ross trophy - Top NHL scorerMario Lemieux-Pitt. Penguins #1 NHL Draft PickAlex Daigle- Ottawa Senators

CCHA Reg. Season ChampionMiami of Ohio

Vezina trophy - Best NHL GoaltenderEd Belfour-Chicago


CenterBorn: December 10 1985 Hometown: Howell, MIHeight/Weight: 5-10/185 Shoots: R

Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM2001- U.S. National U-18 NAHL 46 15 25 40 10

20- U.S. National U-18 NAHL 10 6 7 13 0

20-04 U. of Michigan CCHA 43 12 34 46 38




2007-08 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 50 12 33 45 18

2007-08 Colorado Avalanche NHL 31 6 5 11 2





2010-11 Peoria Rivermen AHL 13 6 9 15 4

2010-11 St. Louis Blues NHL 3 0 1 1 2

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Full name is Timothy James Hensick… Speedy center started this season in Peoria (AHL) with a six-game scoring streak and was called up to St.

Louis on November 16… Played three games with the Blues before being re-assigned to the Rivermen on Dec. 1… Grew up playing for Honeybaked… Spent two seasons in the USA Hockey National Team

Development Program in Ann Arbor before moving across town to attend Michigan… Played four years for the Wolverines and averaged

19 goals and 56 points per season… List of CCHA honors included Rookie of the Year (20–04), First-Team All-Star (20–04, 2004–05,

2006–07), leading scorer (2004–05, 2006–07) and NCAA West First All-American Team (2004–05, 2006–07)…Scored six goals

and 10 points at the 20 World Junior Tournament with Team USA… Was drafted 88th overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by Colorado… Signed a three-year contract with Avalanche on April 11, 2007 and made his professional debut in the 2007–08 season with the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL, the Avalanche’s affi liate team… Was called up to the Avalanche on November 29, 2007 and made his NHL debut in a 3-2

loss to the San Jose Sharks on November 30, 2007… Scored his fi rst NHL goal against the Los Angeles Kings in a 5-2 win on December 1, 2007 in his second game… Made the 2008

AHL All-Star Game with Erie and scored two goals and two assists for PlanetUSA in a 9-8 shoot-out loss to the Canadian All-Stars…Was traded to St. Louis on June 17, 2010 and signed a one-year contract with the Blues… Has two sisters, Nicole and Lauren… Majored in Psychology at Michigan…

Always taped his stick in row 7, seat 7 of Yost Arena behind the Michigan goal and took a shower before every game while playing for the Wolverines… Favorite foods are steak and pizza.

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So many things to think about when preparing your team for a game. There’s even more when organizing an out of town tournament; teaching your kids the game, deciding which tournaments to register for, the hotels, meals, and of course the transportation. With all these things going on it is important not to rush through these decisions. Choosing the best method to get to the tournament has a bigger impact on your team than you think. Even with all this on your plate; let’s just take a minute to focus on your transportation. Why is this such a big deal? Well...as with most things you do with you team, Safety First! You and others in charge should look at distance and the time you are traveling. With most players still being in school there may be some night driving, OR the distance may be further than what parents, or coaches are accustomed to driving, especially when also being used for team activities. Unpredictable winter weather should also be a key factor. Include the added stress of distractions from players, parents, and others and you could potentially be putting your kids at risk. And why put that liability on anyone? The team should consider motorcoaches a key resource to ease these issues. Motorcoaches historically are the safest form of any transportation, safer than planes, trains, cars, and vans. Motorcoaches handle great in the snow, and professional drivers are accustomed to driving in inclement weather and long distances at any hour, day or night. With all of these benefits, the team driving themselves, or taking vans should be saved for the most local of trips. There are other reasons to use a motorcoach. It’s not just the driver that gets extra rest. Most motorcoaches are equipped with comfort features that can give everyone, including players, a more relaxing and comfortable ride. With a restroom, reclining seats, footrests, individual climate controls, and generally more room, each passenger can put themselves into a comfortable position to maximize their rest AND performance for a tournament. Even when not sleeping, the team being on the same vehicle can give coaches and managers more control over their team and eliminate player tardiness. You can more easily keep your team focused, and use some of the ride as sort of a locker room time. You can easily talk to players one on one, or as an entire group. As you already know, hockey takes more cohesion than any other sport and there is team camaraderie that can be built by everyone being together on a motorcoach.

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When your in charge of transportation, there is no better feeling as your entire team arriving safe, rested, on-time, and at the same time, in a luxury motorcoach. By finding a motorcoach company with good equipment you give the players a real boost of confidence and raise team morale by allowing them a taste of a big time road trip. Most motorcoaches contribute to this feel by having extra amenities. Usually a video system with multiple monitors are on these types of vehicles, but that’s not it. It is becoming more common for vehicles to also have wi-fi internet, and electrical outlets (for laptops, & cell phone chargers). With all these extras the team is easily kept entertained. Just imagine a 5 hour trip without hearing “Are we there yet!”.

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FROM MH STAFF REPORTSWhile 2010 featured big games in untraditional settings

(see below) the year opened with a team of 12-year olds from Russia playing nine games in nine days in January against metro Detroit teams.

The St. Petersburg-based Lokomotiv ’98 team, sponsored by former Detroit Red Wings center Igor Larionov, landed in Los Angeles on Christmas Day, and after playing four games in California, fl ew to Detroit on New Years Day to play exhibition games against the Birmingham Liberty, PK Warriors, Suburban Stars, Lansing Capitals, Macomb Mavericks, Mount Clemens Wolves, Birmingham Rangers, Allen Park and the Novi Ice Cats.

In addition to the spirited competition on the ice, the Michigan squads hosted post-game parties for their Russian visitors where the kids ate together and exchanged e-mail addresses.

“The atmosphere and the reception were very warm at all the Detroit-area rinks. The Russian team really enjoyed all of the Detroit team’s hospitality,” said Leon Kayser, an immigration attorney based in Bloomfi eld Hills who served as an assistant and interpreter for the team during their stay in Michigan. “They understand now why we call Detroit Hockeytown, just like Voskresensk, Igor’s hometown is called Hockeytown East in Russia based upon the number of the NHL players it has produced.”

POND HOCKEY CLASSIC GETS BIGGERThe third annual Michigan Pond Hockey Classic

tournament hosted its fi rst-ever night games and crowned eight divisional winners on 15 rinks on Whitmore Lake on Jan. 15-17.

