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: Brighton Makes Chances Count
April 7, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Brighton had only 11 shots on goal during its 4-3 overtime Division 1 Hockey Final win over Grosse Pointe North on March 10, 2012.
And Chet Daavettila can claim the most memorable, as his shot into the far side of the net put the Bulldogs ahead to stay with 1 minute, 32 seconds left in the extra period.
The title was Brighton’s second on the ice – the first having come in 2006 with Daavettila’s older brother Tom on the roster.
The Bulldogs also had won in overtime in their Semifinal, over Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, to advance to the season’s final day.
“My brother won it last time. He was on the team in 2006,” Chet Daavettila said that day. “He was giving me ribs about if we lose. And we won, so it was a great relief.”
Click to read Second Half coverage of that game – Division 1: For Brighton, 11 is Enough – and see below for the game-winning goal with coverage from the NFHS Network.