Category: College
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Big Ten announces 2017-18 hockey schedule
UPDATE: Per the WCHA schedule release, the following non-conference games for Michigan and Michigan State have been revealed: Michigan State at Bowling Green on Friday, Oct. 13 Bowling Green at Michigan State on Saturday, Oct. 14 Lake Superior State at Michigan State on Friday, Oct. 27 and Saturday, Oct. 28 Ferris State at…
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MSU announces hiring of new assistant coaches Chris Luongo and Joe Exter
By @MichaelCaples – Danton Cole is bringing one his NTDP assistant coaches with him to East Lansing. Michigan State announced today that the Spartans have hired Chris Luongo to be an assistant coach for the new Spartan hockey regime, as well as Joe Exter from Ohio State. “I am eager to have both Chris and…
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Mel Pearson returns to Ann Arbor as Wolverines’ new head coach
By @MichaelCaples – ANN ARBOR – Mel Pearson spent 23 seasons with the Michigan Wolverines under Red Berenson. You build quite a connection with a place and a hockey program when you spend that long there. That’s why, when the Wolverines came calling in need of Red Berenson’s successor, Pearson accepted the challenge, despite…
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Michigan officially names Mel Pearson as successor to Red Berenson
By @MichaelCaples – The University of Michigan has made it official – Mel Pearson is the school’s next hockey coach. Pearson, an assistant coach for Red Berenson for 23 years, will now be the man tasked with following in the iconic head coach’s footsteps after Berenson retired earlier this month. “I am very honored and…
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Report: Mel Pearson to become next head coach of Michigan Wolverines
UPDATE: Michigan has formally announced Pearson as the hockey program’s new head coach. Click here for MiHockey’s developing story. By @MichaelCaples – Sounds like Mel Pearson is coming back to Ann Arbor. According to John Buccigross of ESPN, the longtime Michigan assistant coach and current head coach of Michigan Tech will be returning to…
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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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Danton Cole to be named new head coach of Michigan State
By @MichaelCaples – Danton Cole is moving offices, but it won’t be a long drive. He won’t need directions to his new workplace, either. Michigan State has selected Cole, a Pontiac native and Michigan State alum, to be the school’s next hockey head coach, a source close to the situation has confirmed to MiHockey. MSU…
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Berenson: “…I think we’re doing the right thing”
By @MichaelCaples – ANN ARBOR – Red Berenson knew, just like everything else. The question of “will he or won’t he” started to take its toll – especially on the recruiting trail. It was time. He knew it. The 77-year-old face of Michigan Hockey officially announced his retirement today at the Junge Family Champions Center,…