What happened last weekend? After struggling the previous weekend against the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks, the Michigan Tech Huskies had a week off. The down time gave the Huskies a chance to work on areas of their game which had not been as sharp as others, including board battles on the forecheck and goaltending. Coming off a strong showing on the road against the Mavericks during the last week of October, the Bemidji
Michigan Tech traveled this weekend, the longest road trip of the year, and came up short, getting swept by a very good Denver Pioneer team, 5-1 and 5-2. Even though Michigan Tech out shot it’s opponent both nights, they could not get shots past the top goaltending duo the WCHA and struggled to stop the Pioneer offense. The Pioneers now have scored 5 or more goals in every game this year. Friday The Huskies sta
What happened last weekend? The Michigan Tech Huskies proved to the then-No. 1 Minnesota Golden Gophers that every Western Collegiate Hockey Association weekend is a tough one, as the Huskies won Friday night 5–3 and skated to a 2–2 tie until the final 3:35 Saturday night. Freshman winger Alex Petan earned the No. 3 spot in the ESPN Top Plays of Friday night with his highlight reel goal. The No. 5 Denver Pioneers rol
Michigan Tech started the 2012–13 conference play against the #1 ranked Minnesota Gophers. With Pheonix Copley anchoring the home team in net, the Huskies came out and dominated the Gophers, coming away with a 5-3 win on Friday night. The second game of the weekend fans saw a different Huskies team, one that was outplayed and frustrated by an aggressive Gopher forecheck. Eventually the Huskies fell to the Gophers 3-2
What happened last weekend? The Huskies surrendered a goal just 41 seconds into Thursday night’s season opener in Sault Ste. Marie before notching the next two goals when sophomore winger Blake Pietila scored in the second period and junior center Dennis Rix scored a power play goal early in the third. Freshman goaltender Pheonix Copley surrendered the game’s next three goals in a 4–2 loss to the Lake Superior
Michigan Tech started the 2012–13 regular season on Thursday at Lake Superior State and were unable to hold on to a 2–1 lead in the third period , falling to the Lakers 4–2. The rematch was Saturday night in Houghton, where the home team came out strong and took a 3–0 lead after one period. The Lakers found their feet and scored a few goals, but the Huskies’ offense was too much, adding five more goals en route to an
Michigan Tech stayed in Colorado Springs after getting swept at Colorado College the last weekend of the regular season. The extra time in the altitude and an olympic sheet to practice on helped the Huskies prepare for best-of-three rematch against the Tigers. It paid off with a solid start Friday night and continued into Saturday, and the Huskies trailed only once the entire weekend. Michigan Tech booked their ticke
HOUGHTON, Mich. — Michigan Tech suffered its first home loss of the season Saturday night as the Minnesota State Mavericks doubled up the Huskies, 6–3. On a night when 500 free tickets for kids pushed attendance to 3,618, costly turnovers and penalties committed by the Huskies let the visitors hang around long enough to mount a spirited three-goal charge in the third period to break a 3-3 tie and put the game out of