First and foremost I want to thank the tremendous response to my requests last week regarding calling, emailing and submitting information on high school hockey games. I sensed a little frustration on the part of some coaches who try to call in their scores, only to be forwarded to a full mailbox.
But we received more calls and actual game-story submissions than we have all year long. So hockey got more coverage than it has all year long. I want to thank everyone who made it happen this week. And I still encourage other coaches to contact us as well.

Showcase hockey
This week is jam packed with exciting hockey, with both the Michigan Public High School Hockey Showcase in Chelsea and the MIHL Showcase in Trenton taking place. The Public Showcase is in its second year after a great showing last year. The Showcase has expanded to 53 teams this year, competing in 52 games. It's got a nice mix of teams this year, including five of the top-10 teams in Division 1. The game I'm most looking forward to is Saturday night's matchup between Lake Orion and Novi, two of my Top-10 Oakland County teams in my latest rankings.
The MIHL Showcase has too many great matchups to mention here. I already summarized some of the best in my story on MIPrepZone.com. Aside from the Hill Academy (Toronto) vs. CC and Cranbrook, I would say the most intriguing matchups will be those pitting the U.P. teams against MIHL squads, most notably Marquette-Cranbrook and CC-Calumet.
Again, read my story or visit the MPHSH or MIHL websites for more information.

MAC-OAA Showcase a success
The third-annual MAC-OAA Showcase was held at the Onyx Ice Arena in Rochester this past Saturday, with 30 teams playing 15 games throughout the day. The OAA finished an impressive 8-3-4 against the MAC to win its third-straight challenge. Among the winners for the OAA: Troy, Rochester United, Troy Athens, Stoney Creek, West Bloomfield, Bloomfield Hills United, Avondale and Royal Oak. We were able to cover a few of the games from the Showcase. Click HERE to go to our hockey home page to read them.

Top performances from this past week:
- Matt Bancil and Austin Sereno, Waterford Mott: Each scored a pair of goals to help the Corsairs to a 5-2 win over rival Waterford Kettering.
- Nolan Gluchowski, Catholic Central: Scored a pair of goals while teammates Charlie Green and Matt Sorisho had a goal and two assists apiece in the Shamrocks' 6-1 win over Wyandotte.
- Brody Blair, Rochester United: Stopped all but was shot he faced and picked up an assist in his team's 3-1 win over Romeo.
- Tyler Skulley, Milford: Was perfect in goal, getting the shutout in the Mavericks' 2-0 win over rival Lakeland.
- Kevin Barnett, Bloomfield Hills United: Scored a goal and assisted on another in the Chargers 4-2 win over Royal Oak
- Pat Carney, Novi: Stopped all 24 shots he saw in leading Novi to a 1-0 shutout of South Lyon Unified.
- Ryan Kobylarek, Novi: Came up with the game-winning goal in the Wildcats' 1-0 overtime victory over South Lyon Unified.
- Louis Carnevale, South Lyon: Did everything in his power to give his team a chance to win, making 30 saves in a 1-0 overtime loss to Novi.
- Jeremy Loewenstein and Blake Manginell, Cranbrook: The pair combined for six points in the Cranes' 7-2 win over Port Huron Northern.
- Luke Rodgers, St. Mary's: Had a pair of goals to help the Eaglets past Grosse Pointe North, 4-0.
- Austin Julvezan, St. Mary's: Was perfect in goal, stopping all 24 Norsemen shots he faced in a 4-0 win over GPN.
- Justin Kirk, Cranbrook: Made 23 saves to lead the Cranes to a 2-1 win over U-D Jesuit.
- Mackenzie MacEachern, Brother Rice: Had a hat trick, as teammate Chris Wilberding picked up assists on all three goals in Rice's 6-2 win over De La Salle. Blake Bazzi also had two goals for the Warriors.
- Scott Cuthrell, Waterford Mott: Senior scored a pair of goals and assisted on four others to lead Mott past Clarkston, 7-5.
- Adam Larkin, Clarkston: Scored two goals and had an assist in a 7-5 loss to Waterford Mott.
- Trevor Kalinowski, Lakeland: The junior goalie stopped 31 of the 33 shots he faces as Lakeland picked up a 4-2 win over Fraser. Also stopped 38 of 40 shots in 2-0 loss to Milford later in the week.

Here are the updated MIHL, OAA, CHSL and KLAA league standings as of Tuesday (Jan. 31)

MIHL Standings
Team                    GP    W   L  T  OL  Pts.
Catholic Central     16    13   2   0   1     27
Cranbrook             15    12   2   0   1     25
Trenton                  14     9    3   1   1     20
Brother Rice          14     9    4   1   0     19   
St. Mary's              12     9    3   0   0     18
GP North               14     5   9    0   0     10
PH Northern          12     4   7    0   1      9
De La Salle            14     3  11    0    0    6
Wyandotte             12     2   9    0    1     5
U-D Jesuit             13     1  11    0    1    3

OAA Red
Team                      W  L  T  Pts.
Lake Orion              5  0   2   11
Clarkston                 5  0   2   11
Farmington U.          4  2   1    9
Farmington               4  3   0    8
Oxford                     2  4  1    5
Rochester U.            2  5  0    4
Birmingham U.         1  4   2    4
Stoney Creek           1  6  0    2

OAA White
Team                      W  L  T  Pts.
Berkley-Ferndale     7   0   1   15
Avondale                 6   3   0   12
West Bloomfield      5   3   0    10
Bloom. Hills United  5   4   0   10
Troy                        4   6   0    8
Royal Oak               3   5   1   7
Troy Athens             0   8   0   0

KLAA Central
Team                      W  L  T  Pts.
Brighton                   8   2   1   17
Novi                        7   3   1   15
Livonia Stevenson*  6   3   0   13
South Lyon*            5   5   0   11
Northville*               4   5   1   10

KLAA North
Team                       W  L  T  Pts.
WL Northern            9   1   1    19
Waterford Mott        7   4   0    14
Lakeland                  3   8   0     6
WL Central              3   8   0     4
Waterford Kettering  1  10   0    2

KLAA West
Team                      W  L  T  Pts.
Howell                     9   1   1   19
Hartland                   6   2   2   14
Grand Blanc*           5   2   2   13
Milford*                   6   4   0   13 
Pinckney                  5   4   2   12
WL Western             1   9   0   2
* one OT loss

CHSL Division 1 - Group A
Team                      W  L  T
Catholic Central        3   0  0
Brother Rice             2   1  0
Cranbrook                1   2  0
U-D Jesuit                0   3  0

CHSL Division 1 - Group B
Team                      W  L  T
St. Mary's                2   0  0
Divine Child             2   1  0
De La Salle              1   2  0
Notre Dame Prep    0   2  0

CHSL Intersectional
Team                           W  L  T
AA Gabriel Richard       4   1   0
Bishop Foley                4   2   0
Riv. Gabriel Richard      3   2   0
Cabrini                         2   3  0
RO Shrine                    0   4  0
Lutheran North             0   3   1

LINKS TO GAME COVERAGE ON MIPREPZONE.COM
Troy 6, Royal Oak 3
South Lyon 6, Northville 2
Lakeland 4, Fraser 2
Plymouth 3, Farmington 2
Novi 1, South Lyon Unified 0 (OT)
Riverview Gabriel Richard 5, Bishop Foley 0
Eisenhower 5, Farmington Hills Unified 2
Bloomfield Hills United 4, Royal Oak 2
Milford 2, Lakeland 0
Rochester United 3, Romeo 1