Ice Hockey
Mark Burns: My sincere apologies to Louie Caporusso
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By: Mark Burns
Caporusso hadn’t been playing that far off his potential and for me to come out and blatantly call him a “ghost” on the ice was clearly wrong — it just took him a little longer to hit that Hobey-Bakeresque level everyone caught a glimpse of last season.
Mark Burns: Michigan hockey showed promise in demolishing the Spartans
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By: Mark Burns
EAST LANSING — Call it a shellacking, a woodshed beating or just pure domination, the Michigan hockey team beat Michigan State in every facet of the game in its CCHA quarterfinal sweep of the Spartans this past weekend.
Michigan sweeps Michigan State to advance to CCHA semifinals
By: Tim Rohan
The Wolverines had just beat rival Michigan State 5-3 on the Spartans' home ice to sweep the second-round CCHA playoff series 2-0.
Wolverines get goals in clutch situations for sweep of Spartans
By: Michael Florek
EAST LANSING — The Michigan hockey team landed its final blow long after the game was over.
Fresh off of their sweep of No. 2 seed Michigan State, the Wolverines lined up and faced the glass in Munn Ice Arena. As they raised their sticks in salute, the large concentration of maize-clad fans overtook the building with Michigan cheers.
Wolverines beat Spartans 5-3 to sweep CCHA quarterfinals series
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By: Michael Florek
The Michigan hockey team finally put its bout of inconsistency behind it this weekend with a 5-3 win over Michigan State Saturday night after a 5-1 victory the night before over the Spartans to advance to the CCHA semifinals.
Wolverines grab first win at Munn Ice Arena this season, lead playoff series with Spartans 1-0
By: Tim Rohan
After besting the Spartans 5-1 Friday night, Michigan is well on its way to proving its doubters wrong. It seemed like Michigan State didn’t have a shot from the drop of the puck.
Wolverines hope to overcome 1-3 season record against rival Spartans in CCHA quarterfinal matchup
By: Ryan Kartje
The Michigan hockey team’s season has been one chock-full of storylines. The team's 19-year NCAA Tournament streak is in jeopardy. Its goaltender is injured. And now a senior captain who won’t play in the team’s most important games of the season against rival Michigan State, a best-of-three series that starts tonight.
Kampfer excels in heightened role on the blue line during senior year
By: Mark Burns
Plus-minus ratings don’t necessarily tell the whole story of a hockey player’s performance — a particular individual may just be fortunate or unfortunate enough to be on the ice for a goal or a goal against.
With Summers doubtful, Moffie readies to play big role in CCHA quarterfinals
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By: Michael Florek
If Summers doesn’t play Friday, his replacement will be freshman defenseman Lee Moffie, who has played in just 25 games, far fewer than the 161 games of work in four years Summers has amassed.
Walk-on Rohrkemper scores first career goal against Lakers
By: Tim Rohan
Jeff Rohrkemper cut his spring break short last week, coming back to Ann Arbor early to work on his shot — and that extra work paid off this weekend.
