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  Plymouth Whalers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Whalers have been part of the Compuware Hockey program since 1995, which also includes the Compuware Amabassadors minor hockey program and the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes, who were formerly the Hartford Whalers, the namesake of the Detroit Whalers.
Red Wings and Detroit Whalers were both successful incarnations of the franchise in their own rights, but the Plymouth Whalers have made a name for themselves as perennial winners.
The Whalers third jersey (inset, bottom right), derived from the original 1979-92 green away jersey of the NHL Whalers, is a green background with the word "Whalers" spelled out in silver letters diagonally across the chest, and has the Whalers primary logo as a shoulder patch.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plymouth_Whalers   (1206 words)

  
 The OHL Arena & Travel Guide - Compuware Sports Arena, Plymouth Whalers
The Plymouth team has had many incarnations over its history and the championship banners from their days as the Detroit Ambassadors and Junior Red Wings are hanging from the ceiling, as well as Pat Peake's number 14, their only retired number.
The Plymouth Whalers have always played in the Detroit area, but few teams in junior hockey history have ever known more instability in the early years of their existence.
Plymouth Township is a currently boasts a population of about 28,000.
www.ohlarenaguide.com /whalers.htm   (1608 words)

  
 The Inquirer and Mirror -- Nantucket's Newspaper Since 1821
The Whalers rolled into Bristol Plymouth with a purpose and handed the Craftsmen their first loss of the season, 20-12, utilizing a simplified game plan and a focused attack.
On their next drive, Bristol Plymouth took the ball down to the Whalers’ 10-yard line, but the defense held them scoreless for the time being.
Running out of time, Bristol Plymouth responded with a six-play drive of their own, as Chumack ran into the end zone for his only touchdown of the day to claw back into the game at 14-12 with just under ten minutes remaining.
www.ack.net /1209sportsstory.html   (1015 words)

  
 Plymouth Whalers -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Whalers are part of the Compuware Hockey program, which also includes the Compuware Amabassadors minor hockey program, and the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes.
The Plymouth Whalers are one of only two team to win 5 consecutive division titles (West division from 1999-2003, the other team being the Ottawa 67's (East division from 1996-2000).
The Whalers third jersey (inset, bottom right) is a green background with the word "Whalers" spelled out in silver letters diagonally across the chest, and has the Whalers primary logo as a shoulder patch.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Plymouth_Whalers   (1184 words)

  
 Community Overview, Plymouth Township, Michigan (MI)
Many people may not be aware that the City of Plymouth and Plymouth Township are two individual communities with their own governments and so they think of the Plymouth Community as having both the "nice quaint downtown" and the "world class industrial parks".
Plymouth Township is a well-planned community that has developed around the "golden corridor" of Western Wayne County, along the M-14 freeway.
Plymouth Township is a growing community, but the growth is being carefully monitored so that it enhances the developments of the past.
www.plymouthtwp.org /Community/CommunityOverview.htm   (858 words)

  
 Home Ice :: The Unofficial Home of the Erie Otters
Plymouth shut the door in the third allowing the Otters only two shots on goal.
Plymouth went up 2-0 when Chad LaRose won the face off in the Erie end back to Cole Jarrett, who in turn fired the puck from the point at 3:42 of the second.
Plymouth were without Captain Jared Newman, Forwards Gregory Campbell and Bryan Thompson and G Larry Sterling.
members.aol.com /ottershcky   (1743 words)

  
 Windsor Spitfires Hockey Club | Ontario Hockey League
Although the shots were close with the Whalers having a slight lead 14 to 11, the Whalers scored the only two goals of the period.
In the third period, the Whalers would widen the lead on a powerplay goal at the 9:14 mark from Andrew Fournier, his 17th goal of the season.
The Windsor Spitfires were 0 for 9 on the powerplay while the Plymouth Whalers were 2 for 7 on the powerplay.
www.windsorspitfires.com /viewcon.php?id=1008   (767 words)

