They play late and they play on a lot of off-days (Wednesday and Saturday nights). All in all, high school hockey always seems to be under the radar as far as publicity and coverage by the local media goes. A lot of time our phones have been shut off (to gather and get the night's roundup together for the paper) by the time games end and coaches have a chance to call us with results.
I encourage coaches and or team representatives to email us those results to sports@oakpress.com. We still might be able to get it online at MIPrepZone that night or the next morning. I just want to see more hockey in the paper and especially online.

This past weekend, there was a pretty big home-and-home series in the MIHL, as first-place Catholic Central and second-place Cranbrook squared off for the first time this season. The two teams split the series, each winning on the other team's home ice. CC beat the Cranes, 4-3, in overtime Friday night at Wallace Arena. Matt Sorisho scored the game winner six minutes in off a pass from Ryan Wandzel.
On Saturday, Cranbrook bit back, taking a 2-1 victory. Cameron Heath scored the game winner midway through the second period. Aaron Alkema stopped 42 of the 43 shots he faced to get the win for the Cranes. The night before, teammate Justin Kirk made 44 saves in the OT loss. That's some great goaltending.

Top performances from this past week:
- Pete Halash, Catholic Central: Scored two goals and had an assist in the Shamrock's 7-1 win over De La Sallle
- Tyler VanNorman, Catholic Central: Scored two goals in CC's 7-1 win over De La Salle
- Trevor Kalinowski, Lakeland: Stopped 42 shots in goal to lead the Eagles to a 2-0 shutout win over Waterford Mott
- Zach Massa, Farmington: Scored a pair of goals in the Falcons' 4-1 win over Rochester United
- Jack Bergmann, Country Day: Bergmann scored twice and assisted on another in the Yellowjackets 4-2 win over Royal Oak
- Adam Larkin, Clarkston: His goal and two assists helped the Wolves to a 4-1 win over Farmington
- Sebastian Stankiewicz, Country Day: Scored a hat trick to lead his team to a dominating 8-0 win over Notre Dame Prep
- Gabe Comos, Clarkston: Comos scored a pair of goals and had an assist to lead the Wolves to a 6-3 win over Stoney Creek
- Mackenzie MacEachern, Brother Rice: The senior had a pair of goals and assists in a 5-3 win over TC Central and two more goals in a 6-0 win over TC Western the night before
- Chris Wilberding, Brother Rice: Scored two goals in his team's win over TC Central Saturday night
- Thomas Ebbing, Brother Rice: His goal and two assists helped his team top TC Central
- Cooper Anstett, St. Mary's: Had a pair of goals in Eaglets' 3-1 win over Port Huron Northern
- Austin Julvezan, St. Mary's: Stopped 27 of 28 shots in his team's win over the Huskies

Here are the updated MIHL, OAA and KLAA league standings as of Tuesday (Jan. 17)

MIHL Standings
Team                    GP    W   L  T  OL  Pts.
Catholic Central     14    12   2   0   0     24
Cranbrook              9      7    1   0   1     15
Trenton                  10     7    2   0   0     15    
St. Mary's               8      5    3   0   0     10
Brother Rice           9      5    4    0   0    10
PH Northern          10     4   5    0    0     9
GP North                8      3   5    0    0     6
Wyandotte              9      2   6    0    1     5
De La Salle             9      2   7    0    0     4
U-D Jesuit               8      0   8    0    0     0

OAA Red
Team                      W  L  T  Pts.
Lake Orion              5  0   1   11
Clarkston                 4  0   1    9
Farmington               3  3   0    6
Farmington U.          2  2   1    5
Birmingham U.         1  2   2    4
Oxford                     1  1  1    3
Rochester U.            1  3  0    2
Stoney Creek           0  6  0   0

OAA White
Team                      W  L  T  Pts.
Berkley-Ferndale     6   0   0   12
Avondale                 4   3   0    8
West Bloomfield      4   3   0    8
Royal Oak               3   3   0   6
Bloom. Hills United  3   3   0   6
Troy                         2   5   0   4
Troy Athens             0   5   0   0

KLAA Central
Team                      W  L  T  Pts.
Brighton                   6   1   1   13
Livonia Stevenson    5   2   0   11
Novi                        3   3   1    7
South Lyon              3   4   0    6
Northville                 3   3   1    7

KLAA North
Team                      W  L  T  Pts.
Waterford Mott        6   3   0   12
WL Northern           4   1   0     8
Lakeland                  2   4   0     4
Waterford Kettering  1   4   0    2
WL Central              1   5   0    2

KLAA West
Team                      W  L  T  Pts.
Howell                     7   1   1   15
Grand Blanc*           4   1   2   11
Pinckney                  3   3   2    8
Hartland                   3   1   1    7
Milford*                   2   3   0   5
WL Western             1   6   0   2
* one OT loss

LINKS TO GAME COVERAGE ON MIPREPZONE.COM
Davison 5, Lakeland 4
Farmington 4, Rochester United 1
Lakeland 2, Waterford Mott 0
Grosse Pointe South 8, Notre Dame Prep 0
Catholic Central 7, De La Salle 1
Oxford 2, Birmingham United 2