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Saturday Quick Hits: Michigan Takes 1-0 Series Lead with 5-2 Victory
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Leave a Comment- Michigan opened the CCHA playoffs with a solid 5-2 win over Lake Superior State last night. Michigan outshot LSSU 43-23 and the score reflected that considering the Wolverines never trailed. Part of that was because Shawn Hunwick played well in net for Michigan. Both of the goals he gave up went off of Michigan players and into the net, so they weren’t really his fault. One hit off of A.J. Treais on a centering pass and went right past Hunwick for a goal, and the other one changed direction off of Chris Summers’ skate, causing Hunwick to let it go in.
If Michigan wins tonight, it will advance to the quarterfinals of the CCHA playoffs and would likely play Michigan State next week. If the Wolverines lose, there will be a third and deciding game at Yost tomorrow night.
- Michigan can’t practice at Crisler Arena because the Big Ten wrestling championships are taking place there. This is exactly why there is such a need for a practice facility.
- The women’s basketball team lost to Michigan State on Friday by a score of 61-50.
- Just days after establishing a top 10, Lawrence Thomas decided to go ahead and commit to Michigan State. It was a given all along that he probably wasn’t coming to Michigan, but I’m surprised he made a commitment this early. From the beginning it looked like he would end up at State, but for it to happen this quickly just sucks. Say what you want about MSU, but they are going to have a great group of linebackers down the road if they all live up to the hype.
- The Detroit News profiled Dave Brandon.
- As expected, the Gator Bowl is headed to the ESPN family of networks next year (1:30 p.m. on ESPN2). The move isn’t the only change for the New Year’s Day bowl lineup, as the Outback Bowl will now start at 1 p.m. on ABC. The Capital One Bowl, which normally occupies that timeslot on ABC, is moving to ESPN at 1 p.m. All three of these games feature Big Ten and SEC teams, so I don’t fully understand the thinking behind making them start at basically the same time. Typically fans want to watch games involving their conference (at least I do), but now that will be tough to do with three going on at the same time. There was overlap in the past with the Outback and Capital One Bowls, but not to the point where they started within minutes of each other.
