Highlight Reel: D2 Hockey Semifinals

March 13, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Livonia Stevenson and Birmingham Brother Rice will meet Saturday to the decide this season's MHSAA Division 2 hockey champion.

Below are highlights from the NFHS Network for all four teams that played in Thursday's Semifinals at Compuware Arena. 

Livonia Stevenson 3, Escanaba 2

FIRST GOAL WUNDER - Escanaba's Levi Wunder tallied his 46th goal of the season in the first period of this Division 2 Semifinal against Livonia Stevenson, getting the rebound off his own shot.

LEONARD BLASTS IT IN - Livonia Stevenson got two goals in less than a minute in the second period to take the lead. The first was on this blast by Shane Leonard. 

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Birmingham Brother Rice 4, Grosse Pointe South 0 

ROSA'S FIRST GOAL - Nick Rosa had two second period goals for Birmingham Brother Rice in its 4-0 Division 2 Semifinal win over Grosse Pointe South. Here's the first, where he follows Matthew Manning's bounce off the side of the goal.

REINHART BREAKAWAY - Brother Rice scored three goals in less than three minutes in the second period of its Division 2 Semifinal. Here Dana Reinhart scores on a breakaway.

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Flashback 100: Lalas Leaves High School Legacies on Ice & Pitch

October 4, 2024

Alexi Lalas was named the Mr. Soccer Award winner by the Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association in 1987 after his senior season at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood. He went on to have a storied career in the sport, playing for the U.S. men’s national team in the 1992 Olympics and the 1994 World Cup and professionally for a decade.

In high school, Lalas also was a part of two ice hockey MHSAA Finals-winning teams. He played on the 1987 and 1988 Cranbrook teams that won Class B-C-D championships as part of a run of four consecutive titles that began in 1985.

Lalas captained the 1988 team, which defeated Riverview Gabriel Richard 11-0 in the first round and Grand Rapids Catholic Central 8-0 in the Semifinals before winning the Final 5-2 over Sault Ste. Marie at Michigan Tech. In 1987, Cranbrook triumphed over Riverview Gabriel Richard 12-0 in round one, Forest Hills Central 8-0 in the Semifinals, and Hancock 6-3 in the Final at the I.M.A. Sports Arena in Flint.

Lalas stands fifth from left with his 1987 Cranbrook soccer team.On the pitch, Lalas also was the first American to play in Serie A, Italy’s top soccer division. He spent two seasons with Padova, scoring three goals in 44 appearances. Afterward, he transitioned to Major League Soccer (MLS), playing for the New England Revolution, New York/New Jersey MetroStars, Kansas City Wizards, and Los Angeles Galaxy before retiring after the 2003 season.

Today, Lalas is a soccer commentator for Fox Sports, having previously spent six years with ESPN in a similar role. He also hosts a soccer podcast called State of the Union.

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PHOTOS At left, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood's Alexi Lalas poses for a photo in his soccer uniform; at right, Lalas plays for Cranbrook during his high school hockey career. (Middle) Lalas stands fifth from left with his 1987 Cranbrook soccer team. (Soccer photos courtesy of Alexi Lalas and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood; hockey photo courtesy of Stouffer Photo/Observer & Eccentric Newspapers.)