2015-16 hockey coverage

Check back often to see what high school hockey games we've covered on MIPrepZone. Links to all of our coverage can be found below (previews, game stories, photo galleries). Just click on the scores.

2015-16 Oakland County Hockey Preview
2014-15 All-County Hockey Team

GAME COVERAGE
Country Day 7, Riverview 4
Stoney Creek 5, Farmington 3
Brother Rice 5, Trenton 1
Catholic Central 5, Cranbrook 0
Bloomfield Hills 2, Marysville 1
Royal Oak 10, Notre Dame Prep 3
St. Mary's 2, Brother Rice 1
Catholic Central 2, Trenton 0
West Bloomfield 6, Oxford-Avondale 2
Notre Dame Prep 7, Bishop Foley 1
Troy 3, Bloomfield Hills 2 (OT)
Rochester United 7, Lake Orion 0
Cranbrook 4, U-D Jesuit 3 (OT)
Hartland 5, Walled Lake Central 2
Berkley 6, Lake Orion 2
Allen Park Cabrini 4, Notre Dame Prep 3
Lakeland 5, Walled Lake Northern 0
Brother Rice 3, Catholic Central 0
Bishop Foley 8, Grand Rapids Flames 0
Bloomfield Hills 6, West Bloomfield 4
Stoney Creek 5, Rochester United 3
Hudsonville 4, Bishop Foley 1
Berkley 9, Clarkston 2
Cranbrook 3, Plymouth 2 (OT)
Country Day 4, Lake Orion 2
Bloomfield Hills 4, Shrine 2
Notre Dame Prep 5, New Boston Huron 3
Royal Oak 9, West Bloomfield 3
Farmington 6, Berkley 3
Walled Lake Central 6, Walled Lake Western 0
Shrine 9, Bishop Foley 1
Notre Dame Prep 2, Cabrini 1
Berkley 5, Rochester United 2
Walled Lake Central 4, Walled Lake Northern 1
Lakeland 9, Milford 1
Birmingham Unified 3, Oxford-Avondale 0
Utica 8, Bishop Foley 3
Notre Dame Prep 4, Shrine 3
U-D Jesuit 2, Detroit Catholic Central 1
Rochester United 5, Clarkston 0
Roosevelt 6, Berkley 3
Notre Dame Prep 6, Bishop Foley 0
Lakeland 6, Waterford United 5
Farmington Hills Unified 7, West Bloomfield 0
AA Gabrield Richard 11, Bishop Foley 0
Birmingham Unified 4, West Bloomfield 3
Stoney Creek 4, Marysville 0
Rochester United 6, Eisenhower 3
Romeo 5, Rochester United 3
Eisenhower 3, Stoney Creek 1
Hartland 3, Brother Rice 1
Novi 3, Berkley 2
AA Gabriel Richard 8, Bishop Foley 0
Lakeland 5, Pinckney 2
Oxford-Avondale 3, Shrine 3
Troy 5, Royal Oak 2
Cranbrook 4, St. Mary's 3
L'Anse Creuse North 2, West Bloomfield 1
South Lyon Unified 4, Waterford United 2
Jackson United 7, Clarkston 4
Stoney Creek 6, Walled Lake Northern 0
Lake Orion 5, Farmington Hills Unified 1
Brother Rice 2, Northville 2
Country Day 7, Royal Oak 2
Walled Lake Central 5, Walled Lake Northern 0
Warren-Mott 7, Bishop Foley 1
Bloomfield Hills 10, Oxford-Avondale 2
Cabrini 6, Bishop Foley 0
Farmington 2, Berkley 1
St. Mary's 4, Brother Rice 3 (OT)
Brother Rice 6, Trenton 2
Clarkston 3, Stoney Creek 1
Royal Oak Shrine 3, Bishop Foley 1
Lake Orion 6, Grand Blanc 0
Bloomfield Hills 4, Birmingham Unified 4
Catholic Central 4, Trenton 2
Royal Oak 8, St. Clair Shores Unified 0
Carleton Airport 9, Bishop Foley 1
Bishop Foley Unified 14, Grand Rapids 2
Brighton 6, Cranbrook-Kingswood 2
Livonia Stevenson 3, Rochester United 0
Stoney Creek 2, Rochester United 1
Trenton 4, Cranbrook-Kingswood 3
Utica 5, Bishop Foley 3
Romeo 3, Stoney Creek 1
Farmington 3, Novi 1
South Lyon Unified 6, Farmington Hills Unified 0
Warren-Mott 6, Bishop Foley 1
Troy United 5, Stoney Creek 2
Troy United 9, Woodhaven 6

The 2014 MHSAA state hockey playoffs kick off Monday. Here are my predictions for all regionals involving Oakland County teams. As always, I encourage you to leave a comment if you agree or disagree with what I have predicted. 

