Shaved Ice – October 31
Happy Halloween, everyone!
Congratulations to Livonia native and former Michigan State star Bryan Lerg, who was named captain of the AHL’s Lake Erie Monsters yesterday. He’s No. 20 in the photo to the right; we snapped a few from the press box during the Monsters’ preseason game against the Grand Rapids Griffins at Yost Ice Arena earlier this year.
Today’s Michi-gamer is Kalamazoo native Adam Hall, who is currently playing in Germany. Click here to see what he’s up to.
The Free Press is reporting that Patrick Eaves is still dealing with concussion-like symptoms. Terrible news.
Apparently new Red Wing Damien Brunner was jumped by a goalie in his Swiss league game, which led to a brawl. MLive has more on that right here.
Former Plymouth Whalers star Tyler Seguin is filling up the scoresheets in Switzerland, having recorded 16 points in 12 games.
This new feature from the Griffins – called Between the Benches – is phenomenal.
Between the Benches: Charlotte Checkers at Grand Rapids Griffins from griffinshockey on Vimeo.
We’re going to kick off our ‘Outside the Mitten’ with another video. Here’s Drew Miller talking about how he is adjusting to playing hockey in Scotland. The lady interviewing him is apparently the GM of the team Miller is skating for. Does that mean we can talk Ken Holland into hosting segments of Red Wings TV?
In other hockey news…
- Devin Setoguchi has signed a contract with an ECHL team.
- Even Martin Brodeur is kicking around the idea of playing overseas.
- The NHL players received their escrow payments from last season yesterday. As a point of reference quickly, TSN said that Brad Richards grossed an estimated $960,000.
The NTDP players had some fun with their Halloween costumes today. Check out these photos (shared on the NTDP’s Facebook page):
Hope everybody has a great Halloween!