Category: University of Michigan Wolverines
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CCHA’s Players of the Week – Dec. 12
From the CCHA league office… Offensive Player of the Week Dane Walters, WMU Jr., F (St. Paul, MN) Walters had an assist in a 3-3 tie at Bowling Green on Friday, and had a career-first hat trick and four-point game (3-1-4) in a 6-1 win at home against the Falcons on Saturday. Gladiator® Defenseman of…
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Spartans take Round 2 in a shootout
By Michael Caples – EAST LANSING – During his time as commissioner of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, Tom Anastos was one of the driving forces for shootouts in college hockey. One has to wonder if he would have pushed for the series of breakaways to decide a game if he knew that one day…
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Spartans’ comeback stops short; Wolverines win Round 1
By Michael Caples – ANN ARBOR – The Michigan Wolverines entered Friday night’s contest with their rivals from East Lansing knowing they needed to post their first win on home ice since Nov. 5. Had the game gone on any longer, they might not have picked up their fifth conference win of the season. Michigan…
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Win tickets to the first night of the GLI
Click here or click on the photo to go to our Facebook page for a chance to win one of five pairs of tickets to the first two games of the Great Lakes Invitational! Some of the answers will also be featured in our “Speaking of Hockey” section of the magazine next issue.
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College Hockey – Saturday night recaps
Michigan at Alaska It took more than 60 minutes for a goal to be scored, but the Michigan Wolverines came out victorious in their Saturday night rematch with Alaska. Alex Guptill scored less than a minute into overtime to record the game-winner – a much-needed goal that ended a lengthy losing streak. Our friends from…
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College Hockey – Friday night recaps
By Brian Kalisher – Bowling Green at Michigan State Michigan State grabbed a 5-1 win Friday night to start off a weekend series with Bowling Green. There was no shortage of points for MSU; four Spartans notched a goal and an assist in the contest. The Spartans’ Kevin Walrod gave his team the lead just…
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Wolverines swept by Buckeyes
By Lindsey Ungar – ANN ARBOR – The Michigan hockey team is not used to losing – plain and simple. Especially at home in front of sell-out crowds. No. 14 Ohio State defeated No. 7 Michigan, 6-5, to sweep the weekend series at Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor on Saturday night. Michigan has now…
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Wolverines drop 2-1 decision to Buckeyes
By Michael Caples – ANN ARBOR – Sometimes, one bad bounce is all that is needed to decide a hockey game. Unfortunately for the Wolverines, they were on the wrong side of the “puck luck” Friday night. At the 7:53 mark of the third period, Buckeyes freshman forward Darik Angeli took a shot towards the…
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Chiasson proves level-headed leader of UM freshmen
The following story was originally published by The Michigan Daily on Nov. 14, 2011. Visit http://goo.gl/JiTvg or go to michigandaily.com By Matt Slovin, Daily Sports Writer One of the Michigan hockey team’s defensive anchors is a patient man. Freshman Mike Chiasson stayed patient in Omaha, Neb., where he played three seasons for the Omaha Lancers…
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College hockey weekend recaps
By Michael Caples – It was a big weekend for the Michigan State Spartans. Here’s a look at how all the top Michigan-based college programs fared over the last two nights. Michigan State at Western Michigan The Spartans headed into Kalamazoo and picked up their two biggest wins of the new Tom Anastos era. Sophomore…