Michigan 2, Bowling Green 1 (quick update)

By Jason Paul | February 4, 2010

What, there was a game tonight?  Yeah, there was, and Michigan held on to defeat Bowling Green, 2-1, and can now finally fully focus on the outdoor game at Wisconsin Saturday.

The Wolverines jumped out to a 2-0 lead on power play goals by Matt Rust and Chris Brown at 12:05 and 13:16 of the opening stanza. The goals came during a five minute major penalty to Tommy Dee for checking from behind.

Tomas Petruska would respond for the Falcons a few minutes later, but that would do it for the scoring.

Bryan Hogan stopped 12 shots as the Wolverines defense shut down the Falcons offense.  Nick Eno made 28 saves for Bowling Green.

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Michigan 5, Michigan State 4 – Final

By Jason Paul | January 30, 2010

Game can be watched online for free at FoxSportsDetroit.com

Michigan is firing on all cylinders right now and jumped out to a 3-0 first period lead.

During 4×4 play, Chris Summers carried up the middle of the ice, split the defense, and slipped a shot on net that went under Palmisano and AJ Treais was there to knock in the loose puck.

Late in the period, the Wolverines would add two more goals.  Summers fired a knuckle-puck from the right point that deflected off two MSU players and trickled across the goal line.  Then later Chris Brown turned the corner on the red line, had the puck slide off his stick but right to Brian Lebler on the left slot and he banged it past Palmisano for the 3-0 lead.

MSU starts the second period with about 1:50 on the power play.  Shots in the first period were 14-6 Michigan.

Andrew Rowe with a shorthanded goal… 3-1 Michigan.

Jeff Petry shot is stopped by Hogan, big rebound to the left circle and Brett Perlini finds the far corner.  3-2 Michigan almost midway through the 2nd period.

Penalty on Carl Hagelin with about a minute left in the period.  MSU doesn’t score before the horn and will start the third period on the PP.  That period definitely belonged to MSU and this is anyone’s game.

Shots are 26-13 Michigan.  Scoring chances listed as 18-9 Michigan.  MSU is 0/3 on the PP and has just one shot on goal during those PPs.  Michigan is 0/4 with only three shots on goal.    Wow, that seems low.  Both teams have won 23 faceoffs.

50 seconds into the third period, Torey Krug throws a shot on goal, stopped in front, Jeff Petry jumps on it for the goal.  All tied up.

Penalty to Michigan for elbowing at 1:52 of the third.  Lebler in the box.

Hogan with a pair of big saves.  Minute left on the MSU PP.  Michigan back at full strength.

Shot off the end board, comes out the other side to Treais and he can’t control it… kicked it off his back skate to himself and missed getting a stick on it.  Had a slam dunk.

Michigan defense turns it over between the circles, quick shot by MSU and Hogan with the save.  11:05 left…

6:51 left, Dean Chelios picks the pocket of Ben Winnett behind the U-M net and throws it on net and slips the puck past Hogan.  4-3 Spartans on four unanswered goals.  Meltdown almost complete…

Penalty to Michigan for goalie interference.  Caporusso to the box with 6:11 left.  Dumb penalty on Louie’s part.  Meltdown continues…

5:48 left, Palmisano comes up big.  Eh, Rust didn’t really get a shot off, more just rolled off his stick, but he went flying over the top of Palmisano as Drew covered it up.

Hagelin steals the puck off the goalie’s stick, circles around, shot, blocked, rebound is knocked to Rust and he scores!  Huge shorthanded goal for the Wolverines.  All tied up again!

Penalty to Louie is over.  Four minutes left in regulation.

Loose puck in front of the MSU net, players banging at it… SCOOOORE!  Chris Brown!  2:07 left.  Brown with the shot in close, Palmisano was down with his leg stretched trying to hug the post, Brown kept whacking at the loose puck and finally slipped it in the corner with an MSU player in the net behind Drew trying to block the corner, too.

