MICHIGAN HOCKEY RECORD BOOK RED BERENSON:

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1 MICHIGAN HOCKEY RECORD BOOK RED BERENSON: 2... YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD BIOGRAPHY 3... PLAYING AND COACHING AWARDS 4... NCAA AND NHL CAREER PLAYER STATISTICS 4... COACHING RECORD VS. OPPONENT 5... COACHING RECORD VS. PEERS 5... NCAA ALL-TIME WINS LIST 1

2 Red Berenson, Head Coach A proven winner at the collegiate and professional levels as both a player and coach, Gordon Red Berenson completed his 27th season as head coach of the University of Michigan ice hockey program in Since taking over a struggling program in 1984, Berenson has kept the Wolverines in the upper echelon of college hockey. He directed Michigan to the 1996 and 1998 NCAA National Championships -- the eighth and ninth in school history. Under Berenson, the Wolverines have qualified for the NCAA Tournament in each of the last 21 seasons, marking the all-time longest streak in college hockey. Over that time, Michigan has reached the NCAA Frozen Four 11 times: back-to-back appearances in 1992 and 1993; four consecutive appearances from 1995 to 1998; three consecutive showings between , 2008 and Besides 1996 and 1998 U-M also reached the national title game in 2011, losing 3-2 in overtime to Minnesota-Duluth. Berenson has also established the Wolverines as a power in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), leading the team to first- or second-place finishes 19 times in 21 seasons from 1991 to Michigan has captured 11 CCHA regular season titles and nine CCHA Tournament titles. On six occasions the Maize and Blue has swept the CCHA regular season and postseason titles, last doing so in U-M s most recent and most improbable CCHA Tournament crown came in After placing seventh in the regular season, U-M won six straight CCHA playoff games, including two at Michigan State and a semifinal upset of top-seeded Miami, to receive an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. U-M s last regular season crown was in , when it won its final six games to overtake Notre Dame. Berenson, who has fashioned a record (.671) in 27 seasons with the Wolverines, is the sixth collegiate ice hockey coach to record 700 career victories, reaching the milestone with a 4-1 win at Bowling Green on Oct. 8, Berenson s 728 victories place him sixth on the NCAA ice hockey coaches all-time win list; he needs 17 wins to take over sole position of fifth place. He stood behind the U-M bench for the 1,000th time of his career on Feb. 22, 2008 at Michigan State. In 2008, Berenson earned the American Hockey Coaches Association s Spencer Penrose Award as the National Coach of the Year for the first time in his tenure at Michigan. The U-M squad went , reached the NCAA Frozen Four, won the CCHA regular season and tournament championships and boasted the Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner, Kevin Porter. Berenson also earned the CCHA s Coach of the Year laurel for the second time of his career (1994). RED BERENSON: BIOGRAPHY AND COACHING RECORD For his outstanding service to hockey in the United States, the NHL honored Berenson and four others with the Lester Patrick Award in the fall of Michigan ice hockey has earned its reputation for success with impressive showings against conference and national competition. From 1988 to 1996, Michigan won nine consecutive Great Lakes Invitational championships. The Wolverines won back-to-back GLIs in 2007 and 2008, giving U-M its 10th and 11th titles-- more than any other program. In the 17 years of the College Hockey Showcase -- a Thanksgiving tournament that pits U-M and Michigan State versus Minnesota and Wisconsin -- the Maize and Blue has the highest win total (20) and the highest winning percentage (.603, ) record against the Golden Gophers and Badgers. Since the season -- when U-M s 21-year streak of NCAA Tournament appearances started -- Berenson has guided the Wolverines to an impressive (.715) record against non-conference, regular-season opponents. Adding to the legend of Berenson s tenure with the Michigan program is an incident from the 1999 East Regional in Worcester, Mass. In the first tournament game, U-M trailed the