Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association rankings   Division 1   1. Detroit Catholic Central (Novi)   2. Orchard Lake St Mary's   3. Brighton   4. Livonia Churchill   5. Novi   6. Grosse Pointe North   7. Utica Eisenhower   8. Howell   9. South Lyon   10. Livonia Stevenson       Division 2   1. Blo ...

courtesy OurMidland.com   Nick Mammel scored the game-winning goal with 1:14 left as Midland High clinched its third straight Saginaw Valley League hockey title outright on Wednesday night with a 2-1 SVL victory over Bay City at the Midland Civic Arena. "It was definitely a hard-fought game," Chemics' coach Jeff Brown said. "They (Bay City) had a good game plan. They packed it in well and blocked a lot of shots. They really made us work hard for it. It was ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Tom Mitsos   Saginaw Heritage's struggling power play found some life as it scored two power-play goals en route to a victory against Mount Pleasant on senior night for Saginaw Heritage. "It was a sloppy game," Saginaw Heritage coach JJ Bamberger said. "Special teams was better, which was a good sign for us." Tim Cornford scored two goals and Steven Jackson netted two assists for Saginaw Heritage. Saginaw Heritage o ...

courtesy Mlive.com   TRENTON - The Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern/Northern hockey team scored three power play goals and Saginaw Heritage drew a blank on six power play chances to set the table for Forest Hills' victory Saturday at the Trenton Showcase.   Brad Reitter scored two goals and recorded an assist for Forest Hills while teammate Chris Hollemans finished with four assists.   Trevor Bremer recorded the goal for Saginaw Heritage, which is 6 ...

courtesy mlive.com by Jon Rzepecki    Nate Bryant had a hat trick to lead Saginaw Swan Valley-Hemlock over host Freeland Carrollton. Hayden Ray added two goals and an assist, while teammates Brian Fisk and Nate Zastrow each added a goal.   Erik Federspiel had a game-high five assists. Fisk added four assists to tie Federspiel in points, with five.   Valley-Hemlock goaltender Niklas Nieme saved all nine of Freeland=Carrollton's shots. ...

courtesy OurMidland.com'     All the bounces were going Dow High's way Wednesday night in the third period against Midland High. The Chargers had scored two goals in the period to tie the game at 3-3. But the Chemics' Thomas Smith got a great bounce off the boards and broke the tie with 2:12 left to lift Midland to a 5-3 Saginaw Valley League win at the Midland Civic Arena. "I got nervous there for a second," said a smiling Smith. "We j ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Sean Lutz     Steven Jackson's third-period goal was the difference for Saginaw Heritage in its win over Bay Area Thunder.   Jackson found the back of the net at the 7:44 mark to break the tie. He was assisted on the goal by Tyler Angers.   The Hawks (6-10) fell behind 1-0 in the first period but managed to tie the game in the second thanks to Jacob Tweedle's goal with 2:44 remaining. Jacob Schwartz assisted on ...

courtesy Mlive.com Jonathan Van Zytveld     The Bay City Wolves defeated Mt Pleasant on Wednesday at Mt Pleasant.   After a scoreless first period, Mt Pleasant scored a single goal to combat the Wolves' two. The Wolves kept up the strong offense in the final period with two more goals to close out the game.   Ethan Jacobs led the Wolves with three goals.   Nathan Pittsley topped Mt Pleasant with a single goal.   ...

courtesy OurMidland.com     Travis McNally scored the go-ahead goal with 1:10 remaining as Dow High beat DeWitt 4-2 on Friday night in a nonleague hockey game at the Midland Civic Arena. "It was definitely a good win," Chargers' coach Dick Blasy said. "But we really have to start playing more inspired hockey with the playoffs around the corner."   Dow's David Laursen fed Trevor Roberts for a goal with 6:13 left in the fi ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Tom Mitsos   The last 1:30 ended with three goals scored as the Bay City Wolves outlasted Saginaw Heritage (5-10, 3-3). Leading 2-1, with 48 seconds left, Bay City scored an empty-net goal to all but seal the win for the Wolves. However, Saginaw's Trevor Bremer scored 10 seconds later to get within one, but Saginaw could not score another goal to force overtime. "It was a scoring barrage to end the game," Saginaw coach JJ Bambur ...

courtesy OurMidland.com   FLINT -- Thomas Smith scored a pair of goals as Midland High beat Flint Powers 4-1 in nonleague hockey action on Wednesday night. "It was a good win for us. We played three complete periods," Chemics' coach Jeff Brown said.   Smith got his first goal with four minutes left in the first period. He was assisted by Steve Trombley and Nick Mammel. Lukas Smillie put the Chemics up 2-0 just over a minute later with a goal a ...

