Earlier this year, it was reported that Phil Axtell had been dismissed from the hockey Huskies for "repeated violations of team policy".
Now, Heisenberg is reporting on his recruitment website that Axtell is transferring to - you guessed it - eNeMa U.
Phil wouldn't be eligible to play with the Mildkittens until Sept. 2008, but this is interesting gossip nonetheless.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Memories...
First, I would like to thank Chris at the Western College Hockey blog for mentioning this blog in a recent post.
Second, there's another new blog out there that's going to be covering the world of college hockey at large. It's called "The College Hockey (& Other Stuff) Blog", and you can find it near the top of my links to the right of this post.
Third, like some of us have been doing in the Tech thread on USCHO, I thought I'd share a few memories from 06-07 - my first full year of following Tech hockey. Some (read: 'all') of the photos are nipped from MEg's Tech blog, but my camera sucks and I'm behind the net playing with the band anyway, so I have an excuse for not having pics of my own to share this season. Other than that, I can assure you that I was at these games and I will remember them fondly...
"Ladies and gentlemen, here is tonight's starting lineup for the Northern Michigan Wildcats..."
**YAWN**
3 seconds to go in the 3rd, score 1-1...ST. LOUIS SCORES!
(photo courtesy of Anthony Reynolds)
Final score - MTU 9, UAA 0. Teslak's first shutout of the season, Rouleau's first career hat-trick.
Someone at the Joe forgot to reset the score from the State-Haahvaad game, resulting in several minutes of entertainment. Too bad it didn't actually happen.
Skworch firing up the crowd on Senior Night after sweeping Wisconsin.
Second, there's another new blog out there that's going to be covering the world of college hockey at large. It's called "The College Hockey (& Other Stuff) Blog", and you can find it near the top of my links to the right of this post.
Third, like some of us have been doing in the Tech thread on USCHO, I thought I'd share a few memories from 06-07 - my first full year of following Tech hockey. Some (read: 'all') of the photos are nipped from MEg's Tech blog, but my camera sucks and I'm behind the net playing with the band anyway, so I have an excuse for not having pics of my own to share this season. Other than that, I can assure you that I was at these games and I will remember them fondly...
"Ladies and gentlemen, here is tonight's starting lineup for the Northern Michigan Wildcats..."
**YAWN**
3 seconds to go in the 3rd, score 1-1...ST. LOUIS SCORES!
(photo courtesy of Anthony Reynolds)
Final score - MTU 9, UAA 0. Teslak's first shutout of the season, Rouleau's first career hat-trick.
Someone at the Joe forgot to reset the score from the State-Haahvaad game, resulting in several minutes of entertainment. Too bad it didn't actually happen.
Skworch firing up the crowd on Senior Night after sweeping Wisconsin.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Hauswirth to Sign NLI...
The Misfits are reporting that there's a strong chance Jake Hauswirth will be signing a National Letter of Intent to play for Michigan Tech soon, beginning in 08-09.
As I mentioned in a previous post, Jake finished his 06-07 season with Marquette of the NAHL, totaling 21-19-40. He will be playing with the Omaha Lancers of the USHL in 07-08, and has been described as a big, physical player who can make good hits and has a nice shot.
For the Misfits' story, go *here*.
As I mentioned in a previous post, Jake finished his 06-07 season with Marquette of the NAHL, totaling 21-19-40. He will be playing with the Omaha Lancers of the USHL in 07-08, and has been described as a big, physical player who can make good hits and has a nice shot.
For the Misfits' story, go *here*.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Schooley, Hauswirth to USHL...
08-09 Tech recruit Anthony Schooley will be playing his last year of juniors in the USHL, after he was drafted by Waterloo earlier this week.
Schooley had originally played for Waterloo, but had family issues this year and transferred to Traverse City of the NAHL to be closer to home. With things apparently settled, he will now return to Waterloo for one more season before joining Tech for the 2008-2009 campaign.
Additionally, potential Tech recruit Jake Hauswirth, currently with Marquette of the NAHL, was drafted by Omaha. Hauswirth has not yet given a verbal to any university, but back in April it was mentioned in the MTU thread that Hauswirth had received some interest from MTU (he even took a visit), and would like to play in the WCHA. He had been scouted for 07-08, but he felt he was not developed enough and wanted to play another year of juniors. Hopefully the USHL should give him that edge.
Thanks to Shirtless for digging up the draft info, and USHL.com for confirmation.
Schooley had originally played for Waterloo, but had family issues this year and transferred to Traverse City of the NAHL to be closer to home. With things apparently settled, he will now return to Waterloo for one more season before joining Tech for the 2008-2009 campaign.
Additionally, potential Tech recruit Jake Hauswirth, currently with Marquette of the NAHL, was drafted by Omaha. Hauswirth has not yet given a verbal to any university, but back in April it was mentioned in the MTU thread that Hauswirth had received some interest from MTU (he even took a visit), and would like to play in the WCHA. He had been scouted for 07-08, but he felt he was not developed enough and wanted to play another year of juniors. Hopefully the USHL should give him that edge.
Thanks to Shirtless for digging up the draft info, and USHL.com for confirmation.
Official 2007-2008 Schedule Announced...
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Axtell Axed?
The rumor on the street is that freshman forward Phil Axtell has been dismissed from the hockey Huskies for "repeated violations of team rules". No specifics have been gleaned and there has not yet been an official announcement.
Truthfully, I was a bit unimpressed with Axtell's play. 10 pts. is decent for a freshman campaign, but I felt he should have been throwing his massive physical size around a lot more. He was also forced to sit out all of the WCHA playoff games against CC and the F5 game against Bucky for poor grades, so something tells me the issue is likely academic.
