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BOYS HOCKEY: Steng’s late goal lifts Rochester United past OLSM and into Final Four
BY DAN STICKRDT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MACOMB TWP. — Austin Streng has scored many goals this season, including several in the clutch. None were of the magnitude of Wednesday’s third-period goal. Streng’s slap shot with 4:21 left was not only his team-leading 28th goal of the campaign, but one of the biggest in […]
BOYS HOCKEY: Port Huron Northern ends Stoney Creek’s season in regional finals
BY DAN STICKRDT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MACOMB TWP. — Brendan Dickinson became Rochester Stoney Creek’s worst nightmare Saturday evening. The Port Huron Northern senior forward needed the game-winner with 1:04 left in the second overtime period, as the Huskies edged Rochester Stoney Creek, 4-3, in a marathon Division 2 regional finals at Suburban […]
BOYS HOCKEY: Rochester United rallies past Macomb Dakota in 2OTs to gain first regional championship since 2009
BY DAN STICKRDT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MACOMB TWP. — Perhaps Rochester United didn’t mind working a bunch of overtime Saturday night. The rewards were more than worth it. Senior Michael Zyrek scored with 2:40 left in the second overtime in leading fifth-ranked United to a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over ninth-ranked Macomb Dakota to […]
BOYS HOCKEY: Lake Orion gains statement win in 5-3 decision over Rochester United
BY DAN STICKRADT CORRESPONDENT dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER — Lake Orion has picked up a statement win in its OAA Red Division opener. The Division 1 sixth-ranked Dragons remained unbeaten on the young campaign with a 5-3 victory Friday over eighth-ranked Rochester United at The Onyx. Rochester is the four-time defending league champion, finishing in […]
HOCKEY: Stoney Creek’s late goals puts the freeze on Rochester United
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER — Evan Lazarevich said there’s no particular drill his team runs in practice simulating if a game is tied late in a period. It’s just instincts of putting the puck towards the net and see what happens. Larzarevich came through in the clutch in such […]
2014 ALL-NORTH OAKLAND AREA BOYS HOCKEY: Talent was in abundance at area rinks
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans To say that individual and team talent was in abundance in the area’s boys hockey scene this winter would be an understatement. There was plenty to go around. The area featured several teams that logged weeks inside the top 20 in each division, as well […]
BOYS HOCKEY: 2014 All-Flint Metro League Team
2014 ALL-FLINT METRO LEAGUE BOYS HOCKEY TEAM FIRST TEAM Forwards: Brandyn Matte, Swartz Creek-Clio Unified sr.; Cory Kingsbury, Lapeer Unified sr.; Connor Houle, Swartz Creek-Clio Unified sr. Defensemen: Nick LaJoie, Swartz Creek-Clio Unified sr.; Joe Daniels, Lapeer Unified sr. Goalie: Ryan Running, Lapeer Unified sr. SECOND TEAM Forwards: Connor Phillips, Fenton-Linden Unified jr.; […]
BOYS HOCKEY: 2014 All-State Teams
Below are the 2014 Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association All-State teams: DREAM TEAM Mr. Hockey: Dominic Lutz, Livonia Stevenson sr. F Danny Bosio, Brighton sr. F Christopher Brown, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood sr. F Carter Cerretani, Novi Detroit Catholic Central sr. D Brett Pietila, Brighton sr. D Kyler Patenaude, Rochester United sr. G […]
BOYS HOCKEY: 2014 All-OAA Team
2014 ALL-OAA BOYS HOCKEY TEAM ALL-OAA RED DIVISION Player of the Year: Max Harper, Rochester United jr. F. Goaltender of the Year: John Lethemon, Farmington sr. Rochester United: Marshall Bowery, jr.; Graham Day, sr.; Max Harper, jr.; Nick Marek, sr.; Kyler Patenaude, sr.; Lake Orion: Logan Aldrich, sr.; Alex Gila, sr.; Jordan Stross, sr.; […]
BOYS HOCKEY: Rochester United skates to revenge of Macomb Dakota
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans MACOMB — Revenge can be ever so sweet. Even sweeter in the state tournament. Rochester United has chance to avenge its postseason death of a year ago Thursday night and seized it, as second-ranked United skated to a 4-1 victory over host and 12th-ranked Macomb Dakota […]
BOYS HOCKEY: Lake Orion explodes with rout of Fenton
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Lake Orion set the tone with two goals in the first 50 seconds and never let its foot off the pedal Tuesday night. That insured the Dragons another date in the postseason ice dance. The Dragons made quick work of Fenton-Linden Unified at the Detroit Skate club, rolling to a mercy-shortene3d, 12-0, […]
BOYS HOCKEY: Grand Blanc finds double heroics in upset of Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Every team needs a hero in order to advance in the postseason. Grand Blanc had two of them Tuesday night. Senior forward Jack Clary netted three second-period goals and freshman goaltender Spencer Bully stood on his head, as the Bobcats stunned 11th-ranked Clarkston, […]
BOYS HOCKEY: State Rankings Jan. 14
BOYS HOCKEY: State Rankings Jan. 14 (By MiHockeyHub) Division 1 — 1. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s; 2. Novi Detroit Catholic Central; 3. Rochester United; 4. Brighton; 5. Birmingham Brother Rice; 6. Bay City Central; 7. Detroit U-D Jesuit; 8. Lake Orion; 9. Northville; 10. Clarkston. Next 10: Plymouth, Macomb Dakota, Plymouth Salem, Utica Eisenhower, […]
BOYS HOCKEY: U-D Jesuit shows no mercy on Troy in regional finals
BY JAKE LOURIM STUDENT CORRESPONDENT j.lourim@comcast.net TROY — The Troy hockey team knew it headed into Saturday’s regional final against Detroit U-D Jesuit as tremendous underdogs. “We had to play a perfect game to be competitive,” Troy coach Tim Zimmerman said. “Sometimes we played perfect, sometimes we didn’t, and the puck went in the net.” […]
BOYS HOCKEY REGIONALS: Lake Orion gains postseason revenge on Clarkston
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BLOOMFIELD HILLS — A season of unpredictability provided an element of surprise in the postseason Tuesday for Lake Orion’s boys hockey team. The Dragons avenged a 5-3 regular season defeat to arch rival Clarkston Tuesday at the Detroit Skate Club, topping the Wolves 5-3 in a Division […]
BOYS HOCKEY: AOTW: Athens’ Gurzell making ripples on ice with sniper abilities
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — When Nathan Gurzell was a little kid, he used to make small hockey rinks on his floor of his house and turn small objects into pucks. Legs and broomsticks were turned into hockey stinks and coaches, chairs and shoes placed evenly apart were makeshift […]
BOYS HOCKEY: Oxford looking for better results in OAA playoffs
BY MATT MACKINDER CORRESPONDENT mackindermedia@yahoo.com OXFORD — At the midpoint of the season, Oxford’s boys hockey team was having an up-and-down season in terms of wins and losses, but optimism, and better play, has been peaking in recent weeks as the Wildcats enter the OAA playoffs tonight. With a mix of young players and veterans, Oxford […]
BOYS HOCKEY: Athens, Avondale battle to 2-2 draw
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Wins have been hard to come by for Troy Athens and Auburn Hills Avondale out on the ice this season. With young and inexperienced teams, the two sit in the bottom half of the OAA White Division standings this season. The two battled to […]
