The Queen City will have its chance to help crown the kings of college hockey, with four teams trekking to U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati for the NCAA Midwest Regional to be held Friday and Saturday.
The Gophers allowed three power-play goals to the nation’s best power play in Michigan.
The Big Ten suspended Michigan defenseman Michael Downing for Saturday’s league championship game as supplemental discipline for a hit in Friday’s semifinal victory over Penn State.
They reached the 20-win mark for the first time.
The Big Ten announced Monday the two All-Big Ten teams, All-Freshman Team and individual award winners. Michigan’s Kyle Connor was named Big Ten Player and Freshman of the Year, while also earning Scoring Champion honors, while Connor’s Wolverines teammate Zach Werenski was tabbed the Defensive Player of the Year, which is awarded to a defenseman … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners’ Association announced this week that Michigan junior forward Tyler Motte and Wolverines freshman Kyle Connor have been chosen the HCA’s Player and Rookie of the Month, respectively, for January. Ironically, Motte and Connor are also linemates for the Wolverines this season. Motte scored in every game last month as the Wolverines went … Read more
Warde Manuel has been named the new director of athletics at Michigan, effective March 14, with a five-year appointment. Manuel, a U of M alumnus who played football under Bo Schembechler, is currently the director of athletics at Connecticut. “Athletics plays a key role in the U-M community and beyond. It is a front door … Read more
[youtube_sc url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiYWxo_0zgM] The Big Ten announced Tuesday a series of suspensions related to an altercation that occurred at the conclusion of the game between Michigan and Ohio State on Jan. 17. Immediately following the conclusion of the game, four players each were issued a major penalty and a game disqualification by the on-ice officials. Game … Read more
North Dakota sophomore goaltender Cam Johnson has been named the Hockey Commissioners’ Association National Division I Player of the Month for December, while the HCA National Rookie of the Month for December is Kyle Connor from Michigan. Johnson was nearly perfect during the month, as he started all four of North Dakota’s games in net … Read more
The teams play Tuesday and Wednesday in Detroit.
Michigan defenseman Zach Werenski has been named captain of the 2016 U.S. National Junior Team. In addition, Miami defenseman Louie Belpedio, Boston College forward Colin White and top-ranked NHL draft prospect Auston Matthews were tabbed alternate captains of the squad. “We’re excited about our leadership group here in Finland,” said Team USA coach Ron Wilson. … Read more
The Big Ten announced Monday that Michigan’s Michael Downing and Niko Porikos have each been suspended as a result of separate incidents that occurred in the Wolverines’ game against Minnesota on Dec. 12. Downing has been suspended for two games after an incident that occurred near the 12:12 mark of the second period and resulted … Read more
The Wolverines senior, who has used his drum set as a getaway from the pressures of hockey, is majoring in music performance.
A familiar face is back to help with the Wolverines’ goaltenders.
Two first-team All-Americans from last season return at the position.
Michigan was named the favorite in the 2015-16 Big Ten hockey preseason coaches’ poll announced on Monday. The coaches also selected a 12-member preseason Players to Watch list, including four unanimous honorees. 2015 BIG TEN PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL 2015 BIG TEN PRESEASON PLAYERS TO WATCH * unanimous selection
ISS Hockey, a top scouting service, has come out with its list of the top 30 NCAA freshmen for the 2015-16 season. A total of 15 schools are represented by the list, including North Dakota with five selections and Michigan with four players listed.
Union has added two staffers for the upcoming 2015-16 season as Kris Horn will serve as a volunteer assistant coach and Ian Greenwald has been hired as the hockey operations coordinator. Horn spent last season as an assistant coach at Hamilton and prior to joining the Continentals, was as an assistant coach for ACHA teams … Read more
Michigan had the most with six; Boston College, Boston University, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin had four each.
Jack Eichel, Noah Hanifin and Zach Werenski were joined by four incoming freshmen among the first-round selections.