Michigan Hockey March 14, 2011 by Chuck Stevens

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2011 Spring Travel Tryouts For General BHA Travel Hockey Information contact Tim Opie, BHA Travel Director 248-822-0020

2003 Birmingham Rangers Chris Jelinek , (248) 303-8813, jilljelinek@yahoo.com Tryouts: March 21st 6:30 – 7:50 PM@ Cranbrook March 27th 12:00 – 1:30 PM@ Birmingham 2002 Birmingham Rangers Bryan Smolinski, (248) 721-0601, bsmolin779@aol.com Tryouts: March 22nd 6:30 - 7:30 PM @ Cranbrook March 25th 5:00 - 6:30 PM @ Cranbrook March 28th 6:30 – 8:00 PM@ Cranbrook 2001 Birmingham Rangers Jeff Wardlow, (248) 821-8001, jeffwardlow@mac.com Paul Siver, (248) 302-3304 Tryouts: March 15th 6:30 – 8:00 PM @ Cranbrook March 20th 12:00 – 1:30 PM @ Birmingham 2000 Birmingham Rangers Todd Antenucci , (248) 321-7222, tcantenucci@comcast.net Tryouts: March 11th 8:00 - 9:30 PM @ Cranbrook March 16th 5:30 - 7:00 PM @ Oak Park 2000 Birmingham Travel Chris Kantgias, (586) 596-8722, ckantgias@dietechna.com Tim Galligan, (248) 761-4884, galligan@galliganpllc.com Coaches : Fred Perlini, Vicki Perlini, Tim Galligan, Jerry Reinhart Tryouts: March 18th 7:00 – 8:30 PM @ Birmingham March 19th 4:30 – 6:00 PM @Birmingham March 24th 6:30 – 8:00 PM @ Cranbrook 1999 Birmingham Rangers Paul Dunbar, bham99rangers@aol.com Coaches: Anatoliy Buliga & Petr Tichy Tryouts: March 26th 12:00- 1:30 PM @ Birmingham March 27th 6:00 -7:30 PM @Birmingham 1998 Birmingham Rangers John Duncan, (248) 514-5229, goalieblock1@gmail.com Tryouts: March 14th 8:00 – 9:30 PM @ Cranbrook March 16th 6:30 – 8:00 PM @ Birmingham March 19th 7:00 – 8:30 PM @ Cranbrook

1998 Birmingham Liberty Paul Apap, (248) 464-4207, pca@apapeverly.com Tryouts: March 23rd 6:30 – 8:30 PM @ Cranbrook March 26th 4:00 – 5:30 PM @ Cranbrook March 30th 8:00 – 9:30 PM @ Cranbrook 1997 Birmingham Rangers: Jerry Reinhart (248) 705-5050, jerry@trg11.com Spring Coaches: Bill Christie, (H.C. Bro. Rice JV), Jerry Reinhart, Jack Leavy, Dan Tewilliager Tryouts: March 12, 4:30 - 6:00 PM @ Birmingham March 13, 4:00 - 5:30 PM @ Cranbrook March 16, 8:00 - 9:30 PM @ Birmingham March 27, 4:00 - 5:30 PM @ Cranbrook 1996 Birmingham Rangers Bruce Hulsher (248) 318-4842, hulsher@sbcglobal.net Dave Gentile, david.gentile@det.bowmanandbrooke.com Tryouts: TBD 1995-96 Midget A Birmingham Rangers Spring/Fall (Ranked) Steve Bester, (248) 842-9580, sbester@educatedgarage.com Tryouts: March 17th 8:00 – 9:30 PM @Cranbrook March 22nd 7:30 – 9:00 PM @ Cranbrook March 29th 7:30 –9 :00 PM @ Cranbrook April 2nd 9:00 – 10:30 AM @ Cranbrook 1994-93 Midget AA_Birmingham Rangers Spring/Fall (Ranked) Bruce Gilgallon , (248) 303-0051, brucegilgallon@yahoo.com Tryouts: March 22nd 9:00 – 10:30 PM @ Cranbrook March 27th 2:30 - 4:00 PM @ Cranbrook March 29th 9:00– 10:30 PM @ Cranbrook Birmingham Rangers U10 and U12 Girl’s Spring Hockey Coach: Terry Brooks, (248) 765-0242, tbrooks16@gmail.com Manager: Robert McMurray, (248) 701-5271, rmcmurr@us.ibm.com Tryouts: March 25th , 8:30 – 10:00 PM @ Birmingham (U12/U10 - Fee $15.00) March 27th 12:30 – 2:00 PM @ Hazel Park (U12/U10 - Fee $15.00)

e2 Hockey Training, 248-346-4506 (www.e2hockey.com) Anatoliy Buliga and Petr Tiche Goalie Coach: Matt Gadladge, mjggoalie@yahoo.com

Table of Contents March 14, 2011, Volume 21 : Issue 18 AMATEUR HOCKEY REPORT

Grosse Ile wins Squirt AA District 2 title Southgate is District 2 Midget BB champion Trenton takes Bantam AA District 2 title Westland wins District 2 Midget B championship Grand Rapids Griffins are Bantam A District 6 champions

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YOUTH LEAGUE STANDINGS

Final Adray Community Hockey League

SPEAKING OF HOCKEY

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Who is your biggest hockey influence?

STATE OF THE GAME By Lyle Phair Trying Out

GET BETTER Tips before trying out

YOU SHOULD KNOW Saginaw’s Todd Watson

FROM THE CREASE By Steve McKichan An athlete first

REEBOK TOURNAMENT CALENDAR

HOMETOWN HERO Carolina’s Chad LaRose

SPRING TRYOUTS

HIGH SCHOOL REPORTS

Grand Rapids CC and Big Rapids among regional winners

JUNIOR HOCKEY

MAHA State Tournament Reports Honeybaked and Little Caesars keep winning

NAHL Report: Tim Opie leading Traverse City’s playoff bid OHL: Whalers and Spirit Notebook

RED WINGS INSIDER

Jimmy Howard signing only move at NHL Trade Deadline

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COMING IN OUR NEXT ISSUE MORE STATE TOURNAMENTS

PAGES 26-27 20th Anniversary Season MH celebrates 20 years with a look back at 2001

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Junior Hockey Opie paces Traverse City

Red Wings Insider Howard re-signs for two more years MichiganHockeyOnline.com

In addition to more MAHA state tournament coverage, we’ll have the winners of the both the boys and girls high school state titles, a new You Should Know feature and we’ll also take a look back at the year 2002 in celebration of our 20th season of Michigan Hockey. Look for it on arena stands, at michiganhockeyonline.com and in your e-mail on March 18, 2011. Contact Lucia Zuzga at (248) 479-1134 or lucia@ michiganhockeyonline.com or Philip Colvin at (248) 479-1136 or phil@michiganhockeyonline.com for more information.

