Postgame Notes: #3 Minnesota-Duluth 3, #2 Michigan 2
4/9/2011 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
April 9, 2011
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NCAA Tournament Notes
• U-M is 9-3 in the NCAA championship game. Red Berenson is 2-1 with titles in 1996 and 1998.
• Michigan is the first team in NCAA Tournament history to face four teams from the same conference. U-M beat WCHA teams Nebraska-Omaha and Colorado College in the West Regional. It then defeated North Dakota, the WCHA regular-season and playoff champion, in the Frozen Four semifinals. Michigan faced Minnesota-Duluth tonight.
• Michigan is 50-27 in the NCAA Tournament. The 50 wins are tied with Minnesota for the most in NCAA history.
• Sophomore Jeff Rohrkemper scored his first NCAA Tournament goal. He has four goals in his 32 career games.
• U-M is now 6-10 in overtime in NCAA Tournament games, 3-6 at the Frozen Four in OT, and 2-2 in national title games in extra time.
Series Notes
• Michigan faced Minnesota-Duluth for just the second time in the last 30 years and the first time since Oct. 13, 2001.
• U-M leads the series at 23-18-1.
Team Notes
• When scoring first, the Wolverines are 22-2-3.
• When tied after two periods, Michigan is an even 5-5-0.
Individual Notes
• Senior Ben Winnett has scored in back-to-back games for the first time in his career. He has 21 goals in 155 games.
• Matt Rust's 21st assist of the season puts him second on the team in that category.
• Shawn Hunwick allowed his first goal in 85:14.
• Jon Merrill is tied for fourth all-time for points by a U-M freshman defenseman. He has seven goals and added his 18th assist of the season tonight.
