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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Trenton's Turner Takes Turn at No. 1

February 26, 2014

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Trenton's Mike Turner became the winningest hockey coach in MHSAA history Tuesday with his team's 6-0 victory over Wyandotte in a Division 2 Pre-Regional game. 

The win pushed Turner's career record to 624-122-41 and past East Kentwood's Ron Baum (623-219-30 from 1973-2007) into the top spot. Turner has coached Trenton from 1974-81 and again since 1995. 

His teams have won 10 MHSAA championships. Turner's 624 wins also rank fifth on the national hockey coaching list. 

Click to check out the media coverage from the Detroit Free Press, Oakland Press and Detroit News and the video below from WXYZ.