Weekly Release #19
2/23/1999 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
The No. 8 Michigan Wolverines (17-9-6, 14-7-5 CCHA) stay home to host the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks (10-17-5, 8-14-4 CCHA) on Friday (Feb. 26) and Saturday (Feb. 27) at Yost Ice Arena. Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m.
Ticket Information
Tickets for both games this weekend are still available. Call the Michigan Ticket Office for more information at (734) 764-0247.
Tickets for the first round of the CCHA Tournament can be purchased at the same number once home-ice is determined for the Wolverines.
On the Air
All Michigan games are broadcast over the radio on WTKA (1050 AM) and WQKL (107.1 FM). Al Randall covers play-by-play, while Jim Hunt provides color commentary. Home games are also broadcast on WCBN Student Radio (88.3 FM).
Friday's game will be televised live by WOLV, Michigan Student Television.
Saturday's game will be broadcast live on Comcast Network Television. In Ann Arbor, the game can be seen on Channel 19. Mark Andrews calls the play-by-play with Chris McClure providing commentary. Art Regner serves as rinkside reporter. The game is scheduled for re-broadcast on Wednesday (Mar. 3) at 7 p.m., also on Channel 19.
Coach Berenson
Red Berenson is in his 15th year as head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. Coach Berenson owns a career record of 386-195-36 and is currently the 19th winningest coach in NCAA history. Berenson will tie Amo Bessone for 18th with the his next win. Coach Berenson is 14 wins away from his 400th coaching victory. Berenson has 696 games associated with Michigan hockey (617 as a coach, 79 as a student-athlete), four short of 700.
Michigan vs. Miami (Ohio)
The Wolverines and the RedHawks are meeting for the 63rd time. Michigan holds a 46-14-2 advantage over Miami (Ohio).
Coach Berenson vs. Miami (Ohio)
Michigan head coach Red Berenson owns a 40-12-2 record (.759 winning percentage) against the RedHawks. Berenson has a record of 11-4-0 in games against Miami (Ohio) head coach Mark Mazzoleni.
This Season vs. the RedHawks
In the teams' only meeting prior to this weekend (Dec. 4), neither team could find the net until Sean Ritchlin (Conseco, N.Y.) scored with 24 seconds remaining to give the Wolverines a 1-0 win on the road. Josh Blackburn (Choctaw, Okla.) made 15 saves for his third shutout of the season.
Michigan in the CCHA Standings
Michigan remains in third in the Central Collegiate Hockey League standings, with 33 points. With two losses last weekend, Notre Dame fell to fifth and Northern Michigan took over the fourth-place spot. Michigan State has clinched the CCHA regular-season title, while Ohio State remains in second.
|----CONFERENCE----| |----OVERALL----| W- L- T Pts GF GA W- L- T GF GA 1. Michigan St. 18- 2- 6 42 81 34 24- 3- 6 101 43 2. Ohio State 17- 8- 3 37 86 61 19-12- 4 109 87 3. MICHIGAN 14- 7- 5 33 76 62 17- 9- 6 92 76 4. Northern Mich. 13- 9- 4 30 84 71 18-10- 4 115 86 5. Notre Dame 13-10- 3 29 81 59 16-11- 4 97 79 6. Ferris State 12-10- 4 28 68 57 13-12- 5 78 68 7. Bowling Green 10-13- 3 23 89 96 14-15- 3 108 114 8. Miami (Ohio) 8-14- 4 20 69 83 10-17- 5 88 109 9. Lake Superior St. 7-16- 3 17 65 82 8-20- 4 77 112 10. Western Mich. 4-14- 8 16 60 104 5-17- 8 66 115 11. Alaska Fairbanks 7-20- 1 15 69 118 10-21- 1 85 125
Michigan in the Polls
The Wolverines fell one spot to eighth in the latest (Feb. 22) US College Hockey Online Poll. North Dakota is still in the No. 1 spot.
