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Spitfires top Spirit in first outdoor game in OHL history
By Matt Mackinder – DETROIT – Both teams had to endure a nearly two-hour delay to start the game, but once the Windsor Spitfires and Saginaw Spirit dropped the puck Sunday outdoors at Comerica Park, the visiting Spitfires eked out a 6-5 win. The delay was attributed to the sunlight affecting the players’ safety on…
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Western Michigan Broncos capture first GLI title since 1986
By Stefan Kubus – DETROIT – In a grudge match of last year’s Great Lakes Invitational, the Western Michigan Broncos got their revenge Saturday night at Comerica Park under the bright ballpark lights. With a 1-0 victory over Michigan Tech – thanks to a stellar shutout performance from tournament MVP Lukas Hafner and an overtime…
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Huskies come up short against Broncos in GLI title game
By Nick Barnowski – DETROIT – Last year, Michigan Tech got the best of Western Michigan in the Great Lakes Invitational championship game. This year, it was the other way around, as WMU’s Justin Kovacs scored 2:01 into overtime to give the Broncos (9-8-3) a 1-0 victory and a GLI championship to take back to…
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Photos: Western Michigan vs. Michigan Tech at the 2013 GLI
Western Michigan and Michigan Tech squared off in the 2013 Great Lakes Invitational championship game. The Broncos prevailed 1-0 in overtime. (Photos by Tom Turrill/MiHockey)
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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…