If this turns out to be true, then I wish Phil the best of luck in any future endeavors.
Truthfully, I was a bit unimpressed with Axtell's play. 10 pts. is decent for a freshman campaign, but I felt he should have been throwing his massive physical size around a lot more. He was also forced to sit out all of the WCHA playoff games against CC and the F5 game against Bucky for poor grades, so something tells me the issue is likely academic.
If this turns out to be true, then I wish Phil the best of luck in any future endeavors.
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Michigan Tech 2007-2008 Preliminary Schedule
The annoucement has not yet been made so this is still subject to change, but this is what some people have been able to determine, through deductive logic...
Home games are denoted in bold
Oct. 12 - eNeMa U (Superior Showdown)
Oct. 14 - Lake State (Superior Showdown)
Oct. 19 - Minnesota State-Mankato
Oct. 20 - Minnesota State-Mankato
Oct. 26 - North Dakota
Oct. 27 - North Dakota
Nov. 2 - @ Wisconsin
Nov. 3 - @ Wisconsin
Nov. 9 - St. Cloud State
Nov. 10 - St. Cloud State
Nov. 16 - @ Minnesota-Duluth
Nov. 17 - @ Minnesota-Duluth
Nov. 30 - @ Minnesota
Dec. 1 - @ Minnesota
Dec. 14 - @ eNeMa U (nc)
Dec. 15 - eNeMa U (nc)
Dec. 28 - vs. Michigan State (GLi) (nc)
Dec. 29 - vs. Michigan/Providence (GLi) (nc)
Jan. 4 - @ Mercyhurst (nc)
Jan. 5 - @ Mercyhurst (nc)
Jan. 11 - @ North Dakota
Jan. 12 - @ North Dakota
Jan. 25 - Colorado College
Jan. 26 - Colorado College
Feb. 1 - @ Alaska-Anchorage
Feb. 2 - @ Alaska-Anchorage
Feb. 15 - Minnesota-Duluth
Feb. 16 - Minnesota-Duluth
Feb. 22 - @ St. Cloud State
Feb. 23 - @ St. Cloud State
Feb. 29 - Denver
Mar. 1 - Denver
Mar. 7 - @ Minnesota State-Mankato
Mar. 8 - @ Minnesota State-Mankato
Pros
1. No trips to Colorado
2. String of early home games to (hopefully) build some momentum.
3. NMU rivalry series in the middle of the season, instead of wasting it right away.
4. For that matter, a second home game against Northern.
Cons
1. LOOONNNGG stretch of road games in the middle of the season. If it weren't for the H&H against Northern, we'd be going two months without a game at the JMSIA.
2. Ending the regular season on the road (at least it'll be against Mankato)
3. Watered-down OOC schedule (MSU? Good. NMU? Tradition, and perhaps they'll bounce back next season. Mercyhurst? C'mon!)
4. No visit from UAA (can't heckle Nathan Lawson again)
Overall, this proposed schedule feels a bit unbalanced, even though the number of games is correct and the opponents are accurate. When the finalized schedule is announced (hopefully soon), we'll see how close the actual dates are to this mock up.
Home games are denoted in bold
Oct. 12 - eNeMa U (Superior Showdown)
Oct. 14 - Lake State (Superior Showdown)
Oct. 19 - Minnesota State-Mankato
Oct. 20 - Minnesota State-Mankato
Oct. 26 - North Dakota
Oct. 27 - North Dakota
Nov. 2 - @ Wisconsin
Nov. 3 - @ Wisconsin
Nov. 9 - St. Cloud State
Nov. 10 - St. Cloud State
Nov. 16 - @ Minnesota-Duluth
Nov. 17 - @ Minnesota-Duluth
Nov. 30 - @ Minnesota
Dec. 1 - @ Minnesota
Dec. 14 - @ eNeMa U (nc)
Dec. 15 - eNeMa U (nc)
Dec. 28 - vs. Michigan State (GLi) (nc)
Dec. 29 - vs. Michigan/Providence (GLi) (nc)
Jan. 4 - @ Mercyhurst (nc)
Jan. 5 - @ Mercyhurst (nc)
Jan. 11 - @ North Dakota
Jan. 12 - @ North Dakota
Jan. 25 - Colorado College
Jan. 26 - Colorado College
Feb. 1 - @ Alaska-Anchorage
Feb. 2 - @ Alaska-Anchorage
Feb. 15 - Minnesota-Duluth
Feb. 16 - Minnesota-Duluth
Feb. 22 - @ St. Cloud State
Feb. 23 - @ St. Cloud State
Feb. 29 - Denver
Mar. 1 - Denver
Mar. 7 - @ Minnesota State-Mankato
Mar. 8 - @ Minnesota State-Mankato
Pros
1. No trips to Colorado
2. String of early home games to (hopefully) build some momentum.
3. NMU rivalry series in the middle of the season, instead of wasting it right away.
4. For that matter, a second home game against Northern.
Cons
1. LOOONNNGG stretch of road games in the middle of the season. If it weren't for the H&H against Northern, we'd be going two months without a game at the JMSIA.
2. Ending the regular season on the road (at least it'll be against Mankato)
3. Watered-down OOC schedule (MSU? Good. NMU? Tradition, and perhaps they'll bounce back next season. Mercyhurst? C'mon!)
4. No visit from UAA (can't heckle Nathan Lawson again)
Overall, this proposed schedule feels a bit unbalanced, even though the number of games is correct and the opponents are accurate. When the finalized schedule is announced (hopefully soon), we'll see how close the actual dates are to this mock up.
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