Category: For Fans
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Shaved Ice – October 23
Tuesday mornings are always a little slower after a disappointing Monday Night Football performance. With not much hockey being played last night (at the pro/college/juniors level, anyway) we had to go searching for a Michi-gamer. A quick travel across the pond revealed that Drew Miller’s already making an impression in Scotland. Find out what he’s…
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CCHA Players of the Week – Oct. 22
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association announced their players of the week for last week’s games today. Three of the four players selected have Michigan ties – Ferris State forward and Howell native Andy Huff was offensive player of the week, Western Michigan defenseman and Clay Township native Dan DeKeyser was defenseman of the week, and…
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Shaved Ice – October 22
Well, it is Monday once again. Hope you enjoyed your weekend. Chris Conner had quite the weekend, and for that, we’ve named the Westland native our Michi-gamer. Check out why right here. On Friday, all seven NCAA D-I teams in our state were playing. There were big games across the state, and none were bigger…
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Friday college recaps: Michigan Tech upsets top-ranked Minnesota
Oct. 19 was a whirlwind of a night for Michigan’s NCAA D-1 teams, headlined by Michigan Tech’s upset of No. 1 Minnesota to start their WCHA season. Michigan Tech tops Minnesota in Houghton Milford native Blake Pietila had two goals to help power the Michigan Tech Huskies to an impressive 5-3 win over No. 1…
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Spartans overcome two-goal deficit in third, top Niagara 3-2
By Stefan Kubus – EAST LANSING – Just as Michigan State head coach Tom Anastos said at his weekly press conference on Tuesday, he reiterated tonight following the Spartans’ 3-2 come-from-behind win over Niagara (Atlantic Hockey) that his club would have to earn every inch on the ice. “We knew coming into this that we’d…
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Treais leads Wolverines to 6-3 win over Bentley
By Michael Caples – ANN ARBOR – It looks as though A.J. Treais has adjusted nicely to that new ‘C’ on his sweater. On Friday night, with his Wolverines team down 1-0, Treais delivered. And then, with his team down 2-1, Treais delivered again. Eventually some of his teammates delivered, too, which meant that the…
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Shaved Ice – October 19
Hope everybody has a big weekend of hockey planned out. Hear there’s a good football game to watch on Saturday, too… The NHL just cancelled all games through Nov. 1. That’s 135 games we can’t watch now. Terrific. Darren Eliot shares some stories about all three of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame inductees, like…
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Special DElivery: True stories about this year’s USAH Hall inductees
By Darren Eliot – The U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame recently inducted Lou Lamoriello, Eddie Olczyk and Mike Modano into its pantheon of greats for their respective achievements and contributions to hockey in this country. All are certainly deserving of the accolades for a variety of reasons. In Lamoriello’s case, he is a builder beyond…
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Michi-gamer: The Pride of the Mitten (Week of Oct. 15)
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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 eye on those…