Empty net for the Spartans… puck in the netting, 1:09 left

Petry backhand shot, tipped in front and Hogan the save.  Some post-whistle pushing.  40.9 left

Empty net chance for Hagelin and he hits the side of the net.  Michigan tying the puck up in the MSU zone, Spartans can’t get out.  Long pass by MSU and it’s icing with 7.6 seconds left.

Lebler misses an empty net, but who cares… game over!  Great game!

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Michigan State 3, Michigan 2 – Final

By Jason Paul | January 29, 2010

Tonight’s game is on the Big Ten Network beginning at 7:05 p.m.  I will post updates here as I’m able to.

3rd Period

0:00 – Game is over, when it should be going to overtime.  You suck, Shegos!  Yeah, Michigan played like crap during the first 40 minutes.  But it’s a 60 minute game and they fought back during the final 20, and, not saying they deserved to win, but this game should have at least gone to over time.
0:08 – Penalty to Hagelin.  This one is pretty much over now.
0:32 – Michigan just got HOSED by Shegos.  Shot went off Palmisano’s glove, off the Michigan player’s chest, and rolled under Palmisano into the net, but Shegos blew the whistle quick and no goal.  That pretty much sums it up!
0:48 – First minute of the PP was bad.  Couldn’t set up anything and MSU kept clearing.  Now an empty net for Michigan.  Rust with a semi-open net and he sweeps the puck wide.  Shot by Moffie from the blue line is grabbed by Palmisano.
2:38 – Spartans goal is waived off.  Weak puck on Hogan goes off his stick straight into the air above the crease.  Summers tries to glove the puck but is nailed from behind before touching it by Andrew Rowe.  Rowe then gets the puck and puts it in the net.  Now called no goal and a penalty on Rowe.  Can they call a penalty on a review?  Then again, it’s Shegos and Wilkins, so anything is possible.
5:17 – Palmisano hangs on to a shot from the right boards.
6:46 – Michigan back to full strength
8:46 – Penalty to Luke Glendening for hooking.  17 seconds of 5×3 for MSU.
10:29 – Penalty to Michigan… They called Kampfer for elbowing on that?!  Even Fred Pletch was speechless when asked “what do you think about that?  A penalty on Kampfer?”  MSU player dumped the puck in, Kampfer hit him as he turned his body away, elbow did not make contact.  Ugh.
11:40 – Major penalty is over.
11:55 – Offsides on Michigan.  15 seconds left on the PP.
13:34 – Huge save by Palmisano.  Hagelin comes in off the right boards 2×1, centers in front to Kevin Lynch all alone and he fired it right into Palmisano (had the left side of the net open).  Rebound drops in front and Michigan can’t knock it in as Palmisano falls on it.
15:09 – Shot by Langlais held on to by Palmisano for the whistle.
16:15 – Bork! Bork! Bork! Hagelin on the PP gets the puck on the right side of the crease and sweeps the puck into the net.  U-M still on the PP.  Michigan still on a the one-man PP for four minutes.
16:42 – The penalties: Matt Grassi gets a 5 minute major for MSU is the big one.  Maybe for grabbing someone’s face mask?  Don’t know, they didn’t show a replay of it.  Michigan on a 5×3 for two full minutes.
16:42 – Penalty coming to MSU.  Now a lot of post-whistle scrumming.  Both boxes are full.  Still waiting for the penalties to get sorted out.
17:08 – Tropp gets the puck slipped to him heading to the net. Initial shot is stopped by Hogan, but he gets his own rebound and sneaks it in the corner.
17:55 – Penalties to Wohlberg and Torey Krug.  4×3 PP for MSU now.
18:06 – They called Lebler for roughing for that?!  Really?  God that’s lame.  Post-whistle, Lebler and a Spartan got tied up, the MSU player actually initiated the tie up, but Lebler was last to respond with a little shove so he’s gone to the box.

