Plymouth Whalers

Whalers' Alex Nedeljkovic Named OHL Goaltender and Rookie of the Month

Nedeljkovic, 17, attends school at Plymouth-Canton Educational Park.

Release from the Ontario Hockey League: Toronto, Ontario – The Ontario Hockey League today announced the Top OHL Performers of the Month for February, 2013, including Eric Locke of the Saginaw Spirit, defenceman Ryan Sproul of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, and rookie goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic of the Plymouth Whalers. Vaughn OHL Goaltender of the Month and OHL Rookie of the Month – Alex Nedeljkovic (Plymouth Whalers): Alex Nedeljkovic of the Plymouth Whalers earns both OHL Rookie and Vaughn OHL Goaltender of the Month honours after posting an 8-2-0-0 record including one shutout victory.  His eight wins were a league-high while also leading all netminders with a league-low goals-against-average of 1.79 and league-high save percentage …

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Former Red Wing Jiri Fischer Delivers Healthy Message to Local Students

Northville resident Jiri Fischer, Detroit Red Wings Assembly Team bring hockey and fitness lesson to Smith Elementary students in Plymouth.

A sea of red shirts flooded the Smith Elementary gymnasium in Plymouth on Thursday as former Detroit Red Wing Jiri Fischer and the Red Wings Assembly Team introduced students to the sport of hockey and encouraged an active and healthy lifestyle. The message of maintaining health hits home for Fischer, who survived his own health scare in 2005 when he suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the bench during a game against the Nashville Predators.  The incident ended Fischer's playing career and he said he uses his experience to teach others to not take things for granted. "When anybody is a survivor of any life-threatening condition, from cardiac to cancer to other things, you look back at maybe what I could have done and what I didn't do…

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Salem Holds Off Northville With 28-21 Victory

Salem remains undefeated with victory.

The Salem Rocks continued their explosive start to the season Friday, holding off the perennial KLAA Central Division powerhouse Northville Mustangs, 28-21, according to the Canton Observer. The Rocks improved to 4-0 (2-0 in the KLAA Central Division), with an automatic playoff berth just two wins away, the Observer reported. With the loss, Northville dropped to 2-2 (1-1 division). 

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Plymouth-Canton OKs Student Transfers From Northville

Plymouth-Canton to accept transfers from focus schools, adult special education.

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools will now accept transfers from Northville Public Schools students under two new measures approved Tuesday by the Plymouth-Canton Board of Education. Michigan now allows students from state-designated “focus schools” to transfer to other schools in the same district. However, because both Hillside and Meads Mill middle schools in Northville were designated as focus schools, the students were able to transfer to an adjacent district. Focus schools are designated by the state as schools with wide achievement gaps on the Michigan Merit Exam between the top and bottom 30 percent of students. The Plymouth-Canton board voted Tuesday to allow these students to transfer to Pioneer Middle School in Plymouth. To date…

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Whalers' Seidleman Eases the Transition to the Classroom

Plymouth players report to training camp and to PCEP next week.

When the Plymouth Whalers open training camp next week to start the 2012-13 season, the team’s Most Valuable Person may not be a player, a coach or trainer. Although players like Tom Wilson and Alex Aleardi, coaches Mike Vellucci and Joe Stefan, and Athletic Trainer Dennis MacDonald will play their part towards Plymouth’s success this season, perhaps the Most Valuable Person around the Whalers next week will be John Seidleman. Seidleman doesn’t diagram a power play, score goals or hand out sticks.  Seidleman is the Whalers’ Educational Consultant.  Seidleman – a retired Plymouth education professional - will be instrumental next week in ensuring first-year players transition into the Plymouth-Canton Educational Park smoothly and with …

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