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FROM THE EDITOR

Editor-in-Chief Philip D. Colvin

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At this time of the year, a host of congratulations is in order for teams at many different levels. Several 2011 LCAHL playoff champions have been crowned and good luck from Michigan Hockey to all the teams still in the hunt. The same goes to all of the winners of the MAHA state tournaments so far – championship game reports start on page 38 with the rest coming in our next two issues. MAHA state champions should look for your invitation to the 19th annual Michigan Hockey Banquet of Champions coming via e-mail - so save the date of April 13. In addition, Mt. Pleasant won the Adray Community Hockey League midget playoff title with the other divisions competing March 18-20 in Lapeer. Both the Adrian College Division 3 men’s and women’s teams won their league playoff titles and qualified for the NCAA national tournament (check out Only on the Web at michiganhockeyonline.com). And there’s still more to come – the Girls and Boys High School Finals are March 13 and March 12, respectively. The CCHA Championship starts March 18 at Joe Louis Arena, both the Plymouth Whalers and Saginaw Spirit are gearing up for the OHL Playoffs that start March 24 and three Michigan teams still have a shot to make the NAHL Robertson Cup Playoffs. Finally, its last call for MH Award nominations. Michigan Hockey is on the lookout for players who have performed at a high level both in the classroom and on the ice and want to recognize some of the people that make going to the rink every day during a long season an enjoyable experience. Check out page 44 – or go to the top of our homepage at michiganhockeyonline. com - and take a minute to nominate someone deserving of our MH Awards – the Female and Male Scholar Athlete of the Year, Coach of the Year and Hockey Person of the Year. The deadline to submit your nomination is Wednesday, March 16.

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Cover: MAHA Pee Wee Minor AAA state champion Little Caesars celebrating by Andrew Knapik/Michigan Hockey. Photos at left: (from top, L to R) Honeybaked celebrates after winning the MAHA Squirt Major AAA state title by Andrew Knapik/Michigan Hockey; Traverse City’s Tim Opie courtesy NAHL and Jimmy Howard by Andy Grossman/Michigan Hockey.

MSU’s Terra Payne’s hockey trip to Turkey

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Grosse Grosse Ile Ile wins wins Squirt Squirt AA AA D2 D2 title title The Grosse Ile Islanders Squirt AA squad beat Trenton, 7-2, in the semifinals and then shut out Garden City, 5-0, to win the 2011 District 2 title. The Islanders are: Garrett Zvoch, Jack Blackledge, Jack Carter, Drew Welsch, Niko Potestato, Kevin Crawley, Noah Crosby, Nash

Hatcher, Brendan Higgins, Chase McLane, Will Gilroy, Daniel Baja, Justin Litchard, Jordan Cormier and Blake Petterle. Head coach is Jim Blackledge and assistants are Tim Litchard, Brian Petterle and Bruce Baja.

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Southgate Southgate is is D2 D2 Midget Midget BB BB champ champ The Southgate Capitals defeated Garden City, Belle Tire and Detroit to win the 2011 District 2 title. The Capitals are: Colton Adkins, Rony Attard, Brian Bokun, Jake Browne, Nick Brandemihl, Chris Bujaki, Kaine Bunch, Zach Chapman, Johnny Guerrero, Levi Jackson, Jake Keehn, Jason

Kollias, Nick Letizio, Brandon Obourn, Blayne Phipps, Joshua Saltalamacchia, Matt Salyers, Steven Shariak and Zach Zilch. Coaches are Chris Kollias, Mike Salyers, Steve Shariak, and Jim Saltalamacchia.

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Trenton Trenton takes takes Bantam Bantam AA AA D2 D2 title title

After tieing Belle Tire, the Trenton Thunder knocked off Woodhaven, Allen Park and Allen Park again to win their fourth district title. The Thunder are: Aaron Arturi, Jake Barnes, C.J. Cromie, Nick DaBrowa, Justin Dunn, Dominic Fusco, Mitchell Galea, Trevor

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Goslin, John Hillman, Michael Kinney, John Lethemon, Kyle Miller, Jonah Peryam, Brandon Robert, Jeremy Ryan, Andrew Sawyer, Kyle Sikes and Avery Swain. Coaches are: Scott Peffer, Bob Dunn and Tim Kinney and team manager is Len Peryam.

LCAHL Family and Friends Please join us on Sunday April 10, 2011 for

LCAHL Detroit Tiger Day Celebrating Division Champions 1pm - Comerica Park Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals All kids 14-and-under get to "Run The Bases" post-game (weather permitting), receive free rides on the Carousel and Ferris Wheel.

Tickets are nontransferable and must be used on game day. 30745-AA

LCAHL Detroit Tiger Day Order Form Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals A portion of the proceeds from each ticket will be donated back to LCAHL. Type of Seat*

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$ (U.S. Funds) All LCAHL and Affiliates must purchase their tickets with this form in order to receive the special discount on this game. This offer is NOT available at the Comerica Park Box Office or through any Ticket outlets.

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Fax this form to 313-471-2599 or mail form w/ payment to: LCAHL Detroit Tiger Day Detroit Tigers 2100 Woodward Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48201 Make checks payable to “Detroit Tigers Inc.” (Checks or Credit Card Only) or email Michael.e.ilitch@detroittigers.com

Amateur Hockey Report

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ADRAY COMMUNITY HOCKEY LEAGUE STANDINGS FINALS MITE RED Saginaw 1 Saginaw 4 Saginaw 3 Saginaw 5 Saginaw 2 Icelanders

Westland Westland wins wins District District 22 Midget Midget BB championship championship title title The Midget B Westland Warriors went 2-1-1 to make the District 2 final against Dearborn and then fell behind 4-1 to the Hooligans after two periods. The Warriors rallied in the third period to tie the game on goals from Travis Solberg, Matt Rickard and Ryan Wheeler. Then with 1:55 left in regulation, Jarret Willamson scored to give Westland a 5-4 lead and the Warriors Justin Kolbicz made some key saves down the stretch to earn MVP honors. Solberg scored an empty net goal with five seconds left to give

the Warriors a 6-4 win. Westland is: Joey Otte, Matt Rickard, Steven McNulty, Jordan Marek, Brad Mahoney, Tyler Donbrock, Tyler Inzano, Tyler Tykoski, Ryan Wheeler, Justin Kolbicz, Cody Hodges, Travis Solberg, Nick Reed, Jarret Williamson, Nico Awkerman, Jared Clendening and Tyler Sinn. Head coach is Dan Marek and assistant coaches are Marty Clendening, Jeff Reed and Brett Wasil.

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“The boys played great all weekend and I couldn’t be more proud of my team,” said Griffins head coach Darrel Newman. “Each and every one of my players stepped up and gave me 110% effort. We had back-to-back overtime games and played a total of five overtime periods. We were a little banged up and not one of the boys mentioned even once about being tired or sore. Again, I am so proud of them, they played like champions.” The ’97 Griffins are: Austin Lenar, Tucker Jenerou, Brendan Sullivan, Patrick Lunt, Luke Schultz, Grant Baetsen, Reece Lindemann, Jacob Larkin, Tim Sharky, Adam Alkema, John Hayward, Rex Moe, Mitchell Dundore, Nick Edlund, Kade Kotlarz, Goalies Mitchell Maier and Eric Bourdo. The Griffins are coached by Darrel Newman, Nick Ullery and Andy Maier.

