ROYAL OAK, Mich. – Justin Abdelkader and Danny DeKeyser know something about education in the state of Michigan.
The two Red Wings attended grade school, high school and college here.
On Tuesday, the pair helped introduce a new educational program from the NHL and the NHLPA to students at Alfred E. Upton Elementary School in suburban Royal Oak.
The players were on hand for the unveiling of the Hockey Scholar, a new hockey-themed educational course designed to enable grade-school students to develop important science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills and understand the real world application of these disciplines.