  
 Plymouth Whalers - Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Junior Hockey on OurSports Central
Plymouth Whalers 4 at Windsor Spitfires 2 (Playoff Gm.
Plymouth Whalers 3 at Windsor Spitfires 4 (Playoff Gm.
Plymouth Whalers 4 at Windsor Spitfires 7 (Playoff Gm.
www.oursportscentral.com /services/schedule?t_id=1312   (371 words)

  
 Whalers won't be favorites - 3/22/05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
But the Whalers are exactly that beginning this week in the first round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs against the Owen Sound Attack.
The Whalers have played 10 rookies this season, which from the start was expected to be a rebuilding season.
Having led the Whalers into the second round of the playoffs last spring, Nie has an edge on Attack goalie Mike Brown, who has yet to compete in the OHL playoffs.
www.detnews.com /2005/wings/0503/22/D02-124818.htm   (232 words)

  
 Michigan Junior Hockey: 06/12/2005 - 06/18/2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
As an organization, we will continue the tradition of excellence that has been the hallmark of Plymouth Whalers hockey for the last 15 years.
Goaltender Jeremy Smith, the Plymouth Whalers fourth round (64th overall) pick in the 2005 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection, has signed with the Whalers and will compete for a roster spot this fall.
Plymouth Whalers second-year forward John Armstrong was invited to Canada's Under-18 summer camp.
michiganjuniorhockey.blogspot.com /2005_06_12_michiganjuniorhockey_archive.html   (769 words)

  
 Midland Daily News - Spirit fall to Plymouth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
PLYMOUTH -- The playoff-bound Saginaw Spirit continue to struggle on the road.
The Whalers opened the scoring at 4:30 of the opening period on a Steve Ward tally.
Plymouth took the lead for good late in the second period on Evan Brophey's tally.
www.ourmidland.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=16239617&BRD=2289&PAG=461&dept_id=472541&rfi=6   (305 words)

  
 RangersRush.com - Kitchener Rangers Unofficial Website - Celebrates the Rangers 40th Anniversary
The Rangers and Whalers made acquaintances 11 times last season in total once all of of the 7 playoff matchups were added to the 4 regular season matchups.
On the Whalers side of the puck, John Mitchell, one of the most improved players in the OHL this season, led the Whalers in scoring with 82 points.
The Whalers' weakness might be in their backup netminding, Ryan Nie has not seen too much ice time all season.
www.rangersrush.com /Feature/feature189.html   (451 words)

  
 Rangers to Host Whalers on Rogers Sportsnet Ontario
Plymouth has proven to be road warriors as they have won five of the six road games that they have played in the 2003 OHL playoffs.
The Whalers have scored eight power play goals in six road games in the playoffs and have a success rate of 26.7% on the road.
In the four game regular season series between Kitchener and Plymouth the Whalers held the upper hand as they won three of the four games including both of their home games.
www.canoe.ca /CHLNews0203/0417.html   (835 words)

  
 Greyhounds drop a shootout in Plymouth
On Sunday afternoon in their final road contest of the regular season, the Greyhounds dropped a 4-3 decision to the Whalers and returned home with three of a possible six points from the three-game road swing.
In Plymouth, where the teams skated to a 1-1 tie after one period and 3-3 draw after two, Cody Thornton scored two goals for the Hounds, including one on the power play, to give him 25 tallies on the season.
In the shootout, Chris Terry's goal on Plymouth's first attempt was all that the Whalers would need to claim the overtime win.
www.sootoday.com /content/sports/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=16262   (273 words)

  
 Plymouth Whalers Official Website
WHALERS SIGN LOCAL PROSPECT A.J. Jenks played for the Detroit Honeybaked Midgets last season, but has spent much of his youth career in the Compuware system.
Plymouth opens the season Sept. 22 in Sarnia; the home opener is Sat.
Plymouth Whalers Summer Hockey Camps run all summer long for boys and girls ages 4-18.
www.plymouthwhalers.com /home.html   (484 words)

