Category: Northern Michigan Wildcats
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Spartans top Wildcats in shootout
By Michael Caples – EAST LANSING – Mike Merrifield said that while they won the shootout Friday night, it was a bittersweet feeling for the Spartans. Michigan State rallied from a early two-goal deficit in the first period, only to relinquish a lead over their own to the Northern Michigan Wildcats with 26 seconds…
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Win tickets to the first night of the GLI
Click here or click on the photo to go to our Facebook page for a chance to win one of five pairs of tickets to the first two games of the Great Lakes Invitational! Some of the answers will also be featured in our “Speaking of Hockey” section of the magazine next issue.
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College Hockey – Saturday night recaps
Michigan at Alaska It took more than 60 minutes for a goal to be scored, but the Michigan Wolverines came out victorious in their Saturday night rematch with Alaska. Alex Guptill scored less than a minute into overtime to record the game-winner – a much-needed goal that ended a lengthy losing streak. Our friends from…
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College Hockey – Friday night recaps
By Brian Kalisher – Bowling Green at Michigan State Michigan State grabbed a 5-1 win Friday night to start off a weekend series with Bowling Green. There was no shortage of points for MSU; four Spartans notched a goal and an assist in the contest. The Spartans’ Kevin Walrod gave his team the lead just…
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College hockey weekend recaps
By Michael Caples – It was a big weekend for the Michigan State Spartans. Here’s a look at how all the top Michigan-based college programs fared over the last two nights. Michigan State at Western Michigan The Spartans headed into Kalamazoo and picked up their two biggest wins of the new Tom Anastos era. Sophomore…
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CCHA’s Players of the Week – Nov. 7
Ferris State and Northern Michigan players land on this week’s list of top CCHA performers Jordie Johnston, FSU – Sr., F (Rosetown, SK) Johnston had two assists on Friday in a 4-0 win over Bowling Green. He added two goals, including the game-winner, in a 5-3 win over the Falcons on Saturday and was a…
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College hockey weekend recaps
By Michael Caples – Western Michigan at Michigan Friday’s showdown between the Michigan Wolverines and Western Michigan Broncos was our game of the night. Here was the recap from the Broncos’ big road win, where Dane Walters scored with 57 seconds remaining to break a 2-2 tie. On Saturday, things were different for the home…
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Wildcats vs. Irish – Friday recap
By Steven Miller – Northern Michigan won a thrilling game against Notre Dame Friday night in a shootout. Ryan Ketsi opened up the scoring for the ‘Cats early in the first period, with an assist from Tyler Gron at the 6:02 mark. Midway through the opening period, Notre Dame answered with a goal from Mike…
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NMU vs. Notre Dame preview
By Steven Miller – Northern Michigan University will be hosting the No. 6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish this weekend. NMU has come off the last weekend with two losses to Western Michigan University, but was able to gain a point on Saturday in a 3-2 overtime loss. Stephan Vigier had a successful outing for Northern…
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From Munn Ice Arena – Saturday night recaps
By Michael Caples – EAST LANSING – On Friday, the line of Dean Chelios, Greg Wolfe, and Lee Reimer combined for eight points to lead the Spartans to a 5-2 win over Robert Morris. How would the line react to an injury to Chelios for Saturday’s rematch? Turns out they would play even better than…