Rank, School W-L-T Pts Prev 1. North Dakota (29) 26-2-2 299 1 2. Michigan State (1) 24-3-6 261 3 3. Maine 23-3-4 243 2 4. New Hampshire 23-5-3 216 4 5. Colorado College 21-10-1 155 5 6. Boston College 19-10-3 141 6 7. Clarkson 18-9-1 109 10 8. MICHIGAN 17-9-6 58 7 9. St. Lawrence 18-9-3 57 NR 10. Ohio State 19-12-4 49 9
In the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine poll released Feb. 22, Michigan remained eighth. North Dakota remains in the top spot with all 10 first-place votes.
Rank, School W-L-T Pts Prev 1. North Dakota (10) 26-2-2 100 1 2. Michigan State 24-3-6 86 3 3. Maine 23-3-4 79 2 4. New Hampshire 23-5-3 75 4 5. Colorado College 21-10-1 53 5 6. Boston College 19-10-3 52 6 7. Clarkson 18-9-1 39 9 8. MICHIGAN 17-9-6 18 8 9. St. Lawrence 18-9-3 17 NR 10. Ohio State 19-12-4 16 10
Pairwise Rankings
In the last Pairwise Rankings from U.S. College Hockey Online (Feb. 21), Michigan fell to 13th with 11 points. For more information visit U.S. College Hockey Online at www.uscollegehockey.com.
Final Regular-Season Home Games for Seniors
Michigan's seven-man senior class of Bubba Berenzweig (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Justin Clark (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Greg Crozier (Williamsville, N.Y.), Greg Daddario (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.), Bobby Hayes (Westland, Mich.), Sean Ritchlin and Dale Rominski (Farmington Hills, Mich.) is playing in its final regular-season home games this weekend at Yost Ice Arena. The class has accumulated 120 wins in three-plus seasons as Wolverines, including 50 wins on home-ice. In the NCAA Tournament, the seniors own a record of 8-1 and have advanced to the Frozen Four each of their first three seasons, winning National Championships in 1996 and 1998.
Berenzweig Named USA Co-Captain for All-Star Series
Senior Bubba Berenzweig has been named a co-captain, with Michigan State's Mike York, of Team USA for the North American College Hockey Championships. The championship is a two-game series between senior all-stars from U.S. colleges and their counterparts from Canadian universities.
Power-Play Peach
Sean Peach (Langley, B.C.) scored his second goal of the season last Friday (Feb. 19). Both goals this season for Peach have been on the power play.
No 30-Win Season
With the loss to Michigan State, the Wolverines eliminated the opportunity for a 30-win season. This is the first time since the team finished 24-12-6 in the 1989-90 season that Michigan will not reach 30 wins in a season. The school record is 35 wins, achieved during the 1996-97 season.
The Streak
Michigan's loss to Michigan State on Saturday (Feb. 20) extended its winless streak to eight games (0-4-4). That is tied for the seventh-longest winless streak in school history. However, the other four eight-game winless streaks have been worse, as three of them were 0-8-0 and the fourth was a streak of 0-7-1.
The Last Time
The last time Michigan endured at least an eight-game winless streak was the 1988-89 season, when it went 0-7-2 from Nov. 18 to Dec. 16.
Road Blues
In the last nine games away from Yost Ice Arena, Michigan is 0-5-4. In those games, Michigan has been outscored 25-15 and outshot in five of the nine.
This is after going 6-0-2 in the first eight road games of the season. In those games, Michigan held a 24-10 scoring advantage while outshooting the opposition in six of the eight games.
Road Blues II
The last time Michigan suffered a winless streak on the road of nine games was a 12-game losing streak (0-12-0) which spanned the 1984-85 and 1985-86 seasons. It began with a 1-7 loss at Western Michigan on Feb. 23, 1985, and ended with a 6-8 loss at Western Michigan on Dec. 6, 1985.
The last road winless streak of nine games in a single season was part of the above streak, when the Wolverines lost nine consecutive games (0-9-0) starting with a 6-7 loss at Ferris State on Oct. 18, 1985, through the 6-8 loss at Western Michigan on Dec. 6, 1985.