courtesy OurMidland.com by John Kennett     Despite the key addition of defenseman Trevor Roberts, the Dow High hockey team couldn't quite get past Saginaw Heritage, which beat the Chargers 3-2 on Tyler Angers' goal in overtime in Saginaw Valley League action at the Midland Civic Arena.   "I thought both teams played hard," said Chargers' coach Dick Blasy, who got 38 saves from Striker. "We both had quality chances. They just h ...

courtesy Mlive.com Erich T. Doerr     BAY CITY — Regulation wasn't enough time to settle Wednesday's game between the Bay Area Thunder hockey team and the Tri-City Titans but neither was overtime. A rally in the last five minutes by the Thunder tied the game but the teams ended up with a 3-3 tie after neither team was able to score in the extra session. Both coaches agreed the teams were as evenly matched as the score implies. "The kids com ...

  Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association rankings:   Division 1 1. Detroit Catholic Central (Novi) 2. Orchard Lake St Mary's 3. Livonia Churchill 4. Brighton 5. Grosse Pointe North 6. Livonia Stevenson 7. Novi 8. Howell 9. St Clair Shores 10. Lake Orion   Division 2 1. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 2. Trenton 3. Port Huron Northern 4. Marquette 5. Traverse City Central 6. Midland ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Geoff Mott   SAGINAW — A quick offensive start and 26 saves from goaltender Kevin Cressey lifted the Heritage hockey team to a 3-1 upset win over host Bay City Wolves. The Hawks, who led 2-0 through two periods, improved to 4-8 (2-2). The Bay City Wolves fell to (4-8, 2-2 Saginaw Valley League). The Warriors fell to 11-2 (3-2). “(Heritage) scored two in the first three minutes and we had ourselves in a hole," Wolves coach Mike Ka ...

  SAGINAW - After a 1-1 tie heading into the final period, the Swan Valley/Hemlock Titans shot three goals defeated visiting Mt Pleasant 4-1 in non-league action Wednesday. Brian Fisk shot 2 goals and had and an assist for the Titans and Eric Federspiel had 1 goal and 1 assist, while Nate Bryan notched a goal. Netminder Niklas Nieme made 23 saves and added an assist. The Titans improve to 10-3 and plays Linden on Friday. ...

  TRAVERSE CITY - The Chemics rallied from a 4-1 defecit at the end of the second period to force overtime with Phil Parks scoring to beat Hartford 5-4 in overtime Friday. Elliott Digison, Nick Mammel, Thomas Smith and Jason Regier also scored a goal for Midland. The Chemics outshot Hartford 30-18 on the night. Midland High (6-2)  takes on cross town rival Midland Dow on Wednesday at the Midland Civic Arena. . ...

After falling behind by a single goal in the first period, the Titans rallied for 3 golas to down the Mid-Michigan Storm 3-1 Wednesday.   Garrett Culver led the Titans with two goals, while Nate Bryant scored the other Titan goal. Erik Federspiel and Hayden Ray each tallied two assists and Brian Fisk notched one.   Titans goaltender Niklas Niemi had 12 stops in the net.   The Titans are getting off to a great start with a 6-1 record and travel ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Geoff Mott   MIDLAND — Midland High scored a pair of power-play goals early in the third period and held on for a 4-3 win over Heritage Wednesday in ice hockey.   Heritage led 1-0 after one period before the defending Saginaw Valley League champion Chemics rallied to tie the game at 2-2 through two periods. Heritage pulled within one goal by scoring with 1:56 left in the game, but the Hawks couldn’t find the equalizer.   ...

courtesy OurMidland.com   The Freeland/Carrollton Grizzlies earned their first won of the hockey season and took second place at the Grand Ledge tournament over the weekend. On Friday, the Grizzlies defeated the Unity Knights 6-4 on the strength of three goals and two assists by Austin Popour. Garett Medina added two goals, Nate Phillips had a goal and an assist, Evan Gennrich and Blake Desander each had two assists, and Stu Dix had one assist.   On Saturda ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Erich T. Doerr   BAY CITY — The Bay Area Thunder hockey team opened up 2-0 lead in the first period of its game Friday against the Mid-Michigan Storm. The Bay City team went on to control the game and shut out its foe from Gladwin 3-0.   "Everybody played," Thunder coach Dave LaCourt said. "We were able to use all our lines."   Adam Beuthin, Lakin Radeka and Drew Hanover each had one goal for the Thunde ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Erich T. Doerr   BAY CITY — After suffering a loss last week Midland High the Bay City Wolves hockey team was looking to exact a little payback on the city against its district sibling Midland Dow. The Wolves would do just that pulling out to a 4-1 lead in the first period and defeating the Chargers 6-4.   "We got a needed win," Wolves coach Mike Kayner said. "It was important to comeback and get these points after ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Adam Bouton   MOUNT PLEASANT — Seven different Heritage hockey players scored Wednesday in the Hawks' 8-2 victory over host Mount Pleasant.   Trevor Bremer led the way for Heritage (1-2, 1-0 Saginaw Valley League) with two goals and one assists. Tim Cornford, Jacob Mackey, Jacob Tweedle, Tom Angers, Sami Abdelaziz and Steven Jackson all also scored for the Hawks.   Brandon Karl earned the win in goal for the Hawks. ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Adam Bouton   GLADWIN — Chantz Graham scored four goals Wednesday and Nouvel Catholic Central scored four unanswered goals in the second period to cruise to an 8-3 victory over Mid-Michigan Storm.   Graham scored in each period and finished with four goals and one assist for the Panthers. Nouvel teammate Josh Koepplinger also contributed one goal and five assists for six points.   The two teams were tied 1-1 after one peri ...

courtesy OurMidland.com   Visiting Haslett defeated the Freeland/Carrollton Grizzlies 8-1 in hockey action Wednesday night at the Midland Civic Arena.   Stu Dix scored the Grizzlies' only goal, and Andre Danek played in net for the Grizzlies. Freeland/Carrollton (0-7-0) visits Grand Ledge on Friday. . ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Sean Lutz   FLUSHING — Seven goals in the second period helped the Tri-Valley Titans post a 7-5 win over Flushing Saturday.   Six different players scored a goal for the Titans (4-1). Nate Bryant led the team with two goals. Garrett Culver, Brian Fisk, Josh Klingler, Hayden Ray and Nate Zastro all recorded a goal. Ray and Eric Federspiel each had a team-high two assists.   Flushing had more shots on goal, 25-23. Goalkeeper ...

courtesy mlive.com by Adam Bouton   SAGINAW — Another year has passed and not much has changed on the ice between Swan Valley-Hemlock and Bay Area Thunder.   After Swan Valley-Hemlock scored the game-tying goal with just 4.8 seconds left in regulation Wednesday, Brian Fisk capped off the comeback scoring the game-winner in overtime to hand the Titans a 5-4 win over Bay Area Thunder.   The Thunder had rallied from a 3-1 deficit after two periods ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Anthony Fontana   BAY CITY — The Bay City Wolves' 21-17 shots on goal deficit wasn't concerning to Wolves coach Mike Kayner.  It was the Wolves' 8-0 deficit on the scoreboard that had Kayner worried.    "We're going to have to use this as a learning experience," Kayner said. "We have to put together a better effort and learn from this."   After falling behind 3-0 after the ...

courtesy OurMidland.com by John Kennett The Midland High hockey team took its first step Saturday toward what it hopes will be a third consecutive trip to the state semifinals. The result, a 7-3 loss to Birmingham Brother Rice in Midland's season opener at the Midland Civic Arena, wasn't what the Chemics hoped for. However, Midland came away with a better understanding of where it needs to improve. "We learned a lot playing a good team like that," said Chemic ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Greg Tunnicliff FLINT TOWNSHIP, Michigan — Derek Makimaa's unassisted goal with 5:02 left in the second period broke a tie game and sent Swartz Creek on to a 3-2 non-league hockey victory over Saginaw Swan Valley-Hemlock Saturday at Flint Iceland Arenas. Josh Smith and Brandyn Matte each had one goal and Trenton Sheick had two assists for Swartz Creek (3-1). Garrett Culver and Brian Fisk each had one goal for Swan Valley-Hemlock. ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Adam Bouton MIDLAND — Following a big win over Heritage to open its season, the Swan Valley-Hemlock boys hockey team didn't let that momentum drain Tuesday, beating Mid-Michigan at Midland Civic Arena, 6-1. Hayden Ray had two goals, while Zach Mendoza, Travis Baase, Greyson Curry and Garrett Culver each lit the net for the Titans (2-0). Eric Federspiel added two assists and Niklas Niemi made 10 saves in goal for Swan Valley-Hemlock. "I was ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Dan Genter BAY CITY — The Bay Area Thunder ice hockey team scored early and often en route to a convincing 10-2 victory over Freeland-Carrollton on Wednesday. "It was good to get the first win out of the way," Thunder coach Dave LaCourt said. "Everybody played well. It was whole team effort." The Thunder jumped out early, leading 4-0 after the first period and 9-2 through two periods. Adam Beuthin and Reid Alexander paced the ...