Previously: Part One, Part Two, Part Three [West Regional vs NoDak, 1998/Kalmbach via Bentley Historical Library] The story is almost too perfect. You expect the details of a hockey story to flow from odd angles, to be all jagged edges and shoulders and elbows and yet this story is writerly and neat and almost formulaic. It follows the kind of structure script writers teach in their intro film classes: the protagonist runs through the gauntlet and passes a test that changes them, then uses their newly girded spirit to pass the ultimate test and reap a reward barely fathomable at the start of the journey. From humble beginnings, etc. The necessity of icing an unusually high number of freshmen dampened expectations at the start of Michigan’s 1997-98 season, but there were enough upperclassmen remaining Marty Turco, Bill Muckalt, Matt Herr, and Bobby Hayes, to name a few to keep them from falling off precipitously. Yes, skating four freshmen defensemen was different, but close games can
3/29/2024 – Michigan 4, North Dakota 3 – 22-14-3 3/31/2024 – Michigan 5, Michigan State 2 – 23-14-3, Frozen Four Twice this Easter weekend Michigan Hockey plodded onto the ice, through the tunnel that led from the shanty locker rooms to the playing surface inside this bizarrely small NHL practice facility in suburban St. Louis, facing the biggest twenty minutes of their season. Make it or break it to continue playing hockey with this same group of 26 men. On Friday night, Michigan was down 2-1 entering the third period against a team that was 20-0-0 this season when leading after two. On Sunday night, Michigan was tied 1-1 against a team that had, consistently in the season series, closed games better than they had. In both cases, Michigan authored a final period for the ages. Friday night's dramatic eruption, three unanswered goals (two in the first three minutes) against North Dakota to wrestle control of the contest, seemed like it was going to be the third peri
Mel Pearson, the former finance director and city manager of Camden, passed away on the night of Feb. 6. He was 72. During the last week, Pearson has been remembered
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