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Michigan downs Michigan State 5-3 in emotionally charged hockey game
The University of Michigan hockey team has never been better against its biggest rival. Amid a scary ending to the night that left a Michigan player being transported to the hospital, the No. 8-ranked Wolverines defeated Michigan State 5-3 in...
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Prayers for Steve Kampfer tonight
The Diag — ... hit by Steve Kampfer by attacking him. Conboy skated up behind Kampfer and landed a cheap shot punch, knocking Kampfer (who just recently returned from serious neck and head injuries) to the ice. Tropp then added to the situation by apparently slashing at the laid-out Michigan defenseman, who then stayed down for several minutes while attended to by Michigan's trainer. Kampfer eventually left the ice with the help of a pair of teammates, but he's not out of the woods yet, according to the Ann Arbor News' Kevin Ryan : After the game, Kampfer was seen being transported via ...

MSU Vs. UM Hockey Includes On-Ice Violence, Gurney And Fan Attacking MSU Coach
Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football — We already knew Michigan and Michigan State fans hate each other. Last night will just add more gasoline to the fire in a state where people are losing their livelihoods, wives to employed men and houses to short sales. With only 53 seconds remaining in a Spartans victory, an incident that will go down in history took place and all hell broke loose. (See above for the visual, or read the words of reporters on the scene.) Michigan defenseman ...

This Is Not Hockey
The Ace of Sports — ... and was later taken to the hospital while wearing a neck brace. If you don't remember, Kampfer was the player who was attacked by former Michigan football player Mike Milano in an off-campus incident earlier this year. He returned less than a month ago from a fractured skull and serious neck injuries. Tropp was assessed a slashing major and a double game misconduct, while Conboy somehow escaped with only a double-minor roughing penalty. Spartan Coach Rick Comley said he would "take care of" his players, which hopefully means suspending these two goons for the duration of the ...

Blatant Cheapshots Mar Michigan State-Michigan Hockey Game
FanHouse — ... , threw a hard, but legal, hit on Corey Tropp of Michigan State. The response of two Spartan players to that hit was absolutely reprehensible, and has landed Kampfer back in the hospital. ...

On-Ice Assault Mars MSU-Michigan Hockey Game
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... (Kampfer’s head, in happier times.) Keep that lesson in mind when you witness this video from Saturday’s hockey game between Michigan and Michigan State. Near the end of the 5-3 victory, Michigan State’s Andrew Conboy and Corey Tropp react to a clean hit by Michigan’s Steve Kampfer (if that name sounds familiar, it is; read on for more) by blindsiding Kampfer, knocking him out, and continuing to assault him as he lay face-down on the ice, hospitalizing the defenseman. Video from FOX SPORTS DETROIT’s airing of the game is after the break. In nearly any other context, ...

Michigan State Hockey Players Take Cheapshots On Michigan Player Steve Kampfer
FanIQ Blog — ... Michigan hockey player Steve Kampfer just got out of the hospital for an off-ice incident. After Saturday night's game against rival Michigan State, he headed right back. Here's a description of the incident from MLive blog: ...

After brutal Spartans assault, Michigan player speaks out on attack
Puck Daddy — ... draft pick was playing in his 10th game of the season on Saturday night, against rival Michigan State. At the end of the contest, and with the Wolverines on their way to a win, he laid out Spartans sophomore forward Corey Tropp on a clean hit. This naturally prompted Michigan State freshman forward Andrew Conboy to slam Kampfer to the ice with a shot to the head, while ...

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