What happened last weekend? After surrendering a goal just 15 seconds into the second period to break open a scoreless tie, the Huskies used three goals from sophomore Alex Petan to edge the Laurentian Voyageurs, 3–2, Saturday night at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. The Huskies dressed five lines and seven defensemen, so ice time...
About a hundred Michigan Tech hockey fans and boosters, and local media members packed a conference room Monday evening in the Student Development Complex to meet the new faces of Husky hockey at Tech’s Meet the Coaches event to kick off the 2011/12 season. First year Head Coach Mel Pearson introduced himself and his wife...
Much has happened to the landscape of college hockey since Mel Pearson took over as Head Coach of the Michigan Tech hockey team. Five WCHA teams, along with the Miami-Ohio of the CCHA, announced their intentions to leave and form a new conference, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC). To fill these vacancies, Northern Michigan’s application...
Coach Mel Pearson picked his first recruit straight out of high school. Defenseman Jimmy Davis was destined for junior hockey until Pearson spotted him during the Muskegon Lumberjacks’ summer camp. Davis had already signed with Port Huron of the NAHL and had hoped for a spot on a Tier 1 USHL team, little did he...