  
 Whalers' Grit Moves Them Back Into First Place - OurSports Central
Plymouth fans wanting to see more of pups Chris Terry, Joe Gaynor, Brett Bellemore and young vets Andrew Fournier, James Neal and Joe McCann are going to get their wish this Saturday night.
Plymouth goaltenders Justin Peters and Justin Garay set a franchise record as they became the first-ever Whaler tandem to combine efforts in a single game for a shutout.
Plymouth took a 2-0 lead at 5:44 of the second period when Pisellini tipped Steve Ward's hard shot from the high slot by Dennis for his 14th goal of the season.
oursportscentral.com /services/releases?id=3270210   (1748 words)

  
 Bulls Whalers Trade
The Belleville Bulls and Plymouth Whalers completed a trade on Wednesday involving three players and three draft picks.
Coming to Belleville is second year forward Cory Tanaka along with Plymouth’s second round picks in 2006 and 2007 in return for fourth year forward Evan Brophey, third year defenceman Wes Cunningham and a fourth round pick in 2006.
Tanaka, Plymouth’s second round choice in the 2004 OHL Priority Selection scored ten times and added eleven assists in sixty-seven games during his rookie season in 2004-05.
www.bellevillebulls.com /admin/BullsWhalersTrade.html   (132 words)

  
 Kingston Frontenacs Hockey Club | Ontario Hockey League
Plymouth general manager and coach Mike Vellucci was furious with the call.
Defenceman Michael Kolarz, who was earmarked to be a Whaler until the team got caught in an import squeeze that led to his trade to Kingston, broke up a two-on-one Plymouth rush.
Plymouth captain Tim Sestito had a clear breakaway only to be beaten by Davis.
www.kingstonfrontenacs.com /news/2004-10-22.html   (589 words)

  
 Hockey's Future: The #1 Online Prospects Magazine - Covering the WHL, QMJHL, AHL, OHL, College, The NHL Entry Draft, ...
Whalers to the rest of the league: We are back.
Plymouth does something consistently that other teams have trouble with.
The Whalers suffered their share of key losses as well this season.
hockeysfuture.com /article.php?sid=1530   (913 words)

  
 Local Area Guide News for the Tri-Cities - Bay City, Saginaw, Midland, Michigan
The Spirit were 2-0-1-0 on the week, earning five of a possible six points, with Thursday´s 3-0 defeat of the Plymouth Whalers, Saturday´s 5-1 win over Plymouth and Sunday´s 3-2 OT loss to Sault Ste.
Plymouth got on the board when forward Gino Pisellini (PHI´04) scored on the powerplay at 6:36 of the third, breaking 116:56 of scoreless hockey from Spirit goaltender Thuot dating back to a 6-1 loss versus Kitchener on January 21st.
The Whalers´ have a 21-14-1-3 record, with 46 points, first in the OHL West and second in the Western Conference.
www.localareaguide.com /news/archive.php?month=1&year=2006   (7261 words)

  
 .:: St. Michaels' Majors Official Site ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
PLYMOUTH, MI — The Toronto St. Michael’s Majors outshot the Plymouth Whalers 42-32 this evening but were beaten 3-2 in a shootout.
It was a see-saw affair with Plymouth’s Steve Ward and Toronto’s Tyler Donati acting as the offensive catalysts.
Ward then put the Whalers ahead 2-1 at 9:48 of the 2nd period, on the power-play, before Donati tied up the game again with 3:19 to play in regulation.
www.stmichaelsmajors.com /news/index.php?id=991   (589 words)

  
 Sarnia Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Plymouth scored 3 goals in the first period before Sarnia score a single powerplay goal of their own.
The score spread widen as Plymouth added powerplay #5 seven minutes into the period.
Sarnia's time in the box was 16 min on 9 infractions with the Whalers in the box for 20 minutes on 10 infractions.
www.sarniasports.com /SarniaSting2005-2006/Oct15.html   (186 words)

