Moment: Nordstrom Sends Hancock to Final
May 22, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Alex Nordstrom had quite a hockey season during the winter of 2015-16, and put a giant exclamation point on the end with his performance during Finals weekend at USA Hockey Arena.
He’d finish his freshman campaign with 33 goals and 26 assists, including a pair of goals in Hancock’s 4-2 Division 3 Final win over Grand Rapids Catholic Central. But arguably the biggest goal of all came a day earlier.
Nordstrom’s backhand into the next 6:51 into overtime on March 11, 2016, gave Hancock a 2-1 Semifinal win over Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood and sent the Bulldogs to Saturday’s championship game. The title would be the program’s first since 1999.
Click for coverage of the Semifinal from State Champs Sports Network and watch the game winner below from the NFHS Network.
2020-21 Ice Hockey Regional Brackets Announced
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 7, 2021
The 2020-21 Hockey Regional brackets, with top-two teams seeded, were released Sunday morning on MHSAA.com.
The top two teams in each Regional were selected based on the Michigan Power Ratings (MPR) from the regular season through Saturday’s games. Those two teams are placed on the opposite sides of their Regional brackets, making the Regional Final the earliest those teams could meet.
Click to see Regional bracket line assignments: Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3.
Click to see all Regional brackets: Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3.
Click for Michigan Power Ratings for hockey. Postseason play begins March 15.