The Michigan Tech–Northern Michigan men's ice hockey rivalry is a college ice hockey rivalry between the Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey and Northern Michigan Wildcats men's ice hockey programs. The first meeting between the two occurred on October 12, 1979, as an exhibition match. The first official game occurred just over a month later with Michigan Tech winning the inaugural meeting.

History Michigan Tech played its first ice hockey game in 1920 and had the Upper Peninsula to itself for nearly 50 years. Northern Michigan played its first game in 1976 and swiftly rose to prominence in the CCHA. At the start of the 1979–80 season, the two programs, who were separated by less than , played their first games against one another. Two years later, Michigan Tech was one of four teams to leave the WCHA and joined the CCHA. After three years, both schools left the CCHA and joined the WCHA, remaining conference rivals until the late 1990s. Northern Michigan rejoined the CCHA in 1997 and remained with the conference until its dissolution in 2013. During this period, both programs continued to play one another annually. NMU returned to the WCHA in 2013 and rekindled the conference rivalry with MTU. Both programs continued with the conference until they reformed the CCHA jointly with five other programs and began play in the refurbished conference in 2021.

Game results Full game results for the rivalry, with rankings beginning in the 1995–96 season.

Series facts

Statistic Michigan Tech Northern MichiganGames played 181Wins 87 80Home wins 43 45Road wins 39 33Neutral site wins 5 2Goals scored 571 602Most goals scored in a game by one team 8 (1985, 1997, 2013, 2020) 10 (1985, 1990)Most goals in a game by both teams 17 (January 26, 1990 – Northern Michigan 10, Michigan Tech 7)Fewest goals in a game by both teams 1 (2006, 2008)Fewest goals scored in a game by one team in a win 1 (December 20, 2008) 1 (October 14, 2006)Most goals scored in a game by one team in a loss 7 (January 26, 1990) 6 (January 19, 1985, October 18, 2003)Largest margin of victory 7 (February 8, 2022) 9 (October 8, 1999)Longest winning streak 8 (March 6, 2020 – February 27, 2021) 7 (October 9, 1998 – November 20, 1999)Longest unbeaten streak 8 (March 6, 2020 – February 27, 2021) 10 (October 9, 1998 – December 9, 2000)

References

External links Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey Northern Michigan Wildcats men's ice hockey