  
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PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP - If the price is right, the Plymouth Whalers and Compuware Sports Arena are for sale.
The Whalers, a junior team in the Ontario Hockey League, and Compuware Arena are owned by Peter Karmanos.
The Whalers and Compuware Arena, which opened in 1996 at a cost of $22 million, also would have to be a package deal for any interested party, Vellucci said.
www.wzzm13.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=38353   (232 words)

  
 Michigan Junior Hockey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Plymouth Whalers have signed 16-year-old defenseman Frank Grzeszczak, their 11th-round pick (209th overall) of the 2005 OHL Priority Selection.
Among the invites are six Michigan natives and a Plymouth Whalers forward.
Fourth-year Plymouth forward Dan Collins (pictured above) is one of five major junior players on the roster and the other 40 are either in college or beginning college this fall.
michiganjuniorhockey.blogspot.com   (2067 words)

  
 Welcome to KitchenerRangers.com
Needing a loss by the Plymouth Whalers this afternoon to secure home ice advantage the Rangers got just that with help from the Windsor Spitfires who knocked off the Whalers 6-2 in Plymouth.
With the Whalers loss the Rangers clinched the 4th spot in the Western Conference playoffs and more importantly home ice advantage in their first round matchup against Plymouth.
The Rangers were 2-0-0 at The Aud vs Plymouth but 0-2-0 on the road.
www.kitchenerrangers.com /News.asp?Article=445   (196 words)

  
 Whalers win game seven to advance to Conference Final
The Plymouth Whalers posted a 4-2 home ice win over the London Knights to win the Ontario Hockey League Western Conference semi final series four games to three.
Plymouth tied the game in the second as Karl Stewart scored his first of two goal at 3:34 of the second period.
The Whalers went ahead to stay as John Vigilante scored the game winning goal with 6:32 left to play and Stewart sealed the win scoring while the Whalers were a man short with 39 seconds left to play in the period.
www.chl.ca /OHLNews0203/0415.html   (289 words)

  
 Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Stephen Weiss   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The 1st choice, 4th overall selection of the Florida Panthers in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Weiss is a graduate of the Ontario Hockey League's Plymouth Whalers.
A finalist for the OHL's Rookie of the Year honours in 1999-2000, Weiss tied for third in team points and finished fourth in goals and assists and was instrumental in leading his team to the 2000 OHL Finals.
Upon the completion of the Whalers 2001-02 season, Weiss was recalled by the Panthers and played in a handful of games notching his first career NHL goal in the process.
www.legendsofhockey.net:8080 /LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=20131   (312 words)

  
 Sarnia Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Sarnia Sting scored two goals early in the first period, but it wasn't good enough as the visiting Plymouth Whalers scored four unanswered goals and they beat the Sting 4 - 3 to snap Sarnia's seven game winning streak on home ice.
Michael Haley and Chad Paiunchaud's 14th goal of the season had the Sting out front 2 - 0 by the seven minute mark of the opening period.
Plymouth is fourth in the Western Conference while Sarnia occupies the 8th and last playoff spot.
www.sarniasports.com /SarniaSting2005-2006/Nov11.html   (141 words)

  
 Erie Otters: Game Reports ( Erie Otters @ Plymouth Whalers )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
PLYMOUTH, MI - Evan Brophy scored what turned out to be the winning goal five minutes into the third period to lift the Plymouth Whalers to a 4-2 win over the Erie Otters in an Ontario Hockey League game played tonight at the Compuware Sports Arena.
Plymouth won their second straight to improve to 29-24-1-3 on the season.
The Otters out shot the Whalers 37-33 in the game as Josh Disher took the loss.
www.ottershockey.com /press-box/game-report.php?id=142   (316 words)

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