Shaved Ice – December 10

Hope your Monday is off to a…better-than-usual-Monday start.

Let’s just get right to it – here are the latest college hockey polls. It’s been a rough year for our Michigan-based teams, but Western Michigan and Ferris State are still representing the Mitten well.

Wondering how those teams fared this weekend? Check out our weekend round-up.

We were at Compuware to see Jake Paterson’s 44-save performance against the Whalers Friday night – here is the game recap.

Livonia native and former MSU captain Torey Krug scored his first professional goal over the weekend, making him our Michi-gamer.

And in not-as-happy news, the NHL is expected to cancel more games today.

Big weekend series between the Broncos and Bulldogs this weekend. Here are the highlights from both nights.

From Friday…

From Saturday…

Nick Cotsonika shares some of the ‘hidden details’ about why the latest rounds of discussions fell apart.

Pierre LeBrun thinks that a deal is still close, and that it could come sooner or later. My disclaimer – don’t blame me for getting your hopes up by sharing this article. LeBrun’s colleague, Scott Burnside, says logic will finally prevail, and we’ll finally see a deal completed.

Saturday marked the 25th anniversary of Ron Hextall’s famous goal. Here’s a feature on it from NHL.com.

Here’s a look at some of the top prospects expected to play in the World Juniors. Plymouth’s Ryan Hartman cracked the list, by the way.

Congrats to the U.S. National Sled Team, who captured a tournament title in Canada this weekend. The Americans bested the Canadians 1-0 in the final of the 2012 World Sledge Hockey Challenge.

Did you see our article about Ryan Rabinowitz, a freshman at Novi with a big idea on how to help Make-A-Wish? Click on his photo below to read more.

To find out how you can help Ryan help the Make-A-Wish Foundation, contact him at abini44@att.net (Photo by Michael Caples/MiHockey)

See everybody tomorrow.