Matt Greene to bring Stanley Cup to Grand Ledge Part II

With Matt Greene bringing the Stanley Cup to his hometown of Grand Ledge, Mich., his father took time to reflect on the path he took to get to this point.

Matt Greene's father, James Greene, said his son's hockey career started by watching his older brother and sister play, and wanting to do the same.

Once Matt Greene was more established in the sport of hockey, he began to play in a travel hockey league, which took him and his parents all around the state of Michigan.

"By in large we were traveling a lot to the Detroit area, to Grand Rapids, Battle Creek, Saginaw, Flint, Jackson," said James Greene.

Though James Greene has many reasons to be proud of his son's accomplishments on the ice, he also has many proud moments of his son off the ice.

 "One that comes to mind is the weekend he was drafted into the National Hockey League," said James Greene.

James Greene said his son was with his friend who was also suppose to be drafted, but never was. When Matt Greene received multiple offers from a news station to do an interview, he declined.

James Greene said that he called his son later that week and asked him why he turned down the interview.

James Greene said his son told him "A really good day for me was a really bad day for Joe (Matt's friend) and I didn't want to make it any worse."

Matt Greene to bring Stanley Cup to Grand Ledge Part I

The city of Grand Ledge will have a day with hockey's most prestigious award as Los Angeles King's defenseman Matt Greene plans to bring the Stanley Cup to his hometown.


The Kings defeated the New Jersey Devils on June 11, 6-1 to clinch the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship.


Chad Guild, owner of First Place Sports in Grand Ledge, said he and Greene have been planning the festivities for the day Greene gets the Stanley cup.


"The tentative plans for the Cup coming to Grand Ledge are a parade," said Guild. "We’re thinking we’re going to take it up to the high school, probably logistically the football field makes the most sense."


Guild said it is difficult to plan dates for the events because the NHL makes a schedule for when all the players get their day with the Cup, and that has yet to be released.


Guild said throughout the whole experiences Greene has had over the past two weeks, Greene remains humble.


"He’s going to be in a t-shirt and a pair of shorts,” said Guild. “It’s very rare to catch the guy in a suit. He’s got a really good work ethic and a lot of it comes back down to his parents."

Former Michigan State Pitcher Playing in Pros

After the Michigan State baseball team's losses in the NCAA regional games, pitcher Tony Wieber was selected in the 33rd round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.

Wieber decided to forgo his senior year at MSU and sign a contract with the San Diego Padres after a successful career at MSU, becoming the all-time leader in saves.

His girlfriend, Chelsea Griffin, talked about his career at Michigan State, the day he was drafted and more.

Griffin said that Wieber was nervous as they both were watching the draft on the computer.

Wieber is a 2009 Graduate of Grand Ledge High School according to the MSU athletic website.

State News Reporter Talks MSU Baseball

In an interview with sports reporter for the State News, Dillon Davis, he talked about some struggles the Michigan State baseball team faced when they traveled to the Palo Alto region in the NCAA Tournament. 


Davis said that the traveling MSU had to do compared to the other three teams (all of which were from California) was a tough on the team.


Davis also recaps the four MSU players selected in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.

In the interview with Davis, he asked which players he feel will fare best in the major leagues.

Looking towards next year, Davis said junior pitcher David Garner may have a breakout season.

Kings Win Stanley Cup

The Los Angeles Kings won their first-ever Stanley Cup tonight over the New Jersey Devils.

The Kings cruised to a 6-1 victory to beat the Devils in six games.

Jeff Carter and Trevor Lewis led the Kings with two goals each, while Captain Dustin Brown notched one goal and two assists.

The Kings jumped out to an early lead in the first period, scoring three goals in under five minutes. They followed that up with another goal in the second, and then finally two goals in the third period to seal the victory.

Adam Henrique scored the lone goal for the Devils.

Two local players joined the list of Stanley Cup winners, those being former Michigan State hockey player Mike Donnelly and Grand Ledge native Matt Greene, who scored the Kings' final goal at the end of the game.

Kings-Devils Game 6 Preview

The Los Angles Kings are looking to clinch their first Stanley Cup in franchise history tonight at 8 p.m. against the New Jersey Devils.


The Kings jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the series, but could not finish off the devils in games four and five.


Devils' goalie Martin Brodeur looks to continue his superb goal-tending after a 21-save game five.


King's defensman Drew Doughty said to ESPN  that team was "worried about other things" in game four.


" All of us in the room were kind of frustrated that we were thinking about things ahead of time," said Doughty.


Should the Devils win tonight, Game seven will be Wednesday at New Jersey at 8 p.m.