Category: For Fans
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Spartans shut out Wolverines Saturday at the GLI
By Alyssa Girardi – DETROIT — It wasn’t the Great Lakes Invitational championship game, but for MSU, defeating Michigan in the consolation match at Comerica Park was almost just as sweet. Thomas Ebbing, Matt Berry and Brent Darnell each scored for MSU in a 3-0 victory that marked the first time the No. 3 Wolverines…
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Berenson: “We got humbled” in GLI consolation game
By Nick Barnowski – DETROIT – “We got humbled.” That’s how University of Michigan head coach Red Berenson described his team’s loss to the Michigan State Spartans in the consolation game of the Great Lakes Invitational on Saturday night. After falling to Western Michigan in a shootout Firday, No. 3 Michigan’s disappointing GLI continued as…
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Photos: Michigan vs. Michigan State at the GLI
The Spartans and the Wolverines met in the 2013 Great Lakes Invitational consolation game at Comerica Park in Detroit. (Photos by Tom Turrill/MiHockey)
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Broncos beat Wolverines to earn spot in GLI championship game
By Stefan Kubus – DETROIT – Western Michigan will get an opportunity at redemption Saturday evening, as they will face Michigan Tech in the Great Lakes Invitational Championship for the second-straight year, hoping to avoid a repeat of last year’s 4-0 loss. The Broncos defeated the No. 3 Michigan Wolverines in their GLI semifinal Friday evening, a…
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Photos: Michigan vs. Western Michigan at the 2013 GLI
Michigan and Western Michigan played in the late game of a Friday doubleheader at Comerica Park in the first day of the Great Lakes Invitational. (First set of photos by Jen Hefner/MiHockey, second set of photos by Tom Turrill/MiHockey)
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Wolverines struggle on special-teams play; fall to Broncos at GLI
By Michael Caples – DETROIT – It’s hard to win a hockey game if you’re killing a penalty in the final minutes of overtime. With junior forward Phil Di Giuseppe in the penalty box for an unnecessary boarding penalty, the Wolverines were forced to play one man down in the extra period. They ended…
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Huskies beat Spartans in shootout to advance to GLI championship game
By Stefan Kubus – DETROIT – For the first time since 1979-80, the Michigan Tech Huskies will have the opportunity to capture back-to-back Great Lakes Invitational Championships, and their 11th overall. In his last eight periods of Great Lakes Invitational hockey, Michigan Tech goaltender Pheonix Copley hadn’t allowed a goal. And despite allowing two against…
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Spartans’ GLI title hopes end in shootout loss to MTU
By Alyssa Girardi – DETROIT — Set against a backdrop of the Detroit skyline while donning throwback script jerseys, the MSU hockey team took the ice across the Comerica Park baseball diamond for the 49th annual Great Lakes Invitational on Friday afternoon. Though this season’s GLI had all the makings of a career highlight…
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Photos: Michigan State vs. Michigan Tech at the 2013 GLI
Michigan State and Michigan Tech squared off in the first game of the 2013 Great Lakes Invitational, held this year outdoors at Comerica Park in Detroit. (First set of photos by Jen Hefner/MiHockey, second set of photos by Tom Turrill/MiHockey)
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Photos: Great Lakes Invitational Pre-Game
MiHockey checked out the Fan Zone outside Comerica Park before heading inside to see Michigan State and Michigan Tech kick off the 2013 Great Lakes Invitational. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey)