Paula C. Weston

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Alex Roos proved tonight that he’s a player with a head for the game – literally. At 3:24 of overtime, Will Lockwood’s shot from the left side of the crease hit Roos in the facemask and bounced into the Minnesota goal, giving Michigan a 5-4 overtime win. The game-winning goal capped an exciting comeback … Read more

It’s snowing in my corner of Michigan as I’m putting this together and Drew Claussen reports that it’s wintry in his part of Minnesota, too. It may be a little early for this, but with the turn in the weather and three B1G conference series this weekend — two in my corner of Michigan — … Read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — With the scored tied 2-2 in overtime and a little over a minute after Michigan saw an OT goal waved off, Ferris State’s Ryker Killins scored his second of the season and just the fifth of his career to give the Bulldogs a 3-2 win over the Wolverines, the first Ferris … Read more

We have Thursday night hockey again, another CCHA-esque match-up as Ferris State travels to Michigan for two. As always, though, we start with how Drew Claussen and I are doing with the picks so far. Last week Drew: 5-7-0 (.417) Paula: 8-4-0 (.667) This season Drew: 23-20-3 (.533) Paula: 30-13-3 (.685) Drew has a knack … Read more

As the Big Ten continues to evolve, the season continues to be interesting in unexpected ways. 1. First, two important sweeps — one probably more so than the other. Congratulations to Michigan State for its first sweep of an opponent in two seasons. The Spartans beat the visiting Lake Superior State Lakers, 4-3 and 6-0; … Read more

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Lake Superior State scored three goals in the third period but it wasn’t enough to overcome Michigan State’s four-goal lead as the Spartans beat the Lakers, 4-3, to open this nonconference series. “I thought we were really poor to start the game, really poor,” said Lake Superior State coach Damon Whitten. … Read more

For the Big Ten, the weekend begins Thursday with the series between Nebraska-Omaha and Notre Dame. Here’s how Drew Claussen and I are doing with the picks through the third week of October. Last week Drew: 9-5-0 (.778) Paula: 10-4-0 (.833) This season Drew: 18-13-3 (.574) Paula: 22-9-3 (.691) Both Drew and I were bitten … Read more

On two goals by Jake Slaker in the final five minutes of regulation, Michigan skated past Vermont, 3-2, to secure a home sweep of the Catamounts. With the Wolverines down 2-1 at 15:07, Slaker fired from the right circle and hit the glove of Vermont goaltender Stefanos Lekkas before the puck found the back of the … Read more

With Mitch Lewandowski’s first collegiate goal at 18:34 in the third period, Michigan State reclaimed a lead over Western Michigan and added an empty-netter for a 6-4 win. Six of the 10 total goals scored in the contest came within the first or last two minutes of each period, and for long stretches of this … Read more

There are two B1G schools hosting Thursday-Friday nonconference series and everyone plays this weekend. First, a look at how Drew Claussen and I are doing with our picks so far this season. Last week Drew: 4-3-3 (.550) Paula: 5-2-3 (.650) This season Drew: 9-8-3 (.525) Paula: 12-5-3 (.675) Poor Drew was bitten by that wrong-way … Read more

Before I get into the three big takeaways from this weekend of B1G hockey, congratulations to Danton Cole for his first win as Michigan State’s new head coach. The Spartans beat visiting Bowling Green, 3-2, Saturday night. It was good to see a game reminiscent of old-school CCHA play in nearly every way, and I’ll … Read more