GLI Championship Open Thread: Michigan vs. Michigan Tech

Submitted by gwkrlghl on

#10 Michigan (10-3-3) vs. Michigan Tech (11-6-2)

Michigan defeated Northern 3-2 yesterday while Tech overcame a 2-0 deficit to MSU in the 3rd and won in OT. Michigan is looking for their 6th GLI crown in the last 10 years while Tech is looking to add its 2nd since 1980 after breaking the seal again in 2012.

Speaking of which, MSU choked away another 3rd period lead tonight and lost in OT. Up 1-0 in the 3rd the Northerns scored with about 4:00 to go and then won it in OT. MSU finishes 4th. This is looking like it'll be Anastos' last season.

TV is FSD or BTN+. I have neither so it's radio for me.

Go blue!

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December 30th, 2015 at 8:09 PM ^

LOL - our houseguests (and my wife) just overruled me watching the hockey game and we're now watching the freakin' Iowa State-Coppin State hoops game streamed onto the damned TV...ugggggghhhhh

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gwkrlghl

December 30th, 2015 at 8:13 PM ^

Aside from a few blips, Tech has been a single-digit-win team since Bob Mancini retired in 1996. 

Year Head Coach Overall Record
1996-97 Tim Watters 8-27-4
1997-98 Tim Watters 17-20-3
1998-99 Tim Watters 9-28-1
1999-00 Tim Watters 4-34-0
2000-01 Tim Watters 1-7-1
2000-01 Mike Sertich 7-17-2
2001-02 Mike Sertich 8-28-2
2002-03 Mike Sertich 10-24-4
2003-04 Jamie Russell 8-25-5
2004-05 Jamie Russell 8-25-4
2005-06 Jamie Russell 7-25-6
2006-07 Jamie Russell 18-17-5
2007-08 Jamie Russell 14-20-5
2008-09 Jamie Russell 6-25-7
2009-10 Jamie Russell 5-30-1
2010-11 Jamie Russell 4-30-4
2011-12 Mel Pearson 16-19-4
2012-13 Mel Pearson 13-20-4
2013-14 Mel Pearson 14-19-7
2014-15 Mel Pearson 29-10-2
2015-16 Mel Pearson 11-6-3

Looks like his program is really gaining its legs now that the last of the Jamie Russell program is purged. Come home Mel

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ckersh74

December 30th, 2015 at 8:23 PM ^

Bob Mancini never stayed in one place for very long. 

I remember those Tim Watters years. Oof. The records at the end of the tenure may be the same, but those teams were probably even worse than what Jamie Russell did there. That 1999-00 team would have struggled against D-III competition. Somehow they managed to beat LSSU twice that year, once at the GLI. 

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ckersh74

December 30th, 2015 at 8:35 PM ^

I believe at that time that they were financially pinched, and didn't want to eat the contract. That and he lived a little longer off of that winning season a few years earlier. 

You have to realize that before last year, MTU had NOT been a national power since John MacInnes was still alive and coaching in the early 80s. And MTU was simply not putting up the necessary dollars to bring the program forward, on and off the ice. 

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San Diego Mick

December 30th, 2015 at 8:29 PM ^

how good is that guy?

I love that he's on the Wings and FA's will want to come to Detroit to skate with him, by the time the new arena opens, Detroit will be really back in the hunt soon.

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Michigasling

December 30th, 2015 at 9:11 PM ^

If you check the posting times, I believe the first Michigan goal came right after Wolv/Iowa's companions told him to change channels. 

EDIT:  Sorry, it was the tying goal.  But of course that was the more important one.

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