Michigan's Nystrom Named CCHA Rookie of the Week
11/19/2001 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. -- University of Michigan freshman Eric Nystrom (Syosset, N.Y.), a forward on the Wolverines ice hockey team, has been named the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's Rookie of the Week, the league office announced today (Monday, Nov. 19).
Nystrom was honored after posting two goals and an assist for three points as Michigan took three of four points with a 4-4 (ot) tie and 3-2 (ot) win in a two-game CCHA series at Nebraska-Omaha. Nystrom assisted on the game-tying goal with 37 seconds left in regulation in Friday's (Nov. 16) contest before netting two goals, including his first career game-winner, in Saturday's (Nov. 17) victory.
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Nystrom is the second U-M player to earn a CCHA Player of the Week award this season, joining senior goaltender Josh Blackburn (Choctaw, Okla.), who was named Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 5.
Michigan (5-4-2, 4-3-2 CCHA), ranked ninth in the latest USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll, returns home this weekend for the first time since Oct. 26-27 to host the ninth annual College Hockey Showcase. The Wolverines will entertain No. 1 Minnesota on Friday (Nov. 23) at 7:35 p.m., followed an 8:05 p.m. meeting with Wisconsin on Saturday (Nov. 24). Both games will be staged at Yost Ice Arena (6,637) on the U-M campus.
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