Category: For Fans
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Cast your vote! (And be entered to win sticks, bobbleheads)
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in College, Ferris State Bulldogs, Flint Firebirds, For Coaches, For Fans, For Parents, For Players, Griffins, Juniors, Lake Superior State Lakers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Tech Huskies, NAHL, Northern Michigan Wildcats, Oakland Grizzlies, Pro, Red Wings, Saginaw Spirit, The Latest, University of Michigan Wolverines, USHL, Western Michigan BroncosIt’s voting season, in case you haven’t noticed. So we decided to have a little fun, and construct our own ballot, full of some of the biggest questions facing hockey in Michigan this season. Fill out a ballot (it’s a short one, we promise), and you could win either a Reebok Ai9 stick (for lefties),…
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CCHA Players of the Week – Oct. 15
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association announced their players of the week today. Western Michigan’s Garrett Haar was named ‘Gladiator Defenseman of the Week’, while Northern Michigan’s Cohen Adair was named the league’s ‘Gongshow Rookie of the Week’. From the CCHA release: Postgame Offensive Player of the Week Blake Coleman, MIA So., F (Plano, TX) Coleman had…
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Shaved Ice – October 15
Hello Monday, nice to see you again…kind of. Have you voted in our contest yet? We’re giving away two sticks and four bobbleheads for people to fill out our ballot – hockey-related questions, of course – because after all, it is election season. The Wolverines bounced back on Friday night, avenging a OT loss to…
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Wolverines bounce back, rout RIT Friday night
By Michael Caples – ANN ARBOR – On Thursday, the Wolverines failed to take advantage of a two-goal lead in the third period, eventually losing to RIT in overtime. Twenty-four hours later, it was a different story. Michigan dominated the final frame – scoring four goals on the Tigers – to post a convincing 7-2…
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Special DElivery: A magical mix of baseball and hockey no more
By Darren Eliot – I’m writing at the time I’d be heading to the Fox Sports Detroit Call Sam Studio for opening night desk duty. Certainly, the morning skate would have been part of the day’s agenda making sure I had my opening night nuggets on the Red Wings and the Predators all lined up.…
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Shaved Ice – October 12
Hey look, it’s Friday! For at least the first half of the game, the Michigan Wolverines looked like they would have no problem recording a win in their regular-season opener against RIT. Then, the Tigers started chipping away, and eventually forced overtime, where they would score 14 seconds in. Needless to say, few were thrilled…
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Michi-gamer: The Pride of the Mitten (Week of Oct. 8)
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…
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Wolverines let first-period lead slip away, lose to RIT in OT
By Michael Caples – ANN ARBOR – The Michigan Wolverines jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period of their regular-season opener against the Rochester Institute of Technology. Yet even after adding another goal in the third period, the Wolverines discovered in overtime that four goals wouldn’t be enough. RIT forward Adam Hartley…
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Shaved Ice – October 11
Welcome back to Shaved Ice, everybody. Red Berenson announced yesterday that Wolverines defenseman Jon Merrill has a fractured vertebra from a hit sustained during Michigan’s exhibition win over Windsor on Tuesday. The Whalers ran into a hot goalie during their trip to Owen Sound, and left with a 4-2 loss. Plymouth’s OHL team is now…
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Update: Merrill suffered broken vertebra in last night’s exhibition game
By Michael Caples – University of Michigan coach Red Berenson announced today that defenseman Jon Merrill suffered a broken seventh vertebra during the Wolverines’ exhibition win over Windsor last night. Berenson was quoted by the Michigan Daily as saying that the bone was cracked, but not displaced, and that the Brighton native’s neck will need…