There is a side note to the above: during the losing streak, Michigan also lost two exhibition games to Team Canada on Nov. 1-2, 1985.
Could Be Worse
The longest winless streak on the road in school history is 26 games (0-25-1). It began with a 3-9 loss at Minnesota-Duluth on Jan. 7, 1972, and ended with a 3-2 loss at North Dakota on March 3, 1973.
Close, but No Cigar
In the last eight games (0-4-4), the Wolverines have only been outscored 26-19, an average of less than one goal in each of the games.
A Look at the Streaks
The last eight (0-4-4) ...
- Michigan has been outscored 26-19.
- Michigan has averaged 21.9 PIM, compared to 15.5 PIM for the opponents.
- Michigan's 175 penalty minutes include one five-minute major, two 10-minute misconduct penalties and two game misconduct penalties.
- Michigan has been outscored 25-15.
- Michigan has converted four of 49 power-play opportunities (8.2 percent).
- Opponents have converted 10 of 57 power-play chances (17.5 percent). Those 10 goals have been scored in six of the nine games.
- Michigan has 103 more PIM (270-167) and is averaging 30.0 PIM per game to its opponents 18.6 PIM per game.
- Michigan's 270 penalty minutes include four five-minute majors, five 10-minute misconduct penalties, one game misconduct penalty and four game disqualification penalties.
- Michigan has been outscored 8-4 in the first period and 13-6 in the third period.
Josh Langfeld's (Coon Rapids, Minn.) two goals last weekend increased his season total to 16. It marks the first time this season that someone other than Mike Comrie (Edmonton, Alberta) has led the team in goals. Comrie is currently second, with 14 goals.
Power Play Note
Michigan has scored 10 of its 34 power-play goals (29.4 percent) in three games. Twice the Wolverines have scored three power-play goals in a game -- Jan. 21 against Bowling Green and Feb. 19 at Western Michigan -- and once they scored four power-play goals, on Nov. 13 vs. Alaska-Fairbanks.
Hard Times in Detroit
The Wolverines have lost five of their last seven games at Joe Louis Arena, dating back to a 3-5 loss to Michigan State on Dec. 28, 1997. The two wins were in the first game of the 1997 and 1998 Great Lakes Invitational.
Winless in February
This weekend against the RedHawks, Michigan is looking for its first win in February. The last time the Wolverines have gone winless in a month was February 1986, when they lost nine consecutive games (0-9-0).
Solid After Two
Michigan is 98-0-4 in the last 102 games when leading after two periods. The streak dates back to Feb. 11, 1995, when Michigan led the University of Illinois-Chicago 4-3 after two periods before falling 5-4 in overtime.
Crunch Time
Senior assistant captain Dale Rominski leads the team and is tied with six others for the national lead with five game-winning goals. Prior to this season, Rominski had played his entire career (109 games) without a game-winning goal.
Bubba on the Prowl ... With New Career High
Senior Bubba Berenzweig leads team defensemen and is third overall on the team in scoring, with 23 points on six goals and 17 assists. Berenzweig topped his previous career high of 19 points, established in both his sophomore and junior seasons, with an assist against Ohio State. With 73 career points, he has now entered Michigan's top 15 defensman scorers in 14th place.
Leading the Way
Freshman Mike Comrie was the first player on the team this season to reach double digits in both goals (14) and assists (18). The last freshman to lead the Wolverines in goals was Denny Felsner (1989-92), who netted 30 goals in the 1988-89 season on his way to leading Michigan in goals for all four of his seasons.
Comrie remains the team's leading scorer with 32 points, six better than Josh Langfeld, the team's second-highest point scorer with 26. The last freshman to lead the team in points was David Roberts (1989-93) in 1989-90, when he scored 21-32-53 in 42 games. The all-time freshman scoring record belongs to Bruno Baseotto (1980), who scored 31-45-76 in 38 games during the 1979-80 season.
