For Lake Superior State, a team that had never won a WCHA playoff title in its history, just getting a chance to play for one meant a lot to the Lakers.
Just 80 seconds in, LSSU jumped on Northern Michigan, getting a lead they would not relinquish the rest of the night en route to a 6-3 victory at the Verizon Center Saturday night.
The WCHA men’s conference will hold its 2021 postseason tournament beginning with its quarterfinal weekend March 12-14, followed by a four-team, one-site championship weekend March 19-20.
The WCHA announced Saturday one-game suspensions for Northern Michigan sophomore defenseman Hank Sorensen and Bemidji State freshman forward Lukas Sillinger.
The suspensions were served Saturday night.
Several WCHA league series have been rescheduled from their previous dates.
The WCHA announced Monday that three men’s conference series involving Northern Michigan have been rescheduled.
The WCHA announced Wednesday that the Jan. 22-23 WCHA series between Northern Michigan and Alabama Huntsville has been postponed due to a COVID-19-related pause in team activities at Alabama Huntsville.
The WCHA men’s conference has adjusted its 2020-21 schedule to fill open dates created by Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Fairbanks opting out of the season. The eight competing WCHA teams will play their scheduled two-game league series against each of their seven remaining opponents for a total of 14 league games. Additionally, teams will also … Read more
The WCHA announced Friday announced a date change for two series slated for the opening weekend of league play in January. The Bowling Green at Ferris State and Minnesota State at Northern Michigan series originally scheduled for Jan. 1-2, 2021 will now be played Jan. 2-3, 2021. Both games of the BGSU-FSU series will start … Read more
The WCHA announced Friday that the Dec. 11-12 nonconference series between Northern Michigan and Minnesota State has been cancelled due to recent COVID-19 testing results within the Northern Michigan hockey program.
Even without a global pandemic, the 2020-21 WCHA season was already destined to be a weird one. Seven of the league’s ten members had already announced way back in June of 2019 that they would be leaving the conference to reform the CCHA after the conclusion of this year. It was already going to be … Read more
The WCHA announced Monday that the Dec. 2 WCHA season-opening game between Northern Michigan and Lake Superior State has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests within the Northern Michigan hockey program. Additionally, NMU announced Monday it is cancelling its first five non-conference games of the 2020-21 season due to the positive tests. In addition … Read more
The WCHA has announced a one-game suspension for Northern Michigan sophomore forward Griffin Loughran.
For the first time since 1991, the top player in the WCHA hails from Northern Michigan as Wildcats senior Troy Loggins has been honored as the 2018-19 WCHA Player of the Year (photo: CS Genovese/Northern Michigan Athletics).
The WCHA announced Tuesday its six individual award winners for the 2018-19 season (photo: Jim Rosvold).
According to several published sources, including College Hockey Inc., Northern Michigan is exploring the possibility of adding women’s hockey in the future (photo: NMU Athletics).
Players of the year from four Division I men’s conferences were named first-team All-USCHO selections for the 2017-18 season (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Broncos coach and general manager Darcy Haugan played six games for the Wildcats in the 1996-97 season with two goals and one assist, according to team records.
Northern Michigan and head coach Grant Potulny have entered into an eight-year employment agreement, effective immediately and extending through June 30, 2026 (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Minnesota State is the top choice in both the preseason WCHA coaches’ poll and media poll. Both the coaches and media also chose preseason All-WCHA Teams and preseason Players of the Year. WCHA Preseason Coaches’ Poll WCHA Preseason Media Poll All-WCHA Preseason Team – Coaches’ The coaches voted Minnesota State teammates Daniel Brickley and Marc … Read more
Former Northern Michigan goalie Michael Doan died in a single-car accident on Saturday morning (July 15) in Minnesota, according to the Mining Journal. He was just 25. According to the report, Doan was driving a 2013 Nissan Altima on Highway 14 just outside Rochester when his car reportedly went into a ditch, struck a utility … Read more