Weekly Release #24
4/6/1999 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
The ninth-ranked Michigan Wolverines (25-11-6, 17-8-5 CCHA) closed the season with a 2-1 overtime loss to the University of New Hampshire in the second round of the NCAA Tournament's East Regional in Worcester, Mass., on Saturday (March 27). The overtime loss marked the sixth time in the last seven seasons Michigan has ended its year in overtime.
In the first game of the tournament on Friday (March 26), the Wolverines fell behind 3-0 to the University of Denver before coach Red Berenson called a timeout at the 12:16 mark of the second period. Following the break, the Wolverines held the Pioneers to one shot in the final 27:44 of the game and score five unanswered goals for their fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament victory.
Coach Berenson
Red Berenson completed his 15th year as head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. Coach Berenson owns a career record of 394-197-36 and is tied as the 16th-winningest coach in NCAA history with "Badger" Bob Johnson. Coach Berenson is six wins away from his 400th coaching victory. Berenson has 706 games associated with Michigan hockey (627 as a coach, 79 as a student-athlete).
The Seniors
Saturday's loss capped a successful career for Michigan's seven seniors: Bubba Berenzweig (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Justin Clark (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Greg Crozier (Williamsville, N.Y.), Greg Daddario (Wilton, Conn.), Bobby Hayes (Westland, Mich.), Sean Ritchlin (Conseco, N.Y.) and Dale Rominski (Farmington Hills, Mich.). The class can list two NCAA national championships, three CCHA Tournament titles and two GLI titles among its accomplishments. The seniors ended their careers with a 9-2 record in the NCAA Tournament.
Michigan in the CCHA Standings
Michigan finished the season in second place to Michigan State in the CCHA standings for the second consecutive year. It is the fourth time the Wolverines have finished second, and the ninth consecutive time they have finished in first or second.
|----CONFERENCE----| |----OVERALL----| W-L-T Pts GF GA W-L-T GF GA 1. Michigan St. 20-3-7 47 91 40 29-6-7 128 64 2. MICHIGAN 17-8-5 39 98 72 25-11-6 141 100 3. Ohio State 17-10-3 37 88 67 21-16-4 122 103 4. Notre Dame 15-11-4 34 92 68 19-14-5 114 100 5. Northern Michigan 14-11-5 33 94 83 22-15-5 144 114 6. Ferris State 13-12-5 31 76 69 14-16-6 89 87 7. Bowling Green 13-14-3 29 102 105 17-18-3 126 135 8. Lake Superior St. 10-17-3 23 79 93 11-23-4 93 130 9. Miami (Ohio) 9-17-4 22 78 104 11-20-5 98 130 10. Western Michigan 5-17-8 18 69 119 6-20-8 75 130 11. Alaska Fairbanks 8-21-1 17 77 124 11-22-1 94 131
Michigan in the CCHA Tournament
Michigan won the CCHA Tournament for the fourth time since joining the league in 1981-82 with a 5-1 victory over Northern Michigan. To advance to the final game, Michigan defeated Ohio State 3-2. In the first round of the tournament, the Wolverines sent the Bowling Green State Falcons back home after a 3-2 loss in the first game and then a 9-3 defeat the following evening. Sophomore Mark Kosick (Victoria, B.C.) was named the tournament Most Valuable Player. Joining him on the All-Tournament team were Sean Ritchlin, Mike Van Ryn (London, Ontario) and Josh Blackburn (Choctaw, Okla.).
Michigan in the Polls
The Wolverines dropped to ninth in the final (March 22) US College Hockey Online poll. North Dakota finishes the season in the No. 1 spot with 28 of 30 first-place votes.
Rank, School W-L-T Pts Prev 1. North Dakota (28) 32-5-2 298 1 2. New Hampshire (2) 29-6-3 268 2 3. Michigan State 28-5-7 237 3 4. Maine 27-6-4 186 4 5. Boston College 25-11-4 168 7 6. Clarkson 25-10-1 154 6 7. Colorado College 28-11-1 113 5 8. Denver 26-12-2 101 9 9. MICHIGAN 24-10-6 77 8 10. St. Lawrence 23-12-3 32 10
In the final USA Today/American Hockey Magazine poll released April 5 (after the NCAA Tournament), Michigan remained seventh. National champion Maine moved up to the top spot, replacing North Dakota, which had spent 16th consecutive weeks at No. 1.
Rank, School W-L-T Pts Prev 1. Maine (10) 31-6-4 100 4 2. New Hampshire 31-7-3 89 2 3. Michigan State 29-6-7 77 3 4. Boston College 27-12-4 73 5 5. North Dakota 32-6-2 61 1 6. Colorado College 29-12-1 49 8 7. Michigan 25-11-6 41 7 8. Denver 26-13-2 28 9 9. Clarkson 25-11-1 22 6 10. St. Lawrence 23-13-3 8 10
Comrie Named CCHA Rookie of the Year
Freshman center Mike Comrie (Edmonton, Alberta) was named the Central Collegiate Hockey Association Rookie of the Year at the 1999 CCHA Awards Banquet on March 18. Comrie led the Wolverines in scoring for the entire season and owns the team's best plus/minus at +18. He was one of two U.S. College hockey players -- with teammate Mike Van Ryn -- to be asked to try out for the Canadian National Junior Team for the 1999 World Junior Championship.
