Dominik Shine has been part of the Detroit Red Wings organization going all the way back to the end of the 2016-17 season when he first joined the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins. Though he has been in the organization, he had never had a full standard contract with the NHL club.

It’s time for some March madness in the CCHA, and prognostication of this league, this year in particular, often is an exercise in futility.

Bemidji State last won the MacNaughton Cup in 2017, in a defunct men’s league (WCHA) against a defunct team (Alabama-Huntsville) in a game played south of the Mason Dixon Line.

This historic MacNaughton Cup Marathon of 2024 boils down to one series – or possibly – a single game.

Trophy season in the CCHA arrives this weekend, and the MacInnes Cup will be awarded in Houghton, Michigan, to the winner of the Michigan Tech-Minnesota State series.

Road teams ruled this weekend in the CCHA, picking up 13 of a possible 18 points in the intra-league clashes.

This weekend in the CCHA, we’ve got playoff preview in the State of Hockey, a turf war in the U.P. and Ferris looks to escape the cellar.

This week in the CCHA: a skater wearing a black hat will unsettle the Soo; the “Year of the Defensemen” is on display in Mankato; and a gleaming structure takes center stage in South Dakota.

There will be a blizzard of CCHA games throughout the Great Lakes this weekend, including red-hot St. Thomas up in Northern Michigan and Minnesota State down in Ohio.

This week in the CCHA will include a showdown series in St. Paul, Minnesota, a Yooper rivalry resuming in the Soo and Minnesota State finally returning to Mankato.

The second half of the collegiate hockey season represents a new beginning for the embattled CCHA clubs.

It’s the last great bash before exams – eight teams, four series – all with rich storylines and half the games with first-place implications.

An hour before the puck dropped Saturday night between Ferris State and St. Thomas, Ferris coach Bob Daniels sat in his windowless bunker at Ewigleben Arena, sharing his concerns about the forthcoming game.

This week in CCHA RinkRap, a superstar returns to form in Mankato.

This week, the CCHA presents hockey fans with a troika of tasty series to accompany their gobbler sandwiches.