Paula C. Weston

DETROIT — Here’s video from the end of Notre Dame’s 3-1 win over Michigan in the CCHA championship game on Sunday and clips from the postgame news conferences: [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/c78CRE-8f1Y width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/Dk4fI8CzIt4 width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/zN-CA2vQXjc width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/Hn0znmePbVM width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/8EpTW3LyhKw width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/1KVPNPP7qFc width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/mQ44wuPJw-c width=500]

With goals from Anders Lee, Austin Wuthrich and Jeff Costello, and a 20-save performance by Steven Summerhays, Notre Dame beat Michigan 3-1 Sunday in the 2013 CCHA championship game to become the league’s final Mason Cup winner. “This one’s extra special to me because the first team I ever coached as a head coach in … Read more

DETROIT — Here are videos of the news conferences after Michigan’s 6-2 victory over Miami in the CCHA semifinals on Saturday: [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHauym7F3MA&feature=youtu.be width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-nePjjmw1U&feature=youtu.be width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGrDk_f6yVM&feature=youtu.be width=500]

DETROIT — Here are videos of the postgame news conferences after Notre Dame’s 3-1 victory over Ohio State in the CCHA semifinals on Saturday: [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjsynqTvf5M&feature=youtu.be width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBjjkn-o1Y&feature=youtu.be width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU9z_CQg-Yw&feature=youtu.be width=500]

The difference between victory and defeat in the first CCHA semifinal game was more than a goal plus an empty-netter. In Notre Dame’s 3-1 win over Ohio State on Saturday, the difference was 27 shots, a successful power play and more than a little bit of experience. [scg_html_ccha2013]With the score tied 1-1 early in the … Read more

My last-ever, CCHA-only picks. But first, here’s how I’ve done so far. Last week: 7-4-0 (.636) Season to date: 129-94-29 (.569) Who knew I could improve, even a little, toward the end? CCHA playoff championship The semifinal games are televised by FOX Sports Detroit PLUS. The championship game is carried by FOX Sports Detroit. There … Read more

What a weekend of hockey in the CCHA! Two sweeps, two series that took three games, and the team that won the very first conference regular-season and playoff championships returns to participate in the last-ever battle for the Mason Cup. It’ll be Michigan vs. Miami and Ohio State vs. Notre Dame March 23-24 in Detroit’s … Read more

I knew the series in Fairbanks and Sault Ste. Marie would go to three games. I was wrong, however, about who would advance from those series. Last week: 4-4-0 (.500) Season to date: 122-90-29 (.566) Typical. This week This is the second round of the CCHA playoffs. The winners from these four series advance to … Read more

What a weekend of hockey! What did we learn? 1. Be wary of those last-place teams. At the end of the 2011-12 season, the last-place Bowling Green Falcons beat Northern Michigan on the road in the first round of the CCHA playoffs and Ferris State on the road in the second. This year, last-place Michigan … Read more

2 Michigan win over Northern Michigan was anybody’s game; tonight’s 6-2 Michigan victory to secure a two-game sweep in the first round of the CCHA playoffs? It was all Wolverines.  No question. “They did a great job from the start of the game until the end of the game,” said NMU coach Walt Kyle. “They … Read more

Sometimes after a Michigan win, coach Red Berenson credits the opposition in the way that gracious winners often do. After tonight’s 3-2 playoff win over Northern Michigan, Berenson was grateful as well as gracious. “You don’t go forward unless you get by your first weekend series and you don’t get by that series unless you … Read more