Leading the Way II
Mike Comrie leads the team in plus/minus with +16. In acquiring that number, Comrie has been plus in 16 games while finishing just five games with a minus. By finishing -1 on Feb. 6, Comrie broke a string of 19 consecutive games in which he had been even or plus, dating back to Nov. 14, 1998, at Notre Dame.
Racking Up the Minutes
Dale Rominski is fourth on the team in penalty minutes with 64 so far this season. For his career, Rominski has 261 penalty minutes, good for 15th all-time at Michigan. The next players he will pass are John Blum and Aaron Ward, who each accumulated 263 minutes during their careers.
Following close behind is teammate Bobby Hayes, who has 82 PIM this season for a career total of 248 minutes. He is now tied with Greg Natale (1974-77) for 19th all-time at Michigan. The all-time Michigan leader in penalty minutes is Chris Tamer (1990-93) with 515 PIM.
Penalty Free
Sophomore Bill Trainor (Canton, Mich.) is the only Michigan player with no penalties yet this season. Trainor has appeared in 18 games for the Maize and Blue.
Ironman Competition
Leading the way in the Ironman category are two of the seniors. Bubba Berenzweig and Sean Ritchlin have appeared in each of Michigan's 32 games this season. The other two players who have not missed a game are Mike Comrie and Mark Kosick (Victoria, B.C.).
Random Season Notes ...
- Michigan is 9-2-2 in Friday games this season.
- When scoring at least one power-play goal, Michigan has a record of 14-2-3 this season.
- Michigan is 7-6-2 when on television. On Comcast Network Television, the Wolverines are 3-1, while posting a record of 3-4-2 when on FOX Sports Detroit. Michigan is 1-1-0 in the only other televised games.
- Michigan is 9-2-1 in games in which Mike Comrie has scored at least one goal, 12-5-4 when he has scored at least one point, and 7-1-0 when he tallies more than one point.
- The Wolverines are 6-1-1 in games in which Mike Van Ryn (London, Ontario) has scored at least one goal and 9-2-3 when he has tallied at least one point.
- Michigan is 8-0-1 when Dale Rominski has scored at least one goal and 11-2-1 when he scores at least one point.
- Michigan is nine wins shy of its 1,200th victory.
- Bobby Hayes needs six more points to reach the 100-point plateau in his career and 14 more points to enter into Michigan's top 60 all-time scorers.
Overall Home Road Neut Michigan's current record 17-8-5 11-4-0 5-3-5 1-1-0 Michigan's current record 17-9-6 11-4-0 5-3-6 1-2-0 Michigan's record in its last: 5 games 0-3-2 0-2-0 0-0-2 0-1-0 10 games 2-4-4 2-2-0 0-1-4 0-1-0 Michigan's record when: Leading after 1 period 10-1-2 6-1-0 3-0-2 1-0-0 Trailing after 1 period 1-5-1 0-2-0 1-2-1 0-2-0 Tied after 1 period 6-2-3 5-1-0 1-1-3 --- Leading after 2 periods 11-0-4 8-0-0 2-0-4 1-0-0 Trailing after 2 periods 1-7-1 1-3-0 0-2-1 0-2-0 Tied after 2 periods 5-2-1 2-1-0 3-1-1 --- In overtime 1-0-6 1-0-0 0-0-6 --- Michigan scores first 13-2-4 8-2-0 4-0-4 1-0-0 Opponent scores first 4-7-2 3-2-0 1-3-2 0-2-0 Michigan outshoots opponent 14-4-3 9-2-0 4-1-3 1-1-0 Opponent