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TRYING OUT The month of March might be one of the most interesting and entertaining times of the year to be in a hockey rink. Not necessarily just because of what is happening on the ice either. It’s tryout time and the arena lobbies are filled with kids, hockey bags, registration tables and anxious, coffee-sipping parents looking to find a home. At least until next March. It’s a little like spring training in baseball and draft day for the Lions. Hope springs eternal. The slate has been wiped clean and everything starts anew. There are no losing streaks or last place in the standings. Only promise and promises, some kept, some not. The cast of characters is the same at virtually every tryout. The players come in all shapes and sizes and mental states. Many of them are nervous, although some are over-confident with a dash of cocky mixed in. Some look downright overwhelmed or intimidated, appearing like they would rather be anywhere but there at that moment. The parents are always interesting to observe. It’s not that easy to spot the Negotiator, that guy who is always working the best deal for his player. His work is done long before the tryouts. But it is easy to pick out the Mr. Inquisitive, who starts out with one question for the coach that quickly turns into ten. Then there is Stat, who can recite his player’s statistics in every offensive and defensive category since birth. Typically surrounded by the lobby’s largest crowd of parents will be Scoop, who knows everything that you need to know (and plenty that you don’t) about every team and every player and who is playing where and why. Then there are the coaches. Some are all business, standoffish from the parents, checking the lobby only periodically to see who is there and who is not. Others will work the room like Bill Clinton.

SIXTY KIDS AND FOUR SKATES If you really think about it, the actual tryout process is inherently inefficient. We start with as many as sixty or seventy kids. We put them on the ice for 80 minutes and try to keep them all active and involved. We do that three or four times, hopefully with less kids each time. From that, we pick a team that we will have for the next year. Is it really realistic to think that coaches can make a fair and complete evaluation of a player in three or four tryout skates? Can a coach really select a team with all of that going on with all of those players on the ice at the same time? The answer to both is probably not. But in reality, it is the best we’ve got. That being said, the evaluation process really doesn’t happen that way. Everybody does not start with a fresh sheet of ice and a clean comment section next to their name on the tryout list. The past is very much factored into the tryout present. It has to be. Coaches have opinions and have made judgments on players long before the tryout happens. They have formed

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those thoughts and impressions based on what they have seen in games and practices and previous tryouts. They have to use every bit of information that they have in making a decision. The players on the previous season’s team will typically always have an advantage over the other players on the ice. That advantage is familiarity for the coach. The coach has the most information to work with on those players having seen them in practices and games and other situations for at least the previous year, maybe even longer. I say typically because that familiarity might be a disadvantage to some players who might not have made a favorable impression with the coach. Or maybe the player was fine, but the parents didn’t do the kid any favors with the way they handled themselves throughout the year. In any event, coaches have had a birds-eye view for a year and all of the warts have been exposed. The challenge for a coach sometimes can be to not factor in those negatives too heavily. Who knows what lurks beneath the new stars that shine so brightly in the tryouts, players that look pretty darn good but that we don’t know a whole lot about? It can be pretty easy for a coach to cut the cord and continually bring in new blood year after year, but what does that really say about you as a coach? Ultimately, what you see is what you coached.

THE CRYSTAL BALL Essentially, whether they are up-front and tell you or not, most coaches have a pretty good idea of what their team will look like before the tryout even starts. They have to. They know which players from the previous team they want to keep, the ones that they might look to replace and they have a good idea who will be coming to try out. Some coaches have gone so far as to recruit players from other teams to come play for them, a practice that I find kind of repulsive when it comes to youth hockey, but hey I guess coaches gotta do what they gotta do. Those who can’t coach recruit and replace. The actual tryout is really when the cards get dealt. People can talk all they want ahead of time about where they are going to try out and what they are doing, but until they actually do or don’t show up at a tryout it really means nothing. Even then, it might not mean anything because there are some parents who run their kids around checking out tryouts to see if the team will be good enough for their player. But attendance is the first step. Then it is up to the coach to determine whether to offer the spot or not and then up to the player again to determine if they will accept. While honesty is always the best policy on both sides of the equation it is always good practice not to take anything for granted or as the gospel until it actually happens.

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GETTING NOTICED So how do players get noticed at a tryout if they didn’t play on the previous team or the coach is not familiar with them in some other way? Is it even worth trying out? Absolutely it is. You never know where you fit or how you will do until you try it. To get noticed players should do what they do best. Something “extraordinary” will typically get a player noticed in a large group during tryouts. Size is one of those things but that is the easy part. Then a big player needs to demonstrate that they can skate and handle the puck to play effectively at that size. Speed is another noticeable element. That will get you noticed, but you also need to show that you have the intelligence to use that speed to your advantage. There are plenty of players that skate like the wind and can cover a lot of ice but accomplish nothing. To me skating is probably the most important skill, especially for younger players, but hockey sense is right there and becomes increasingly important as players get older. The game happens really fast and those players that make the best decisions are the ones that make the greatest positive impact for a team. Those are the players I want on my team. But they also need to have the desire to compete and they have to truly enjoy playing the game.

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than those who specialize before puberty.” (Brenner 2007) - Journal of American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) If an athlete focuses entirely on goaltending before 15-16 years old, they put themselves at a significantly higher risk of injury. As well, 22% of athletes who specialized before high school completely dropped all athletic participation once they were in high school. So putting all your eggs in the goaltending basket will see increased risk of injury and a significant risk of athletic burnout. The second issue that arises in this discussion is the misguided belief that parents have with their children’s “careers”. Kids don’t have careers, yet too many parents see their children’s participation as financial investments and hope that specialization will see their money returned when their kid gets to the NHL. They mistakenly believe that a strict focus on their chosen position and sport will increase the success rate of becoming a pro. This is wrong. Using goaltending as an example, here are my personal guidelines: 1. Maintain your goaltending passion and hunger - by not stopping pucks year round. Play during the winter and hit a camp or two in the summer. Play other sports and meet new friends in the spring and summer. If we can ignore his personal transgressions for the moment, Tiger Woods

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actually had the perfect father for his development. On the driving range, Tiger would beg to stay longer because he loved practicing so much. He had to stay longer. Earl Woods would have none of that. He always left well before Tiger wanted to. This always left him wanting more. Too many parents tell me that their kid loves hockey so much they really want to play all the time. By not allowing your goalie to play as often as he or she wants is actually helping them instead of stunting their growth and development as a goalie. 2. Diversify into other sports - so there is some latent learning that translates into helping your goaltending. In the new NHL, athleticism is key to get to your positional targets and in the battle for loose pucks. Sports like lacrosse, tennis, racketball and soccer have great physiological inputs and hand/foot eye benefits that will easily translate into a higher save percentage. Modern goalies are now growing up addicted to process and technique. Obviously these are important areas for goalies to develop but not at the expense of athleticism and plain ugly battling. By scrambling around in a squash court or lunging to score an amazing goal in lacrosse, we create an athletic diversity that will pay dividends down the road. 3. At age 15 or 16 - a more refined approach can begin and specialization will become a welcomed approach. When legendary goaltending coach Mitch Korn scouted me as a junior he was very interested in my participation in other sports. I was a starting quarterback, played soccer, baseball and golf. Did you ever notice that the Vezina trophy winners are invariably dynamic, athletic and are not rigid cookie-cutter goaltending robots? To reach your goaltending goals you must maintain hunger, passion and become gifted multi-dimensional athletes. Your goaltending development should be secondary. Steve McKichan is the owner of Future Pro goalie school and the former goaltending coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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First hockey team was the Fraser Novice...Hero growing up was Steve Yzerman... Biggest hockey influence was his father...First job was as a paperboy... Favorite vacation spot is the beach in North Carolina...Most-played song on his iPod is “Soul To Squeeze” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers... Favorite movie is Old School, favorite TV show is Two and a Half Men and favorite video game is Tiger Woods Golf Represented the OHL West team at the Canadian Hockey League All-Star Game Series in 2001 and 02… Signed as undrafted free agent on Aug. 6, 2003...Wears number 59 because it was given to him at training camp... Most memorable NHL goal was his first against New Jersey Dec. 17, 2005... Played in 21 of Carolina’s 25 playoff games to capture first Stanley Cup in 2006... His favorite meals are chicken and pasta…Favorite holiday is Christmas... Favorite thing about being a professional hockey player is “playing every day”...Person in history he would most like to meet is John Lennon... Most common game-day habit is napping...Charity involvement includes The Queen of All Saint... Favorite arena is the Bell Centre in Montreal… Signed a two-year contract with Carolina on July 2, 2009.

