Paula C. WestonWith a 4-2 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes, the Michigan Wolverines captured their seventh CCHA postseason championship and the league’s automatic NCAA tournament bid. The Wolverines (30-7-3) welcome the Mason Cup back to Ann Arbor for the third time in the last four seasons, the only hiatus being last year’s OSU championship at the … Read more
Ah, to be young in the springtime — in Detroit! Half of this year’s Super Six field is comprised of the three CCHA teams with the largest freshman classes. Two of those teams, Nebraska-Omaha and Ohio State, hosted a first-round playoff series, while Alaska-Fairbanks traveled to Joe Louis Arena by way of Bowling Green, Ohio. … Read more
With a 4-1 win over Michigan State in CCHA semifinal action, the Ohio State Buckeyes advanced to Saturday’s championship game against Michigan, setting up a rematch of last year’s title contest. The Buckeyes beat the Spartans with the same tools they’ve used all season — a fast and young offense, solid goaltending, and a lethal … Read more
With the CCHA Super Six here, Paula C. Weston rounds up the teams involved, then looks back on the good — and bad — of another season gone by.
The Spartans capitalized on their first two power-play opportunities in this Super Six quarterfinal game to jump out to an early lead before rolling to a 5-0 victory over the No. 4 seed Mavericks of Nebraska-Omaha. Michigan State, the No. 5 seed in the Super Six field, saw five different Spartans score on the night, … Read more
After battling from behind three times in the game, the No. 2 seed Ohio State Buckeyes finally pulled ahead when it counted, beating No. 11 Ferris State, 5-4, in overtime to advance to the CCHA Super Six championship series in Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena next weekend. Freshman John Dingle had the game-winner at 4:40 in … Read more
With Zac Pearson’s breakaway goal at 1:09 in overtime, No. 11 seed Ferris State Bulldogs stunned No. 2 Ohio State with a 1-0 victory in Columbus to force a deciding third game Sunday night in this best-of-3 first-round CCHA playoff series. FSU goaltender Mike Brown, a senior, made 36 saves in his second shutout of … Read more
Matt Beaudoin scored twice as the No. 2 seed Ohio State Buckeyes downed 11th-seeded Ferris State, 4-2, to take the first game of this best-of-3 CCHA playoff series. “We had a lot of young kids out there who were nervous … but I think we did well enough to win that hockey game,” said OSU … Read more
This week, it’s the continuation of Paula C. Weston’s Girl Reporter awards, and, of course, a long look at the first round of the CCHA playoffs. Will Michigan cruise to Detroit? Can Ohio State keep up its season-long strong play? Has Michigan State come together just in time? This weekend will tell.
With less than four minutes left in regulation, the Ohio State Buckeyes scored two goals 14 seconds apart to send their game against the Miami RedHawks into overtime, and that’s the way it ended, a 2-2 decision that capped a three-point weekend for the Buckeyes. Rod Pelley had the goal that evened things up and … Read more
In a gritty, penalty-filled contest, the Buckeyes and RedHawks duked it out through two tight periods before Ohio State turned up the heat midway through the third, forcing JB Bittner’s game-winning goal at 12:38 in this 3-1 decision. Buckeye Rod Pelley and RedHawk Matt Christie exchanged power-play goals in the first, and Miami’s Brandon Crawford-West … Read more
Once again, Paula C. Weston is on the spot to deliver her CCHA Girl Reporter awards. Who walks away with the hardware this year? Also: a complete look at the CCHA playoff situation — with all 12 teams detailed as we reach the regular season’s last weekend.
An unwelcome visit translates into CCHA musings for Paula C. Weston, who looks at which teams have made the most of their opportunities this season. Also: TV coverage is kind to Ohio for a change, and there’s a Bowling Green-Space Ghost — Space Ghost? — connection.
This week, Paula C. Weston’s CCHA musings go strictly by the numbers — including a look at second-place Ohio State, the finish of the four-game NMU-MTU season series, the race for sixth place in the league, and the performance of Michigan’s 10-member senior class.
It was the second consecutive 3-2 win over Bowling Green for Ohio State, and Saturday’s boxscore was nearly identical to Friday’s: two power-play goals and a 3-0 lead by the midway point in the second, goals in the middle and last periods for BGSU, and Buckeyes Matt Beaudoin and Kyle Hood and Falcon Jonathan Matsumoto … Read more
The Buckeyes scored three unanswered before the Falcons found their bearings to return a pair of their own, as Ohio State squeaked by Bowling Green, 3-2. OSU had its high-octane power play and forwards Matt Beaudoin and Kyle Hood to thank in large part for Friday’s win. The Buckeyes connected on their first two power … Read more
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, love is in the air in Paula C. Weston’s weekly muse on the CCHA. Also: Michigan’s third-period brinksmanship comes to a head against Michigan State, Ferris State has more than one problem to address, and Northern Michigan meets head caoch Walt Kyle’s high standards.
The state of Michigan fares poorly over the weekend in the CCHA; Lake Superior continues its rise under cautiously-optimistic head coach Frank Anzalone; the CCHA prepares bids for the Super Six and the NCAA tournament — and the venues may surprise you; and a little series between Michigan and Michigan State makes up the Games of the Week. Paula C. Weston reports.
Three Buckeye power-play goals — two by Matt Beaudoin — and a pair of negated Bronco tallies were enough to tip the scales in Ohio State’s favor for a 4-3 win over visiting Western Michigan. “Both teams played hard,” said WMU head coach Jim Culhane. “We came in here expecting to win. What I feel … Read more
Time is slipping away on the 2004-05 season, and the national picture isn’t as pretty for the CCHA as coaches, fans and players might hope, Paula C. Weston notes. Also: the Ohio State-Michigan series in review, and your Game of the Week pits NCAA contenders Michigan and Northern Michigan.