Highlight Reel: D2 Hockey Semifinals
March 13, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Livonia Stevenson and Birmingham Brother Rice will meet Saturday to the decide this season's MHSAA Division 2 hockey champion.
Below are highlights from the NFHS Network for all four teams that played in Thursday's Semifinals at Compuware Arena.
Livonia Stevenson 3, Escanaba 2
FIRST GOAL WUNDER - Escanaba's Levi Wunder tallied his 46th goal of the season in the first period of this Division 2 Semifinal against Livonia Stevenson, getting the rebound off his own shot.
LEONARD BLASTS IT IN - Livonia Stevenson got two goals in less than a minute in the second period to take the lead. The first was on this blast by Shane Leonard.
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Birmingham Brother Rice 4, Grosse Pointe South 0
ROSA'S FIRST GOAL - Nick Rosa had two second period goals for Birmingham Brother Rice in its 4-0 Division 2 Semifinal win over Grosse Pointe South. Here's the first, where he follows Matthew Manning's bounce off the side of the goal.
REINHART BREAKAWAY - Brother Rice scored three goals in less than three minutes in the second period of its Division 2 Semifinal. Here Dana Reinhart scores on a breakaway.
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Be the Referee: Puck on Goal Netting
By
Paige Winne
MHSAA Marketing & Social Media Coordinator
December 9, 2025
Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.
Below is this week's segment – Puck on Goal Netting - Listen
We’re on the ice today, where after being last touched by Team A, the puck comes to rest on top of the goal netting. What happens?
New this year in high school ice hockey: If a puck is on the top of the goal netting, it’s an immediate stoppage. The puck is considered out of play.
It goes back into play via a faceoff from the nearest faceoff dot in the defending team’s zone.
Why the change from previous years? Because a puck on top of the netting creates too many problematic scenarios to be considered playable – you could have high sticking, closed hand (handling of the puck), goalkeeper contact or player-in-the-goal-crease.
If the puck is on top of the goal netting, blow the whistle and resume with a faceoff.
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Nov. 18: Volleyball Libero Uniforms - Listen
Nov. 11: Illegal Substitution/Participation - Listen
Nov. 4: Losing a Shoe - Listen
Oct. 28: Unusual Soccer Goals - Listen
Oct. 21: Field Hockey Penalty Stroke - Listen
Oct. 14: Tennis Double Hit - Listen
Oct. 7: Safety in Football - Listen
Sept. 30: Field Hockey Substitution - Listen
Sept 23: Multiple Contacts in Volleyball - Listen
Sept. 16: Soccer Penalty Kick - Listen
Sept. 9: Forward Fumble - Listen
Sept. 2: Field Hockey Basics - Listen
Aug. 26: Golf Ball Bounces Out - Listen
PHOTO Marquette's Skyler Blackburn and Negaunee goalie Kurt O'Brien scramble for the puck during a Nov. 8 matchup. (Photo by Randy Ritari.)