OK, so we'd call this a pretty decent weekend for Michigan Tech freshman goaltender Phoenix Copley of North Pole.
All he did Saturday and Sunday was pitch consecutive 4-0 victories over Michigan and Western Michigan to spearhead the Huskies to their first title at the Great Lakes Invitational in Detroit since 1980, when his bench boss, Mel Pearson, was a player for the Huskies.
Damn. Copley earned the John MacInnes Trophy as tournament MVP -- the trophy is named after the former MTU coaching legend -- by feeding Michigan a 38-save bagel on Saturday and then shoving a 32-save bagel down Western Michigan's throat on Sunday.
Oh, and those are the first two shutouts of Copley's college career.
He improved to 3-6-3 with a 3.30 goals-against average and .892 save percentage.