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20 Years/20 Issues Michigan Hockey Headlines Michigan State and Michigan set a world record with a crowd of 74,544 at the Cold War at Spartan Stadium. The in-state rivals would skate to a 3-3 tie on a late goal from Spartan Jim Slater. Entering the game, the Spartans were ranked #1 in the country with Michigan coming in at #4. Michigan State University spent an estimated $600,000 for the event. Wayne State University wins College Hockey America tournament championship in just their second year of D-I hockey. The Warriors would beat defending champion Niagara in the semi-finals and then top tournament favorite Alabama-Huntsville in the final.

January 15th Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, launches on the internet

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The Detroit Red Wings acquire Dominik Hasek, Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille . Detroit reloaded, after losing to the seventh seeded Los Angeles Kings in the first round to end the 2001 season. The Wings Instantly became the Stanley Cup favorites entering the 2001-02 season.

April 30th Chandra Levy, a former intern to California Congressman Gary Condit, is last seen in Washington, DC.

January 20th George Walker Bush succeeds William Jefferson Clinton

March 31st Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown banned from Bel Aire hotel after trashing their room

February 18th Dale Earnhardt dies in a last-lap crash during the Daytona 500

FEBRUARY February 1st Jennifer Lopez becomes first female actress and artist to have both a number one album and a number one movie

January 1st A black monolith appears in Seattle, Washington in reference to the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey

Michigan State Spartan Ryan Miller (East Lansing) wins the Hobey Baker Award. Miller becomes the second goaltender to ever win the award, along with becoming the second Spartan (cousin Kip Miller ’90). Leading the NCAA in wins (31), goals against average (1.31), save percentage (.950), and shutouts (10).

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February 20th The 2001 UK foot and mouth crisis begins

APRIL

May 19th First Apple store opens June 1st The popular Bratz, rival to the Barbie doll, debuts

MAY April 30th Dennis Tito, the first ‘space tourist’ lifts off in a Russian rocket heading for the International Space Station

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JUNE June 14th The black beret becomes the standard headgear for all United State Army June 21st Actor Carroll O’Connor, best known for his role as Archie Bunker, dies at age 76

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NFL Superbowl winner Baltimore Ravens

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OHL Champion Ottawa 67’s

Cost of a dozen Eggs $.90

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NCAA Champion Boston College

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Academy Award’s Top Movie A Beautiful Mind

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Within 24 hours in the spring of 2001, Michigan State sophomore goalie Ryan Miller went through a roller coaster of emotions. A day after getting knocked out of the Frozen Four with a 2-0 loss to North Dakota, Miller won the Hobey Baker Award as college hockey’s top player. Miller, who in just two years as a Spartan broke the NCAA record for career shutouts, a mark that had stood for 70 years, followed in the footsteps of his cousin, Kip Miller, who won the trophy in 1990 while also playing at Michigan State. “This is pretty spectacular,” Miller said after accepting the award on April 6 in Albany, N.Y. “I watched Kipper get this when I was 10 years old. I thought he was the greatest.” Miller led the nation with 31 wins, a 1.31 goals-against average, a .950 save percentage, and 10 shutouts to give him a career total to 18. “This is a great honor,” Miller told the audience of fans and family members at the Empire State Convention Center that included his father Dean and grandfather Butch, his NAHL goalie coach with the Soo Indians Terry Barbeau, and MSU coach Ron Mason. “I start out every season wanting to play solid, do well in the net and get a lot of wins. You start out the season wanting to win championships. It was a great year.” The Hobey Baker Award, given annually since 1981, is named for the former Princeton hockey and football great who died in a plane crash in 1918 while fighting in World War I. Miller, a third-generation Spartan, is only the second goalie in history to win it. Minnesota’s Robb Stauber was the first in 1988. “This is my greatest achievement so far,” Miller said. “Being a Spartan is big. And this is pretty spectacular.” Miller led Michigan State to a 33-5-4 record, the nation’s number one ranking for most of the season, CCHA regular-season and playoff titles and a berth in the

July 20th The international forum group G-7, renamed G-8 after Russia joins August 9th President George W. Bush announces his limited support for federal funding in embryonci stem cell research

JULY

AUGUST August 25th A Cessna 402 aircraft carrying 9 people, including R&B singer Aaliyah, crashes in the Bahamas, killing all aboard.

September 5th The Amazing Race premieres on CBS

September 18th The 2001 anthrax attacks commence as letters containing anthrax spores are mailed to ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, the New York Post and the National Enquirer

SEPTEMBER

October 26th President Bush signs the USA PATRIOT Act into law

September 11th Almost 3,000 people are killed in the attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Virginia and in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania

NOVEMBER November 6th 24 premieres on Fox

October 23rd Apple introduced the first generation iPod with the slogan ‘1,000 songs in your pocket’

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November 16th Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone movie released

OCTOBER

July 2nd World’s first selfcontained artificial heart implanted in Robert Tools

Frozen Four. “It been a great pleasure to work with a player like Ryan,” said Michigan State coach Ron Mason. “What I like about him is he really respects the game. He makes everybody on his team better.” Mason also coached Kip’s brothers Kevin and Kelly, and Spartan hockey has included nine members of the Miller family, including Ryan’s father and grandfather. “Back 47 years ago when I came here, I could never have imagined something like this,” said Butch Miller. “Here we’ve had nine from the family and two get the Hobey Baker Award. I don’t think any other family has done something like this.” The Hobey Baker award committee also recognized Ryan Miller’s status as an all-academic goalie, his involvement with the DARE program and his work in reading to elementary school students and giving youngsters tours of the MSU locker room.