Competitors in the four-on-four showdown had to navigate through some slush and puddles in the corners as temps topped out in the mid 30s amid sunshine, but the wave of camaraderie and competition still triumphed.

All Phase Construction went 5-0 and captured its second-straight championship in a 15-5 romp in Sunday’s fi nal. University of Michigan coach Red Berenson dropped the puck for Sunday’s fi nal games.

Bronze Division winners Huron Lakers hung out at teammate Ed Roberts’ Whitmore Lake home and had a few beers while waiting for their equipment to dry. They savored the atmosphere

“I think it defi nitely more (of a) social event,” Huron

Lakers captain Paul Girard said. “We hung out in the beer tent a lot. It was neat being there with other hockey players and hearing the music there. It was a weekend to hang out with all the buddies.”

CC VS. CK AT CLARK PARKSouthwest Detroit’s Clark Park outdoor ice rink hosted the

2010 Outdoor Classic, a Jan. 17 game between Detroit Novi Catholic Central and Cranbrook-Kingswood to commemorate the 75-year rivalry between the two schools.

The game, played under cloudy afternoon skies, attracted over 1,500 fans and alumni from all over metro-Detroit and turned the Clark Park grounds into a festival-like setting. The Outdoor Classic was the brainchild of Cranbrook coach Andy Weidenbach, who watched the NHL Winter Classic in Chicago and fi gured it could be done at the high school level.

Several months, and numerous committees and permits later, the highly anticipated game went off without a hitch.

“It took more than I expected to get this off the ground,” said Weidenbach. “And there are a lot of people who worked tremendously hard to make sure it was a success and they deserve a big pat on the back.

“It just speaks to the dedication of the players and the fans that so many people would come out for a game like this. It was just a really nice experience for all the players and coaches.”

The Shamrocks took an early 2-0 lead and ended with a 5-2 win over the Cranes in the varsity game. The day also included a JV game, as well as two alumni games. The fi rst alumni game featured players from the two schools who graduated from 1925-1990, while the second game was made up of graduates from 1991-2009.

“It was really exciting to be able to come back and see everyone and bring all the generations together, and to be able to play outdoors was pretty cool,” said Jimmy Burns, a 2004 Catholic Central alumnus. “The only other time most of us get to play outside is when were on the pond at Christmas break.”

Proceeds from the event benefi ted the Clark Park Coalition, which off ers neighborhood kids the opportunity to take part in recreational sports and provides a safe place for them to do their homework, learn computer skills or be tutored and mentored. In addition, the schools donated equipment to the Coalition and players helped with fall cleanup on the park grounds.

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HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONS ARE CROWNEDA standing room-only crowd jammed Plymouth’s

Compuware Arena on March 13 to see the MHSAA state fi nals. Catholic Central won their 10th state title with a 6-1 win over Howell in Division 1 and ended the season 28-1-1.

“It’s a dream season as a coach,” said Catholic Central skipper Todd Johnson. “These guys set team goals and the way they conducted themselves in the classroom and the way they play the game, it’s a dream. We had zero problems this year from players and parents. You can’t write it up any better.”

Trenton defeated Midland, 3-2, in the Division 2 fi nal on the strength of two goals from Martin Gruse. The win was the 10th state title for the Trojans under coach Mike Turner.

“This group really stepped up this year,” said Turner. “And when that buzzer ended, I was happy we didn’t have to play another period.”

Cranbrook won its second straight Division 3 state title, and fourth in fi ve years, with a 3-1 victory over Flint Powers Catholic. Ryan Doucet notched the gamewinner to give the Cranes their 15th state title overall, dating back to 1979.

“Every championship is special because you have a diff erent group of guys and diff erent things to overcome,” said Cranbrook coach Andy Weidenbach. “There is no such thing as a bad championship. They’re all good.”

On the girl’s side, Grosse Pointe South fi nished undefeated in the Michigan Metro Girls High School Hockey League, but the Blue Devils bid to win a third straight state championship was denied.

Cranbrook’s Sydney Sakwa scored with 1:12 left in double-overtime of the MMGHSHL state fi nal to send the favored Blue Devils home with a 2-1 loss on March 13 at Detroit’s City Sports Arena.

“I knew my goaltender (Colleen Jacoby) would keep us in the game,” Cranbrook head coach Terry Brooks said. “We’re a well-conditioned team and it showed tonight. We wouldn’t quit and we beat a great team.”

FROZEN FOUR AT FORD FIELD SETS RECORDOn the ice at the 2010 Frozen Four (above), Boston College

became the third Boston school in a row to win the NCAA Division I championship with a 5-0 win over Wisconsin on April 10 at Detroit’s Ford Field. The Eagles won in 2008 and Boston University took the title last year.

Off the ice, the event was a record-setter that players, coaches and fans will remember for a long time. Played for the fi rst time inside a football stadium, this year’s Frozen

Four set a world indoor attendance record for hockey with a crowd of 34,954 for the two semifi nal games on April 8 and then set it again with 37,952 fans at the fi nal between the Eagles and the Badgers.

“Michigan was the place to try (having it outside a traditional ice arena) if we were going to do it,” said Kristin Fasbender, associate director of championships for the NCAA. “I thought things went really well. Working with the CCHA, Detroit Sports (Commission) and the folks at Ford Field, I thought it was an electric atmosphere.”

The previous NCAA record was 19,342 for the 2007 Frozen Four in St. Louis. The former indoor record attendance of 28,183 was set during a 1996 NHL playoff game at Tampa’s Tropicana Field.

The NCAA Men’s Hockey Championship was played at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium in 1977 and 1979, and Joe Louis Arena hosted the event in 1985, 1987 and 1990. Local organizers hope Detroit doesn’t have to wait another 20 years to host the Frozen Four again.

“This shows how passionate people are about hockey here. In spite of how the economy was, there were a lot of people who came out to watch this. This is an awesome sports town,” said CCHA commissioner Tom Anastos. “I’ll remember the size of the crowd and the reaction of the players, which is really the principal reason we did it.”

A DIFFERENT KIND OF SUMMER HOCKEYAt the inaugural Meijer State Games of Michigan, held

June 24-27 in Grand Rapids, eight teams of high school players in grades 9 -11, each representing a region in the state, played the type of hockey you would expect to see during a March playoff run.

The chance to play for their region, much like an Olympian plays for their country, made for a weekend of exciting, competitive hockey.

The four-day Olympic style tournament culminated at Griff ’s Icehouse on June 27 with Team Metro South defeating Team South, 5-3, to capture the gold medal and state-wide bragging rights.

