Five weeks after winning its first tournament of any kind in over 10 years, Miami makes its inaugural appearance in the Great Lakes Invitational this weekend. The RedHawks will face Michigan Tech in the first round on Sunday and either Ferris State or Michigan State in the championship or third-place game the next day. VFG … Continue reading Preview: Miami at Great Lakes Invitational
Preview: Miami at Ferris State
For the second straight year, Miami opens its season in Big Rapids, and the RedHawks are hoping Friday's opener ends better than Game 1 last October. The RedHawks led, 3-0 after the first period on opening night, 2023-24 but allowed four straight goals in the third period and overtime, falling 5-4. MU is just 3-6-1 … Continue reading Preview: Miami at Ferris State
Playoff Preview: Miami at N. Dakota
Miami hasn't won a game in over two months, entering this series 0-13-1 in its last 14 games, and now the RedHawks must take 2 of 3 in one of the most hostile rinks in Division I against the fifth-ranked NCAA team just to extend their season. MU is 1-15-1 in its last 17 meetings … Continue reading Playoff Preview: Miami at N. Dakota
Preview: Omaha at Miami
Omaha had lost three straight games heading into its series at St. Cloud State on Jan. 26 and had posted just three wins in the previous eight weeks. But the Mavericks beat the Huskies, 7-6 in overtime that night and are 5-1-2 in their last eight since, earning a top-20 spot in the national rankings. … Continue reading Preview: Omaha at Miami
Preview: St. Cloud State at Miami
Extremely close games has been an early-2024 theme for St. Cloud State. Five of the Huskies' last seven games have gone to overtime, and its two-goal differential in one of the others was due to a late empty netter. Miami's lone home conference win in 2022-23 -- a 5-0 victory on Dec. 10, 2022 -- … Continue reading Preview: St. Cloud State at Miami
Preview: North Dakota at Miami
All of Miami's final five regular season series will feature teams ranked in the USCHO's top 20 poll, but at least on paper, North Dakota is the toughest challenge of its upcoming matchups. The Fighting Hawks are No. 2 in USCHO as well as the all-important PairWise rankings and first in the NCHC with 32 … Continue reading Preview: North Dakota at Miami
Preview: Arizona St. at Miami
Got to love October PairWise. According to the computer-ranking system used to determine at-large bids for the NCAA Tournament, Arizona State is No. 3 in all of Division I. Miami is fourth. The No. 13 Sun Devils are in their ninth season of existence, all as independents, but they will begin NCHC league play next … Continue reading Preview: Arizona St. at Miami
Preview: Canisius at Miami
In a small sample size, Miami has dominated Canisius more than practically any other NCAA opponent. Miami scores in a game at Canisius last season (photo by Cathy Lachmann/VFTG). The RedHawks are 8-0 all-time vs. the Golden Griffins, outscoring them 38-6 in those contests. These teams had not met since 2013 until last season, when … Continue reading Preview: Canisius at Miami
Preview: Miami at Ferris St.
This is the third straight season these teams have opened the season playing each other. Miami went 1-0-1 on its home ice last season and split its 2021 series vs. the Bulldogs in Big Rapids. Overall the RedHawks are 4-2-1 vs. FSU in these teams' last seven meetings, and Miami is three games over .500 … Continue reading Preview: Miami at Ferris St.
NCHC playoff preview: Miami at Denver
Denver has been one of the best teams in college hockey the past couple of seasons, and is currently one of the hottest heading into the NCHC Tournament. The Pioneers, who claimed the league's regular season title with 56 points, 12 clear of the field, won nine of its final 10 games to pull away … Continue reading NCHC playoff preview: Miami at Denver
Preview: Western Michigan at Miami
Since Miami swept Western Michigan at Lawson Arena during the COVID year, the Broncos are winless in their last 10 games vs. the RedHawks, outscoring them, 47-20. Until 2021, MU led WMU in the all-time series, but with the RedHawks' recent struggles, they are now nine games under .500 all-time vs. the Broncos. While Miami's … Continue reading Preview: Western Michigan at Miami
Preview: Miami at Minn.-Duluth
Minn.-Duluth is the only NCHC team Miami has yet to face this season and the lone conference foe it will not host in 2022-23. The Bulldogs have been highly streaky this season, having most recently lost three, won three and lost three more before beating Denver, 6-5 in overtime last Saturday. Miami is 1-15-2 all-time … Continue reading Preview: Miami at Minn.-Duluth
Preview: Omaha at Miami
Tragically, Omaha assistant coach Paul Jerrard passed away on Wednesday after battling cancer. He was 57. Jerrard played in five NHL games, was an assistant in that league for five seasons and has spent the last five campaigns behind the bench for the Mavericks. UNO is 7-1-1 in its last nine games, including a sweep … Continue reading Preview: Omaha at Miami
Preview: Miami at St. Cloud State
Last weekend was a complete disaster for Miami, and now the RedHawks visit the team that beat them by a 19-1 aggregate margin when they traveled to St. Cloud State for a weekend series last February. It can't get a whole lot worse than a month of getting outscored, 32-2 in January, right? For Miami, … Continue reading Preview: Miami at St. Cloud State
Preview: North Dakota at Miami
Looking at the schedule last summer, it was hard to imagine North Dakota would be in seventh place in the NCHC when it came to Oxford. But the Fighting Hawks' loss to the RedHawks in Grand Forks two months ago started their current 2-6-1 skid vs. league opponents. Miami is winless in its last four … Continue reading Preview: North Dakota at Miami
Preview: Miami at Omaha
Miami has struggled miserably in the last few seasons of NCHC play, but for whatever reason the RedHawks have dominated Omaha in that span. MU is 7-2-1 vs. the Mavericks under Chris Bergeron, and UNO is the only league team against which Miami has a winning record (29-21-7, .570 winning percentage). The RedHawks swept Omaha … Continue reading Preview: Miami at Omaha
Preview: Miami at Denver
Defending Division I champion Denver dished out both kinds of punishment to Miami when these teams met in Oxford to open the NCHC slate 2 1/2 months ago: A drubbing and a heartbreaker. The Pioneers opened the series with a dominating 4-0 win in then rallied from a one-goal deficit to score three late goals … Continue reading Preview: Miami at Denver
Preview: Niagara at Miami
The first-ever meeting between Niagara and Miami was nearly postponed. But following a deadly winter storm in the Buffalo area, the Purple Eagles -- who already had a November game vs. St. Lawrence canceled due to a major snowstorm -- made it to Oxford and are set to take on the RedHawks in the inaugural … Continue reading Preview: Niagara at Miami
Preview: St. Cloud State at Miami
St. Cloud State has won five straight games, including a rare sweep at North Dakota last weekend. The Huskies have scored 18 goals in their last three games, including that pair of wins in Grand Forks, and they head to Oxford second in the NCHC only to Denver with 17 points. A look at this … Continue reading Preview: St. Cloud State at Miami
Preview: Michigan St. at Miami
These former CCHA foes broke an eight-year cease fire last season when they met in East Lansing for a weekend series early last season, and Michigan State won both nights. The teams wrap up the home-and-home contract this weekend, and although the Spartans are 71-34-6 all-time vs. Miami, the RedHawks are 7-2-1 in their last … Continue reading Preview: Michigan St. at Miami
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