University of Denver 3-0 at the 17:44 mark of the second period. Berenson called a timeout which some say changed that game more than any other timeout they had ever witnessed. When play resumed, Michigan held Denver to a single shot on goal for the remaining 22:16 of the game while scoring five goals to take the win and advance to the second round of the tournament. Before the team arrived home in Ann Arbor, calls and s were pouring into the ice hockey office inquiring what Berenson told his players in that huddle. Berenson s Coaching Record Season Team GP W L T Pct League W L T Pct. Finish St. Louis NHL St. Louis NHL St. Louis NHL Career NHL Totals Season Team GP W L T Pct League W L T Pct. Finish Michigan CCHA th Michigan CCHA th Michigan CCHA th Michigan CCHA th Michigan CCHA th Michigan CCHA th Michigan CCHA nd Michigan CCHA st Michigan CCHA nd Michigan CCHA st Michigan CCHA st Michigan CCHA T-1st Michigan CCHA st Michigan CCHA nd Michigan CCHA nd Michigan CCHA st Michigan CCHA T-2nd Michigan CCHA st Michigan CCHA nd Michigan CCHA st Michigan CCHA st Michigan CCHA rd Michigan CCHA nd Michigan CCHA st Michigan CCHA nd Michigan CCHA th Michigan CCHA st Career U-M Totals 1, CCHA

3 RED BERENSON: BIOGRAPHY AND AWARDS Berenson is the fourth former Michigan ice hockey captain to coach the Wolverines program, accepting the position from athletic director Don Canham in May A three-year U-M varsity letterwinner under head coach Al Renfrew, Berenson is one of the top players in Wolverine history, earning All-America and Michigan Most Valuable Player honors in both his junior and senior seasons (1961, 1962). As a senior, Berenson led the Wolverines to a second-place finish in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and third place at the NCAA National Championships. Berenson led the WCHA in scoring with 41 points (24 goals, 17 assists) in 18 games, and was named the league s MVP. Berenson completed his Wolverine career by scoring a season record 70 points (43 goals and 27 assists) in just 28 games. His 43 goals and nine hat tricks in his last season still stand as Michigan records. (Berenson scored his 43 goals in 28 games, but shares the record with Dave Debol who scored 43 goals in his All- American season while playing 45 games.) Following his final Michigan contest in the 1962 NCAA Consolation Game win vs. St. Lawrence, Berenson was driven from Utica, N.Y., to Boston where he played for the Montreal Canadiens at the Boston Garden the next night. He played in nine games for Montreal in the last month of the season, becoming the first collegiate player to step immediately into the National Hockey League. Berenson holds two degrees from the University of Michigan, his bachelor s degree from the School of Business Administration in 1962 and a Master of Business Administration degree in He returned to Ann Arbor from Montreal one day after the Canadiens 1965 Stanley Cup championship parade to begin graduate classes. The commitment to education Berenson illustrated over three decades ago remains an integral part of the Wolverine hockey program as Michigan s graduation rate has ranked near the top of collegiate ice hockey since Berenson played in the NHL for 17 years as a member of the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues. He accumulated 261 goals and 397 assists in 987 games -- the most by any Michigan alumnus in the NHL -- leaving an indelible mark on league history. Berenson scored at least 20 goals in seven NHL seasons. On Nov. 7, 1968, while playing for the St. Louis Blues in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Berenson scored six goals, including four over a nine-minute span. The six-goal effort was one shy of the all-time NHL record, and marked the first time since 1944 that an individual had scored six goals in an NHL game. It is a feat that has been accomplished only once since. In that game, Berenson also set the NHL records for most goals in a road game and most goals in a period (four), records which stand today. Only eight other NHL players, including the likes of Wayne Gretzky and Bryan Trottier, have scored four goals in a period. Berenson played in the original and legendary eight-game Canada Cup series for Team Canada