“It was such a satisfaction for me to see all the players come together from their respective schools and for one weekend put that aside and get on the same page,” said Ron Baum, head of the State Games Hockey Steering Committee and former East Kentwood head coach. “What impressed me the most was even when teams were down by several goals, they never quit. They just kept coming.”

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Grosse Pointe North and Cranbrook enter holiday break undefeated

BY BOB ST. JOHNThe Michigan Metro Girls High School Hockey League is ready for its two-week

holiday break.Teams will use the 14-day hiatus to practice, get injured players healthy and

prepare for what is turning out to be two great races in the division standings.Division 1Defending state champ Cranbrook-Kingswood remains unbeaten in league play

and overall, thanks to beating Grosse Pointe North 2-1 in overtime in the University Liggett Holiday Tournament.

Senior Caley Chelios scored both goals for the Cranes, including the game winner with a little less than three minutes left in the overtime.

The No. 1 star was Cranes’ senior goalie Colleen Jacoby, who stopped more than 40 North shots.

“It was a nice win and another tough game with Grosse Pointe North,” Cranbrook Kingswood head coach Terry Brooks said. “I told the girls not to panic when North took a 1-0 lead (Jennifer Cusmano scored in the opening period) and just play their game.

“We have earned some very tough overtime wins over North the past year or so and this was another classic.”

Since winning the tournament, the Cranes have been living on the dangerous side, eeking out a 2-1 overtime win over Ann Arbor on Dec. 8 and a 1-0 victory over Port Huron on the road on Dec. 10, to improve to 4-0 in the MMGHSHL and 6-0 overall.

Also unbeaten in league play is Grosse Pointe North. Head coach Scott Dockett and the Norsemen beat city rival Grosse Pointe South 2-0 on Dec. 11 at Detroit City Arena.

Senior Kailey Sickmiller scored just 1:51 into the fi rst period with sophomore Natalie Skorupski drawing the lone assist. Late in the second period, sophomore Julia Henderson tallied with Sickmiller and senior Taylor Moody netting assists.

The host Blue Devils, behind fi rst-year head coach Joe Provenzano, enjoyed a full minute with a two-man advantage, but the Norsemen killed off the penalties behind a four-player defensive charge.

“Our defense was outstanding and Emma (Huellmantel) was great in net,” Dockett said. “We made it tough for South to carry the puck into our zone and later in the game their shots were from far out, giving Emma a good look at each one. It’s a big win for us.”

Making the Norsemen’s job a little easier was the absence of the Blue Devils’ leaders, Claire Boyle and Andrea Marshall. Both missed the game with injuries.

“We knew we were up against a tough North team and we had to play well to win, which we did not,” Provenzano said. “Missing Claire and Andrea hurt, but that meant other girls had to step up.”

North and South beat Detroit Country Day by the eight-goal mercy rule in previous games.

The Norsemen stand 5-0 in the MMGHSHL and 6-1 overall, and the Blue Devils fell to 3-1.

PORT HURON DOING WELL AFTER MOVE TO DIVISION 1Head coach Ron Cook and Port Huron are playing well, sitting in a tie for second

with eight points (4-2 in league play).The Lady Icehawks are led by Morgan Thompson with three goals and fi ve assists

for eight points, and Hayley Cox with three goals and two assists for fi ve points.Twelve of Cook’s 13 players have at least one point on the young season. Not bad

since the Lady Icehawks moved up to Division 1.Ann Arbor and University Liggett played in Michigan Stadium the week before

the Big Chill contest between Michigan State and host U-M. The Pioneers won 4-2.“It was a once in a lifetime experience for both teams,” said Ann Arbor coach

Lon Grantham.The Pioneers also beat Northville 6-3, on Dec. 10 to improve to 3-2 in the league.Head coach Lon Grantham’s squad is led by Rachel Freeman and Julia Franceschi

with eight points apiece. Freeman has four goals and four assists, while Franceschi had three goals and fi ve assists.

Other off ensive leaders are Emy Guttman with two goals and three assists, and Claire Kelley with one goal and three assists.

University Liggett under head coach Laura Aiken also improved to 3-2 in league play behind sophomore Aria Ganz-Waple’s game-winning goal at the 5:10 mark of overtime to beat Plymouth-Canton-Salem 3-2 on Dec. 7 in Grosse Pointe.

Ganz-Waple also scored the tying goal in the third period and the Knights held their breath when goalie Maria Passalacqua was forced to stop a breakaway with only 23.6 seconds left in the game.

Passalacqua came up with the biggest save of the game.“Mariah is very good at stopping those, but I think my heart still skipped a beat,”

Aiken said. “She made the play of the game.”Knights’ junior Haleigh Bolton scored the Knights’ fi rst goal and is one of the

league’s top scorers.Northville, under head coach Bill Holden, and Livonia Ladywood, under head

coach Bruce Peck, have two points apiece in the league standings.Both have played well at times, but a lack of consistency has hurt the Mustangs

and Blazers.The Mustangs have been led by Lindsey Kreichelt, Krista Oldham and Allison

Holden, and Emily Bush (two), Renee O’Connell, Emilee Abraham and Kristen Frogner scored in a 7-5 loss to Country Day on Dec. 3.

The Blazers are led by senior goalie Jessica Pavela, and senior and sophomore captains Hannah Pereira and Jennifer Rohn.

WALLED LAKE LEADS DIVISION 2Walled Lake has played the most games of any team and leads the division

with six points.The Wild won the seventh annual Suburban Girls Classic on Dec. 4 with a thrilling

come-from-behind, 7-6, overtime win over Mercy. The game featured plenty of scoring chances, fi ve lead changes, and Walled Lake came back from a 3-1 defi cit to win in the extra session on a backhand shorthanded goal from Emma Crone, her fourth goal of the game. The Wild’s Jaclyn Jasgur, Christina Karagozian and Jordan Maynard added single goals in the championship win.

“This was a win for our team, a win for the program, a win for the schools, a win for the parents, and a win for each individual involved,” said Walled Lake fi rst-year coach Erik Carlson. “It was one of the most exciting games I have ever been a part of.”

Crone and Mackenzie Moug each scored twice, and Jasgur and Megan Eustice scored in Walled Lake’s 6-0 win over Northville in the tournament’s opening game on Dec. 3

PCS has played a tough early-season schedule and is only two points from fi rst place with four points.

