Category: Editor’s picks
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Wolverines’ remarkable run continues, but it’s not done yet
By Stefan Kubus – DETROIT – For a team ranked third in the preseason poll, you wouldn’t have expected the Michigan Wolverines to finish with a 17-18-3 record overall, including a 10-15-3-3 CCHA record. And yet, by virtue of their record, you wouldn’t have thought that they’d find themselves vying for the last-ever CCHA championship.…
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Wolverines rout RedHawks to advance to Sunday’s CCHA Championship
By Alyssa Girardi – DETROIT — After an up-and-down start to the season, the Michigan hockey team jumped on a hot streak in early February, and now that streak is carrying the Wolverines right to the CCHA Championship game. Saturday night, Michigan defeated Miami — the CCHA regular season champions — 6-2, marking only the…
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Notre Dame tops Ohio State at JLA to advance to CCHA Championship
By Stefan Kubus – DETROIT – Stingy defense on one end of the ice and a red-hot netminder at the other ultimately told the tale of the first of two last-ever CCHA championship semifinal games. Notre Dame forced Ohio State senior goaltender Brady Hjelle – named CCHA Goaltender of the Year Friday evening at the…
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CCHA Awards announced; seven Michigan connections honored
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association hosted their final league awards show at the Fox Theatre Friday evening, to honor the best players from their “Celebrate The Legacy” season. Here are the award recipients, with additional information on the Michigan connections who were honored in downtown Detroit. Scholar Athlete of the Year – Adam Henderson, Alaska…
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Aubry Looks to Join Next Wave
By Kyle Kujawa – Detroit Red Wings fans have gotten a long look at several of their top prospects this season, as the likes of Gustav Nyquist, Tomas Tatar, Brendan Smith, Joakim Andersson, Petr Mrazek and Brian Lashoff have turned heads during NHL call-ups this season, delivering on scouting reports that promised bright futures.…
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Sean Day: “I’m prepared to go anywhere and I’ll play anywhere that takes me”
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By Matt Mackinder – He was born in Belgium, has a Canadian passport, but lives in Rochester and has grown up playing his youth hockey in the Detroit area. And Sean Day is fast-tracking his way to the Ontario Hockey League. Day, a 6-foot-2, 197-pound defenseman who played this season for the Compuware…
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Michi-gamer: Pride of the Mitten (Week of March 18)
Welcome to another season of MiHockey’s Michi-gamer, now powered by Bauer Hockey. We take great pride in our homegrown talent. Whether they grew up in the Mitten or we welcomed them here for college or juniors, they are our own. They represent the best place in the world for hockey. Every night, we’ll keep an…
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Compuware defenseman Sean Day officially approved for “exceptional player” status to enter OHL Draft early
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By Michael Caples – The Ontario Hockey Federation officially announced today that Compuware defenseman Sean Day has been granted “exceptional player” status and will be allowed to enter the OHL Draft one birth-year early. An evaluation process by Hockey Canada, with a ‘special evaluation panel’ asseembled to evaluate Day both on hockey and academics…
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Wolverines preparing to take on the RedHawks in the final CCHA Championship weekend
By Stefan Kubus – In the last year of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, a Michigan Wolverines squad that played underwhelming hockey the first half of the season is finding its groove just at the right time. The Wolverines, manned by longtime head coach Red Berenson, are hunting for the chance to capture the…
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Red Wings fall to Wild in rare home game at Joe Louis Arena
By Michael Caples – DETROIT – This wasn’t the homecoming the Red Wings were hoping for. Detroit, playing in their first home game since March 10, welcomed the Minnesota Wild to Joe Louis Arena Wednesday evening, only to watch the visitors record a convincing 4-2 win. The Wings won’t get another shot at recording a…