Previewing The University of Michigan Wolverines and some news.

The Eagles get back into the thick of things this week as they head to Detroit for the Great Lakes Invitational. In three appearances at the GLI, BC has one championship (2003) and two third place finishes. The tournament is hosted by Michigan and Michigan State with Michigan Tech being invited almost yearly. BC's first opponent is the Michigan Wolverines, puck drop is at 7:30 at Joe Louis Arena.

This season the Wolverines are a disappointing 9-8-3 and are currently in eight place in the CCHA. In their last meeting, UM lost to Michigan State in East Lansing in a shootout but were able to beat the Spartans the night before. In terms of the GLI, UM has owned this tournament. The Wolverines have won an astonishing 14 titles including last year when they beat Colorado College by a score of 6-5. Before the season started, UM lost one of it's start defenseman in Jon Merrill who was suspended indefinitely by head coach Red Berenson. UM may not have a great record so far but it sure has no shortage of goal scorers. Leading the way for the Wolverines is forward Chris Brown who currently ranks fourth in the CCHA with 18 points on the season. Also leading the way for UM are freshman forward Alex Guptill who has 9 goals on the season and Senior David Wohlberg who has 7 goals and 8 assist ont he season. I definitely think UM is better then their record shows as they currently rank 17th in the pairwise rankings and are not ranked in the polls. Their first line is obviously very dangerous with Wohlberg, Guptill, and Brown but compared to past teams, I don't think they are as deep. Michigan and BC have had a pretty good rivalry going over the past couple years with Michigan leading the all time series 10-6 but BC is 2-0 all time at the GLI vs the Wolverines.

Looking at Wolverines.

Head Coach- Red Berenson- 28th season at UM. 737-348-76 record in Ann Arbor.

Top Players-

Alex Guptill- 9 goals 6 assist. Leads the team in goals.

Chris Brown- 6 goals 12 assist. Leads the team in points.

David Wohlberg- 7 goals 8 assist.

Last meeting- UM beat BC in 2007 at the Icebreaker in St. Louis. UM leads all time series 10-6

Prediction- UM will give BC all it can handle but I like BC 4-3 in OT.

News on Wey and goalies- Pat Wey is a go this weekend. This is his first game in nearly two months. The starting goaltender has not been determinded yet but both looked very good in practice. Would not be surprised if Coach York gave Milner a start this week.

Yes, I am going to Detroit. So check in for Twitter updates @bchockeyblog1.

GO EAGLES.