Head coach Mary Beth Johnson in her second year at the helm has turned the Penguins from a pretender to a contender.

Emily Bullock, Beth Johnson and Sarah Coleman have been off ensive leaders and they’re solid between the pipes with Cortny McAdoo and Elena Bongiovanni playing well.

Warren Regina under head coach Katie Juliano recently beat Country Day 5-4 to even its record at 1-1. Most of the Saddlelites’ games come after the break.

Farmington Hills Mercy and head coach Pat Gregory also played very few games, but will be busy once January arrives. The Marlins knocked off Country Day, 7-3, in the opening game of the Suburban Girls Classic on Dec. 3, with Lauren Hensick leading the way with four goals. Grace Martin and Jacquelyn Murphy also scored for Mercy in the win. The win sent the Marlins to the fi nal game the following day where they lost to Walled Lake, 7-6, in overtime. Madeline McClain and Morgan Debrincat each had two goals in the fi nal.

Country Day and Bloomfi eld are winless, but each is using the experiences to improve.

Country Day got two goals from Maddy Van Antwerp in a 7-3 loss to Mercy in their opening game of the Suburban tournament on Dec. 3, and came back in the third-place game the following day with a 7-5 win over Northville. Van Antwerp had a hat trick, Kelsey Thomas added two goals and Christine Jiong and Megan Cibalas added single markers in the win.

“We know we have to get better and we will with practice and game experience,” Country Day head coach Riccardo DiPasquo said.

High School Girls


BY BOB ST JOHN U i it Li tt d h d h L Aik l i d t 3 2 i l


MICHIGAN METRO GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE (as of Dec. 11)

DIVISION 1 GP W L T PTS GF GA

GP North Norsemen 5 5 0 0 10 30 1

Cranbrook/Kingswood 4 4 0 0 8 10 2

PH Lady Icehawks 6 4 2 0 8 21 8

Liggett Knights 5 3 2 0 6 13 17

Ann Arbor Pioneers 5 3 2 0 6 22 11

Northville Mustangs 3 1 2 0 2 11 12

Ladywood Blazers 4 1 3 0 2 11 10

GPS Lady Blue Devils 1 0 1 0 0 0 2

DIVISION 2 GP W L T PTS GF GA

Walled Lake Wild 7 3 4 0 6 19 30

PCS Penguins 3 2 1 0 4 20 3

Regina Saddelites 2 1 1 0 2 6 7

Mercy Marlins 1 0 1 0 0 1 5

BH Knighthawks 4 0 4 0 0 2 39

Country Day 4 0 4 0 0 8 27

The Walled Lake Wild won the 7th annual Suburban Girls High School Classic with a come-from-behind 7-6 overtime win over Farmington Hills Mercy on Dec. 4.

In a battle of the Grosse Pointe’s at City Arena on Dec. 11, North defenseman Natalie Skorupski clears the puck under pressure from South’s Tenley Shield. North won the game 2-0.


High School Boys

High school teams get ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity to play outside at the Big House




BY MIKE LARSONIn the week leading up to the Dec. 11 Michigan vs. Michigan State Big Chill at the

Big House game at Michigan Stadium, some of the state’s boy’s high school teams were able to play games on the ice rink constructed in the middle of the football fi eld.

New Boston Huron tied Grand Ledge/Waverly, 1-1, on Dec. 7 and Troy played Oxford the following day.

“When we got there we walked around and stood in awe of the whole place,” Comet-Warriors coach Brian Cliff ord told the Lansing State Journal. “We took pictures before the game, and in warm ups everybody was looking around, but once the game started they felt more at home.”

Cliff ord said the ice surface was good and the game was a “win-win” for everybody.Oxford bused in students and made it a fi eld trip to the Big House for their

matchup with the Colts.“First and foremost, you have to enjoy the experience,” Oxford head coach Dave

Hague told the Royal Oak Tribune before the big day. “It’s a league game for us. I’m going go to coach to win and the kids are going to play to win. But the reality is it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity. We’re going back to the roots of the game and if you’re staring up at the crowd in awe, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.”

The week of games started with a triple-header on Sunday, Dec. 5. Four Ann Arbor schools - Gabriel Richard, Skyline, Pioneer and Huron, along with Saline and Dexter all got the chance to play on the ice in the national renowned football cathedral.

“This was really a lot of fun,” Pioneer hockey coach Steve Armstrong said. “We are very appreciative of the chance to get to play here. This is the kind of thing that a lot of these players will get to talk about years from now. They will be able to tell their grand children that they got a chance to play hockey in the Big House.

“You fi gure there is a pretty small amount of college football players out there that can say they played football at Michigan Stadium, but it’s an even smaller group that can say they played hockey here. So that’s really nice for these guys.”

For the games leading up the Big Chill, fans were allowed to sit on aluminum bleachers that were set around the rink. Fans also stood around the glass, getting a close up view of the games.

A ‘FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE’Gabriel Richard’s Ryan Ferris said getting a chance to play at the Big House against

Skyline was a fantastic experience.“This is something that most people never get a chance to do,” he said. “It’s just

a great way to play hockey.”Richard, which defeated Skyline 4-1 in a game that was offi cially a scrimmage,

is used to playing on the UM campus as their home rink is Yost Arena. However,

according the Ferris, the Big House is a little bit more prestigious.“Yost is great, but it’s not as nationally known like the Big House,” Ferris said. “And

playing the game outside was really amazing.”While the game was quite an experience for all who participated, it was also

diff erent from any game most had ever played. Huron’s Kyle Aaronson said the game was more like a pond hockey game, stating that the ice was kind of bumpy.

Other factors that added to the diffi culty of the game included the wind, and for the teams that played in the later games, the lights.

“If you were headed north, the wind was right in your face and it defi nitely slowed you right down,” Dexter’s Andrew Erber said.

Huron’s Aaronson said the lights also made playing a little more challenging, as his team skated to a 2-2 with Dexter.

“I guess the lights were a little bit diff erent too,” he said. “The ability to see the puck (gets harder), be-cause once the puck got over the main part of the boards and gets in the glass, it was really hard to see it.”

Skating in frigid temperatures was the hardest part about playing the game outside.“It was just so cold,” said Rocco Corrunker, whose Saline team fell to Pioneer 3-2.

“We just weren’t used to playing in that kind of cold. It’s hard to get your lungs going when it’s like that. But we battled hard and I thought we did a good job.

