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Fourth line comes to play

After Saturday’s 3-1 win over the Northern Michigan Wildcats, the No. 18 Michigan Tech Huskies hockey coach Joe Shawhan was quick to praise a trio of forwards. The Huskies’ fourth line of sophomore Levi Stauber, junior Nick Nardella and junior Tyrone Bronte logged a regular shift the entire night. “Wow,” said Shawhan. “I mean, wow. That is all I can say. They were incredible.” Shawhan sometimes slid sophomore Marcus Pedersen onto the line in place of Bronte, and the results were much the same. Shawhan felt that the adjustments the team made between Friday night and ...

I scored a goal, but didn’t like it

After winning our first five games of our Oldtimer’s season, CSI was 5-0. We had won our last two games, 8-0 and 9-1. We were on a roll. It seemed like we might never lose. That came crashing down the next week. We jumped out to a 1-0 lead against Calumet Electronics, but found ourselves in a 1-1 tie at half time on Nov. 20. In the second half, the proverbial wheels fell off our bus. We surrendered five more goals in a row, and lost 6-1. It felt like nothing we could did worked. We stopped shooting. We stopped skating. We just struggled collectively. The next weekend, we took ...

World Cup in full swing in Qatar

The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar has just wrapped its first week. Although the governing body of international soccer and the host nation have faced heavy criticism in preceding weeks from both teams and fans, the opening group stage of the competition has proven to be as thrilling as ever. Though this year’s tournament is being held in November and December to account for Qatar’s brutal year round heat, the nature of the competition remains the same. The chance to lift the legendary trophy for team and country is an accomplishment unlike any other in the sport. As an ...

Jennings has built something special at Michigan Tech

When head coach Matt Jennings took over the Michigan Tech Huskies volleyball program in 2012, things appeared to be at their worst. Under former coach Orlando Gonzales, the Huskies had gone from being a 14-15 team that qualified for the GLIAC Tournament to a 2-25 team that lost all 19 GLIAC matches they played just two years later. It took Jennings three seasons to turn things around for the Huskies. In 2012, the team went 12-19 overall, and 7-11 in the GLIAC. The following year, they went 11-19 and 7-11 again in GLIAC play. In 2014, they took a step, going 11-16, but 8-10 in GLIAC ...

Scramble a great way to start hockey season

Last Thursday, Corey Markham, Scott Mikesch, Pat Nettell and Doug Garrow brought their high school hockey teams to the Dee Stadium to play in the revived scramble, a scrimmage tournament that gives players a taste of high school hockey while also giving coaches a chance to see players attempt to build some early confidence and chemistry. As a player for the Houghton Gremlins from 1995-97, I had the opportunity to play in the scramble twice. The first time was as part of a team that was looking to build off a state semifinalist run the year before. We were a pretty loaded squad with ...

I scored a goal and I liked it

A couple of weeks ago, I shared the fact that I am playing Oldtimers this season. At the time of my previous column, our team had played two games, and won both of them. Although, the second game was by the skin of our teeth. Since that game, we have continued our hot start. We are now 5-0 on the season, after defeating a very good M&M Powersports team last Sunday, 9-1. Sure, you can look at that score and think, wait, it was a blowout, but the reality was we had nearly our entire team on the bench, and they only had one at the start of the game and later had three skaters on the ...