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Western Michigan defeated Ferris State 8-2 on Wednesday night to become champions of the 57th Great Lakes Invitational. Michigan Tech beat Michigan State in an overtime thriller, 3-2, and took third place in the tournament.
The GLI has been a holiday hockey tradition in Michigan for decades, annually showcasing some of the nation’s best teams and players, including compelling action and bitter rivalry.
Here’s a quick guide to this year’s invitation:
Great Lakes Invitational Program
This season’s tournament will be the 17th time all four teams are from Michigan. Michigan Tech will battle Western Michigan in the first game before Michigan State takes on Ferris State in the nightcap at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Mich. The winners will face off in the next night’s championship game after the third-place game. afternoon.
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Below are the results from this year’s GLI:
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Tuesday 27 December:
Last year’s GLI recap
When the tournament was canceled in 2020 by COVID-19, it also forced four teams to play a showcase event last season where no winner was crowned. Michigan skated to a scoreless home tie with Michigan Tech for the first time between the two programs since 1954. Michigan State fell to Western Michigan 3-1 at home before beating MTU 3-2 in overtime at home. very.
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The game between WMU and Michigan was canceled COVID-19 and list concerns.
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State of Michigan
The Spartans have been one of the biggest surprises in college hockey this season. MSU (12-7-1, 6-5-1 Big Ten) has been picked last in the Big Ten preseason poll and has rebounded in the first half of the season, climbing to No. 11 in the USCHO poll and finishing third. conference standings.
They are 5-6-1 against Top 20 Teams right now, but have wins against Penn State and UMass Lowell, as well as a sweep of Ohio State. MSU is 3-3-0 in its last three series. Miami (Ohio) falls, Minnesota sweeps and splits with Michigan.
Michigan State is averaging 3.2 goals per game and giving up 2.6 goals. On special teams, the Spartans rank in the top 10 nationally with an 84.7 percent penalty kick percentage, and their power play has scored on 20.3 percent of their chances.
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Individually, a pair of freshman forwards have stepped up to lead MSU. Daniel Russell has 19 points (6g, 13a) in 20 games, and Karson Dorwart (18 points) is tied with senior forward Jagger Joshua for the team lead with seven goals. In goal, graduate student transfer Dylan St. Cyr has continued his strong form from his Quinnipiac days, posting a .925 save percentage, 2.43 goals-against average (GAA) and two shutouts with his 11-7-1 record. .
Michigan Tech
The GLI hosts, the Huskies, are 17th in the poll. MTU (11-5-3, 7-4-3 CCHA) enters the tournament after going 3-2-1 in its last three series.Tech went 1-0-1 with Minnesota State before splitting with Northern Michigan and Lake Superior. State.
Of the teams in this year’s Invitational, the Huskies have only faced Ferris State, losing 2-1 in the season opener.
The Huskies rank fifth nationally in goals per game (2.1), and the penalty kill is eighth (85.1 percent). Offensively, MTU scores 3.0 goals per game and scores with a 16.4 percent man advantage.
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Junior forward Ryan Moseley is scoring at exactly a point per game pace with 19 points (9g, 10a). Behind him is freshman forward Kyle Kukkonen with 14 points (7g, 7a). Between the pipes, Blake Pitela has been strong for Tech. On the season, the senior netminder has a .928 save percentage, 1.98 GAA, four shutouts to go along with his 10-5-2 record.
Western Michigan
In Western Michigan, they are ranked No. 18 in the USCHO poll. The Broncos (10-9-1, 4-5-1 NCHC) endured a tough schedule in a strong conference and have hit a bit of a skid in recent weeks.
However, they have gone 1-3-1 in their last five games and beat Northeastern in the Music City Hockey Classic to close out November before being swept by Omaha and going winless against North Dakota. Like MTU, the Broncos faced off with Ferris State earlier this season, winning 6-4.
Western Michigan’s 3.9 goals per game ranks fifth in the nation, but they also give up an average of 3.0. The power play is operating at 25.6 percent, which is 11th in Division I, but the penalty kill percentage is sixth-lowest at 75.3 percent.
Freshman forward Ryan McAllister leads a potent offense, leading the nation with 33 points (10g, 23a) in 20 games. Senior forward Jason Polin is right behind him with 24 points, including a team-high 13. Junior goalkeeper Cameron Rowe has had the bulk of the workload. In 19 games, he has a .886 save percentage, 2.91 GAA and one shutout with a 9-8-1 mark.
Ferris State
The Bulldogs (8-8-1, 6-5-1 CCHA) look to finish off a strong December, going 4-2-0 at Minnesota State and sharing with Northern Michigan and St. Thomas (Minn.). .)
Ferris State comes into the GLI as the only team not currently ranked in the top 20, but up until the most recent poll, they had been receiving votes for a few weeks. A strong showing against this week’s ranked opponents could go a long way to their position in the polls.
Ferris scores 2.7 goals per game, but allows 3.1. On special teams, the penalty kick works 79.2 percent of the time, and the power play is converted on 16.3 percent of its opportunities.
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Junior forward Stepan Pokorny (6g, 6a) and sophomore forward Bradley Marek (5g, 7a) each lead the way with 12 points in 17 games. In the box, sophomore goalkeeper Noah Giesbrecht and junior Logan Stein have shared the workload fairly evenly throughout the season. Giesbrecht has a .914 save percentage, a 2.67 GAA and a 5-4-0 record in 14 games (10 starts). As for Stein, in 11 appearances (eight starts) he has a .905 save percentage, a 3.24 GAA and a 3-4-2 record.