GAME TIMEAgainst Dexter, Huron’s Oliver Owens scored the game’s fi rst goal on assists from

Robert Keedy and Aaron Tisack. In the second period, Aaronson took a pass from Juston Roose and scored to give Huron a 2-0 lead.

“It was a great pass, and I put a good move on the goalie,” Aaronson said. “It was a great feeling to score in that game.”

However, in the game’s fi nal frame, it was all Dexter. With 10 minutes left in the game, the Dread-naughts got their fi rst goal of the game when John Grover scored off of a pass from Evan Sanford.

A minute later, Jake Waldrup scored the equalizer for the Dreads.“We had a great few shifts in the third period,” Dexter’s Andrew Erber said. “We

worked hard all game, and took advantage. We needed those goals.”The teams battled for eight more minutes in the extra frame, but neither capitalized,

forcing a 2-2 stalemate.Pioneer opened with two shorthanded goals 21 seconds apart, from Tom Polorney

and Joe Chronis, to take a quick 2-0 lead on Saline.“Shorthanded goals are tough enough for the team on the power play to overcome,”

Pioneer coach Steve Armstrong said. “But to have two shorthanded goals scored on the same power play? That’s a tough thing to get past.”

The Hornets responded when James Olson scored with about eight minutes left in the game to make the score 2-1. Seth Giles and D.J. Aben were credited with assists.

The Pioneer special teams kept the Ann Arbor team rolling when Chronis scored his second goal of the night on the power play. Anthony Moran and Kyle Waitz assisted.

“It was a good goal,” Chronis said. “I thought our whole team played really well.”The Hornets didn’t give up and with four minutes remaining in the game, Olson

scored again, taking a pass from Rocco Corrunker to put the puck in the net.“We gave up those two early goals, and just couldn’t get back into it,” Corrunker

said. “The late goal was nice, and I thought we might be able to come back, but we just couldn’t get it going.”

Despite a strong eff ort to tie the score up late in the game, Saline ended up falling 3-2.

“It’s always hard to lose in a rivalry game,” Corrunker said. “But at least we got to play in the Big House.”

And in end, despite all the challenges, that will be what the players and fans remember about their outdoor experience.

“How could you not enjoy this,” Armstrong asked. “This is how hockey was meant to be played. This is the kind of game that everyone wants to be a part of.”

BRIGHTON KNOCKS OFF TRENTON, THEN DROPS NEXT TWOMaybe the let down was inevitable. After Brighton beat three-time defending

Division 2 state cham-pion Trenton, 5-2, at the Kensington Valley Ice House on Dec. 4, the Bulldogs were happy but knew they couldn’t celebrate much as they had two tough games coming up against KLAA rivals Novi and Livonia Stevenson.

Against the Trojans, Brighton’s Mitch Kahl quickly set the tone with a goal in the game’s fi rst minute and the Bulldogs Cam Miglia and Sean Nelson scored twice in a 25 second span in the second pe-riod to take a 4-1 lead. Nelson added a second goal, Evan Proud also scored and Jack Gosselin got the win in net for Brighton, while Carlos DeGarzia and Kris Wilson scored for Trenton.

“Trenton is a good team and it was a nice win for us,” said Brighton assistant coach Mike Brown.

Brighton’s schedule didn’t get any easier and the Bulldogs lost to the Wildcats, 4-3, on Dec. 7 in Novi and to the Spartan, 3-2, at home on Dec. 11. Stevenson senior center J.J. Pettersson scored twice, and junior Tommy Ross got the game winner for the Spartans with just under six minutes left in the game.

The Bulldogs Zach Morgan scored in the fi rst period and Travis Cohoon scored on the powerplay with a minute left in the game to pull Brighton with a goal. Stevenson sophomore goalie Connor Humitz made 24 saves in the win, while Gosselin made 17 saves in the loss.

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BY BOB MILLER AND MIKE LARSONWhen Michigan coach Red Berenson sat down for the Big Chill at the Big House

post-game interview session he had a satisfi ed, and well-deserved, smile on his face. The December 11th Michigan vs. Michigan State hockey game at the university’s

storied football stadium was the realization of Berenson’s dream, a spectacle of pure entertainment and a world-record setter to boot.

Berenson had fi rst envisioned playing in Michigan Stadium after he took the Wolverines to compete against Michigan State in East Lansing’s Spartan Stadium in the Cold War game on October 6, 2001.

And while the Big Chill at the Big House was expected to set a new world record for attendance at a hockey game, the 113,411 fans that attended exceeded even the wildest of expectations. The game eclipsed the old Guinness World Record mark of 77,803, set on May 7 of this year in Germany during the 2010 IIHF World Championship game against the USA and Germany. The attendance also topped the old Michigan Stadium record of 113,090, set at Michigan’s home-opening football game against Connecticut earlier this season.

“Pretty good show, eh?” Berenson said. “This was something we looked forward to. We tried not to talk about it a lot. Once the ice was laid down and we started practicing, you could see this was going to be an unbelievable event. The weather cooperated. It couldn’t have been better. I don’t think you could put this whole event on, with these intangibles, and get a better result.”

On the ice, the Wolverines jumped out to a 2-0 fi rst period lead behind two goals from freshman defenseman Jon Merrill, who grew up 20 miles away in Brighton. Michigan also got two goals from senior captain Carl Hagelin and a single marker from junior left wing David Wohlberg and cruised to a 5-0 win over the Spartans.

Senior goalie Shawn Hunwick, who started the game in net after senior Bryan Hogan suff ered an injury during warmups, admitted to being nervous, but ended up making 34 saves for the shutout.

LIKE A FOOTBALL SATURDAYFor the Big Chill, Ann Arbor had a football game-day feel to it, as fans fl ocked to

Michigan Stadium from all directions. The parking lot at Pioneer High School across from the Stadium was packed with cars and RVs, and tailgaters and vendor tents were out in full force.

The only diff erence was that people were dressed in winter hats, thick jackets and hockey sweaters, rather than the fall attire usually seen during football season.

“This is just amazing, to see this many people in one place for a hockey game,” said University of Michigan sophomore Geoff Winstern. “It’s defi nitely a great experience. I’ll remember this forever.”

The temperature was just 41 degrees when the puck dropped, making it a pretty

chilly aff air.“It was cold, but I didn’t really notice it,” Winstern said. “I think when you get that

many people in one place, it doesn’t seem quite so bad.”

A GREAT SHOWA Stealth bomber fl yover followed the playing of the national anthem by a full

complement of Michigan’s Marching Band who performed their traditional football pre-game program.

