Category: Slideshow
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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)
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Broncos practice on eve of first outdoor game in program history
By Nick Barnowski – DETROIT – Western Michigan practiced at Comerica Park on Thursday afternoon as a warmup to Friday night’s game against the University of Michigan. It will be the first outdoor game in WMU program history, and head coach Andy Murray said he and his players are more than looking forward to the…
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Wolverines ready for hockey at Comerica Park
By Stefan Kubus – DETROIT – As Michigan Wolverines senior captain Mac Bennett plainly put it, “there’s an ice rink in the middle of a baseball field and that’s not something you really see too often.” It isn’t something you see often at all, and the No. 4 ranked Wolverines – hoping to avoid a…
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Spartans first to take the ice for Great Lakes Invitational practices
By Nick Barnowski – DETROIT – As the Michigan State hockey team looked up from the ice at Comerica Park, green seats mixed with white snow created for the perfect backdrop during their first Great Lakes Invitational practice. The Spartans (5-9-1) will don the green and white tomorrow afternoon against Michigan Tech in the first…
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Michigan Tech Huskies ready to defend GLi crown outdoors
By Stefan Kubus – DETROIT – The Michigan Tech Huskies took to the ice outside at Comerica Park for practice to gear up for their Great Lakes Invitational matchup against Michigan State Friday afternoon. Junior forward and Brighton native Blake Pietila – a fifth-round pick of the New Jersey Devils in 2011 – said that,…
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Red Wings shut out by Islanders in final home game of 2013
By Stefan Kubus – DETROIT – Getting booed off the ice after 20 minutes details just how poorly the Detroit Red Wings have played at Joe Louis Arena in the 2013 portion of this season. The good news is that it was the Red Wings’ last game on home ice until 2014, but performing…
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Joe Louis Arena garage may be closed for tonight’s game
Fans planning on attending tonight’s Red Wings game should read the press release we just received from the Original Six club: DETROIT – As of 4:00 p.m. today,the Joe Louis Arena Parking Garage and pedestrian tunnels will likely be closed tonight due to a power failure in downtown Detroit. If power is restored and the facilities…