December 2nd Enron files for Chapter 11 after Dynegy cancels an 8.4 billion dollar buyout

DECEMBER

December 22nd Miami, Florida flight is diverted to Boston, Massachusetts after passenger Richard Reid attempts to set his shoe, filled with explosives, on fire

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Honeybaked wins Squirt Minor AAA state title BY ALEX DIFILIPPO

A great goaltending performance in the regular season is valuable, but when it comes in a state tournament final it’s priceless. Honeybaked goalie Scott Bird made several outstanding saves to blank Little Caesars North, 3-0, and help his team win the 2011 MAHA Squirt Minor AAA state title on March 6 at the Taylor Sportsplex. Bird stopped 23 shots in the final game and was named most valuable player for his efforts. “He’s the best goalie in this league,”Honeybaked head coach Danny Veri. “We’ve played Caesars eight times this season and they beat us four times. The four times we’ve beaten them, he’s been the difference. He’s an outstanding goalie.” The Honeybaked victory in the final avenged a 5-3 loss to Little Caesars in round-robin play, where Honeybaked trailed 4-0 going into the third period but came back in the final frame with three-straight goals. Veri said that tough loss sparked his club to play one of its best games of the year at the perfect time. “Going into the tournament, we weren’t playing as a team and I didn’t think we had much of a chance,” he said. “Then we lost to Caesars and from that point on the boys played unbelievable hockey.“ “Up to that point, they were doing their own thing, and then they finally realized the things we were trying to teach them work. They bought 100 percent into it and from that point on we just played outstanding hockey.” Little Caesars had averaged over five goals a game in their first four games of the six-team state tournament – all victories. “To shut that team out is unbelievable,” Veri said. “They are an outstanding team. They are the best team in North America – not just here, in Canada, too. Every game, they either kicked the snot out of us, or we’d win. There’s no in between.” In the final, Honeybaked took a 2-0 first period lead when Zach Robinson knocked home a rebound from a sharp angle and defenseman Ethan Arboleras took advantage of a Little Caesars defenseman who lost an edge to weave in from the right boards and bury a shot to the far post. From there, it was all Bird. He protected the two-goal lead perfectly, making a handful of spectacular saves down the stretch to preserve the win – none bigger than a sprawling

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post-to-post save on a Little Caesars 2-on-1 odd-man rush with less than three minutes remaining in the game. “Their goalie played extremely well and we just couldn’t get the puck in the net,” Little Caesars coach Todd Korpi said. “We were trying to get back into the game and we just couldn’t. We were desperately looking for that goal and we didn’t get it. They were able to hold on and finish it off.” Honeybaked’s Michael Mancinelli tacked on an empty-net goal with six seconds remaining to secure the victory. This season Little Caesars North won the Silver Sticks Tournament, the Warrior Tournament and the Carhart Tournament. “It was a tough loss, but we had a great season,” Korpi said. “I’m very proud of them. They worked hard and they all got better this year. It’s nothing to be ashamed of.” The state championship victory was the first tournament title Honeybaked bagged all season. “I can’t say enough about how proud I am of these guys and how hard they worked today,” Veri said. “They were tired of getting their brains beat out by (Little Caesars) all year long. This is our day. This was the one that they wanted to win. They put all their soul and spirit into this game.”

SQUIRT MINOR AAA NOTEBOOK In their 5-1 semifinal win against Belle Tire, Honeybaked forward Luke Collins had a goal and two assists… In Little Caesars North’s 4-1 win over Victory Honda in other semifinal, Shane Tomlinson recorded a hat trick, while Jacob Castles added two assists. Victory Honda’s goal came from Chase Soltis… Little Caesars South and Compuware skated to a 2-2 tie with Compuware’s Garrett Rutt and Andrew Dundas recording goals… Scott Bird recorded a shutout in Honeybaked’s opening round 3-0 win over Victory Honda. … Little Caesars North defeated Belle Tire, 5-3, as Carter Korpi notched two goals for LCN … In Compuware’s Rutt had two goals in a 5-2 loss to Belle Tire.. Victory Honda blanked Little Caesars South, 4-0, with Brendan Raffery recording the shutout. … Jacob Badal led the way for Little Caesars North in a 7-2 win over Little Caesars South by potting two goals and two assists. … Belle Tire defeated Victory Honda, 6-1, with Laker Aldridge scoring two goals and adding a helper in the win.

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It took three periods of regulation and three overtimes, but Honeybaked finally beat Little Caesars, 4-3, on a goal from Noah Carlin 43 seconds into the third extra period to end the 2011 Squirt Major AAA state title game. The two teams had battled for over 60 minutes of play before Carlin tapped in a rebound to give Honeybaked the state title on March 6 at the Taylor Sportsplex. “I fed my friend Joe (Mack) a pass and he took a shot that went off the goalie’s pad and I was there to put it in,”said Carlin. “We were getting a little tired out there so it felt great to score the winning goal. It was the longest game I have ever played in.” Honeybaked head coach Trevor Edwards said the game winner was the kind of play his team had worked on all season. “We practice in small area games driving without the puck into areas where we can score goals,”explained Edwards.“Noah went into an area where loose pucks come out, he was hard on his stick and just buried it.” “It’s great for Noah and I was so happy for him. He is one of those kids that does not get the credit he deserves and it was just great to see him come through with that type of goal.” Holding a 3-1 lead with over eight minutes to go in the game, Honeybaked blocked Little Caesars’ goalie Mitch Connelly’s clearing attempt but missed the ensuing open net scoring chance. From there Little Caesars seized the moment to get back into the game. Declan Carlile scored on a great individual effort unassisted on the power play to close the gap to 3-2 with 6:01 to play. Then with 1:17 to go, Honeybaked was whistled for a penalty and Little Caesars immediately pulled Connelly for the two-man advantage. The move paid off as Aiden Gallacher netted the tying goal from a scramble in front of the net with Antonio Venuto drawing the assist. “It was a great game by both sides,” said Chris Tamer, head coach for Little Caesars. “Our team played hard all year and they were competitive from day one until the end which was just what we asked for.” Tamer said the result was obviously tough to take. “We understood that we were playing a good team that is well coached, but it’s always tough to lose a game like this

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after such a good effort,” he said. Little Caesars opened the scoring near the midway point of the first period on a breakaway goal from Jake Ludwig before Honeybaked’s Andrew Remer tied it on the powerplay with the first of his two goals with Ryan Sullivan drawing the assist. Remer scored his second goal, unassisted, while on the penalty kill with only 44 seconds remaining in the opening period to make it 2-1. Tadd Milavec Jr. increased Honeybaked’s lead to 3-1 in the third period with a powerplay goal. Both goaltenders - Connelly for Little Caesars and Zachary Borgiel for Honeybaked.- turned in outstanding efforts. Borgiel was under siege at times, especially in the second period, and came up with quality saves that had his coach praising him. “Zach was unreal and he played big all year,” said Edwards. “In fact we got a solid effort from both our goaltenders in this tournament and I can’t say enough about either Borgiel or Machus Turner this year.” In the end Tamer was proud of his team despite the result. “Great families, great kids and it was a just a pleasure to coach them all season long,” he said.

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Little Caesars shuts out Honeybaked for Bantam Minor AAA state title BY CARL CHIMENTI

Behind a balanced scoring attack and solid defense and goaltending, Little Caesars came up with a total team effort to shut out Honeybaked, 4-0, and earn the 2011 MAHA Bantam Minor AAA state championship on March 6 at the Taylor Sportsplex. Four different players scored for Little Caesars, with Karch Bachman leading the way with a goal and an assist. Jonathan Murrell, Ryan Moran and Danny Weaver each added single markers, Garrett Jenkins pitched in with two assists and Garrett Forrest made 17 saves for the shutout. Little Caesars jumped out to a 1-0 lead just two minutes after the opening faceoff when Murrell converted after a strong forecheck. Jenkins and Bachman earned the assists. “That first goal seemed to relax our guys,”said Little Caesars head coach Greg Aliotta. “From the start everyone was focused and committed and that first goal just created a lot of excitement within our team.” After a late first period Honeybaked penalty, Little Caesars started the middle period on the powerplay and Moran quickly made it 2-0 from a scramble in front of Honeybaked goaltender Ryan Larkin. Gregory Aliotta earned the only assist. Honeybaked received four more minor penalties during the middle frame, and had to kill off a 5-on-3 for more than a minute. Honeybaked’s Connor Koviak was awarded a penalty shot in the second period but Forrest made a glove save on his backhand attempt. In the final period, Little Caesars made it 3-0 when Weaver converted a rebound of a shot from Jenkins with 4:10 left in the game and wrapped up the scoring with an unassisted goal from Bachman with only 11 ticks left on the clock. “Our goaltending and our defense was where it starts,” said Aliotta. “I always say show me a good goaltender and I will show you a good coach. Defense is the focus and is what wins games for you.” Outshot 41-17, a bright spot for Honeybaked was goaltender Ryan Larkin, who made 37 saves, many of the highlight variety. “He played a great game,”said Honeybaked head coach Tom Anastos. “I think they took it to us pretty good today but we did receive terrific goaltending that kept our team in the game.”