And after every goal scored, fi reworks set up around the fi eld launched a showing of brilliant color and smoke.

Then, after the game had fi nished and after the sun had gone down, fans were treated to a full-fl edged fi reworks display set to music.

The players also checked out the fi reworks, with some kneeling on the ice to watch the show.

“It was pretty cool,” Merrill said. “It’s something you don’t get to see every day, so we wanted to stay and watch.”

“I thought Michigan put on a great show,” said Michigan State coach Rick Comley. “Tremendous crowd. Great atmosphere. When you plan something of this magnitude and it comes off this good, then they’re to be congratulated. It was everything that it was billed to be. I wish we could have responded better.”

Spartan players, though disappointed at the outcome, marveled at the experience.“It was great,” said Michigan State captain Torey Krug of Livonia. “There are some

things that a few of the guys in the room would like to have back, but ten years from now I’m still going to remember that it was the most fun I’ve ever had on an ice rink. We were like little kids on the ice.”

Michigan players came out of the stadium tunnel onto the fi eld and relished the chance to receive the same type of welcome their football brethren experience before every home game.

“This is one of the most exciting days of my life,” said Michigan senior center Louie Caporusso. “You get shivers like you can’t imagine. It almost brings tears to your eyes. You can’t believe how much passion is at this school. Walking out of that tunnel, hitting that banner, it was something I’ll never do again, that’s for sure.”

Hagelin said the players had fun and enjoyed the atmosphere of playing in front of such a huge crowd.

“We didn’t think about anything as distractions,” he said. “And once the puck dropped, we were all ready to play.”

Berenson took a minute to relax after such a long, history-making day.“I don’t know that it will be in perspective by the time I hit bed tonight, which

will be in less than hour,” said Berenson. “But at some point we’ll realize that this was really something.”

BY BOB MIM LLER ANDD MIKKE LLLLARSARSRSSONNN chilly affair

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BY MATT MACKINDERTo say the Port Huron Fighting Falcons are not having an easy go during their

inaugural season in the North American Hockey League would be an understatement.With just one win to their credit going into

the holiday, you might think spirits would be down and heads would be drooped.

Actually, nothing could be further from the truth.

Fighting Falcons’ captain Ryan Green said his team has “a lot of character guys in our room who look after each other and keep us motivated.”

“Our record defi nitely doesn’t refl ect the mood our players have on a day-to-day basis,” said Green. “All of our guys have the ambition to move to a higher level and to bring winning hockey to Port Huron. Those two things alone keep us motivated to turn things around.”

The Fighting Falcons earned their victory on Nov. 7 at home against Springfi eld with a 4-1 win.

“The fi rst win was defi nitely a long time coming and in previous games, we had come really close, so we knew it was coming soon,” said forward Adam Frank, a Clarkston native. “It gave our team a lot of confi dence and more importantly, it got the monkey off our back. Even with our struggles so far this season, the mood in the locker room is still very upbeat and energetic.”

“We all felt a big sigh of relief,” Green added. “I think it was overdue and there will be many more to come. We have had a big boost of confi dence because we always knew we could compete, but now seeing a ‘W’ on the board always makes it better.”

Green, though he’s the one with the ‘C’ on the front of his jersey, doesn’t hog the credit for leading the team and keeping morale high.

“Being captain is something I’ve always wanted to achieve in my junior career,” said

Green. “I feel that I also have a great supporting cast of veteran players to help keep things in order. I put a lot of pressure on myself to help the team succeed and take a lot of blame if the team doesn’t. Overall, I’m very happy with my role on the team

and look forward to turning things around here.”Port Huron, admitted into the league over the

summer, didn’t have any draft picks or tenders to work with, so head coach Ernie Hicke had to rely on a series of tryout camps to fi nd players.

“We got started late, so we were a bit behind the eight-ball,” Hicke told NAHL.com. “We had a couple of good camps and thought we had some guys that could produce at this level. Of course, we kept getting close but not pulling out games, so we had to make some changes. And while we’re still looking for a couple more pieces to the puzzle, we think we’re headed in the right direction.”

Even if the players can look back on this season as a learning experience, going through the year has taught each player about one of life’s lessons: humility.

“I think taking it practice by practice and game by game is the best way to stay level-

headed in this league,” said Green. “Our division is very competitive and you can’t get too high or too low.”

“You have to take it one game at a time, especially in this league,” explained Frank. “If you don’t have all your energy focused on the next game, you’re going to lose.”

TORNADO PAIR HEADING TO WORLD JUNIORSTwo Texas Tornado players – forward Jack Prince (Great Britain) and defenseman

Ralfs Freibergs (Latvia) – will participate in the IIHF Division I World Junior Championship, held from Dec. 13-19 in Babruysk, Belarus.

2010-11 NAHL Standings (as of Dec. 13)CENTRAL GP W L OTL PTS PCT GF GA PIMBismarck 26 17 8 1 35 0.673 81 61 532Owatonna 29 15 10 4 34 0.586 86 89 568Coulee Region 24 15 7 2 32 0.667 84 76 469Alexandria 25 11 11 3 25 0.500 85 83 434Aberdeen 28 10 15 3 23 0.411 89 104 365Austin 25 8 16 1 17 0.340 64 91 585NORTH GP W L OTL PTS PCT GF GA PIMSt. Louis 33 21 8 4 46 0.697 120 76 496Motor City 26 18 8 0 36 0.692 125 78 601Springfield 32 17 13 2 36 0.563 106 95 474Traverse City 27 16 10 1 33 0.611 96 82 417Michigan 27 15 10 2 32 0.593 98 80 394Janesville 26 14 10 2 30 0.577 68 61 474Chicago 29 7 19 3 17 0.293 91 138 472Port Huron 25 1 23 1 3 0.060 57 167 848SOUTH GP W L OTL PTS PCT GF GA PIMTexas 29 18 6 5 41 0.707 108 79 776Amarillo 25 18 5 2 38 0.760 100 71 757Topeka 26 17 7 2 36 0.692 97 72 715Wichita Falls 29 15 11 3 33 0.569 108 94 724Corpus Christi 29 12 15 2 26 0.448 77 108 11New Mexico 29 8 18 3 19 0.328 70 121 709WEST GP W L OTL PTS PCT GF GA PIMAlaska 33 20 12 1 41 0.621 109 93 897Fairbanks 30 19 9 2 40 0.667 128 99 723Wenatchee 28 15 11 2 32 0.571 100 84 718Kenai River 29 14 12 3 31 0.534 100 93 571Fresno 27 12 12 3 27 0.500 86 1 866Dawson Creek 32 11 19 2 24 0.375 76 111 905

