Page 7 - Mel Pearson News Today

This past week saw Ethan Edwards and Luke Hughes prepare for the Frozen Four, Nikola Pasic help his team avoid relegation, Jakub Malek play for his team in a championship final, and Tyce Thompson return for the Utica Comets.

Michigan is heading to Boston for it's NCAA-leading 26th Frozen Four, hoping to add to its NCAA-leading nine National Champions banners. Since I started closely following Michigan Hockey back in my freshman year of 2003-04, the Wolverines have made it to the final weekend just three times. In April 2008, Michigan was the best team in the country, flying through the CCHA and Albany Regional, led by Hobey Baker winner Kevin Porter and his winger Chad Kolarik. Everything Porter touched that se...

New Jersey Devils & Related Hockey Links for 4/1/22

In winning the Big Ten tournament this year and making a return trip to the Frozen Four for the first time since 2018, coach Mel Pearson admits seeing a few of the advantages that COVID might have brought their way.

2/25/2022 – Notre Dame 4, Michigan 1 – 25-8-1 (16-4-0-3 B1G)  2/26/2022 – Notre Dame 2, Michigan 1 – 25-9-1 (16-5-0-3 B1G)  Playing Notre Dame in hockey is a decent microcosm of what it's like to play any team in the NCAA Hockey Tournament. In my five years covering the Michigan hockey team, one thing has always been true about playing Notre Dame: you have to get the first goal in order to have a good chance of winning. If you get the first goal, you force Notre Dame to open it up...

This week’s update features Luke Hughes scoring a highlight reel goal for Michigan, Arseni Gritsyuk winning a Silver Medal in the Olympics, and Alexander Holtz continuing to score for Utica.

This week’s update features Luke Hughes starring for Michigan, a duo of Devils prospects named to Russia’s preliminary Olympic roster, and Nate Schnarr continuing his breakout season with the Utica Comets.

We knew this was coming but now we know it for real: Matty Beniers and Brendan Brisson are going to the Beijing Olympics in February as part of Team USA's Olympic men's hockey squad, as announced last night. Also, though not entirely official, it appears extremely likely that Kent Johnson and Owen Power will be named to Canada's team in the coming few days:  Hearing Canada will name Owen Power and 19 year old Port Moody native Kent Johnson as 2 NCAA players from Michigan to repre...

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The Michigan Difference As a Michigan fan, I, like so many of us, have wrapped my identity as a Michigan fan in the idea that Michigan is "Different."  A different, higher standard of on-field excellence. A different, higher standard of off-field achievement. A different, higher standard of ethics and integrity.