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Anastos said the second period did Honeybaked in. “Having to kill all those consecutive penalties took a lot out of us,”said Anastos. “It was hard to get any momentum but still we had a great year and the guys played hard and I am proud of their effort this entire season.” The Little Caesars squad included five players that have played together since the mite level and some new players that joined the team this season. “This has been a great run and a great bunch of guys to work with,” said Aliotta. “They earned every bit of this state title and I am just so proud of them.”

BANTAM MINOR AAA NOTEBOOK Following the round robin, four of the six teams in the tournament advanced to the semifinals…In the first semifinal Little Caesars beat Belle Tire 4-3 in overtime on Jared Domin’s unassisted goal late in the first extra period. It was Domin’s second goal of the game, and Nico Ristic and Karch Bachman also scored for Little Caesars. Caleb Hite, Matt Colunga and Eamon Hilliard scored for Belle Tire and Julian Biondo, Grant Gabriele and Ryan Moore had single assists… In the second semifinal, Honeybaked got two goals from Connor Koviak and a single goal from Chris Lutz to eliminate Compuware 3-1. The lone goal for Compuware came unassisted from Nick Boka… Brody Stevens and Gordie Green scored for Compuware in a 9-2 loss against Little Caesars in a round robin game…Nick Azar scored twice and Matt Colunga added a goal and an assist to lead Belle Tire to a 3-1 win over Victory Honda. Julian Biondo, Caleb Hite and Brandon Schieman added single assists for Belle Tire, while Nick Mahalak scored and Jacob Pierce drew the assist for Victory Honda…In Compuware and Belle Tire’s 3-3 tie Zak Galambos had a goal and three points and Gordie Green a goal and an assist for Compuware. Ethan Fox had a pair of goals and Grant Gabriele a goal and an assist for Belle Tire… The PK Warriors lost to Victory Honda, 5-1, and to Compuware, 16-0. Kevin Klima scored the Warriors’lone goal against Victory Honda, with Kelly Klima and Martin Svoboda earning assists… Compuware’s Brody Stevens had six goals, Jr. Gates scored twice and had seven points and Brendan Warren had a hat trick in the win over the Warriors.

Little Caesars goes undefeated to capture Pee Wee Minor AAA state title BY ALEX DIFILIPPO

Little Caesars opened up a two-goal lead with nine seconds remaining in the second period and never looked back, defeating Honeybaked, 6-2, to cap off an undefeated run in the 2011 MAHA state tournament and bag the Pee Wee Minor AAA title on March 6 at the Taylor Sportsplex. Andrew Andary scored the late second period goal, his second tally of the night, which sent Little Caesars into the locker room for the second intermission leading by two goals. “That was a huge goal for us,” Little Caesars head coach Scott Brickey said. “It is one of those that’s a back crusher to the other team.” Andary also added an assist to go with his two goals and Logan Cockerill followed suit with two goals and an assist of his own to earn most valuable player honors. “I’m so proud of them,” Brickey said. “They continued to work hard and do what we were asking them to do. They did the little things. Everybody came together as a team and as a family. We really pushed taking care of one another. That’s exactly what happened.” Little Caesars and Honeybaked squared off during the round-robin portion of the state tournament, with the eventual champions earning a 4-1 victory. However, the weekend’s championship game looked as if it might go the other way from the onset. Honeybaked scored 21 seconds into the game, thanks to Paul Cotter, who stayed persistent in front of the net and banged home a rebound. Little Caesars’Cockerill tied the game, 1-1, near the midway point of the first period, and then both teams exchanged goals to round out the frame. Honeybaked’s Jack Robbins gave his team a 2-1 lead before Andary tied it 2-2. “That was our thing, to go out and try to get that first goal,” Honeybaked head coach Jeff Mitchell said.“We did, but after you get the first one you have to continue to go on. I felt that after we got that goal we let up a little bit. Once you let up against that team, they are going to take care of you.” Little Caesars kept the offensive pressure on early in the second period and outshot Honeybaked 15-5 at the halfway mark of the period. Cockerill added a goal for Little Caesars and Andary chipped in his tally with 9.9 seconds remaining in the frame. “That late goal was a backbreaker for us,” Mitchell said. “If

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we could have gone into the third period 3-2, I think it would have been a little better. That’s why they always say it’s bad to have goals scored on you in the last minute of a period.” Blake Kryska and Connor McGinnis added goals in the third period for Little Caesars at 1:44 and 6:37, respectively, to open up a 6-2 lead. Honeybaked didn’t go down quietly and had several quality scoring opportunities late in the third period, but Little Caesars goaltender Nick Donofrio held strong, stopping 26 shots in the victory. “There were definitely a couple goals that Nick stole,” Brickey said. “It could have got them back in the game and changed the game.” Brickey said he believed the leadership several players displayed during the game made the difference. “At the intermission between the second and third periods, some of the guys stepped up and spoke,” Brickey said. “It really got us going and got the team pumped up. We finished really strong. Honeybaked has been a challenge all year. They played a hard game, but we just happened to be better today.” Little Caesars also won the Tier 1 Elite League Championship this season. “It’s been a fantastic season,” Brickey said. “The boys have worked so hard this whole season. It really is a pleasure to see them succeed.”

PEE WEE MINOR AAA NOTEBOOK In the opening game of the five team state tournament, Little Caesars defeated Belle Tire, 5-0, with Andrew Andary recording a hat trick for the eventual champions. … Hugh Larkin led Honeybaked to a 9-1 over Victory Honda with a goal and three assists… Little Caesars snuck by Compuware, 6-5, with Scooter Brickey tallying two goals, including the game winner. … Belle Tired skated to a 4-1 win over Victory Honda thanks to Greg Pine’s pair of goals. … Honeybaked defeated Compuware, 6-2, and Little Caesars defeatedVictory Honda 11-1 with Andary recording a hat trick. … Caleb Rule scored four goals to help Compuware past Belle Tire, 7-4… Honeybaked earned a win against Belle Tire, 5-2, with Jon Sanderson potting a goal and recording a helper… In the final game of round-robin play, Nolan Baldrica had two goals and an assist as Compuware beat Victory Honda, 5-1.

