Powers Catholic skates past Allen Park into state championship hockey game (The Flint Journal)
PLYMOUTH, MI - Ten Flint-area hockey teams have been here before, and it's never been pretty. Ten losses, 7 goals scored, 73 goals against. There's a different vibe this time around, however, as ninth-ranked Powers Catholic prepares to face fifth-ranked Calumet in the state Division 3 championship game at 3 p.m. today at Compuware Arena.
Whalers Heading In The Right Direction (OurSports Central)
If you chat informally with Plymouth President, General Manager and Head Coach Mike Vellucci, he might tell you about the way he cuts his lawn. Like many of us, Vellucci is a creature of habit of habit when it comes to his yard work.
London defeats Plymouth on Saturday (OurSports Central)
PLYMOUTH - Justin Taylor and Akim Aliu scored two power play goals each as the London Knights built a 3-2 lead after forty minutes of play and pulled away from the Plymouth Whalers with three unanswered goals in the third period to defeat the Whalers, 6-2, in an Ontario Hockey League game played before Saturday a sellout crowd of 4,102 at Compuware Arena.
Powers Catholic topples Grand Rapids Catholic Central in hockey quarterfinals (The Flint Journal)
DIMONDALE, MI - At this stage of the state high school hockey tournament, little things tend to become big things. Win a faceoff. Get a fortunate bounce of the puck. Block a shot ... or two ... or three.
RED WINGS NOTEBOOK: Michigan native Booth faces hometown team (Royal Oak Daily Tribune)
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Growing up, David Booth used to watch the Detroit Red Wings play from a marvelous vantage point. His family had front-row season tickets at Joe Louis Arena.
Caporusso's hat trick lifts U-M (Detroit News)
KALAMAZOO -- Louie Caporusso had a hat trick for Michigan, all in the third period, in a 5-0 victory over Western Michigan Saturday night in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association.
Spirit harpooned (The Saginaw News)
The Plymouth Whalers put an end to Saginaw's four-game win streak. PLYMOUTH -- A familiar face behind the bench fired up the Plymouth Whalers Friday night.
Plymouth Wins First Game for Returning Coach Mike Vellucci (OurSports Central)
PLYMOUTH - Plymouth rookie Tyler Seguin scored a goal and two assists as the game's first star and Jeremy Smith stopped 26-of-27 shots as the Plymouth Whalers spotted the Saginaw Spirit a 1-0 lead and then came back with three goals in the second period and two more in the third to defeat Saginaw, 5-1, in an Ontario Hockey League game played Friday night before a sellout crowd of 3,593 at ...
Locals: Whalers turning to Vellucci (Detroit News)
PLYMOUTH -- The winningest coach in the history of the Plymouth Whalers is back behind the bench.
Area sports in brief (Detroit Free Press)
Mike Vellucci, the winningest coach in Plymouth Whalers history, is back at the helm of the Ontario Hockey League team. Former Red Wings goalie Greg Stefan, who took over from Vellucci on Dec. 13, 2007, resigned Monday to return to the Carolina Hurricanes as a special assistant.
