IHM 2003 NCAA Regional Game 3 -- Postgame Notes
3/30/2003 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
Michigan 5, Colorado College 3
Sunday, March 30, 2003 -- 3 p.m.
Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor, Mich.
NCAA Midwest Regional -- Regional Final
Postgame Notes
Colorado College (30-7-5, 19-4-5 WCHA)
Freshman forward Brett Sterling's power-play goal on Sunday was his 14th PPG of the season to rank tied for second on the team with Peter Sejna. Senior defenseman Tom Preissing leads the team with 17.
Sterling has scored five goals in four games, including two against Michigan and four points (3-1-4) in this year's Midwest Regional.
Senior forward Noah Clarke moved up to the 10th spot on Colorado College's career assist list, with his 112th and 113th helpers coming against U-M Sunday.
Peter Sejna, who assisted on the first goal and scored CC's second goal of the game, has collected at least one point in 41 of the Tigers' 42 games this season. Sejna moves up to No. 8 on CC's career scoring leaders list with 190 points.
The Tigers have scored 11 power-play goals in the last five games including Sunday's contest against Michigan. Out of the team's 42 games, CC has only been shut out six times on the power play.
CC has only allowed three shorthanded goals this season including Michigan's shorthanded tally in the second period.
Michigan (30-9-3, 18-7-3 CCHA)
Michigan is the only team to advance to the Frozen Four in each of the last three seasons. A semifinalist in each of the last two years, the Wolverines have been to the Frozen Four on an NCAA-record 22 occasions.
The Wolverines own an all-time record of 5-1 against the Tigers in the NCAA Tournament and had not faced CC since the 1996 NCAA championship game when U-M downed the Tigers by a 3-2 margin.
Michigan is unbeaten in its last nine games, sporting a 7-0-2 record. The unbeaten streak is tied for the longest for the Michigan squad this season. U-M posted an 8-0-1 record from Oct. 18-Nov. 22.
The Wolverines have advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four each time they have hosted a regional. U-M has hosted the eventual NCAA champion each of the last two times it has staged an NCAA event prior to 2003.
Michigan owns an all-time record of 9-1 at Yost Ice Arena in the NCAA Tournament, including a 6-0 mark since the NCAA went to a regional format.
The Wolverines are unbeaten in the month of March, sporting a 7-0-2 record. March is the only month U-M has not suffered a loss.
The No. 3 seed Wolverines join three No. 1 seeds (Cornell, Minnesota and New Hampshire) in the NCAA Frozen Four in Buffalo, N.Y. Michigan will play Minnesota in the semifinals at 6 p.m. April 10.
Sophomore Eric Nystrom scored the first goal in each of U-M's Midwest Regional games. U-M is 11-2-1 when Nystrom scores a goal. He's scored 10 of his 15 goals in the second half of the season.
Senior forward Mark Mink picked up a helper on Nystrom's goal to tie his career high for assists set as a sophomore (14).
Senior forward Jed Ortmeyer, who was named to the All-Midwest Regional Team, was a member of the 2002 All-West Regional Team.
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