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CCHA Finals: Miami vs. Michigan
Sorry for the delay in live blogging, lots of technical difficulties at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
With 12:22 remaining in the second period, Michigan has just gone ahead 1-0. Pretty centering pass from Matt Rust found Aaron Palushaj in front of the goal, and Palushaj slapped the puck past Miami goalie Jeff Zatkoff.
Timeout on the ice with 11:37 left in the period …
Overall, lots of fast, hard-hitting hockey. Very physical game. The RedHawks outshot the Wolverines 8-4 in the opening period.
Here are some pregame notes that were thwarted by the wireless problems …
Third-ranked Miami is 32-6-1 Top-ranked Michigan is 30-5-4
Michigan beat (4-2) and tied (5-5) the RedHawks last month at Steve Cady Arena in Oxford
This is the seventh time in the last eight seasons that the Wolverines have played in the CCHA tournament title game. They won in 2002, 2003 and 2005.
Michigan is 23-0-1 this season when scoring at least four goals. The only blemish was the 5-5 tie against Miami.
The Wolverines are led by senior forward Kevin Porter, the CCHA Player of the Year. He’s got 28 goals and 28 assists this season. MU senior forward Ryan Jones was also a finalist for that award.
Michigan leads this series 65-18-3
Entering this weekend’s play, the RedHawks were ranked second nationally in penalty killing (.892).
Very big crowd on hand, clearly a partisan gathering for Michigan.
Wolverines wearing their bright maize jerseys, the RedHawks are wearing red.
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