Category: Northern Michigan Wildcats
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College Hockey All-American lists announced
By @MichaelCaples – The American Hockey Coaches Association has announced its All-American list for Men’s D1 college hockey, and there are plenty of Michigan names featured. AHCA West All-Americans – D1 First Team Quinn Hughes – Michigan Taro Hirose – Michigan State, Red Wings signee Rem Pitlick – Minnesota, Muskegon Lumberjacks alum Second Team…
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Michigan D1 schools shut out of NCAA Tournament for second time since 1979
By @MichaelCaples – None of the Michigan-based D1 hockey programs were anxiously awaiting the results of the NCAA Tournament reveal on ESPNU Sunday night. It’s now official – the State of Michigan will not have a team competing for a spot in the Frozen Four. The NCAA officially announced its bracket for the 2019…
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Northern Michigan’s Loggins, Beaulieu, Tolvanen claim WCHA awards
By @MichaelCaples – There are four major individual player awards presented by the WCHA each year. Three of them are going to Northern Michigan this time around. Troy Loggins, Philip Beaulieu and Atte Tolvanen have all been honored by the conference, the WCHA announced today. Loggins has been named the offensive player of the…
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WCHA All-League Teams announced
By @MichaelCaples – The WCHA has announced its 2018-19 All-League Teams, with Michigan names throughout. Congrats to the following players: First Team Troy Loggins – Senior – Northern Michigan Diego Cuglietta – Senior – Lake Superior State Philip Beaulieu – Junior – Northern Michigan Cooper Zech – Freshman – Ferris State (South Lyon native)…
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NMU players receive WCHA, national recognition after guiding Wildcats to weekend sweep of LSSU
By @MichaelCaples – After helping their Northern Michigan squad to a sweep of then-No. 18 Lake Superior State this past weekend, a pair of Wildcats have earned some recognition. Yesterday, Troy Loggins was named the WCHA’s forward of the week, while Atte Tolvanen was named the goaltender of the week by the conference. Today,…
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2019 Hobey Baker nominees announced
By @MichaelCaples – The fan vote for the Hobey Baker Award is now open, which marks the college hockey audience’s first look at this year’s list of nominees. Check out all of the Michigan names who appear on the list for college hockey’s most prestigious individual award (Michigan natives in bold, Michigan residents in…
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LSSU’s Gelsinger, NMU’s Tolvanen, MTU’s Bliss named WCHA players of week
UPDATE: Lake Superior State’s Brayden Gelsinger has also been named the NCAA’s second star of the week for his performances discussed below. By @MichaelCaples – Let’s just start with the obvious – Atte Tolvanen was named goalie of the week by the WCHA. The senior netminder for the Northern Michigan Wildcats scored a goal…
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NMU goaltender Atte Tolvanen scores in Wildcats’ win over Tech
By @MichaelCaples – They always say you never know what to expect in a rivalry game. Certainly held true Friday night at the Berry Events Center, as Northern Michigan beat Michigan Tech 5-3…with goaltender Atte Tolvanen scoring the final goal for NMU. At the 18:53 mark of the third period, the reigning WCHA goaltender…
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Michigan schools sweep monthly WCHA honors for November
By @MichaelCaples – The WCHA has announced its players of the month for November, and all four spots are claimed by Michigan residents. The forward of the month award goes to Jake Lucchini of Michigan Tech; the defenseman of the month goes to Collin Saccoman of Lake Superior State; the goaltender of the month…
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College hockey roundup (Nov. 30-Dec. 2)
By @StefanKubus – With all but one Michigan school having played this weekend, here’s an update on how each team fared this past weekend: Broncos continue to roll Western Michigan continued its hot run, now on a four-game win streak after taking down Niagara on Friday and Saturday by a combined score of 10-5. Ethen Frank’s…