2nd Period

Apologies for the lack of updates this period.  I’m kinda at work =)

0:00 – End of the 2nd period: MSU 2, U-M 0
2:40 – Andrew Rowe beats Hogan shortside from the left dot.  Spartans up 2-0.
5:31 – Penalty to Greg Pateryn
6:02 – Shot by Moffie from the left circle is stopped by Palmisano and he covers as the penalty expires.
7:09 – Michigan did a good job of controlling the first minute of the PP, just no good shots on goal.  Shot off a leg into the netting.
8:03 – Penalty to MSU
10:00 – Michigan State just killed a penalty.  Score is still 1-0 State.

1st Period

0:00 – End of the 1st period: MSU 1, U-M 0
0:11 – Puck knocked on net and Palmisano covers as the MSU penalty expires.
0:40 – Another horrid PP by Michigan.  Can’t get set up, Spartans skating the puck around in the U-M zone, dumping it back to their zone, their player stands around with the puck killing time.  Ugh.
2:11 – Tripping on Michigan State
3:00 – Shots are 12-5 Michigan State
4:44 – Corey Tropp scores on the PP unassisted
5:49 – Carl Hagelin steals the puck in front of the MSU net, he shoots while falling down and the shot misses high and wide.  Penalty coming up to Michigan.
9:20 – 3×1 for MSU, great passing, pass right to left and the shot goes wide.
9:31 – 2×1 for MSU, centering pass is tipped.  3×2 for U-M the other way.  Shot in front is blocked, Glendening with a rebound spin-o-rama doesn’t get much on it and Palmisano covers for the whistle.
10:31 – Icing on Michigan.
11:56 – Penalty to Michigan is over.  Big hit by Zach Josepher.
13:00 – Michigan had a 3×1 chance but lost control at the MSU blue line.  MSU with a 2×1 the other way, great move by the MSU forward to get Hogan to go down, go around him, tried to slam it in and Chris Summers blocked the post to keep this one scoreless.
13:56 – Penalty to Michigan
14:57 – Centering pass by Langlais and the redirect just misses
15:38 – Good save by Bryan Hogan
16:58 – Penalty is over.
17:45 – Ugly PP so far.  Can’t set up, the Spartans are controlling the puck more passing around and standing still in their zone wasting clock.  Really, just standing still with the puck waiting for someone from U-M to pressure them.
18:58 – Penalty to Michigan State – Brock Shelgren for cross checking
20:00 – Puck has dropped.  Go Blue!

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Outdoor game officially announced and named…

By Jason Paul | January 28, 2010

“The Big Chill at The Big House.”  Eh… yeah…

My friend asked if The Cold War II: The Electric Boogaloo already taken, thus I will now refer to this game in all further updates as such.

MGoBlue.com has the official press release and there’s a link at the top to a video preview as well.

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DetNews: The Cold War II coming to The Big House

By Jason Paul | January 27, 2010

The Detroit News is reporting that a deal between Michigan and Michigan State was recently finalized and the two in-state rivals will meet outdoors at Michigan Stadium on December 11 at 3 p.m.

The first outdoor game between the two schools, dubbed “The Cold War,” took place before a world record crowd of 74,544 fans at Spartan Stadium on October 6, 2001, and ended in a 3-3 tie.

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Fallon joins Ice

By Jason Paul | January 22, 2010

Michigan recruit Jacob Fallon has joined the Indiana Ice of the USHL.  Fallon recently left the U.S. National Team Development Program Under-18 Team amid an accusation of off-ice wrongdoing.  Fallon joining the Ice should reassure Michigan fans that he remains committed to the Wolverines, as it’s known that the Seattle Thunderbirds, who own his WHL rights, contacted him about going the major junior route.

According to Michael Spath and Bob Miller at The Wolverine, U-M remains committed to Fallon, Jon Merrill, and Kevin Clare, the latter two who were also part of the accusations and suspended until the end of the month.

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Fallon leaves NTDP; others suspended (UPDATED)

By Jason Paul | January 19, 2010

No more word has come out after last week’s USHR report on the sexual harassment allegations against four U.S. National Team Development Program players, three of whom are University of Michigan recruits.  However, yesterday forward Jacob Fallon, a 2010 Wolverine recruit, had his name taken off the roster list on USA Hockey’s website.  The other three players involved all remain on the roster.  So take it for what you will for the time being.