To read my regional hockey preview, CLICK HERE

Division 1

Region 4

Pre-regional semifinals — at Bay County Ice Arena

Flushing over Otisville Lakeville Memorial

Bay City Central over Gladwin

Pre-regional final 

Bay City Central over Flushing

Pre-regional semifinals — at Perani Ice Arena

Swartz Creek over Lapeer West

Pre-regional final 

Swartz Creek over KBH

Regional final — at Perani Ice Arena

Bay City Central over Swartz Creek

Region 5 

Pre-regional semifinals — at Detroit Skating Club

Clarkston over Grand Blanc

Lake Orion over Fenton

Pre-regional final

Lake Orion over Clarkston

Pre-regional semifinals — at Suburban Ice

Rochester United over Utica Eisenhower

Pre-regional final

Rochester United over Macomb Dakota

Regional Final — at Onyx

Rochester United over Lake Orion

 

Region 6

Pre-regional semifinals — at Troy Sports Center

Troy Athens over Sterling Heights Stevenson

Troy over Birmingham Unified

Pre-regional final

Troy Athens over Troy

Pre-regional semifinals — at City Sports Center

Detroit U-D Jesuit over Warren-Mott

Pre-regional final

Detroit U-D Jesuit over St. Clair Shores Unified
 

Regional Final — at City Sports Center

Detroit U-D Jesuit over Troy Athens

Region 7

Pre-regional semifinals — at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s over Waterford Mott

Pre-regional final

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s over Birmingham Brother Rice

Pre-regional — at Novi Ice Arena

Novi Detroit Catholic Central over South Lyon

Northville over Farmington Hills Unified

Pre-regional final

Novi Detroit Catholic Central over Northville

Regional Final — at Compuware Arena

Novi Detroit Catholic Central over Orchard Lake St. Mary's

Division 2

Region 11

Pre-regional — at Novi Ice Arena

Walled Lake Western over Walled Lake Central

Pre-regional final

Novi over Walled Lake Western

Pre-regional — at Hartland Sports Center

Hartland over Walled Lake Northern

Pre-regional final

Hartland over Lakeland

Regional Final — at Hartland Sports Center

Novi over Hartland

Region 12

Pre-regional — at Onyx Ice Arena

Stoney Creek over Bloomfield Hills

Pre-regional final

Stoney Creek over West Bloomfield

Pre-regional — at Berkley Ice Arena

Berkley over Fraser

Pre-regional final

Berkley over Royal Oak

Regional Final — at Onyx Ice Arena

Berkley over Stoney Creek

Division 3

Region 21

Pre-regional semifinal — at Wallace Ice Arena

Auburn Hills Avondale over Pontiac Notre Dame Prep

Pre-regional final

Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood over Auburn Hills Avondale

Pre-Regional — at McCann Ice Arena

Grosse Pointe North over Madison Heights Bishop Foley

Pre-regional final

Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett over Grosse Pointe North

Regional Final — at Wallace Ice Arena

Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood over Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett

Region 22 

Pre-regional semifinals — at Redford Ice Arena

Dearborn Divine Child over Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard

Pre-regional final

Allen Park over Dearborn Divine Child

Pre-regional semifinals — at Farmington Ice Arena

Farmington over Royal Oak Shrine

Pre-regional final

Farmington over Birmingham Detroit Country Day

Regional Final — at Farmington Ice Arena
Farmington over Allen Park

Last weekend saw a ton of great hockey action. I had a chance to see Lake Orion and Rochester United play to a 2-2 tie Friday night. The Dragons had a chance to claim a share of the OAA Red title, with a win. The next night, Clarkston played the spoiler, beating Lake Orion 4-0 and putting any sort of OAA Red title on hold for the Dragons.
Now, Lake Orion - which finished 4-1-1 in league play - must sit and watch things play out. Rochester United (2-0-2) travels to Berkley tonight to take on the Bears (3-1-1). If Berkley wins, it will win a share of the title - with the Dragons. But if Rochester wins, it'll set itself up for a chance to win the title outright - with a win over Farmington Hills Unified (Feb. 19) in its regular-season league finale.
I'll be at the game. Follow me @JasonESchmitt on Twitter for updates.

OAA White hotly contested, too
Our Tom Watts will be out at Troy tonight to cover the Colts game against Royal Oak. Five teams are separated by three points in the OAA White. Troy Athens (5-1-2) sits in first place with 12 points. Troy (5-1) and Avondale (5-3) each have 10, followed by Birmingham Unified (4-3-1) and Royal Oak (4-3-1) with nine each. With two games in hand, the Colts have the slight edge and a win tonight would be big. Same thing for Royal Oak. The Ravens would do the entire league a favor with a win over Troy.
Birmingham and Avondale are also playing tonight. Michael Wallwork will be covering it for us. Two big points up for grabs there.

