Notes & Quotes: #11 Michigan 5, Michigan Tech 0
12/27/2008 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
N O T E S
Michigan at the Great Lakes Invitational:
Michigan has recorded a shutout in three straight Great Lakes Invitational games -- a tournament record. U-M won last year's GLI by 5-0 and 1-0 (2OT) counts. Its last GLI goal allowed was to Michigan State in the 2006 title game. After blanking Michigan Tech tonight, U-M's shutout streak stands at 215:18 minutes.
Michigan improves to 26-13 in GLI semifinal contests. The Maize and Blue has won three straight semifinal games and four of the last five.
The Wolverines are 20-10-0 overall against Michigan Tech in the GLI. That includes a mark of 12-4-0 in semifinal games. U-M is riding an eight-game GLI winning streak vs. the Huskies.
Michigan will appear in the GLI championship game for the third consecutive season. A year ago the Wolverines won their tournament-best 12th title. U-M is 12-13-0 in GLI championship bouts.
U-M will play either North Dakota or Michigan State in the GLI final. Michigan beat NoDak for the GLI title in 1988 (2OT). U-M is 5-5-0 vs. MSU but has lost the last four meetings for the crown dating back to 1997.
Streaks and Peaks:
Louie Caporusso recorded his second career hat trick, both of which have come this season and have been "natural." Caporusso leads the nation with 17 goals. He had been tied with Boston College's Brock Bradford (14) entering the game.
David Wohlberg's three assists equaled his career high for helpers and points, which he set just one game prior at MSU on Dec. 6. Wohlberg has a 2-6-8 line in the last three games.
Bryan Hogan earned the second shutout of his career by making 15 saves. His other shutout came at Western Michigan on Nov. 15, 2008.
Danny Fardig tallied his second multi-point game of the year with two assists. He had notched a pair of assists on three previous occasions.
Luke Glendening notched the first two points of his career with two assists, contributing on U-M's fourth and fifth goals. The freshman has played in 13 career games.
Notables:
Red Berenson took over sole possession of seventh place on college hockey's all-time wins list with victory No. 656. He had been tied with Jeff Sauer (Colorado College, Wisconsin). Now in his 25th season behind the U-M bench, Berenson has an all-time record of 656-304-68 (.670).
A Michigan player has recorded a hat trick in each of the last two games -- Caporusso tonight and Travis Turnbull at Michigan State on Dec. 6. U-M last had hat tricks in back-to-back games on Oct. 14 and 19, 2006, when Chad Kolarik scored three times against Connecticut and Miami, respectively.
Anthony Ciraulo scored his first goal since last year's Great Lakes Invitational. Ciraulo potted a shorthanded marker vs. Providence on Dec. 28, 2007.
The Wolverines have conceded just three first-period goals over the last 13 games.
Entering the game, U-M's worst scoring period for the season was the first stanza (12), compared to 22 goals in second period and 24 goals in the third period. Michigan set a season period high with four goals in the first period of play tonight.
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Red Berenson
On how Michigan's early offense led to the win... "That was the big question -- how rusty we would be. Michigan Tech has been playing all through the holiday every weekend. You would think they would have a bit more game sharpness. Louie [Caporusso's] line got us off to a good start and we just built off of that. When you score two goals early it puts the other team on its heels and gives our team a bit more confidence."
On the contributions from the fourth line (Danny Fardig, Anthony Ciraulo, Luke Glendening)... "It's good. It was a game that we knew we'd need four lines with no TV timeouts. Our condition, we knew, would not be 100 percent. We knew our fourth line would be important. They looked good in practice -- they were excited. Ciraulo hasn't played much this year, but he came out and gave us a good game. Both Glendening and Fardig are hard workers so they were not out of place."
U-M Sophomore Forward Louie Caporusso
On his hat trick and Michigan's four first-period goals... "Obviously it was huge. Any time you can get a start like that, especially after a big layoff, it makes it a lot easier on everyone."
