Category: University of Michigan Wolverines

The University of Michigan Wolverines welcomed the Penn State Nittany Lions to Yost Ice Arena for a Big Ten hockey weekend clash. Here are MiHockey’s photos from Friday night’s game. (Photos by Andrew Knapik/MiHockey)

By Michael Caples – ANN ARBOR – Red Berenson said it was “a tough pill to swallow” during the opening statement of his postgame press conference. Hard to argue with him. Berenson’s Michigan Wolverines blew both a two-goal first-period lead and a one-goal third-period lead, the latter of which led to a 5-4 overtime victory…

Brighton native Jon Merrill picked one heck of a time to score his first NHL goal. The NTDP and University of Michigan alum, playing in his 31st NHL game with the New Jersey Devils, scored at the 2:34 mark of overtime last night for his first goal in hockey’s highest stage. See the goal here:

  By Michael Caples – ANN ARBOR – Zach Nagelvoort said he actually didn’t feel like he was ‘on’ for the first 40 minutes of the Wolverines game Saturday night. “Honestly I felt a little off at the beginning, and I think that kind of went through the first and second period,” the Michigan freshman…

The Michigan Wolverines welcomed the Wisconsin Badgers back to Yost Ice Arena on Feb. 1 for the second night of a Big Ten Hockey doubleheader. The two teams played to a 2-2 tie, with the Wolverines earning an extra point by winning the ensuing shootout. (Photos by Andrew Knapik/MiHockey)

The Michigan Wolverines welcomed the Wisconsin Badgers to Yost Ice Arena for the first of two weekend games Friday night. Click here for MiHockey’s recap from the UM win. (Photos by Andrew Knapik/MiHockey)

By Greg Garno – ANN ARBOR — Before the crowd at Yost Ice Arena jumped to its feet and roared after a two-goal lead, and before the same crowded started an echoing ‘Go Blue’ chant, there was some doubt, a rather trivial doubt, in Michigan coach Red Berenson’s mind. The 12th-ranked Wolverines (5-2 Big Ten,…

  By Michael Caples – University of Michigan freshman JT Compher had quite a weekend against rival Michigan State, and the Big Ten league office took notice. Compher, a product of the National Team Development Program in Ann Arbor, recorded three goals and two assists in the Wolverines’ sweep of the Spartans last week, along…

  By Michael Caples – According to a report from Yahoo! Sports, “The Big Chill” still reigns supreme. Nick Cotsonika, Yahoo!’s lead NHL writer and University of Michigan alum, reported late Friday that due to the agreement the NHL had with Guinness, the official recorded attendance for the 2014 NHL Winter Classic did not break…

The Michigan Wolverines and the Michigan State Spartans met for the second straight night in a battle at Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey)