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The Matchup
It’s hockey playoff time again and this weekend the Huskies will travel to Denver, CO, to face the top-ranked Pioneers. The Huskies finished the regular season 34 points behind the WCHA Regular Season Champs, but they seem determined to make the tenth playoff meeting between these two an interesting one.
Needing a win to move into third in the WCHA Standings, at least for the time being, the No. 7 North Dakota overcame two hockey Huskies’ power play goals en route to a 3-2 win at the Ralph Engelstad Arena on the final night of the WCHA Regular Season.
North Dakota
After dropping back-to-back 5-2 losses to the No. 3 Wisconsin Badgers to end the home portion of their schedule, the Huskies head back out on the road for their final WCHA series of the season against the No. 7 North Dakota Fighting Sioux.
The Sioux (18-11-5 overall, 13-10-3 WCHA) are fresh off a sweep of the Colorado College Tigers, and currently hold the final home playoff spot with 29 points.
After falling to the Wisconsin Badgers 5-2 last night, the hockey Huskies enter Saturday night looking to split the series, and send the six seniors off a victory in their final home game as a Husky. Josh Robinson will need to come up big, as Kevin Genoe notched 58 saves in last night’s loss. Below is the Lode’s exclusive live blog of Saturday’s Huskies/Badgers game.
Whether it’s inclement weather or hot goaltending, the No. 3 Wisconsin Badgers have had their share of troubles during their last three trips to Houghton to face the hockey Huskies. Tonight was no exception as the Huskies got superb goaltending from Kevin Genoe, who made 58 saves. The Badgers did manage two power play goals to skate away with a 5-2 win at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena.
The Michigan Tech Huskies hockey team, which has already faced the toughest schedule in all of Division I college hockey, will face the No. 2 Wisconsin Badgers on Friday night for the first night of the final home weekend of Husky hockey. Check out the full preview of this weekend’s games. Below is the live blog for tonight’s game. Don’t forget to check back shortly after game completion for a complete wrap-up.
As the 2009-10 WCHA Regular Season comes to a close for the Huskies, they have one last home series against the No. 3Wisconsin Badgers before finishing on the road at No. 8 North Dakota. This means there’s one last chance for fans to see Ryan Bunger, Drew Dobson, captain Malcolm Gwilliam, John Kivisto, Mike VanWagner and Eli Vlaisavljevich before graduation.
Despite trailing early, the No. 2 Denver Pioneers notched four goals in a little over eight minutes to cruise to a 5-3 victory Saturday night over the hockey Huskies, their eighth straight win. Anthony Maiani and Cody Brookwell paced the hosts with two assists each.
Halfway through Friday night’s game, the No. 2 Denver Pioneers were back on their heels as the hockey Huskies pushed them to the brink of an upset and the end of the Pioneers’ current six-game winning streak. Unfortunately the Huskies couldn’t maintain the pressure for 60 minutes, falling 5-2.
The Huskies enter the final three weekends of the season five points back of the Minnesota State Mavericks for Ninth Place in the WCHA Standings. The Huskies would love nothing more than to earn enough points down the stretch to overtake the Mavericks, but the road won’t be easy. The Huskies face the Denver Pioneers and North Dakota Fighting Sioux on the road and the Wisconsin Badgers in between.
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