Tag: "boys hockey"
HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Country Day rallies past Athens
SOUTHFIELD — Ryan Goleniak and Sebastian Stankiewicz aided Birmingham Detroit Country Day’s third period heroics. The duo assisted on each other’s goals as the Yellowjackets rallied for a 3-2 non-league boys hockey victory at the Southfield Ice Arena. Jack Bergmann scored in the first period goal for the Yellowjackets (4-1-0). Matt Perkins and Nathan Gurzell […]
Heat on ice: Dragons singe defending OAA champion Farmington
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Understandably so, Lake Orion has a few question marks on its hockey team this season, After all, the Dragons graduated 12 of their 22 players from last year’s team that made a run to the Division 1 Final Four. The Dragons are slowly coming together this […]
Oxford skates past West Bloomfield
TROY — Oxford outshot West Bloomfield 32-10 Wednesday and back that disparity with an 8-2 OAA White Division boys hockey triumph over West Bloomfield at the Troy Sports Center. Stephan Fritz led the Wildcats with two goals and three assists. Luke Novack added a goal and an assist, both Brennen Orr and Nick Hocker had […]
2011 ALL-AREA BOYS HOCKEY: State semifinalist Lake Orion leads talented cast on the ice
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com For the first time in several years, a local hockey team reached the Final Four in Division 1. Lake Orion put it all together during the final month of the season and advanced to the semifinals before falling to eventual state champion Novi. The Dragons also won the inaugural […]
On Ice: Novi freezes up Lake Orion to advance to first state title game
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com PLYMOUTH — The coaching staff for Novi’s hockey team has placed a seal on the Wildcats’ stat book this season, not disclosing any numbers to the players, the hockey community or the media throughout the season. There’s no secret that Novi is an offensive juggernaught and one of the […]
Destination Compuware: Lake Orion holds off St. Clair Shores to advance to Final Four
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ST. CLAIR SHORES — For any hockey team, peaking at the end of the season is always a goal. Lake Orion has more than done that in recent weeks. The Dragons captured their ninth straight win and 11th in 12 games Wednesday, this time on the big stage, turning […]
Novi ices Clarkston in state quarterfinals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com FLINT — They way Bryan Krygier saw it, his Clarkston hockey team would have to play a perfect game against Novi in order to gain access to the Final Four. As it turned out, Novi was the team that played near-perfect hockey. The Wildcats made quick work of the […]
Lake Orion blanks Macomb Dakota for first regional since 2007
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ST. CLAIR SHORES — Back to back losses to Farmington and Clarkston took Lake Orion out of the regular season title chase in the OAA Red Division. Those two late-January losses turned out to be the turning point of the Dragons’ hockey season. Lake Orion captured its second regional […]
Clarkston skates to fifth regional title
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com FLINT — Clarkston ventured through a little bit of a downward spiral at the end of the regular season. The Wolves boys hockey team proved that was only temporary glitch and have more than rebounded in the state tournament. Clarkston captured its third straight postseason win Saturday at Flint […]
Still on the ice: Clarkston, Lake Orion, Stoney Creek all reach regional finals
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Clarkston left no suspense in Thursday’s Division 1 regional semifinal against Flint Kearsley. The Wolves, who finished the regular season on a three-game skid, posted its second straight postseason win at the Detroit Skate Club, icing Flint Kearsley 8-0 Clarkston scored four goals in the first period, then tacked on two goals […]
Rochester United skates past Clarkston
BY DAVID BOIKE CORRESPONDENT FARMINGTON HILLS — Tournament time always poses an opportunity for upsets. The OAA Red Division hockey tournament was such an opportunity. Rochester United and Clarkston met to determine the fifth place winner at the OAA Red Division playoffs at the Farmington Hills Ice Arena on Saturday afternoon, and this time it […]
Stoney Creek opens big with 8-0 icing of Utica
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER — Rochester Stoney Creek posted a rare feat last season by turning in just five wins during the regular season before winning a regional championship. The Cougars finished just below the five-hundred mark this season, yet have a chance to turn in the same feat his season. Stoney […]
Perfect storm: Lake Orion erupts to de-ice Eisenhower 10-2 in regional opener
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com ROCHESTER — Lake Orion and Utica Eisenhower are no strangers to high school hockey state tournament games. The two have played four times in the postseason in the past decade, including Monday’s first-round matchup. Last year, Eisenhower skated away with a 2-1, overtime win in a Division 1 regional […]
Athens, Troy skate to 2-2 draw
TROY — The rebuilding seasons for the hockey programs at Troy and Troy Athens have been apparent for months. So the two would have loved nothing more than to gain an upper edge on the arch enemy. It didn’t happen. Instead, the Colts and Red Hawks had to kiss the sister, so to speak, at […]
Goaltending the difference in Rochester’s 1-1 tie with Plymouth
By DAVID BOIKE CORRESPONDENT CHELSEA — Outstanding goal tending by both Rochester United’s Ian Mercer and Plymouth’s Mike Justus forced a 1-1 overtime tie yesterday at the Chelsea Showcase. Mercer was the busier of the two net minders with 42 saves, including two critical stops in the third period, one on a deflection at the […]
Rochester United skates to clean sweep of Stoney Creek
ROCHESTER — Twice this season Rochester United and Rochester Stoney Creek faced off on the ice and both times the rivalry resulted in a one-goal affair. Rochester United made it a clean sweep of Stoney Creek Friday night at The Onyx, skating to a 1-0 victory over the Cougars. Michael Potoniec scored in the second […]
Farmington remains unbeaten by icing Athens
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com TROY— Great teams find ways to win. Even without its best effort, Farmington found a way to remain unbeaten out on the ice Wednesday. The Falcons, ranked seventh in the state, scored three times in the latter part of the first period then added a third-period goal in recording […]
Oxford icers lead OAA-White in debut season in league
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Oxford’s hockey team enjoyed its best season to date last winter. Still, the Wildcats came up agonizingly short in their quest for a first league championship. The Wildcats finished a fine 20-6-0 before a second-round loss to Davison in the Division 2 regionals ended that season. Inside the Flint […]