vs. the Soviet Union in 1972 as well as the old-timers rematch of the Canada Cup in In the fall of 2005 he, along with the entire 1972 Team Canada roster, was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. The Red Berenson File Born December 8, 1939 Hometown Regina, Saskatchewan College Career University of Michigan College Honors All-America , 62 WCHA Most Valuable Player Denver Post All-WCHA First Team , 62 Team Captain Team MVP , 62 College Degrees Bachelor s Michigan, 1962 Master of Business Administration Michigan, 1966 Professional Career Montreal Canadiens New York Rangers St. Louis Blues , Detroit Red Wings Professional Honors Stanley Cup Championships , 66 (Montreal) Coaching Honors Jack Adams Award (NHL Coach of the Year) CCHA Coach of the Year , 2008 Spencer Penrose Award (National Coach of the Year) Lester Patrick Award (Outstanding service to hockey in the U.S.) Coaching Highlights NCAA Championships , 98 NCAA Frozen Fours , 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 2001, 02, 03, 11 CCHA Regular-Season Championships , 94, 95, 96, 97, 2000, 02, '04, 05, 08, 11 CCHA Tournament Championships , 96, 97, 99, 2002, 03, 05, 08, 10 Family Wife - Joy; Children - Kelly, Sandy, Gordie and Rusty Following his retirement as a player after the season, Berenson remained in St. Louis as a member of the Blues coaching staff. After serving as an assistant coach for a year and a half, he took over as head coach with 56 games remaining in the season and posted a record. The following year, Berenson was the NHL Coach of the Year after leading the Blues to a record, the best mark in the first 28 years of the club s history. In August 1982, Berenson joined former St. Louis Blues coach Scotty Bowman on the Buffalo Sabres staff, serving as an assistant under Bowman until accepting the head coaching job at Michigan in Berenson has not lost touch with the NHL, presenting the 1989 Coach of the Year award to Pat Burns, then coach of the Montreal Canadiens, at the NHL Awards Banquet. Berenson is a member of the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor, the Dekers Club Hall of Fame, the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame and the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame. He was named to a select group of college ice hockey s West All-Time Forwards in the 1996 American Hockey Coaches Association College Hockey Centennial All- Time Favorites Poll in voting by fans, coaches and writers, joining Neal Broten, Brett Hull, Greg Johnson, Bill Masterson, John Matchefts, Bill Hay and Tony Hrkac. A native of Regina, Saskatchewan, Berenson and his wife, Joy, reside in Ann Arbor. They are the parents of four adult children: daughters Kelly and Sandy and sons Gordie and Rusty.

4 RED BERENSON: PLAYING CAREER, COACH RECORD VS. OPPONENTS Berenson s Career Numbers Season Post-Season Year Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM Michigan WCHA Michigan WCHA Michigan WCHA Michigan Totals Montreal NHL Hull-Ottawa EPHL Montreal NHL Montreal NHL Quebec AHL Montreal NHL Quebec AHL Montreal NHL NY Rangers NHL NY Rangers NHL St. Louis NHL St. Louis NHL St. Louis NHL St. Louis NHL Detroit NHL Detroit NHL Detroit NHL Detroit NHL Detroit NHL St. Louis NHL St. Louis NHL St. Louis NHL St. Louis NHL NHL Totals Berenson Against Opponents Opponent W-L-T Pct Air Force Alabama-Huntsville Alaska Anchorage Alaska Alberta Bemidji State Boston College Boston University Bowling Green Brown Clarkson Colgate Colorado College Connecticut Cornell Denver Ferris State Guelph Harvard Illinois-Chicago Kent State Lake Superior State Maine Massachusetts-Lowell Mercyhurst Merrimack Miami (Ohio) Michigan State Michigan Tech Minnesota Minnesota-Duluth Nebraska-Omaha New Hampshire Niagara North Dakota Northeastern Northern Michigan Notre Dame Ohio State Princeton Providence Quinnipiac Rensselaer St. Cloud State St. Lawrence Toronto Waterloo Western Michigan Windsor Wisconsin Yale York Head coach Red Berenson coached in his 1,000th career game for U-M on Feb. 22, 2008, at Michigan State. Prior to U-M s game vs. the Spartans the next night at Joe Louis Arena, CCHA Commissioner Tom Anastos presented Coach Berenson with a trophy commemorating the achievement.

