Paula C. WestonPlaying the Frozen Four in the Xcel Energy Center is a bit of a homecoming for the seniors on this Michigan team. Louie Caporusso, Carl Hagelin, Chad Langlais, Tristin Llewellyn, Matt Rust, Scooter Vaughan and Ben Winnett were freshmen when UM played in the 2007 Ice Breaker Invitational. “It is interesting that this senior class … Read more
Playing the Frozen Four in the Xcel Energy Center is a bit of a homecoming for the seniors on this Michigan team. Louie Caporusso, Carl Hagelin, Chad Langlais, Tristin Llewellyn, Matt Rust, Scooter Vaughan and Ben Winnett were freshmen when UM played in the 2007 Ice Breaker Invitational. “It is interesting that this senior class … Read more
Following Michigan’s first Frozen Four practice Wednesday afternoon, the Wolverines were loose enough to provide a few laughs for the press, some of them unintentional. When coach Red Berenson was asked about the status of defenseman Brandon Burlon, who has been out of the lineup with esophagitis since mid-March, Berenson’s answer had his own players … Read more
Following Michigan’s first Frozen Four practice Wednesday afternoon, the Wolverines were loose enough to provide a few laughs for the press, some of them unintentional. When coach Red Berenson was asked about the status of defenseman Brandon Burlon, who has been out of the lineup with esophagitis since mid-March, Berenson’s answer had his own players … Read more
After stumbling down the stretch, the Fighting Irish put together solid performances in the Northeast Regional. Paula C. Weston reports.
This Wolverines team isn’t the prototypical high-scoring group from Ann Arbor. Paula C. Weston reports.
With first-period goals from unlikely sources, Michigan outlasted Colorado College 2-1 on Saturday to become the NCAA West Regional champions and advance to the Frozen Four for the first time since 2008. “We just wanted to get through the first game,” Wolverines coach Red Berenson said. “We knew that Nebraska[-Omaha] was a good team and … Read more
I just heard someone say, “Michigan will need their best game to beat Colorado College.” I think that’s only partly true. I think that Michigan’s best game may not be enough to beat the Colorado College team I saw last night. My pick: CC 4-3.
I just heard someone say, “Michigan will need their best game to beat Colorado College.” I think that’s only partly true. I think that Michigan’s best game may not be enough to beat the Colorado College team I saw last night. My pick: CC 4-3.
What struck me most about Colorado College’s 8-4 win over Boston College was twofold. First, these Eagles were completely unaccustomed to being on the receiving end of this kind of drubbing and had never had to experience an NCAA tournament loss. Second, this was not the same CC team that I saw in the Great … Read more
What struck me most about Colorado College’s 8-4 win over Boston College was twofold. First, these Eagles were completely unaccustomed to being on the receiving end of this kind of drubbing and had never had to experience an NCAA tournament loss. Second, this was not the same CC team that I saw in the Great … Read more
I know that fans only want to talk about Kevin Lynch’s game-winning goal that sent Michigan ahead and ended Nebraska-Omaha’s season. Unfortunately, the way the game ended overshadows the great sixty minutes of regulation hockey and two minutes of OT that preceded it. The Mavericks scored at 1:35 and 8:18 in the first; the Wolverines … Read more
I know that fans only want to talk about Kevin Lynch’s game-winning goal that sent Michigan ahead and ended Nebraska-Omaha’s season. Unfortunately, the way the game ended overshadows the great sixty minutes of regulation hockey and two minutes of OT that preceded it. The Mavericks scored at 1:35 and 8:18 in the first; the Wolverines … Read more
When Jimmy Hayes scored 19 seconds into Friday’s West Regional semifinal to give Boston College a quick 1-0 lead, it looked as though the defending national champions might be headed toward another high-scoring, lopsided victory. Instead, the Eagles found themselves in unfamiliar territory, down 4-1 at the end of one, as Colorado College dominated on … Read more
The Wolverines had a call go against them in overtime in last season’s NCAA tournament, but Friday’s result was different.
After 60 minutes of hard-fought, back-and-forth hockey, the game-winning goal in the first game of the NCAA tournament’s West Regional took 10 minutes and 21 seconds to score. Michigan beat Nebraska-Omaha 3-2 in overtime on Friday, with a lengthy review of Kevin Lynch’s game-winner at 2:35 of the extra session. “We knew that this would … Read more
Just quick picks – winners, losers, scores – and no justification whatsoever for my choices, although I will be happy to respond in the comments section when I can, given travel and work this weekend. I will say that I surprised myself with my Frozen Four field. Midwest Regional No. 4 Rensselaer vs. No. 1 … Read more
Just quick picks – winners, losers, scores – and no justification whatsoever for my choices, although I will be happy to respond in the comments section when I can, given travel and work this weekend. I will say that I surprised myself with my Frozen Four field. Midwest Regional No. 4 Rensselaer vs. No. 1 … Read more
It is hard to know where to begin. On Saturday morning, I listened to then-CCHA commissioner Tom Anastos discuss the ways in which he and the CCHA would deal with the impending Big Ten league. On Monday morning, the Big Ten made its Big Announcement. On Wednesday afternoon, Michigan State announced that now-former CCHA commissioner … Read more
It is hard to know where to begin. On Saturday morning, I listened to then-CCHA commissioner Tom Anastos discuss the ways in which he and the CCHA would deal with the impending Big Ten league. On Monday morning, the Big Ten made its Big Announcement. On Wednesday afternoon, Michigan State announced that now-former CCHA commissioner … Read more