Stories by Liz Vukelich
Boo Nieves: scary fast
- Paul Sherman/Daily
BY LIZ VUKELICH
Just because it’s not easy to find bright spots in this year’s Michigan hockey team doesn’t mean they’re not there. They exist, they are just reflected in ways other than the team’s overall record. To find one, just look to forward Boo Nieves, the freshman currently leading the Wolverines in assists with 12.
Liz Vukelich: What is Michigan hockey?
- Paul Sherman/Daily
BY LIZ VUKELICH
KALAMAZOO — How do you know when you’re playing Michigan hockey?
It’s one of those phrases coaches and players like to throw around, but a difficult one to define.
Sweep eludes Wolverines as hockey falls to Lakers, 3-2
- Paul Sherman/Daily
BY LIZ VUKELICH
SAULT STE. MARIE — On the same night the NHL returned to the world following 116 days without a game, the Michigan hockey team sought to end a drought of its own and find the weekend sweep that it had failed to collect all season.
Michigan optimistic that road trip can spark run
- Paul Sherman/Daily
BY LIZ VUKELICH
It wouldn’t sound like it from the way he referred to his struggling hockey team as a “train wreck,” but Michigan coach Red Berenson is being cautiously optimistic about this weekend’s trip to Lake Superior State.
Notebook: Wolverines fail to capitalize on easy scoring chances
- Paul Sherman/Daily
BY LIZ VUKELICH
It one of those nights for Michigan. Despite outshooting Alaska, 31-28, the Wolverines struggled to find twine, even when it was practically handed to them on a silver platter.
Bowling Green easily handles Wolverines, 5-1
- Paul Sherman/Daily
BY LIZ VUKELICH
The Michigan hockey team’s matchup against Bowling Green was never expected to be perfect. But it should have been an improvement. But to put it gently, nothing quite worked out the way the Wolverines expected in the Falcons' 5-1 trouncing of Michigan on Tuesday night.
In front of Janecyk, Wolverines shutout Broncos to earn weekend split
- Paul Sherman/Daily
BY LIZ VUKELICH
By Saturday, after a disheartening loss against No. 7 Western Michigan the night before, the Michigan hockey team was willing to try just about anything that might change its fortune as it reached the midpoint of its season.
Notebook: Trouba named to WJC preliminary roster
- Patrick Barron/Daily
BY LIZ VUKELICH
On Tuesday, USA Hockey announced that Michigan freshman defenseman Jacob Trouba was named to the the United States’ World Junior team’s preliminary roster.
Berenson uses seniors to foster offensive confidence
- Patrick Barron/Daily
BY LIZ VUKELICH
Red Berenson’s decisions to change up the Michigan hockey team’s lines are nothing new. And changing them up with the team going through a recent slump is even less surprising.
Liz Vukelich: Hockey can get back on track in December
- Tracy Ko/Daily
BY LIZ VUKELICH
BIG RAPIDS — It’s funny how much the Michigan hockey team likes December. Go back to last season, when a Wolverine squad in the midst of a familiar fall slump trekked to Alaska during the first weekend of December. Friday night loss, then a Saturday night win. Commence a Michigan tear through the remainder of the month that culminated in a Great Lakes Invitational title.
