http://www.nmuhockey.net News, Notes, Stats and Stories Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:41:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Much to the chagrin of many Wildcat fans, the NMU President, Board, and Athletic Director decided to remain in the CCHA, turning down an opportunity to rejoin the WCHA. I personally believe it is a terrible mistake, but respect the decision. Fans should now petition the CCHA to ... http://www.nmuhockey.net/?p=760 For the second season in a row, the Cats played in the CCHA Final Four Third Place game and came up with a victory. NMU 2 Alaska 0 http://www.nmuhockey.net/?p=752 Tonight's game was a classic, hard fought contest between two teams that wanted it bad. Unfortunately for the Cats, they got the short-end of the stick. ND 2 NMU 1. Out of the gate, the Cats, or rather Mark Olver did exactly the opposite of what Coach Kyle and ... http://www.nmuhockey.net/?p=746 The NMU Wildcats (18-6-5) continue their second half run by playing the #1 team in the land, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (29-5-3) in the CCHA Final Four. The Cats continue their post-Christmas break with a record of 15-4-2. They dispatched a solid Miami club last weekend in three ... http://www.nmuhockey.net/?p=741 Last week the CCHA announced that Sophomore Erik Gustafsson was named to the CCHA All-Conference Team. We wanted to wait to post this to separate his accomplishment from the Cats' big series in Miami. Erik has 4 goals and 29 assists for 33 points, and is +21 on ... http://www.nmuhockey.net/?p=738 The CCHA refs tried all they could to to put NMU behind the 8-ball, but the Cats were too tough tonight, and took the series. Next stop, Joe Louis Arena to take on Notre Dame at 4:35 Eastern on TV Friday. The Cats faced tremendous adversity tonight right ... http://www.nmuhockey.net/?p=732 Gregor Hanson scored the game winner in overtime as NMU ties up the series at 1-1. Details to follow...Game 3 tomorrow night. NMU 3 Miami 2 (OT) http://www.nmuhockey.net/?p=728 Details and box to follow.....Redhawks take Game One, and the commanding lead in the series. The Refs took away a goal against NMU which tied it at 2-2, due to a call against Ben Lindemulder who was totally away from the play at the time on the opposite side of ... http://www.nmuhockey.net/?p=723 The NMU Wildcats (16-15-5) travel to Oxford, Ohio smack dab in the middle of corn-cob country, just north Kentucky to compete against the Miami Redhawks (19-10-5). This series promises to be a good one. Despite all the accolades and national rankings in favor of Miami, the Cats won ... http://www.nmuhockey.net/?p=721 The Cats were on fire tonight and easily defeated the Spartans 8-2. A total of seven different Wildcats scored goals on this night. Despite the fact that MSU showed some early signs of being a better team, they simply did not have it. Perhaps it was the ... http://www.nmuhockey.net/?p=717