TOP SCORERS TEAM POS GP G A PTS PIM PPG SHGWydo, Cody MCM F 26 24 30 54 18 8 1Kleiman, RJ MCM F 26 18 26 44 32 7 0Ciotti, Chris STL F 33 19 24 43 28 4 2Hill, Michael TOP F 26 22 20 42 75 8 0Brancheau, Steve MCM F 26 13 28 41 18 5 1Nagtzaam, Nardo ALX F 25 15 23 38 39 8 0Nauman, Ethan SPR F 32 14 23 37 25 2 0Barber, Jacob ALA F 32 23 11 34 18 10 4Callahan, Jack SPR D 32 6 27 33 24 4 0Fallon, Mike SPR F 32 11 22 33 6 2 0Ward, Cory ABD F 28 18 15 33 12 5 0Educate, Louis PHN F 28 16 17 33 14 8 1Einersen, Rock TEX F 23 18 15 33 40 7 0Osborn, JT FAI F 28 17 15 32 17 3 0Beck, Doug KNR F 26 18 14 32 39 9 2Walker, Beau COR F 28 9 22 31 22 2 0Vierling, Zach FAI F 29 9 20 29 4 0 0Olson, Mac WFS F 27 16 13 29 28 3 0Brossoit, Brandon ALA F 24 14 15 29 20 6 0Frischmon, Zac COU F 24 18 11 29 21 8 2Lubanski, Brett KNR F 29 6 22 28 20 3 0Freibergs, Ralfs TEX D 27 3 25 28 27 2 0Pearson, Andy ALA F 33 8 19 27 14 5 0Linnell, Jared FAI F 30 15 12 27 18 2 1Leef, Jackson TEX F 29 12 15 27 4 5 0Prince, Jack TEX F 28 8 19 27 19 5 0Keane, Sean WFS F 28 13 14 27 61 5 0Hussar, Justin TOP F 26 15 12 27 8 9 0Frost, Ryan WFS F 25 6 21 27 10 4 0

TOP GOALIES TEAM GP MIN SO GA GAA SV SV%Green, Matt STL 9 545:00 1 18 1.98 188 0.913Faragher, Ryan BIS 23 1368:39 2 48 2.1 572 0.923Jacobson, David JNE 22 13:08 4 46 2.12 499 0.916Kruger, Jimmy TEX 16 904:24 2 33 2.19 373 0.919Szczerba, Nikifor AMA 20 1112:40 2 42 2.26 547 0.929Comunale, Tom STL 12 682:58 3 26 2.28 229 0.898Tadazak, Robert MIC 16 797:53 2 33 2.48 391 0.922 CHECK IT OUT LATEST HEADLINES

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NORTH DIVISIONMotor City defenseman Mike Monfredo registered four assists as the Metal Jackets fashioned a 2-0 record. On Dec. 11, the Shirley, N.Y., native picked up three assists, including one on Petrus Sipila’s game-winning goal, in a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Hitmen. The next night, the 20-year-old recorded another assist as the Metal Jackets blanked the Port Huron Fighting Falcons, 8-0. Monfredo, who played in last week’s NAHL Top Prospects Tournament, was also a plus-6 on the weekend.

SOUTH DIVISIONTopeka forward Michael Hill struck for three goals and an assist as the RoadRunners skated to a two-game sweep over Texas. On Dec. 10, the Fort Worth, Texas, native scored all three goals, including the overtime game-winner, in a 3-2 triumph. The next night, the 20-year-old picked up an assist as the RoadRunners

downed the Tornado, 6-4. The Alaska-Fairbanks recruit who participated in last week’s NAHL Top Prospects Tournament was also a plus-3 for the weekend.

CENTRAL DIVISIONCoulee Region forward Connor Gaarder connected for three goals and an assist as the Chill skated to a two-game sweep over Alexandria. On Dec, 10, the Edina, Minn., native notched a pair of goals in a 6-3 victory. The next night, the 19-year-old who competed in last week’s NAHL Top Prospects Tournament tallied the game-winning marker and an assist as the Chill downed the Blizzard, 6-4.

WEST DIVISIONFairbanks defenseman Pete Spratte registered three assists as the Ice Dogs celebrated a two-game sweep over Kenai River. On Dec. 10, the Rochester, Minn., native

picked up a pair of assists, including one on Oldrich Kotvan’s game-winning marker in overtime, in a 4-3 triumph. The next night, the 19-year-old added another assist as the Ice Dogs doubled up the Brown Bears, 4-2. He was also a plus-3 on the weekend.

GOALTENDERBismarck goaltender Ryan Faragher backstopped the Bobcats to a two-game sweep over Austin, turning aside 44 of 45 shots. On Dec. 11, the Fort Frances, Ontario, native made all 23 saves in a 5-0 victory. The next night, the 20-year-old Dartmouth College recruit who competed in last week’s NAHL Top Prospects Tournament stopped 21 shots as the Bobcats bested the Bruins, 3-1.

Fighting Falcons staying upbeat in Port Huron

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK (FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 12)

Port Huron captain Ryan Green has helped keep the Fighting Falcons focused on improving this season.

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Junior Hockey

Parks helps Spirit to fi rst placeParks helps Spirit to fi rst placeParks helps Spirit to fi rst place

That experience should help when the Spirit (currently 21-6-3-1 and in fi rst place in the Western Conference) get ready for the post season.

“Every round in the playoff s is a battle,” recalled Parks. “I was lucky enough to go to the fi nals and it’s something I will remember for the rest of my life.”

With the Colts planning a rebuilding season this year, Parks requested an off -season trade to a team with a chance to make a playoff run.

Saginaw acquired the seasoned veteran to go along with their two young netminders in Tadeas Galansky and Jake Paterson.

“They both have the potential to be outstanding in this league,” says Parks. “I try to help them when ever I can.”

So far, Parks has a record of 15-6-1 with the Spirit to go along with a 2.60 GAA and a sparkling .925 save percentage.

“I am not a very big guy so I just try to do whatever I can to stop the puck,” said Parks, who is 6-0/189 pounds. “I like it here and hope we can go a long way.”