UPDATE: According to Dean Millard of The Pipeline Show with Dean Millard and Guy Flaming, U-M recruit Jacob Fallon has voluntarily left the NTDP.  They said Fallon was not suspended but chose to leave the program after talking with the coaching staff.  No word yet if he will go somewhere else (if he can at this point in the season) and honor his Michigan commitment or go the major junior route.

The other three players involved—Matthew Nieto and Michigan recruits Kevin Clare and Jon Merrill—are all suspended until January 31 for “a violation of team rules,” according to Millard.

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Nanooks down Wolverines in shootout

By Jason Paul | January 16, 2010

Quick update…

Michigan staged a two goal comeback and tied the game 3-3 late in regulation on a goal by Chad Langlais.  After a scoreless overtime period, the Wolverines had their first ever league shootout and lost 1-0.  Dion Knelsen scored the lone shootout goal.

So while the  game will officially go down as a tie in terms of NCAA standings, in terms of league standings the Nanooks picked up two points tonight and the Wolverines take one point.  Michigan is four points behind Alaska and five points behind Lake Superior for fourth place, but have two games in hand on both teams.

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Michigan 6, Alaska 0 – Final

By Jason Paul | January 15, 2010

LIVE STREAM at Fox Sports Detroit

2nd Period

9:24 – Another Nanook penalty for interference.

8:44 – Penalties to both teams are over.

6:44 – Penalties to both teams.  4×4 for two minutes.  UA for interference, Kevin Lynch for roughing after the whistle.  Just saw the replay.  Lynch got two minutes for that??  Really?!  Rust with a check at the whistle, a UA player then shoves him, Lynch skates in and pushes the guy away on his arm/shoulder.  No punch or even scuffle.  Just a typical shove off.  Lame.

4:30 – Lebler hits the post!

3:28 – SCORE! A.J. Treais redirects a centering pass from Ben Winnett at the top of the crease past Thompson.

00:37 – Penalty to UA is over.

00:00 – Steve Thompson replaced Scott Greenham in net for the Nanooks.  It’s Thompson’s college debut.  Well, that’s getting tossed right into the fire.

1st Period

20:00 – End of the first period – Michigan 3, Alaska 0. Three goals in a minute and a half span blows open the game and U-M starts the second period with 34 seconds left on the PP.

18:34 – And now another Michigan PP.

18:23 - SCORE! Brian Lebler with a wrist shot from the top of the right circle beats the blocker of Greenham in the far top corner.  Assist to Ben Winnett.

17:26 - SCORE! Chris Brown redirects a shot by Steve Kampfer on the PP.  2-0 Wolverines!

17:00 – SCORE! Lee Moffie with two seconds left on the 4×4.  Rust and Hagelin did a great job keeping the puck in the zone and knocking it to the corner.  Hagelin scoops it up and finds Moffie cutting in from the point all alone in front for the goal.

16:09 – Kevin Lynch steals at the U-M blue line, heads in one-on-one and gets taken down.  Penalty to the Nanooks.  4×4 for about a minute, then a Michigan PP.

15:03 – Penalty to Michigan.

12:35 – Snooze fest going on.  Alaska doesn’t play the most exciting brand of hockey, nor do they allow it.

9:15 – Nanooks kill both penalties and looked very solid doing it.

7:13 – Caporusso draws another penalty.  5×3 for 50 sec.

6:05 – UA had a good chance that went over the net.  Penalty to Alaska coming up…Dion Knelson in the box.

5:30 – No score, not much action.  Alaska clogging the zones and not allowing Michigan to open up the offense.  Caporusso had one decent chance.

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Watch tonight’s game online

By Jason Paul | January 15, 2010

If you don’t get Fox Sports Plus, you can watch tonight’s game between Michigan and Alaska online at foxsportsdetroit.com.    Live stream link is just under the main story.

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