Category: College
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Wolverines post convincing win over Bulldogs
By Michael Caples – ANN ARBOR – Red Berenson started off his postgame press conference with a hint that he might have been a little surprised by the Wolverines’ five goals against the Ferris State Bulldogs Thursday night. “Well it’s good to score against a team that doesn’t allow goals,” said Berenson, whose team recorded…
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Bulldogs bring nation’s No. 1 defense to Ann Arbor
By Everett Cook The following story was originally published by The Michigan Daily on October 26, 2011. Visit michigandaily.com The days of Niagara and Bentley are long gone. That game against St. Lawrence — just two weeks ago — seems like it was eons ago, and the exhibition against the University of Ontario Institute of…
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CCHA’s Players of the Week – Oct. 24
Michigan-born players take three of the four spots in this week’s CCHA Players of the Week: Offensive Player of the Week Justin Florek, NMU Sr., F (Marquette, MI) Florek had a goal and two assists on Friday in a 5-3 win over Michigan. He added two assists in a 3-3 tie with the Wolverines on…
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Growing Into the Spotlight: The inconceivable rise of Shawn Hunwick
The following story was originally published by The Michigan Daily on October 21, 2011. Visit http://tinyurl.com/umdaily-hunwick or go to michigandaily.com By Everett Cook, Daily Sports Writer STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — Inside the home of Rich and Robin Hunwick, tickets from the Big Chill at the Big House and Michigan jerseys line the living room walls,…
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Friday night recaps
Here’s a quick recap of how your favorite Michigan teams did Friday night. The Red Wings continued their perfect start to the season, taking care of the winless Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 at Joe Louis Arena. Valtteri Filppula had three assists – two of which on goals from linemate Johan Franzen – and an empty-net…
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Palmisano leads Spartans to 3-0 win over Buckeyes
By Michael Caples – EAST LANSING – What a difference a week makes. Last weekend, the Spartans opened up CCHA play by giving up 8 goals in two games against Lake Superior. Thursday night, it was a little different. Michigan State welcomed Ohio State to East Lansing, and goaltender Drew Palmisano posted a 29-save shutout,…
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Spartans post six in Anastos’ debut
By Michael Caples – EAST LANSING – Tom Anastos said he didn’t hear the student section at Munn Ice Arena chanting his name after his first game as head coach of the Spartans. The new Spartans coach, who changed the structure of the student section to wrap the students around a corner of the end…
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A Captain, on and off the ice
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By Michael Caples – Chase Podsiad remembers where he was when he heard that the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup this June. To any hockey player or fan, that’s like saying “yes, I remember what I just had for lunch”. But when Zdeno Chara lifted Lord Stanley’s Cup, Podsiad wasn’t sitting on his couch…
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Michigan D-1 schools: Breaking down the rest from the Mitten
Western Michigan:When Jeff Blashill left Kalamazoo to become an assistant coach with the Red Wings, it looked as though it would be a rough summer for the Broncos. However, the news of the replacement was just as shocking as the vacancy. Former NHL coach Andy Murray will now take over the Broncos program, and he…
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Spartans Preview
By Michael Caples – Rewind: Things didn’t go the way the Spartans planned last year. A below-500 win total and a difficult-to-swallow 5-0 loss to Michigan in the historic Big Chill at the Big House led to coach Rick Comley stepping down. The Alaska Nanooks eliminated Michigan State in the first round of the CCHA…