Michigan Tech Hockey Game Notes vs. Northern Michigan -- Friday, November
4, 1994
Michigan Tech enters play tonight with a 3-1-1 record overall and a 1-1-0
mark in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
Sophomore goaltender Luciano Caravaggio (Etobicoke, Ont.) will get the
call in goal tonight. Caravaggio enters play this evening third in the
league in goals against average (2.76) and tied for first in saves
percentage (.911).
Sophomore forward Kyle Peterson (Thunder Bay, Ont.) will miss tonight's
game due to a groin pull. Peterson has gained at least one point in four of
MTU's five games (2-3--5) and is third on the team in points. Additionally,
Peterson scored a goal in each game last weekend.
Senior center Travis Seale (Mississauga, Ont.) will play in his 100th
career game here tonight. Seale is off to the best start in his career with
two goals and three assists, for five total points.
Senior left wing Brent Peterson (Thunder Bay, Ont.) is one of 53 players
all-time at MTU to score 100 or more points. Peterson, who in 124 career
games has 62-52--115, is currently tied with three others players for
40th-place on MTU's all-time career point chart.
Freshman Craig Perrett (Calgary, Alta.) returns to the lineup tonight
after missing last Saturday's game against Denver because of being
disqualified on Friday.
Two MTU freshmen continue to look for their first collegiate point
tonight, including left wing Jason Prokopetz (Esterhazy, Sask.) and
defenseman Travis VanTighem (Calgary, Alta.).
Senior right wing Randy Stevens (Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.) is in the
lineup for the second straight weekend. Looking for his first point of the
season tonight, Stevens was sidelined from Sept. 3 until last weekend due
to torn muscles in his shoulder and chest. Stevens suffered the injury
during fall testing.
Junior center Pat Mikesch (Hancock, Mich.) enters tonight's game with a
six-game point streak, dating back to the final game of the '93-94
campaign. Mikesch had 1-6--7 through five games a year ago, compared with
4-3--7 this season.
MTU will host Wisconsin next weekend here at the MacInnes Student Ice
Arena.
For the second straight year, Michigan Tech has two sets of brothers on
its team -- Jeff and Pat Mikesch (Hancock, Mich.) and Brent and Kyle
Peterson (Thunder Bay, Ont.).
Jim Storm and Randy McKay are both in attendance here tonight. Storm, now
with the Hartford Whalers, played for the Huskies from 1990-93, while
McKay, a member of the New Jersey Devils, played at MTU from 1984-88.
MTU student Bill Kriege will call the game for WZRK radio tonight. Bob
Olson, who last weekend was inducted into MTU's Sports Hall of Fame, is
with the football team in Detroit, Mich., and will call the action of the
MTU-Wayne State football game tomorrow afternoon in the Motor City. MTU
Sports Information Director Dave Fischer will handle play-by-play duties
for hockey tomorrow night.
Former MTU coach Newell Brown was recently suspended for five games and
fined $500 for abusing an official. Brown is in his third year as head
coach of the Adirondack Red Wings.
Northern Michigan will join MTU, Michigan, and Michigan State in the 1995
Great Lakes Invitational Tournament in Detroit, Mich.
MTU's volleyball team, ranked second in the nation, hosted Hillsdale
earlier tonight and will host Saginaw Valley State tomorrow afternoon at 1
p.m.
MTU is 3-11-3 in the month of November under coach Bob Mancini. Last year
the Huskies were 1-5-3 in the month, while in Mancini's first year, the
Huskies turned in a mark of 2-6-0 in November. As a college head coach,
Mancini is 11-16-7 coaching in the month of November.
Player's Career Stats vs. Northern Michigan
Through November 3, 1994
Home Away Total
Name GP G A TP GP G A TP GP G A TP
Pat Mikesch/C 4 2 7 9 6 2 4 6 10 4 11 15
Brent Peterson/LW 6 4 4 8 10 2 2 4 16 6 6 12
Randy Stevens/RW 5 4 2 6 9 2 3 5 14 6 5 11
Jason Wright/D 4 1 2 3 6 1 2 3 10 2 4 6
Jason Hanchuk/D 4 0 2 2 6 0 2 2 10 0 4 4
Jeff Mikesch/F 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 4 2 0 2
Liam Garvey/D 6 1 0 1 9 0 1 1 15 1 1 2
Martin Machacek/F 3 0 0 0 5 2 0 2 8 2 0 2
Travis Seale/C 5 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 15 0 2 2
Mike Figliomeni/F 4 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 10 0 2 2
Kyle Ferguson/F 4 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 10 0 1 1
Kyle Peterson/F 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 5 0 1 1
Eric Jensen/D 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
John Kisil/F 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Brian Hunter/D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltenders versus Northern Michigan
Home Away
Name Record Min GA GAA Svs Pct Record Min GA GAA Svs Pct
Luciano Caravaggio 0-0-0 00:00 0 0.00 00 .000 0-0-0 7:19 00 0.00 2 1.000
Caravaggio Totals 0-0-0 7:19 00 0.00 2 1.000
MTU has a total of 14 players on its roster that have played in the
United States Hockey League.
Sophomore netminder Luciano Caravaggio (Etobicoke, Ont.) has done it
again. For the second straight year, Caravaggio has the most syllables of
any player in the WCHA in his name. With nine syllables, Caravaggio is two
better than Denver goaltender Sinuhe Wallinheimo.
Tim Nott has replaced Joe Gorby as MTU's assistant SID. Nott, who did his
undergraduate work at Central Michigan, spent last season at the University
of Florida.
MTU was picked 10th of 10 teams in the WCHA in the annual WCHA Pre-Season
Coaches Poll conducted by the Grand Forks Herald. The Huskies finished
13-27-5 in all games last year and 8-19-5 in the WCHA (10th).
Michigan Tech currently has a 29-player roster, which includes five
seniors, four juniors, nine sophomores, and 11 freshmen. Actually, three of
MTU's sophomores are first-year players in the program. The Huskies average
6-0, 186 pounds.
Former Quebec Nordiques General Manager and Head Coach Pierre Page spent
five days (Oct. 12-16) with the MTU hockey staff in Houghton, Mich.
The Huskies' captain is senior left wing Brent Peterson (Thunder Bay,
Ont.). MTU's alternate captains are senior right wing Randy Stevens (Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich.) and senior defenseman Jason Hanchuk (Nepean, Ont.).
Hanchuk, who is in just his third year with MTU, had 14 points last year
(1-13--14), double his output of seven that he managed his first year at
MTU (1992-93).
Michigan Tech has two sets of brothers on its team again this year in Pat
and Jeff Mikesch (Hancock, Mich.) and Brent and Kyle Peterson (Thunder Bay,
Ont.). Bob Mikesch, the father of Pat and Jeff, played forward for MTU from
1961-63 and was part of the Huskies' 1962 NCAA title team.
MTU's official scorer this year is Rick Simpson. Simpson is in his 12th
year keeping the shot chart at MTU's hockey game and first season as
full-time official scorer. Simpson has served as the substitute official
scorer the past two seasons.
Former MTU coach John MacInnes will be inducted into the University of
Michigan Hall of Honor on Saturday, Nov. 12, in Ann Arbor, Mich. MacInnes
coached the Huskies for 26 seasons, leading MTU to seven WCHA titles and
three NCAA championships. MacInnes graduated from Michigan in 1950 where he
was a standout goaltender for the Wolverines.
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