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Big Rapids beats Soo in 2OT BY PHILIP COLVIN

GRCC, 21-5, advances to a quarterfinal matchup against In a big Division 3 regional final at Otsego County Flint Powers on March 9 at the Summit in Dimondale, while Sportsplex in Gaylord on March 5, Big East, the defending regional titlist, Rapids knocked out S.S. Marie, 3-2, in ended its season at 13-12. double overtime on junior star Seth Matt Kryzkwa scored two goals and Adams third goal of the game. had two assists for Catholic Central The Cardinals, who feature seven while Donald Sund added a goal and players from the team that lost in the two assists for the Cougars. One of Division 3 final to Cranbrook in 2009, Kryzkwa’s goals were shorthanded. play a physical, but disciplined style and Josh Berry also had a shorthanded goal. rely on a strong defense and goaltender “The two shorties were big,”Cougars Trace Pennock. coach Mike Slobodnik said. “I’m proud “It was a really good game, but we of the way we played. We played had trouble scoring goals and Seth really hard.” came up big again,” said Big Rapids “Losing to them last year (in the coach Tim Blashill. regional finals) kind of killed us,” Big Rapids’ Seth Adams Sault Ste. Marie’s Eric Hillock opened Krzykwa said. “We had a chip on our the scoring on a breakaway in the first shoulder to beat them this year.” period before Adams scored two goals from in tight past The Cougars also got goals from Owen Kane and Cam Blue Devils goaltender Cody Jodoin. Kwaiser. Sund scored his goal 48 seconds into the third The Soo tied the game when Joseph Dobrowolski went period for a critical 4-2 lead. upstairs on a breakaway late in the second period, and the Jake Coretti scored two goals for the Pioneers while two teams played a scoreless final frame and first overtime. Danny Chappell had one. Early in the second extra period Adams slid a shot past Andrew Stec, the winning goalie, had 21 saves while Jodoin to send the Cardinals into a quarterfinal matchup Steven Longfellow picked up 29 saves. against powerhouse Calumet on March 9 at Pullar Stadium Chappell had East GR’s only power-play goal out of six in S.S. Marie. man-advantage situations. Getting veteran leadership from player like senior “When they get scoring chances, they finish them,” said forwards John Robison and Derek DeFever helped the East Grand Rapids coach Joe Day. “We work on our power Cardinals finish the season 8-1 and prepare for a playoff run. play all year long and we got one power-play goal. We “It’s been a huge benefit,” said Blashill. “Those guys get those opportunities and don’t capitalize on them, the knew what kind of hockey we needed to be playing at this tables turned on us.” time of the year.” Catholic Central had a 35-24 advantage in shots. “We wanted to get the puck to the net,” said Krzykwa, GRCC ALSO A WINS D3 REGIONAL TITLE who has 19 goals this season. “The way they play defense, Grand Rapids Catholic Central used two shorthanded they collapsed everyone in front of the net so you have to goals to power its way past East Grand Rapids, 6-3, and be patient.” win a Division 3 district title on March 5 at Patterson Ice By John Raffel Center in Grand Rapids.

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NORTH AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE 2010-11 NAHL Standings (as of March 7) CENTRAL xOwatonna xCoulee Region Bismarck Alexandria Austin Aberdeen

GP 54 52 50 49 49 52

W 30 30 28 26 20 16

L OTL PTS 17 7 67 17 5 65 18 4 60 18 5 57 26 3 43 32 4 36

PCT 0.620 0.625 0.600 0.582 0.439 0.346

GF 161 186 156 168 129 142

GA 165 163 131 151 152 198

PIM 919 891 996 781 1084 744

NORTH St. Louis Janesville Traverse City Michigan Motor City Springfield Chicago Port Huron

GP 51 51 49 49 48 49 52 49

W 36 33 33 27 29 23 9 5

L OTL PTS 11 4 76 15 3 69 15 1 67 16 6 60 18 1 59 23 3 49 39 4 22 40 4 14

PCT 0.745 0.676 0.684 0.612 0.615 0.500 0.212 0.143

GF 198 158 183 169 201 149 128 109

GA 110 103 137 133 149 149 258 278

PIM 693 856 814 788 1141 820 831 1302

SOUTH xTopeka xAmarillo xTexas Wichita Falls Corpus Christi New Mexico

GP 51 48 52 50 50 51

W 39 32 30 22 18 15

L OTL PTS 9 3 81 11 5 69 15 7 67 24 4 48 29 3 39 33 3 33

PCT 0.794 0.719 0.644 0.480 0.390 0.324

GF 212 179 184 162 134 123

GA 124 131 151 162 205 203

PIM 1533 1350 1218 1345 1897 1185

WEST xFairbanks xAlaska xWenatchee Kenai River Dawson Creek Fresno

GP 49 53 50 51 55 50

W 35 29 28 25 22 17

L OTL PTS PCT 12 2 72 0.735 21 3 61 0.575 19 3 59 0.590 21 5 55 0.539 31 2 46 0.418 28 5 39 0.390 x - clinched playoff berth

GF 211 169 179 173 147 143

GA 148 158 130 165 199 200

PIM 1071 1365 1135 970 1629 1413

PIM 43 55 34 32 109 48 71 35 12 20 73 26 23 28 34 20 21 49 40 13 64 50 48 24 57 71 99 89 45 22

PPG 14 11 12 8 14 7 8 8 8 12 12 5 10 7 8 6 12 8 12 8 4 7 3 13 6 2 3 8 4 6

SHG 1 2 0 4 0 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 1 0 5 2 0 0

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PTS 85 67 67 65 65 64 58 58 57 57 57 56 56 54 54 53 53 53 52 51 50 50 50 49 49 49 47 47 47 47

TOP GOALIES Comunale, Tom Green, Matt Tadazak, Robert Jacobson, David Szczerba, Nikifor Tirronen, Rasmus Jaeger, Brandon Rohrkemper, Eric Faragher, Ryan

GA 37 39 66 78 81 66 76 54 107

TEAM STL STL MIC JNE AMA TOP WEN TOP BIS

GP 20 20 36 39 38 31 33 24 45

MIN 1137:58 1168:55 1969:42 2307:20 2154:46 1733:20 1946:58 1345:21 2636:29

SO 5 3 6 8 5 4 5 0 3

GAA 1.95 2.00 2.01 2.03 2.26 2.28 2.34 2.41 2.44

SV 385 408 1009 880 1026 699 721 467 1172

SV% 0.912 0.913 0.939 0.919 0.927 0.914 0.905 0.896 0.916

Opie leading North Stars’ charge to playoffs BY MATT MACKINDER

The Traverse City North Stars are gunning for the North American Hockey League playoffs and are banking on veteran forward Tim Opie to continue his offensive output to aid in the march to the Robertson Cup. Opie, a 20-year-oldTroy native, leads the North Stars in scoring and considering how the North Stars, and Opie, started out the season – that’s a little surprising. “Once we made a few trades and brought in some new players, the team started playing better, I started to become a better leader on and off the ice and it started to show on the score sheet,” said Opie. “I believe that I have improved quite a bit this season in multiple areas, but some of the biggest are being a leader on this young team we have and taking control of the game and demanding the puck so I have been able to showcase my offensive capabilities.” With the team now tasting the winning side of things, the atmosphere in Traverse City has been filled with smiles lately, according to Opie. ”We are in a big playoff push, so come game time, everyone is ready to go,” Opie said. “Yet you still want to have fun while you’re here because hockey is fun and it’s hard to win when you’re not having fun.” The North Division is tough and competitive and that suits Opie just fine. “You can learn from your mistakes and it all comes down to coaching,” said Opie, who grew up playing in the Birmingham Hockey Association and with Little Caesars. (Traverse City head) coach

(Anthony) Palumbo is very experienced and when he recognizes a team’s weakness, he will take advantage of that weakness and as long as we do what he tells us, we will continue to be successful.” A handful of North Stars have committed to Division I schools for next season, and Opie is hopeful his name will be added to that exclusive list. “We have had plenty of players commit, so a lot of schools have seen me,”explained Opie.“We will see what happens towards the end of the year. In previous years, some of our best players didn’t commit until May.” Until then, however, Opie is putting the team at the forefront. ”We first need to win each series and win the North Division,”said Opie.“Hopefully, then we will get another chance to go get that Robertson Cup.”