Trio Named to Bauer/CCHA All-Rookie Team
Freshmen goaltender Josh Blackburn, forward Mike Comrie and defenseman Jeff Jillson (North Smithfield, R.I.) were named to the Bauer/Central Collegiate Hockey Association All-Rookie team. Both Blackburn and Jillson were selected to the team unanimously by a vote of the conference coaches.
Van Ryn Earns All-Conference Team Honorable Mention
Sophomore defenseman Mike Van Ryn earned honorable mention on the Central Collegiate Hockey Association All-Conference Team, with 19 points and two first-team votes. Also receiving votes were senior Bubba Berenzweig and Mike Comrie.
Familiar Territory
This year marked Michigan's ninth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, the longest current streak and third-longest streak in NCAA history.
25 Wins
Michigan won 25 games in each season during the 1990s (1990-91 to present). Over the nine seasons this decade, the Wolverines averaged 32 wins a season.
Postseason Wonder
Sophomore center Mark Kosick tallied 3-6-9 to lead the team in post-season scoring. Kosick had a hand in all three Wolverine goals in the CCHA semifinal victory over Ohio State, scoring twice and assisting on the other. He returned the next night and scored a goal and an assist in the championship game. His performance earned him the CCHA Tournament's MVP award. Last year Kosick led the team in post-season goals and tied Matt Herr for the team lead in scoring with 4-4-8. Kosick has six multiple-point and two multiple-goal efforts in his 14 career postseason games.
Did You Know
Mark Kosick has more multi-point games in the postseason (6) than single-point (3) or pointless (5) games.
Crunch Time
Senior assistant captain Dale Rominski led the team and the nation with eight game-winning goals. Prior to this season, Rominski had played his first three years (109 games) without a game-winning goal.
Bubba Sets New Career High
Senior Bubba Berenzweig led team defensemen and was fourth overall on the team in scoring, with 31 points on seven goals and 24 assists. Berenzweig topped his previous career high of 19 points, established in both his sophomore and junior seasons. With 81 career points, he entered Michigan's top 15 defensman scorers in 13th place.
Comrie on the Leader Board
Mike Comrie finished the season as the team's leading scorer with 44 points, nine better than Josh Langfeld (Coon Rapids, Minn.), the team's second-highest point scorer with 35. 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.
Comrie finished second on the team in plus/minus with +19. In acquiring that number, Comrie was plus in 20 games while finishing just seven 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.
Solid After Two
Michigan is 103-0-4 in the last 107 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.
Racking Up the Minutes
Bobby Hayes, who had 114 PIM this season for a career total of 280 minutes, jumped ahead of Dale Rominski for 12th all-time on the career penalty minute list. Rominski's 80 penalty minutes this season put him in 13th on the list with 277 PIM. The all-time Michigan leader in penalty minutes is Chris Tamer (1990-93) with 515 PIM.
Ironman Competition
Two of the seniors led the way in the Ironman category. Bubba Berenzweig and Sean Ritchlin appeared in each of Michigan's 42 games this season. The other two players who did not miss a game are Mike Comrie and Mark Kosick.
Random Season Notes ...
- Michigan was 13-3-2 in Friday games this season.
- When scoring at least one power-play goal, Michigan had a record of 19-3-3 this season.
- Michigan was 11-7-2 when on television. On Comcast Network Television, the Wolverines were 4-1, while posting a record of 5-4-2 when on FOX Sports Detroit. Michigan was 2-2-0 in other televised games.
- Michigan was 13-2-1 in games in which Mike Comrie scored at least one goal, 16-6-4 when he scored at least one point, and 10-1-0 when he tallied more than one point.
- The Wolverines were 8-1-1 in games in which Mike Van Ryn scored at least one goal and 12-2-3 when he tallied at least one point.
- Michigan was 12-0-1 when Dale Rominski scored at least one goal and 15-2-1 when he scored at least one point.
- Michigan is two wins shy of its 1,200th victory.