SPIRIT NOTEBOOKBrandon Saad (20 goals in 30 games this year) received

an invite to Team USA’s evaluation camp for the World Junior Hockey Championship in Buff alo, New York… The Spirit completed a blockbuster trade on Dec. 9 with Sudbury by sending forwards Michael Sgarbossa and Alex Racino along with defensemen Frank Schumacher (Brighton) and a fourth round selection in 2011 to the Wolves for former fi rst overall pick in 2008, forward John McFarland and defensemen Ben Chiarot and a third round pick in 2011…Saginaw beat the Kingston Frontenacs 4-1 on Dec.10 at the Dow Events Center. Josh Shalla, Mathew Sisca, Vincent Trocheck and Jordan Szwarz scored for the Spirit who scored twice on the power play and twice shorthanded…. At home the next afternoon the Spirit

beat the Plymouth Whalers 4-2. Sisca paved the way with two goals and Chiarot and Shalla also scored. Mavric Parks won his second of the week by stopping 30 of 32 shots.

WHALERS HITTING STRIDE AT MID-SEASONAfter getting a late goal to beat Kingston on Dec. 11, the

Plymouth Whalers had earned wins in 11 of the past 15 games as the Ontario Hockey League season neared its midway point.

Suffi ce to say, the Whalers are hitting their stride.Plymouth is spreading out their off ense through all four

lines and getting solid defense and goaltending from Scott Wedgewood, now fi rmly entrenched as the team’s No. 1 netminder.

A microcosm of what the Whalers are all about this season came on Dec. 10 in a 5-2 win over Sault Ste. Marie. Mitchell Heard tallied the game-winner, but passed the credit to linemate Stefan Noesen.

“Coach (Mike Vellucci) always tells us to take a hit to make a play and there’s a perfect example – Noesen just working hard, like he always does,” Heard said. “Everybody’s buying into the system here and good things are happening. We’re taking positivity out of every game over the past 15 games or so.”

Four diff erent Plymouth players scored goals against Kingston the next night and fi ve diff erent players (Noesen, Robbie Czarnik (Washington), Alex Aleardi (Farmington Hills), Rickard Rakell and Tyler Brown) all have at least 25 points through 29 games.

“It’s very good when we have all of us going at once,” Noesen said. “In the fi rst two periods (against Kingston), three diff erent lines had goals.”

The Whalers had their four-game winning streak snapped on Dec. 12 in Saginaw, but with confi dence peaking, look for another string of wins on the horizon in Plymouth.

With a fi le from Matt Mackinder

BY CARL CHIMENTISaginaw goalie Mavric Parks is a four-year OHL veteran who

has played in Kitchener, Kingston and Barrie before landing with the Spirit.

He combined with Peter Di Salvo to lead the Colts to the Eastern Conference Championship last season before losing to the Windsor Spitfi res in the OHL fi nals.

Veteran goalie Mavric Parks has 15 wins this season in Saginaw.


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Red Wings Insider

BY DAVE WADDELLWith winter in full eff ect, there’s a much diff erent feel in

Hockeytown than a year ago. It’s as if the globe has returned to its proper axis, at least in

the eyes of the Detroit Red Wings fans, after a year of having gone all wobbly.

The Wings again fi nd themselves among the NHL leaders in the standings. Many already are salivating as the thought of a third meeting with Pittsburgh in four Stanley Finals looks like it’s hardly a far-fetched dream.

There’s much hockey to be played, but last season’s winter of discontent has yielded to an optimistic horizon.

The Wings blazing start to a new season has its roots in the disappointments of last season. A prideful champion had its ego bruised and one only has to go back to last January to fi nd the lowest of lows in these past 12 months.

The Wings had lost nine players due to injuries and the toll seemed to be fi nally catching up to them. Detroit had two wins in the fi nal eight games in January and sat outside

the playoff s while the experts were already writing their end-of-a-dynasty obits.

Even Nick Lidstrom, the greatest defenseman of his generation, was seeing stories written that he’d lost a step and was on the decline.

Coach Mike Babcock, who rode the Wings captain hard in the absence of so much high-end talent, wasn’t buying any of it. He knew without Lidstrom playing so much and still at a high level the Wings would’ve been hopelessly out of the playoff picture already.

“I like Nick even when they’re (critics) complaining about him,” Babcock said. “Every year I’ve been here Nick has been better in the second half of the season.

“When you’re a D-man and you’re used to scoring and a lot of your points come on the power play and you don’t have any players to play with up front in the fi rst 30 or 40 games and people are asking why you’re not scoring, he’s probably thinking to himself, ‘Isn’t it kind of obvious why I’m not scoring?’

A FULL LINEUPBabcock would be proven right in the season’s second half

as Lidstrom averaged a point a game through the remainder of the campaign and was excellent in the playoff s.

The Wings also got another boost just before the break in February for the Winter Olympics when Johan Franzen returned early from knee surgery.

Franzen, along with Lidstrom, Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall, Pavel Datsyuk, Valtteri Filppula and Brian Rafalski, would all play in the Olympics. It served as good way to get back into the swing of things for Franzen before the regular season resumed.

When it did, Babcock, Ken Holland and Steve Yzerman returned to Detroit as Olympic champions thanks to managing Canada to a gold-medal.

Later in the spring, Yzerman’s success would lead to him leaving the Wings’ organization after nearly three decades to become GM of Tampa Bay.

“I’ve never felt such pressure,” Holland admitted. “It was win or nothing. I thought they might not let me back into Canada if we’d lost.”

They didn’t and neither did the Wings much over the fi nal six weeks of the regular season.

Finally healthy again, the Wings had no room for error. They sat outside the playoff s, but not for long.

Detroit went 17-3-2 in its fi nal 22 games and climbed all

the way to fi fth place.“We knew if we just stuck around and once we got everyone

healthy, we’d be able to go out and get on a roll,” goalie Jimmy Howard said. “As soon as we got healthy, the team took over. Everyone’s line started clicking.”

REMATCH WITH THE PENGUINSDuring that stretch there were some marquee match-ups.

None more entertaining than a renewal of hostilities with the Penguins in late March.

The Wings would dominate Pittsburgh in a 3-1 win, but it was the game within the game that was fascinating.

Zetterberg shadowed Sidney Crosby and drove him to absolute distraction. There’s no player in the NHL that gets the better of Sid then Kid than Zetterberg and by game’s end Crosby blew his cork.

He repeatedly cross-checked and then punched Zetterberg at the fi nal whistle and in the ensuing melee goalie Jimmy Howard gave Crosby a facewash with his catching mitt that will forever endear him to the Wings’ faithful.

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