NAHL NOTEBOOK Topeka Roadrunners’ defenseman Trevor Campbell has committed to the University of Alaska-Fairbanks for this coming fall. Campbell, a Kansas City native, began this season with Traverse City and played last year with the Lansing Capitals U-18 team … With its 4-3 overtime win over the Owatonna Express last Saturday night, the Coulee Region Chill clinched the Central Division’s second berth to the Robertson Cup playoffs. The other NAHL teams to clinch playoff berths are Owatonna, the South Division’s Amarillo Bulls, Texas Tornado and Topeka and the West Division’s Alaska Avalanche, Fairbanks

Troy native Tim Opie has turned his offensive game up a notch in Traverse City this year.

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NORTH DIVISION St. Louis forward Chris Ciotti notched two goals and three assists as the Bandits skated to a three-game sweep over Chicago. On March 4, the Romeo native picked up a goal and an assist in a 4-0 victory. The next night, the 20-year-old assisted on Tucker Long’s gamewinning goal as the Bandits doubled up the Hitmen, 6-3. Ciotti scored the game-winning goal and added another assist in a 4-1 triumph on March 6. HONORABLE MENTION: Chicago forward Nick Booth; Janesville forward Pijus Rulevicius; Port Huron forward Max Reavis

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HONORABLE MENTION: Amarillo forward Joe Kozlak; Texas defenseman Ralfs Freibergs; Topeka forward Ryan White and defenseman Bob Marx

CENTRAL DIVISION Alexandria forward Alex Altenbernd struck for three goals and three assists as the Blizzard fashioned a 3-0 record. After being held scoreless on March 4 - a 1-0 victory over Aberdeen - the Moorhead, Minn., native came through with a goal and assisted on Mike Krieg’s game-winning marker the next night in a 2-0 triumph over the Wings. On Sunday, the 20-year-old tallied two more goals and a pair of assists as the Blizzard dropped the Coulee Region Chill, 7-2. WEST DIVISION Kenai River forward Doug Beck connected for three goals and two assists as the Brown Bears skated to a two-game sweep over Fresno. On March 5 the Plymouth native picked up a pair of assists in a 7-1 triumph. The next night, the 20-year-old recorded a hat trick as the Brown Bears doubled up the Monsters, 6-3. The Canisius

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A sellout crowd at Compuware Arena on March 5 saw perhaps the most complete game the Plymouth Whalers have played this year in a 6-2 win over Windsor. Not only did Plymouth sweep the home portion of the season series with the Spitfires, but the win jumped Plymouth into fourth place in the Western Conference, one point ahead of Windsor. Those standings changed the following night, but the win over the Spits may have been a turning point, according to one Plymouth veteran. “We knew there was a lot riding on it,” said forward James Livingston.“We prepared the right way. It’s great when everyone contributes. Even tonight when we had a couple of guys tossed out of the game (after a second period brawl), there were other guys who stepped up, like (Michael) Whaley, who had some great shifts when he was out there in the third period. And on the back end, Max Iafrate stepped in and played really well. (Forward) Peter Neal played well, too. “Whenever guys can come in and fill a role like they did, it speaks a lot to the depth of our team.” With just six games left in the regular season, the Whalers are looking to finish in the top four in the conference and get home-ice advantage for the first round.

BROWN SIGNS WITH FLYERS Tyler Brown came to the Whalers as a late-round pick in the 2007 OHL draft, but will graduate from the OHL this spring as an NHL prospect. The Philadelphia Flyers signed the 21-year-old forward in early March to an entry-level contract after Brown went undrafted in the NHL Draft. Brown, one of three alternate captains, has 25 goals (with a team-best four shorthanded goals) and 57 points in 62 games this season for Plymouth. He was one of two players named Tyler Brown drafted by Plymouth in 2007 with the other one – Tyler J. Brown – a Westland native now playing for the London Knights. The Philadelphia prospect went by Tyler G. Brown during his time with Tyler J. in Plymouth.

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Ask any top-end player from Michigan and one of their goals might be to play for the Detroit Red Wings. Ask Plymouth forward and Dallas-area native Stefan Noesen that question and his answer is a tad different. “Over the summer, I trained with a bunch of the Dallas Stars and their trainers and they really showed me the level of maturity you need,” Nosen told HockeysFuture.com. “It’s how you act around people because you never know who will be watching you. Dallas was a big part of it. I think they really got into me. That’s really where I want to wind up. My future’s in Dallas – it’s a great organization and a great culture. I love it all down there. “I have to give credit to the Stars. They did a really good job with training me (last) summer. (It was) my first summer that I really trained hard, bared down, and focused to the best of my ability. So I have to give it to them, really. I also think it’s my whole mental attitude. They treated me just like I was part of the family down there, so it was great.” Nosen, a native of Plano, Tex., played for the Compuware midget minor team in 2008-09 before being drafted by the Whalers in 2009. Comparing this year to last year is like comparing apples and oranges, Plymouth coach-GM Mike Vellucci said. “On the ice last year, with an older team, he did everything we asked,”Vellucci told HockeysFuture.com. “He penalty killed (and) he didn’t make hardly any mistakes for a 16-year-old on

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the ice. Off the ice, he was a little immature – forgetting his passport, kids’ stuff like that. This year he came back, he was in phenomenal shape, he worked really hard all summer, and he started off great in the exhibition and it’s carried over. I’m not at all surprised that he’s doing that well on the ice because he’s that good of a player. “His skating is average to above-average, but I think the stronger he gets, the better skater he’s going to be. From that standpoint, other than that, he’s done everything we’ve asked this year.”

SPIRIT SELLOUT, SPLIT WITH WHALERS Saginaw lost 4-1 to Plymouth in front a sold out crowd of 5,527 at the Dow Event Center on March 1 during the Annual Dow Chemical Company Education Day Game. Spirit captain Jordan Szwarz scored the lone Spirit goal, his 20th of the season, in the loss. The Whalers got goals from James Livingston, Jamie Devane, Stefan Noesen and RJ Mahalek and 27 saves from Scott Wedgewood. Three nights later in Plymouth, the Spirit rebounded with a 5-4 win over the Whalers on a late goal from Josh Shalla. The Spirit took a 4-1 lead on goals from Brandon Saad, Brad Walch and two from Ryan O’Connor, sandwiched around a marker from the Whalers’ Devane. The Whalers tied the game with three third period goals from Livingston, Beau Schmitz and Robbie Czarnik before Shalla converted a pass from Anthony Camera with 2:12 left in the game. Saginaw (38-20-3-1) leads the West Division with 80 points and has clinched a spot in the OHL playoffs, which start March 24. Contributing: Philip Colvin PHOTO BY AARON BELL/OHL IMAGES

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