MCRHL Regular Season Wraps Up This Weekend

The final weekend in regular season play will be a busy one in the MCRHL with the teams in all divisions battling for position as the MCRHL Regional Championships approach.  The events will be taking place at 3 rinks the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield, MI, Joe Dumars Fieldhouse in Shelby Township, MI and The Rink in Shelby Township, MI.

 

Heading into the weekend Michigan State and Ohio State occupy the first and second place positions in the Division I bracket.  MSU will face off against Michigan, Eastern Michigan, and Grand Valley State before closing out the weekend against OSU.  GVSU currently occupies the third place position in the Division I bracket, 10 points behind MSU and five behind OSU.  Every game this weekend will be important for GVSU who has a chance to sneak into second place if OSU falters.  Conversely, OSU will look for MSU to falter this weekend in hopes that they can take over the number one spot in the Division I bracket.  On top of crucial regular season conference games, Buffalo will be traveling in to take on Eastern Michigan, Grand Valley State and Michigan.

 

Central Michigan, already having concluded regular season play, has a solid grasp on first place within the Division II bracket.  The next three spots also appear to solidified heading into the MCRHL Regional Championships.  However Cincinnati and Michigan Tech look hope to have strong weekends to get them a shot at the regional championship.

 

Play in the B Division will also be hotly contested.  MSU, with a solid five-point lead over second place OSU, has all but locked up first place and look to continue their unbeaten streak and finish the season 14-0 in regular season play.  Seeds two through four will be a battle to the finish.  OSU, in second place with 16 points, is only two points ahead of GVSU and EMU who sit tied for third with 14 points.  All three teams play each other during the weekend in what will likely determine seeds two through four heading into the MCRHL Regional Championships for the B Division.

 

The MCRHL is proud to announce that they will be hosting a Mission Hockey sponsored skills clinic for the local youth hockey players at the JCC.  It is the second year in a row that the event has been hosted at the JCC.  The clinic will take place at 3:00 p.m. Saturday with players from EMU, GVSU, OSU, MSU, and Michigan among others expected to attend.