5 RED BERENSON: COACH RECORD VS. PEERS, NCAA ALL-TIME WINS LIST Berenson Against His Coaching Peers Coach School W-L-T Pct. Mike Addesa Rensselaer Frank Anzalone Lake Superior State Tim Army Providence Val Belmonte Illinois-Chicago Chris Bergeron Bowling Green Dick Bertrand Ferris State Dean Blais North Dakota Nebraska-Omaha Jeff Blashill Western Michigan Enrico Blasi Miami (Ohio) Scott Borek Lake Superior State Herb Boxer Michigan Tech John Burke Rensselaer Dave Burkholder Niagara Newell Brown Michigan Tech Steve Cady Miami (Ohio) Don Cahoon Princeton Len Ceglarski Boston College Kelvin Christiansen Alaska Anchorage Rick Comley Northern Michigan Michigan State Greg Cronin Maine Northeastern Bruce Crowder Northeastern Jim Culhane Western Michigan Craig Dahl St. Cloud State Bob Daniels Ferris State Bill Davidge Miami (Ohio) Doc DelCastillo Alaska Mark Dennehy Merrimack Mike Eaves Wisconsin Dallas Ferguson Alaska Fairbanks Guy Gadowsky Alaska Fairbanks Gino Gasparini North Dakota Bob Gaudet Brown Rick Gotkin Mercyhurst George Gwozdecky Miami (Ohio) Denver Dave Hakstol North Dakota Charlie Holt New Hampshire Jeff Jackson Lake Superior State Notre Dame Mike Kemp Nebraska-Omaha Walt Kyle Northern Michigan Dave Laurion Alaska Fairbanks Darren Lowe Toronto Don Lucia Colorado College Minnesota Blaise MacDonald Niagara Tavis MacMillan Alaska Fairbanks Bob Mancini Michigan Tech Ferris State John Markell Ohio State Joe Marsh St. Lawrence In his 27 seasons as head coach at Michigan, Red Berenson: Has guided Michigan to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last 21 seasons and to the Frozen Four on 11 occasions. Is at Yost Ice Arena. Is (.689) in 151 postseason games. Is (.632) against WCHA competition. Is (.573) against Hockey East competition. Is (.690) against ECAC competition. Is (.889) against College Hockey America competition. Is (.875) against Atlantic Hockey competition. Has faced 93 different coaches. Has victories over 86 of the 89 coaches he has faced. Is unbeaten against 37of the 89 coaches he has faced. Is.500 or better against 74 of the 89 coaches he has faced. Is record (.653) against the other 10 active CCHA coaches. Has more victories against Bob Daniels (39) than against any other coach. Has coached the most games (79) against Ron Mason. Has a record (.549) against the other active coaches listed among the top 20 in all-time collegiate victories. NCAA Hockey All-Time Coaching Win List Name School (s) Years Wins 1. Ron Mason LSSU, BGSU, Michigan State Jerry York Clarkson, BGSU, Boston College 1972-SA Jack Parker Boston University 1973-SA Rick Comley LSSU, NMU, Michigan State Bob Peters North Dakota, Bemidji State Red Berenson Michigan 1984-SA Len Ceglarski Clarkson, Boston College Jeff Sauer Colorado College, Wisconsin Mike McShane St. Lawrence, Providence, Norwich 1980-SA Don Lucia UAF, Colorado College, 1987-SA 569 Minnesota 11. John MacInnes Michigan Tech Bill Beaney New England, Middlebury 1978-SA George Gwozdecky Wis.-River Falls, Miami, Denver 1982-SA Jack Riley Army Don Brose Minnesota State-Mankato John Rolli Mass.