The Misfits are going to need a new flag. According to Brad-Elliott Schlossman’s portal tracker for the Grand Forks Herald, Michigan Tech has received a commitment from British centerman Cade Neilson. Neilson previously played at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, where he had 19 points in 31 games as a sophomore this past season. With only one returning center (Max Koskipirtti) and one incoming freshman center (Ryder Matter), Neilson fills a major need for the Huskies. Expect to see him nail down a role as Michigan Tech’s #2 center and be a relied upon piece offensively across his 2 remainin ..read more

The CCHA has been streaming all their games via Flo Sports for the last 3 years but that deal expired this off-season and ultimately the CCHA decided to go a different direction this month by signing a three year deal with Midco Sports, based out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Midco is primarily a Cable TV/Internet provider in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota with some service in Wisconsin and Kansas. Midco has deals to broadcast North Dakota Fighting Hawks and Augustana home hockey games on cable. Their streaming Service, Midco Sports Plus (MS+), is currently the home of Summit League ..read more

Per his twitter, Michigan Tech has received a commitment from former Harvard goaltender Derek Mullahy out of the transfer portal. Mullahy has appeared in 30 games for the Crimson over the past 3 seasons, posting a 2.69 GAA and a .903 Save Percentage. Mullahy flashed high potential as Mitchell Gibson’s backup from 2021 to 2023, but faltered when given an opportunity to be the go-to option this past season. Mullahy will head to Houghton hoping to compete for playing time with Max Vayrynen, the Huskies lone returning goaltender and next season’s presumed starter. Mullahy is a graduate transfer, a ..read more

Michigan Tech has received a second portal commitment in former Michigan State forward Owen Baker. This commitment continues the strong pipeline between the two programs, as Baker joins Isaac Gordon and Viktor Hurtig in making the transition to Houghton from East Lansing (Gordon as a commitment flip, Hurtig via the transfer portal). This likely owes to the strong relationship between Huskies head coach Joe Shawhan and Michigan State coach Adam Nightingale, as Shawhan coached Nightingale in junior. Baker also hails from the Michigan Tech hockey mecca of Howell, Michigan and played AAA with Chas ..read more

Season 5 Episodes 55 & 56 of the Chasing MacNaughton Podcast from Tech Hockey Guide; Culture and Best Wishes. This week, Tim Braun, Dustin Lindstrom, Rob Gilreath and Matt Cavender were joined by the 2023-24 captain of the Northern Michigan Wildcats, Artem Shlaine. In this episode, they discussed Artem’s time at Northern Michigan, his experience with the transfer portal, the transfer portal as a whole, Tim’s April Fool’s story that turned true, how the CCHA can maintain national relevance, Dustin reading a review and Tech’s options within the portal. How did you get here? The conversatio ..read more

It appears that things are very bad for Grant Potulny in Marquette, Michigan. Northern Michigan finished the season in fifth place in the CCHA but got bounced by Minnesota State in the first round. That was quite the disappointment after being picked second in the preseason. With 30 players (3 goalies, 10 defensemen and 17 forwards) on the roster to finish the season, four have signed professional deals: F, Andre Ghantous (Adirondack [ECHL], March 14) D, Michael Van Unen (Iowa [ECHL], March 14) F, Jack Perbix (Adirondack [ECHL], March 18) F, Artem Shlaine (Utah [ECHL], April 1) Four more pla ..read more

Monday night after the Huskies’ loss in the NCAA tournament, Chasing MacNaughton Podcast will have Mike McMahon from CHN and College Hockey Insider on the podcast. Mike McMahon was in Providence to cover that regional for CHN and wrote this nice piece on MTU’s seniors after the loss to Boston College. He watched them play in person along with our own Rob Gilreath. If you’ve got any questions about the NCAA tournament, Providence regional or the transfer portal which opened today (so far no Huskies have entered the portal), let us know via comment here, or on our podcast questions channel on th ..read more

Season 5 Episodes 50 & 51 of the Chasing MacNaughton Podcast from Tech Hockey Guide; ConteCast Crossover and Clear and Obvious. This week, in the second episode of the week, Tim Braun, Dustin Lindstrom and Rob Gilreath were joined by Anthony Smite and Brendan Mahoney, hosts of the ConteCast podcast, Boston College hockey’s #1 podcast. With the ConteCast crew, the guys traded questions about their respective schools and they discussed the upcoming NCAA tournament. In the third episode of the week, Tim Braun, Dustin Lindstrom and Rob Gilreath were joined by CCHA Director of Officiating, Marc ..read more

Here we are Husky fans: The Big Skate. Our Michigan Tech Huskies have earned themselves an automatic bid and are now the 16th seed set to play the 1st overall seed in the Boston College Eagles. The Eagles are close to one of the best teams college hockey has ever seen given their record, stats, and personnel. Is there more than meets the eye to this team? Do our Huskies have a chance? It’s time for our NCAA tourney semifinal series preview!  Analysis First and foremost, we need to address the top players that Tech fans may or may not be familiar with due to their history of being on the U ..read more

Season 5 Episode 49 of the Chasing MacNaughton Podcast from Tech Hockey Guide; Catching Mason. This week, in the first of three episodes airing this week, Tim Braun, Dustin Lindstrom and Rob Gilreath were joined by the commissioner of the CCHA, Don Lucia. This week, they discussed the CCHA regular season, the CCHA playoff format and results, the NCAA tournament, Michigan Tech’s chances against Boston College and the Pledge Drive to sponsor a Misfit going to Michigan Tech’s regional game. CCHA season review The guys started off the show talking about the CCHA regular season and results. Don th ..read more