Stories by Zach Helfand
More of the same in Michigan's loss in Alaska
BY ZACH HELFAND
FAIRBANKS — In the northernmost trip the No. 19 Michigan hockey team will make all season, the Wolverines hit a new south. It was the same routine for Michigan after a 4-3 loss to Alaska (Fairbanks) on Friday that dropped it to under .500.
'M' hockey must combat losing culture to end skid in Alaska
- Adam Schnitzer/Daily
BY ZACH HELFAND
Shawn Hunwick hears it at the rink. He hears it at home. His friends and people on the street ask him, “What the hell is going on?"
• ON THE SHORTHAND: Michigan at Alaska
Notebook: Losses becoming contagious for 'M' hockey
- Jed Moch/Daily
BY ZACH HELFAND
Senior forward Luke Glendening slammed his stick against the ice after Union’s fifth goal on Sunday. Junior forward A.J. Treais did the same after the sixth, then threw his arms up in frustration.
Ohio State buries Michigan in first sweep at Yost since 1986
- Jed Moch/Daily
BY ZACH HELFAND
Michigan coach Red Berenson almost always opens his postgame press conference with some opening remarks, but then again, the Michigan hockey team almost never gets swept at Yost Ice Arena.
• ANALYSIS: Five-minute penalty kill finishes Wolverines
• NOTEBOOK: Third and fourth lines lone bright spots as Wolverines swept at Yost
Second line provides offensive spark behind two horses and Phil
- Alden Reiss/Daily
BY ZACH HELFAND
Berenson said that his second line — consisting Treais, Brown and Di Giuseppe — has become the “offensive spark” for the team. Together, they rank second, third and fourth on the team points list.
Frustration for Michigan as road, Friday woes mount
BY ZACH HELFAND
OXFORD — In years past, Michigan hockey teams have had enough talent that they could waltz into places like Oxford, Ohio with less than their best effort and still salvage wins.
Berenson: ‘Our team won’t win without Greg Pateryn playing well’
- Adam Glanzman/Daily
BY ZACH HELFAND
Shawn Hunwick says that everybody who plays for the Michigan hockey team has two personalities. One is the everyday personality. For Hunwick, the fifth-year senior goalie, that personality manifests itself in self-described “goofball-ness.”
Zach Helfand: Hustle must carry hockey
- Adam Schnitzer/Daily
BY ZACH HELFAND
If you want to know why the Michigan hockey team lost on Friday against Western Michigan and won on Saturday, don’t look at the box score.
Offense faces test in hockey's series against No. 4 Western Michigan
- Marissa McClain/Daily
BY ZACH HELFAND
The Michigan hockey team stole one last year against Western Michigan. The Wolverines scored with 40 seconds left in regulation with their goalie pulled to tie the game. Then they scored again with just three seconds remaining in overtime to pull off their wildest win of the season on senior night.
• VIDEO: Quick Hits: Chris Brown
• VIDEO: On The Shorthand: UM vs. WMU
Offense makes statement in hockey's win over Ferris State
- Adam Glanzman/Daily
BY ZACH HELFAND
Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson said that the fourth-ranked Wolverines had something to prove in their series against No. 6 Ferris State. Michigan holds the higher ranking, but the Bulldogs brought an undefeated record with them to Yost Ice Arena.
