Category: Northern Michigan Wildcats
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WCHA playoff field set
By @MichaelCaples – The 2018 men’s Western Collegiate Hockey Association Postseason Tournament is ready to go. Late Sunday, the college hockey conference announced the finalization of the playoff bracket, and three Michigan teams are left standing. Northern Michigan will be the lone Michigan program hosting a first-round quarterfinal matchup. The Wildcats, under new coach Grant…
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Saline’s Brandon Kruse named WCHA rookie of the month; NMU’s Loggins top offensive player
By @MichaelCaples – Saline native Brandon Kruse had himself a big month of January, and his college hockey conference is rewarding him for it. The Bowling Green freshman forward has been named the WCHA’s rookie of the month, after Kruse recorded an NCAA rookie-best 11 points in January. From the WCHA: Kruse led all NCAA…
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Klimek, Beydoun named WCHA Players of the Week
By @StefanKubus – A pair of Michigan names were among this past week’s WCHA Players of the Week awards. Northern Michigan’s Jordan Klimek was named the league’s top defenseman for the week. Klimek, a senior from British Columbia, tied for the NCAA lead among blue-liners with four points and led defensemen with a pair of goals –…
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NMU names hockey rink in Rick Comley’s honor
By @MichaelCaples – When the ice goes in at the Berry Events Center, it will have a new name. Northern Michigan announced today that the Wildcats will now skate on the “Rick Comley Rink” in honor of the program’s longtime head coach. Comley assembled a 538-429-68 record at NMU, with regular-season titles in the…
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Grant Potulny named new head coach of Northern Michigan
By @MichaelCaples – Minnesota assistant coach Grant Potulny has been named the new head coach of Northern Michigan’s hockey program. Potulny takes over after the Marquette-based program decided to part ways with Walt Kyle earlier this off-season. “Grant impressed everyone throughout the interview process and truly earned this opportunity,” said NMU Director of Athletics…
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Northern Michigan parts ways with head coach Walt Kyle
By @MichaelCaples – Northern Michigan University announced today that head coach Walt Kyle’s contract will not be renewed. The Wildcats’ “comprehensive national search for the third head coach in program history will begin immediately.” “Walt has played a major role in the most significant moments in Northern Michigan hockey history,” said director of athletics Forrest…
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NMU’s Tolvanen, FSU’s Kapelmaster claim WCHA monthly awards
By @MichaelCaples – Goalies tending to creases in the state of Michigan have claimed both of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s monthly awards, the conference announced today. ‘Player of the Month’ honors are going to Northern Michigan goaltender Atte Tolvanen – and rightfully so – while Ferris State netminder claimed the ‘Rookie of the Month’…
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NMU’s Tolvanen, Payne take home WCHA weekly honors
By @StefanKubus – Northern Michigan has been rolling lately, largely thanks to this week’s WCHA Defensive Player of the Week. Sophomore goaltender Atte Tolvanen has posted five consecutive shutouts to tie a NCAA record, the most recent two coming against Alaska this past weekend. On Monday, he was named the WCHA Defensive Player of the Week…
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NMU goaltender Atte Tolvanen ties NCAA record with fifth straight shutout
By @MichaelCaples – Atte Tolvanen’s placing himself firmly in the goaltending record books for the NCAA. The Northern Michigan netminder recorded his fifth straight shutout tonight with a 2-0 victory over Alaska. In a performance that featured a career-high 48 saves for the native of Vihti, Finland, Tolvanen tied Lake Superior State’s Blaine Lacher…