Overall Home Road Neut Michigan's final record 25-11-6 15-4-0 6-4-6 4-3-0 Michigan's record in its last: 5 games 4-1-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 3-1-0 10 games 8-2-0 4-0-0 1-1-0 3-2-0 Michigan's record when: Leading after 1 period 15-1-2 9-1-0 4-0-2 2-0-0 Trailing after 1 period 2-6-1 0-2-0 1-2-1 1-3-0 Tied after 1 period 8-3-3 6-1-0 1-2-3 1-0-0 Leading after 2 periods 16-0-4 10-0-0 3-0-4 3-0-0 Trailing after 2 periods 3-8-1 2-3-0 0-2-1 1-3-0 Tied after 2 periods 6-3-1 3-1-0 3-2-1 --- In overtime 1-1-6 1-0-0 0-0-6 0-1-0 Michigan scores first 18-2-4 11-2-0 5-0-4 2-0-0 Opponent scores first 7-9-2 4-2-0 1-4-2 2-3-0 Michigan outshoots opponent 19-5-3 12-2-0 5-2-3 2-1-0 Opponent outshoots Michigan 4-6-3 1-2-0 1-2-3 2-2-0 Equal number of shots 2-0-0 2-0-0 --- --- Michigan's record in games decided by: 0 goals (tie) 0-0-6 --- 0-0-6 --- 1 goal 11-6-0 7-2-0 3-3-0 1-1-0 2 goals 2-2-0 1-0-0 --- 1-2-0 3 goals 6-1-0 3-1-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 4 goals 1-1-0 --- 0-1-0 1-0-0 5 goals 4-1-0 3-1-0 1-0-0 --- 6 or more goals 1-0-0 1-0-0 --- --- Michigan's record when it scores: 0 goals 0-2-0 --- 0-2-0 --- 1 goal 2-5-2 1-2-0 1-0-2 0-3-0 2 goals 3-3-2 2-1-0 1-2-2 --- 3 goals 4-1-1 2-1-0 1-0-1 1-0-0 4 goals 2-0-0 1-0-0 --- 1-0-0 5 goals 6-0-1 2-0-0 2-0-1 2-0-0 6 or more goals 8-0-0 7-0-0 1-0-0 --- Michigan's record when opponent scores: 0 goals 3-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 --- 1 goal 7-1-2 3-0-0 2-1-2 2-0-0 2 goals 7-2-2 3-1-0 3-0-2 1-1-0 3 goals 5-5-1 4-1-0 0-2-1 1-2-0 4 goals 2-1-0 2-0-0 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 5-8-3 2-2-0 1-3-3 2-3-0 1 power-play goal 8-2-1 6-1-0 2-1-1 --- 2 power-play goals 7-1-1 2-1-0 3-0-1 2-0-0 3 or more power-play goals 4-0-1 4-0-0 0-0-1 --- 1 shorthanded goal 4-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 --- 2 or more shorthanded goals 1-0-0 1-0-0 --- --- Michigan's record with: 0-19 shots on goal 0-1-0 0-1-0 --- --- 20-29 shots on goal 15-8-2 9-2-0 3-3-2 3-3-0 30-39 shots on goal 7-2-4 3-1-0 3-1-4 1-0-0 40-49 shots on goal 2-0-0 2-0-0 --- --- 50 or more shots on goal 1-0-0 1-0-0 --- --- Michigan's record when allowing: 0-19 shots on goal 10-1-0 6-1-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 20-29 shots on goal 11-6-3 8-2-0 3-2-3 0-1-0 30-39 shots on goal 4-4-3 1-1-0 1-2-3 2-1-0 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 2-3-2 2-2-0 0-0-2 0-1-0 March 6-2-0 2-0-0 1-1-0 3-1-0 Michigan's record on: Thursday 1-0-0 1-0-0 --- --- Friday 13-3-2 8-1-0 3-2-2 2-0-0 Saturday 10-7-3 5-5-0 3-2-3 2-2-0 Sunday 1-1-1 1-0-0 0-0-1 0-1-0 Michigan's record when wearing: White 11-5-0 11-4-0 0-1-0 --- Maize 6-1-0 4-0-0 --- 2-1-0 Blue 8-5-6 --- 6-3-6 2-2-0 Michigan's record in front of: 0-2,999 fans 1-2-2 --- 1-2-2 --- 3,000-5,999 fans 4-1-1 --- 4-1-1 --- 6,000-9,999 fans 17-4-1 15-4-0 1-0-1 1-0-0 10,000 or more fans 3-4-2 --- 0-1-2 3-3-0 Michigan's record when: Comrie scores a goal 13-2-1 10-0-0 2-1-1 1-1-0 Kosick scores a goal 9-0-2 5-0-0 2-0-2 2-0-0 Langfeld scores a goal 11-4-2 8-3-0 2-1-2 1-0-0 Rominski scores a goal 12-0-1 8-0-0 2-0-1 2-0-0 Hayes scores a goal 4-2-0 4-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 Van Ryn scores a goal 8-1-1 5-1-0 3-0-1 --- Berenzweig scores a goal 5-0-2 3-0-0 2-0-2 --- Michigan's record in games lasting: 2:15 - 2:29 9-4-1 7-2-0 2-2-1 --- 2:30 - 2:44 12-7-1 7-2-0 2-2-1 3-3-0 2:45 or longer 4-0-4 1-0-0 2-0-4 1-0-0
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