GLI’s all-time history
This year’s tournament will be held in Grand Rapids, marking the second time in GLI history that the GLI will not be played in Detroit after the participating schools hosted each other last season.
The game began at Detroit’s Olympic Stadium before moving to Joe Louis Arena, where it was held until Joe’s closing in 2018. From 2017 to 2019, it was played at the new Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. In 2013, the Invitational was held outdoors at Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers, where Michigan beat Michigan Tech 1-0 in overtime.
The University of Toronto won the inaugural Great Lakes Invitational over Michigan Tech, the Varsity Blues’ only appearance in the tournament. Michigan has the most titles with 17, while Michigan State follows with 12. MTU is third all-time with 11 GLI championships.
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Western Michigan has participated five times, winning three, while Ferris State has finished fourth both times in the tournament.
The Invitational has traditionally featured Michigan Tech, Michigan and Michigan State as a different fourth team each season. However, this is the first season since 1973 that Michigan has not participated in the GLI. Michigan Tech has appeared in the event since its inception in 1965, while Michigan State has competed in it since 1979.
Here are the all-time results:
| year | Winner | Two | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mich. Tech | Michigan | Mich. State | Ferris State |
| 2018 | Lake Superior State | Mich. Tech | Michigan | Mich. State |
| 2017 | Bowling green | Mich. Tech | Michigan | Mich. State |
| 2016 | Western Mich. | Mich. Tech | Michigan | Mich. State |
| 2015 | Michigan | Mich. Tech | Northern Mich. | Mich. State |
| 2014 | Michigan | Mich. State | Mich. Tech | Ferris State |
| 2013 | Western Mich. | Mich. Tech | Mich. State | Michigan |
| 2012 | Mich. Tech | Western Mich. | Michigan | Mich. State |
| 2011 | Michigan | Mich. State | Boston College | Mich. Tech |
| 2010 | Michigan | Colorado Col. | Mich. State | Mich. Tech. |
| 2009 | Mich. State | Room cleaning | Michigan | Mich. Tech |
| 2008 | Michigan | Mich. State | Mich. Tech | North Dakota |
| 2007 | Michigan | Mich. Tech | Providence | Mich. State |
| 2006 | Mich. State | Michigan | Harvard | Mich. Tech |
| 2005 | Colorado Col. | Mich. State | Michigan | Mich. Tech |
| 2004 | Mich. State | Michigan | UNH | Mich. Tech |
| 2003 | Boston College | Mich. State | Michigan | Mich. Tech |
| 2002 | Boston U. | Michigan | Mich. State | Mich. Tech |
| 2001 | North Dakota | Mich. State | Michigan | Mich. Tech |
| 2000 | Mich. State | Mich. Tech | Boston College | Michigan |
| 1999 | Mich. State | Michigan | Mich. Tech | Lake Superior St. |
| 1998 | Mich. State | Michigan | Northern Mich. | Mich. Tech |
| 1997 | Mich. State | Michigan | Mich. Tech | St. Lawrence |
| 1996 | Michigan | Lake Superior St. | Mich. State | Mich. Tech |
| 1995 | Michigan | Mich. State | Mich. Tech | Northern Mich. |
| 1994 | Michigan | Mich. State | Mich. Tech | Cornell |
| 1993 | Michigan | Mich. State | Mich. Tech | Our Lady |
| 1992 | Michigan | Northern Mich. | Mich. State | Mich. Tech |
| 1991 | Michigan | Mich. Tech | Mich. State | Harvard |
| 1990 | Michigan | Reputation | Mich. Tech | Mich. State |
| 1989 | Michigan | Mich. State | Mich. Tech | Northern Mich. |
| 1988 | Michigan | North Dakota | Mich. State | Mich. Tech |
| 1987 | Badger State | Mich. State | Michigan | Mich. Tech |
| 1986 | Western Mich. | Michigan | Mich. State | Mich. Tech |
| 1985 | Mich. State | Rensselaer | Michigan | Mich. Tech |
| 1984 | Mich. State | Mich. Tech | Michigan | Bowling green |
| 1983 | Mich. State | Mich. Tech | Northern Mich. | Michigan |
| 1982 | Mich. State | Mich. Tech | Michigan | Our Lady |
| 1981 | Our Lady | Mich. Tech | Michigan | Mich. State |
| 1980 | Mich. Tech | Michigan | Mich. State | Harvard |
| 1979 | Mich. Tech | Michigan | Badger State | Mich. State |
| 1978 | Mich. Tech | Ohio State | Boston U. | Michigan |
| 1977 | Mich. Tech | Michigan | Lake Superior St. | Western Mich. |
| 1976 | Mich. Tech | Michigan | Brown | Bowling green |
| 1975 | Michigan | Mich. Tech | Boston U. | Pennsylvania |
| 1974 | Mich. Tech | Michigan | Harvard | Yale |
| 1973 | Mich. State | Mich. Tech | Boston College | Pennsylvania |
| 1972 | Harvard | Mich. Tech | Boston U. | Michigan |
| 1971 | Mich. Tech | Mich. State | Dartmouth | Our Lady |
| 1970 | Mich. Tech | Michigan | Colgate | Brown |
| 1969 | UNH | Mich. State | Mich. Tech. | Princeton |
| 1968 | Mich. Tech | Badger State | Mich. State | Michigan |
| 1967 | North Dakota | Mich. Tech | Mich. State | Western Ontario |
| 1966 | Michigan | Mich. State | Mich. Tech | Western Ontario |
| 1965 | Toronto | Mich. Tech | Boston U. | Colorado Col. |
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