Highlight Reel: Ice Hockey Finals
March 14, 2015
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
This MHSAA hockey season came to a close Saturday with all three championships won by teams from the Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League.
Click below for highlights from all three Finals, with one for each of the six teams that took the ice at Compuware Arena.
Division 1: Detroit Catholic Central 5 Grandville 2
BANG-BANG BULLDOG GOALS – Grandville got both of its goals 14 seconds apart. Jacob Baum on the power play, and Gianni Vitali on a scramble in front of the net closed the CC lead to 3-2.
BUT CC ANSWERS – A power play gave Detroit Catholic Central an opportunity to quell the Grandville rally. Evan Rochowiak scores the first of his two goals a minute after the Bulldogs pulled close.
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Division 2: Birmingham Brother Rice 6, Livonia Stevenson 3
STEVENSON TIES IT UP – Livonia Stevenson got two goals two minutes apart in the second period to tie the Division 2 Final at 2-2. Joe Alcantara scores for the Spartans on the deflection.
PYC-ING UP THE REBOUND – Brendan Pyc put Birmingham Brother Rice on top to stay with two power play goals late in the third period. Here he scores his second on a rebound with 40 seconds left.
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Division 3: Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 3, Houghton 0
CRANES LIGHT IT UP QUICKLY – It took less than a minute for Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood to get on the board in the Division 3 Final against Houghton. Mason Schultz goes top shelf on the rebound.
ADASKAVEG ADDS TO THE LEAD – Cole Adaskaveg picks up the second goal for Cranbrook Kingswood with Sean O'Leary getting his second assist of the game on the play.
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Moment: 109 Minutes, 8 OT, 2 Champions
April 9, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Not before 2008 nor since has an MHSAA Hockey Final finished in a tie.
But on March 8, 2008, Marquette and Orchard Lake St. Mary's played eight overtimes and 109 minutes before a tie and co-champions were announced in the Division 2 title game.
The teams entered overtime tied 1-1, and that’s how it ended after more than four hours of game play. Marquette had led 1-0 after a second-period goal before St. Mary's tied it up with 1:32 to play in regulation. The game was ended out of concern for players’ safety after the marathon effort.
If a Final were to be tied after a fourth 8-minute overtime today, the teams would play 4-on-4 until it was broken.
Today's #MHSAAMoment features the full broadcast of the game by the NFHS Network.