outshoots Michigan 2-5-3 1-2-0 1-2-3 0-1-0 Equal number of shots 1-0-0 1-0-0 --- --- Michigan's record in games decided by: 0 goals (tie) 0-0-6 --- 0-0-6 --- 1 goal 9-4-0 6-2-0 3-2-0 --- 2 goals 1-2-0 1-0-0 --- 0-2-0 3 goals 5-1-0 3-1-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 4 goals 0-1-0 --- 0-1-0 --- 5 goals 2-1-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 --- 6 or more goals --- --- --- --- Michigan's record when it scores: 0 goals 0-2-0 --- 0-2-0 --- 1 goal 2-4-2 1-2-0 1-0-2 0-2-0 2 goals 3-2-2 2-1-0 1-1-2 --- 3 goals 2-1-1 1-1-0 1-0-1 --- 4 goals 2-0-0 1-0-0 --- 1-0-0 5 goals 3-0-1 2-0-0 1-0-1 --- 6 or more goals 6-0-0 4-0-0 1-0-0 --- Michigan's record when opponent scores: 0 goals 3-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 --- 1 goal 5-1-2 2-0-0 2-1-2 1-0-0 2 goals 4-1-2 2-1-0 2-0-2 --- 3 goals 3-4-1 3-1-0 0-1-1 0-2-0 4 goals 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 --- 5 goals 1-0-1 1-0-0 0-0-1 --- 6 or more goals 0-2-0 0-2-0 --- --- Michigan's record when it scores: 0 power-play goals 3-7-3 2-2-0 1-3-3 0-2-0 1 power-play goal 6-1-1 5-1-0 1-0-1 --- 2 power-play goals 6-1-1 2-1-0 3-0-1 1-0-0 3 or more power-play goals 2-0-1 2-0-0 0-0-1 --- 1 shorthanded goal 3-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 --- 2 or more shorthanded goals --- --- --- --- Michigan's record with: 0-19 shots on goal 0-1-0 0-1-0 --- --- 20-29 shots on goal 10-7-2 7-2-0 3-3-2 0-2-0 30-39 shots on goal 5-1-4 2-1-0 2-0-4 1-0-0 40-49 shots on goal 1-0-0 1-0-0 --- --- 50 or more shots on goal 1-0-0 1-0-0 --- --- Michigan's record when allowing: 0-19 shots on goal 9-1-0 6-1-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 20-29 shots on goal 6-5-3 4-2-0 2-1-3 0-1-0 30-39 shots on goal 2-3-3 1-1-0 1-2-3 --- 40-49 shots on goal --- --- --- --- 50 or more shots on goal --- --- --- --- Michigan's record in the month of: October 5-2-0 3-2-0 2-0-0 --- November 4-0-2 3-0-0 1-0-2 --- December 4-1-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 1-1-0 January 4-3-2 4-0-0 0-3-2 --- February 0-3-2 0-2-0 0-0-2 0-1-0 Michigan's record on: Thursday 1-0-0 1-0-0 --- --- Friday 9-2-2 6-1-0 3-1-2 --- Saturday 6-6-3 3-5-0 2-2-3 1-1-0 Sunday 1-1-1 1-0-0 0-0-1 0-1-0 Michigan's record when wearing: White 9-5-0 9-4-0 0-1-0 --- Maize 2-1-0 2-0-0 --- 0-1-0 Blue 6-3-6 --- 5-2-6 1-1-0 Michigan's record in front of: 0-2,999 fans 1-2-2 --- 1-2-2 --- 3,000-5,999 fans 3-0-1 --- 3-0-1 --- 6,000-9,999 fans 12-4-1 11-4-0 1-0-1 --- 10,000 or more fans 1-3-2 --- 0-1-2 1-2-0 Michigan's record when: Comrie scores a goal 9-2-1 7-0-0 2-1-1 0-1-0 Kosick scores a goal 6-0-2 4-0-0 2-0-2 --- Langfeld scores a goal 8-3-2 6-3-0 1-0-2 1-0-0 Rominski scores a goal 8-0-1 6-0-0 2-0-1 --- Hayes scores a goal 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 --- Van Ryn scores a goal 6-1-1 3-1-0 3-0-1 --- Berenzweig scores a goal 4-0-2 2-0-0 2-0-2 --- Michigan's record in games lasting: 2:15 - 2:29 8-3-1 6-2-0 2-1-1 --- 2:30 - 2:44 6-6-1 4-2-0 1-2-1 1-2-0 2:45 or longer 3-0-4 1-0-0 2-0-4 ---
Contact: Jason Gerdom (734) 763-4423
