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 GOALSGrandville 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.

Watch the entire game and order DVDs by Clicking Here. 

Division 2: Birmingham Brother Rice 6, Livonia Stevenson 3

STEVENSON TIES IT UPLivonia 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 REBOUNDBrendan 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.

Watch the entire game and order DVDs by Clicking Here.

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. 

Watch the entire game and order DVDs by Clicking Here

Moment: Pendery Caps GRCC Comeback

April 9, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

When Jack Pendery scored 5 minutes and 25 seconds into overtime on March 11, 2016, he finished Grand Rapids Catholic Central’s comeback from a two-goal deficit and sent the Eagles to the Division 3 hockey championship game with a 3-2 win over Chelsea.

The Bulldogs quickly took a 2-0 first-period lead in this Semifinal. But the Cougars scored once in the second period and again in the third to tie the score, and for the game outshot Chelsea 53-24.

“All I heard was a bunch of screaming and roaring,” Pendery said postgame of his winning goal. “I didn’t honestly didn’t see the goal clearly go in, but at that moment I felt relief off my chest.”

Click for Grand Rapids Press coverage – Jack Pendery’s OT goal lifts Grand Rapids Catholic Central past Chelsea, into D3 state championship – and watch the game winner below with coverage from the NFHS Network.