Mel Pearson appreciation thread
After going 13-19-3 last season during our worst season since the early Red era, Mel was hired and said during his intro presser that he was getting the keys to the old family car. And that car was gonna get repaired and would be headed to Saint Paul for the Frozen Four.
He delivered on his guarantee. We were 8-10-2 in January and near 30 in the Pairwise.
All of this without Will Lockwood as well. What a great job by the coaches and this team.
This was during the postgame presser as the players were done and Mel was about to come in for his presser. Hugging the seniors including captain Tony Calderone as pictured.
Michigan Hockey is back.
More better
Hopefully we get Jack Hughes.
A Frozen Four is one hell of a start.
They'll be there. If like any of these kids stay away from the OHL things are going to be fun.
Hopefully he gets a championship! GO BLUE!!
he gets many.
The team looked tired, trying to do it all with pretty much one line. And it bit them in the end.
But at no time did they look like they were not well-organized and well-coached.
Add some depth and broader talent, and this program will be a machine.
What's M hockey summer look like?
we lose a handfull of SRs, probably Hughes but gain more draftable talent than we lost? don't bother with the younger hughes, that's a pipe dream imo.
I think it is likely that Marody leaves for the NHL. Edmonton gave up a 3rd round pick for him, they will push to sign him.
I think Hughes is 50-50 to return. While the skill is obvious, he does still need some work, and he needs to fill out. I guess it depends on who drafts him. Don't forget that he was the youngest player in college hockey this year. Similar to Werenski, I could see him back for one more season.
right i forgot about Marody - he gone
The only crappy thing about the game - aside from the loss - was the way ND plays. That is a shitty-ass awful way to play hockey, played by teams that don't have enough talent to play 'real' hockey. But otherwise, Michigan handled it well. They got beat on a crappy play, the loss hurts, but the team is in really good hands!
The coaching at M is the best I've ever seen across the board. Screw the losses, its a great time to be a fan of Michigan sports!
When he gets another offseason to improve the penalty kill. That and Jack Hughes might just make this team a scary-ass juggernaut.
PS: Screw DirecTVNow for crashing last night. I watched the first period, then I was forced to follow rest of the game on twitter and statcast-- which is just cruel.
onward and upward!
what a turnaround. I think frozen fours and a couple of NC's will be a regular occurance for this team heading forward.
Mel and his team had a great year, and there is going to be a lot more of this to come. Horrible way to lose a chance at the NT, but that's how things go. Hockey gods owe us one.
Thank you Seniors!
Really looking forward to next year's team.
Looking for to next year and the 10th NC for M hockey.
Go Blue.