Big MIHL matchup tonight
Brother Rice travels to Orchard Lake St. Mary's tonight. Might seem a little premature to call any game a must-win (in late January), but the Eaglets must win tonight if they want any chance at catching Cranbrook in the MIHL standings. The Cranes are a perfect 8-0 in league play. St. Mary's is 6-3-1-1. That's just two points back, but the Eaglets have played three more games. The Warriors are 4-1-1 in their last six games, but are coming off a 4-2 loss to U-D Jesuit last Friday.
We'll be out at this game, too.

Check back on MIPrepZone for all the game stories tonight.

Now I haven't had the chance to get down to Detroit this week for the Winter Festival games being played at Comerica Field. Our reporters, Jeff Dullack, Ben Szilagy and Dan Tallant have really stepped it up and were down covering games Monday afternoon (Rochester 5, Stoney Creek 4), Wednesday night (Lake Orion 7, Clarkston 2) and Thursday afternoon (Cranbrook 4, Brother Rice 3).
Our sister MIPrepZone site (in St. Clair) covered the Utica Eisenhower-Country Day game for us as well. So all the game stories will be up on MIPrepZone by Thursday night - some already are.

Upcoming events and happenings

The holiday break is upon us, but that doesn't mean hockey teams take a break. At least not all of them. Some will be busy playing regular-season and and in holiday tournaments over the next two weeks. Here are some of the highlights:

• Stoney Creek will host Lake Orion Saturday night (6 p.m.) at the Onyx in a game that will double as a canned food drive. Bring a canned food item to the game, get in free. What a great way to make a difference and watch what should be a great hockey game.
• Rochester United and Stoney Creek have invited Livonia Churchill and Utica Eisenhower up for their annual showcase later this month. On Friday, Dec. 27, Rochester will face Ike and Stoney will take on Churchill. Then, on Saturday, they'll flip, with Stoney facing Ike and the United squad taking on Churchill. 
• After the new year, Berkley will host its own invitational, welcoming in Royal Oak, Bloomfield Hills, Royal Oak Shrine, Marysville and Port Huron. Pool play games will be held at the Berkley Ice Arena on Thursday (Jan. 2), Friday (Jan. 3) and Saturday (Jan. 4), with the championship, consolation and 5th-6th place game being played on Monday (Jan. 6). Marysville, Shrine and Bloomfield Hills are in Pool A, while the hosts, Royal Oak and Port Huron are in Pool B.

Also, if you didn't catch my hockey preview - which a short version ran in print Sunday and online Tuesday night - you can read all of it HERE. Thanks for everyone's help this year. 
We are also covering more hockey than we have ever before. Everyone knows Mike Wallwork and his relentless mission to see every team in Oakland County each season. He's already covered a ton of games and plans on seeing many, many more. Jeff Dullack, Ben Szilagy and Dan Tallant have also stepped up their games. Add myself into the mix and you're going to see a ton of coverage this season. Games we have covered so far this season are below.

DECEMBER
Lake Orion 7, Clarkston 2
Troy Athens 7, West Bloomfield 2
Troy 5, Birmingham Unified 3
Rochester 5, Stoney Creek 4 (SO)
Team Alliance 5, Bishop Foley 3
Lake Orion 3, Berkley Unified 2
Lakeland 8, West Bloomfield 0
Walled Lake Northern 8, Pinckney 2
Troy Athens 2, Troy 1
Ann Arbor Skyline 3, Bishop Foley 0
Cranbrook 5, Catholic Central 2
Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 3, Royal Oak Shrine 2
Troy Athens 4, Bloomfield Hills 1
Royal Oak 4, Birmingham Unified 2
Troy 5, Avondale 2
Clarkston 9, Waterford United 1
Wayland Unity 4, Bishop Foley 2
Farmington 2, Stoney Creek 1
Avondale 9, Bishop Foley 1
Rochester United 5, Clarkston 0
Lake Orion 6, Grand Blanc 4
Avondale 7, West Bloomfield 2
Royal Oak 5, Troy Athens 5

NOVEMBER
Bishop Foley 5, Airport-Flat Rock 4
Brighton 5, Clarkston 2
Troy 8, Port Huron 1
Catholic Central 4, Brother Rice 1
Avondale 8, KBH 1
Warren-Mott 8, Bishop Foley 4
Bishop Foley 3, Capital Area Patriots 2
Stoney Creek 3, Ann Arbor Pioneer 2
Farmington 2, Novi 1
Lake Orion 8, Walled Lake Western 0
Rochester United 3, Novi 2
Catholic Central 4, Brighton 3
Warren-Mott 5, Royal Oak 4
Clarkston 10, Walled Lake Western 2
Royal Oak 4, Sterling Heights Stevenson 0
Livonia Stevenson 5, Brother Rice 3