  Umbound Member Username: Umbound Post Number: 160 Registered: 02-2008 |
I was just wondering, some friends and i play drop in hockey at the Farmington Hills Ice Arena and there would always be some people there my age (20) or younger from the city playing. Is there any DPS with hockey teams? | ||
Firstandten Member Username: Firstandten Post Number: 198 Registered: 05-2006 |
No, but there are programs I believe with Think Detroit/PAL in which they use one of the Rec centers with a ice rink to have league games. | ||
Umbound Member Username: Umbound Post Number: 161 Registered: 02-2008 |
Isnt there an ice arena in the city i thought? I wish there was one high school at least that plays hockey and have its own arena. It would be a real gem to have in the city. | ||
Scs100 Member Username: Scs100 Post Number: 1554 Registered: 12-2006 |
Umbound, there is City Arena on Mt. Elliot and Larned, but that one is used by the Grosse Pointe South teams. | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 4820 Registered: 02-2005 |
Indeed, Scs. Does U-D High not have hockey? | ||
Scs100 Member Username: Scs100 Post Number: 1555 Registered: 12-2006 |
They have one, and they are ranked 45th in the state. http://www.ushsho.com/mirank.h tm | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 1639 Registered: 04-2006 |
Doesn't Jack - Addams still have a rink??? There is also the rink down by Mt Elliot and Larned. I can recall several others, but they are long gone by now. | ||
Umbound Member Username: Umbound Post Number: 162 Registered: 02-2008 |
Yea UD high has hockey but where do they play out of? I would love to see even one Detroit high school have a hockey team, because i play inline at the Jewish Community Center and i hear all the time how there is no hockey played in Detroit proper, i speak up sometimes and say yes there is, but its hard to find. | ||
Tayllik Member Username: Tayllik Post Number: 6 Registered: 11-2007 |
http://www.DetroitHockey.org/i ndex.htm | ||
Firstandten Member Username: Firstandten Post Number: 199 Registered: 05-2006 |
Yes Jack Addams does have a rink that is used by the PAL group | ||
Canuckr Member Username: Canuckr Post Number: 75 Registered: 02-2005 |
While on the hockey subject... A few months ago some peeps were talking about finding a beer league in the city, what ever happended with that?? | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 7376 Registered: 02-2004 |
Detroit Public Schools did have various hockey teams in the past. However when most students in DPS High Schools population became mostly black. Most black kids were not interested in playing hockey. They got more into basketball, baseball and football. So most DPS high school hockey teams are long gone. | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 7377 Registered: 02-2004 |
There is a Detroit Dragon's hockey team. Some of the players are black and they won various tournaments. | ||
Gene Member Username: Gene Post Number: 106 Registered: 10-2006 |
City Arena is on E Lafayette, not Larned. | ||
Ffdfd Member Username: Ffdfd Post Number: 298 Registered: 09-2006 |
Is the Grosse Pointe arena over by where Mack and Warren meet within the Detroit city limits? | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 3151 Registered: 04-2006 |
There is a hockey league at the Adams-Butzel Rec Center on Lyndon at Meyers. | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 575 Registered: 09-2007 |
Make no mistake, the movement away from ice hockey in several of Detroit's public secondary schools had nothing to do with racial demographics; the sport was long-gone...long ago. It went the way of outdoor rinks and inexpensive ice time. Incidentally, several Detroit high schools (at one time) also featured speed skating, fencing, bowling and table tennis. Believe it, or not - the Detroit public schools never sponsored the sport of wrestling | ||
Hamtragedy Member Username: Hamtragedy Post Number: 158 Registered: 10-2007 |
UMBound, Jack Adams is closed for the season. Youth hockey there has suffered from poor leadership for years. Program directors in the Detroit Parks and Rec. are grossly underpaid, so motivation is low. Jack Adams now has several B & C "Travel-House" teams and maybe one A team. The true house leagues are defunct since the 90s. However, the rink is operational and continues to get face lifts, and the Learn to Skate or "Initiation Program" saw a huge increase in participation this year. The NHL has donated 200 sets of equipment over the past few years, so kids get free equipment ($75 deposit) and $75 to skate for the entire season. Unfortunately, senior hockey leagues left Jack Adams in the 90s. If you wanna catch, or drop in, on some Jack Adams graduates, bring your "A" game, full pads, and keep your head up because there is full contact; Fridays, 5 in the afternoon at City Sports on E Lafayette (at Mt. Elliot). The pace is fast, and you will be expected to "hit the tape." These guys don't play around. |
