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Michael Hage does not know if his season is over
Marc-Olivier Cook
Michael Hage does not know if his season is over
Credit: It was an important weekend for Michael Hage and the University of Michigan. They were facing Penn State University in the quarterfinals of their conference tournament in the NCAA… But it didn’t go as planned. Hage and his school lost their two games (6-5 and 5-2).  But despite everything, this doesn’t mean that the CH […]
It was an important weekend for Michael Hage and the University of Michigan.

They were facing Penn State University in the quarterfinals of their conference tournament in the NCAA… But it didn’t go as planned.

Hage and his school lost their two games (6-5 and 5-2). 

But despite everything, this doesn’t mean that the CH prospect’s season is necessarily over.

Even though his team was eliminated, he has a chance of being selected among the ten teams that will be invited to the NCAA national championship.

Nicolas Cloutier wrote about it in an article :

Each champion team from the six conferences gets their ticket to the big dance of American college hockey.

Then, ten other teams are invited to the tournament by a selection committee that uses specific criteria to select the best teams in the country. – Nicolas Cloutier

Because the University of Michigan is prestigious, has had success in recent years, and is among the top 20 best teams in the NCAA, it has a chance of being selected to participate in the national championship.

Note that the team selection will take place on March 23: 

It’s certain that the Canadian would like that to happen.

After all, Hage would have the opportunity to add important games to his development.

And as a result, we know that the more he plays, the more chance he has to progress. 

At the same time, Hage shouldn’t make the jump to the pros this year – unless there’s a big surprise – and that’s why from the CH’s side, it doesn’t change much.

It would have been different if Hage was a second-year player. Maybe the Canadian would have been disappointed to see his season extended in that case because they would have probably liked to see Hage arrive more quickly to give him a chance to gain experience.

But in the context where the young player hasn’t rushed anything, it’s logical to believe that he will stay. Hage finished his season with 34 points (13 goals) in 33 games, which is really respectable for an 18-year-old… But it’s not like he dominated the league either.

And on that subject, I have the impression that the Canadian wants to see him be dominant before he makes the jump to the pros.

Like it was with Cole Caufield and Lane Hutson… And like we’re seeing now with Jacob Fowler. 


In a hurry

– Ah yes?

– I’ll believe it when I see it.

– Okay.

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