No title repeat for Michigan State

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Notre Dame earned its first-ever trip to the Frozen Four with a 3-1 victory over Michigan State on Saturday night in the championship game of the NCAA West Regional at the Colorado Springs World Arena.

The Fighting Irish became the first fourth seed to advance to the national semifinals and they avenged [...]

Wolverines advance to Frozen Four

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Aaron Palushaj and Kevin Porter scored the goals and Billy Sauer made 32 saves as Michigan pitched a 2-0 shutout of Clarkson tonight in the NCAA East Regional final in Albany, N.Y. to advance to the Frozen Four for the first time since 2003.

When Porter scores a goal, U-M is 21-1-2 this [...]

Michigan bounces game Purple Eagles

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Top-ranked Michigan started out slow, but cruised to a 5-1 win over Niagara on Friday at the Times Union Center in the first round of the NCAA East Regionals.

After a scoreless first period, Niagara was down a man to start the second period and Michigan capitalized on the man-advantage with Max [...]

Spartans get past Colorado College

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Jeff Lerg is guilty of grand larceny.

The junior goaltender made a season-high 41 saves to lead third-seeded Michigan State to a 3-1 victory over second-seeded Colorado College in Game No. 2 of the NCAA West Regional at the Colorado Springs World Arena.

The Spartan victory set up an all-Central Collegiate Hockey Association regional [...]

O’Keefe leaves Bulldogs for AHL

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Ferris State goaltender Mitch O’Keefe signed an amateur tryout contract with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League Tuesday.

For the 2007-08 season, O’Keefe turned in a 10-8-5 record between the posts with a 2.28 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage as a starter in 22 of 24 outings. [...]

UM, MSU both off to NCAA tourney

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Defending national champion Michigan State and CCHA champion Michigan, also the top-ranked team in the country, are off to the NCAA Tournament and their seeds were announced this morning on ESPN2.
Michigan State, a No. 3 seed, has drawn No. 2 seed Colorado College in the first round. Colorado College is hosting the [...]

Twice as nice for Wolverines

By Karl Henkel/at the CCHA Tournament
DETROIT – With Michigan and Miami both knowing they had bids to the NCAA Tournament all wrapped up, you’d think a little of the luster may have escaped Saturday’s CCHA Mason Cup championship final.
But both clubs made sure it didn’t, with Michigan coming out victorious, 2-1, in a fast-paced, back-and-forth [...]

NMU takes third – ND NCAA bound?

By Karl Henkel/at the CCHA Championship
DETROIT – In a game with huge and bizarre NCAA Tournament implications, Northern Michigan played spoiler, well, sort of, as they defeated Notre Dame, 2-1, to take third place in the CCHA Tournament.
According to USCHO.com, Notre Dame would have to either win or lose Saturday’s consolation game – not tie [...]

Anastos hosts Saturday brunch

By Karl Henkel/at the CCHA Championship
DETROIT – Saturday morning, CCHA commissioner Tom Anastos hosted a ‘State of the Game’ brunch at the Renaissance Marriott and delved into such topics as television exposure and solutions to both how to solve the growing number of ties as well as the recent trend of underclassmen forgoing eligibility to [...]

Wolverines over NMU, Miami next

By Karl Henkel/at the CCHA ChampionshipDETROIT – It would be hard for the Michigan Wolverines and Northern Michigan Wildcats to trump the Miami-Notre Dame overtime thriller of earlier in the day, but boy, did both teams try.
In a game that looked like it should have been a blowout, the Wildcats somehow managed to keep up [...]