-Dartmouth 1985-SA Don Roberts Gustavus Adolphus Ed Saugestad Augsburg John Kelley Boston College Bill O Neill Salem State 1982-SA 487 Bruce Marshall Connecticut Ron Mason Michigan State Mark Mazzoleni Miami (Ohio) Harvard Brian McCuthcheon Cornell Don McKee Waterloo Bill Moores Alberta Marlin Muylaert Guelph Jim Nahrgang Michigan Tech Mark Osiecki Ohio State Scott Owens Colorado College Scott Paluch Bowling Green Jack Parker Boston University Rand Pecknold Quinnipiac Larry Pedrie Illinois-Chicago John Perpich Ferris State Paul Pooley Providence Dave Poulin Notre Dame Buddy Powers Bowling Green George Roll Clarkson Jim Roque Lake Superior State Doug Ross Alabama-Huntsville Jamie Russell Michigan Tech Scott Sandelin Minnesota-Duluth Jeff Sauer Wisconsin Mike Schafer Cornell Ric Schafer Alaska Fairbanks Notre Dame Chris Serino Merrimack Frank Serratore Air Force Tom Serratore Bemidji State Mike Sertich Michigan Tech Dave Shyiak Alaska-Anchorage Bill Switaj Kent State Dean Talafous Alaska Anchorage Tim Taylor Yale Ronn Tomassoni Harvard Richa rd Umile New Hampshire Don Vaughan Colgate Shawn Walsh Maine Tim Watters Michigan Tech Jerry Welsh Ohio State Tim Whitehead Massachusetts Lowell Maine Bill Wilkinson Western Michigan Dennis Williams Bowling Green Graham Wise York Doug Woog Minnesota Jerry York Bowling Green Boston College

6 MICHIGAN HOCKEY RECORD BOOK TEAM HISTORY: 2... NCAA FROZEN FOUR NCAA TOURNAMENT NCAA CHAMPIONS NCAA CHAMPIONS NCAA CHAMPIONS NCAA CHAMPIONS NCAA CHAMPIONS NCAA CHAMPIONS NCAA CHAMPIONS NCAA CHAMPIONS NCAA CHAMPIONS BRENDAN MORRISON: HOBEY BAKER AWARD KEVIN PORTER: HOBEY BAKER AWARD NCAA ALL-AMERICANS NATIONAL AWARDS CCHA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS CCHA HONORS MIKE LEGG ESPY AWARD WCHA HONORS JOE LOUIS ARENA GREAT LAKES INVITATIONAL YOST ICE ARENA GREAT LAKES INVITATIONAL 1

7 TEAM HISTORY AND AWARDS: NCAA FROZEN FOUR HISTORY NCAA FROZEN FOUR YEAR-BY-YEAR Year Champion Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place Site 1948 MICHIGAN Dartmouth Colorado College, Boston College Colorado Springs, Colo Boston College Dartmouth MICHIGAN Colorado College Colorado Springs, Colo Colorado College Boston University MICHIGAN Boston College Colorado Springs, Colo MICHIGAN Brown Boston University Colorado College Colorado Springs, Colo MICHIGAN Colorado College Yale St. Lawrence Colorado Springs, Colo MICHIGAN Minnesota Rensselaer Boston University Colorado Springs, Colo Rensselaer Minnesota MICHIGAN Boston College Colorado Springs, Colo MICHIGAN Colorado College Harvard St. Lawrence Colorado Springs, Colo MICHIGAN Michigan Tech St. Lawrence Boston College Colorado Springs, Colo Colorado College MICHIGAN Clarkson Harvard Colorado Springs, Colo Denver North Dakota Clarkson Harvard Minneapolis, Minn North Dakota Michigan State Boston College St. Lawrence Troy, N.Y Denver Michigan Tech Boston University St. Lawrence Boston, Mass Denver St. Lawrence Minnesota Rensselaer Denver, Colo Michigan Tech Clarkson MICHIGAN St. Lawrence Hamilton, N.Y North Dakota Denver Clarkson Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass MICHIGAN Denver Rensselaer Providence Denver, Colo Michigan Tech Boston College North Dakota Brown Providence, R.I Michigan State Clarkson Denver Boston University Minneapolis, Minn Cornell Boston University Michigan State North Dakota Syracuse, N.Y Denver North Dakota Cornell Boston College Duluth, Minn Denver Cornell Harvard Michigan Tech Colorado Springs, Colo Cornell Clarkson Wisconsin Michigan Tech Lake Placid, N.Y Boston University Minnesota Denver Harvard Syracuse, N.Y Boston University Cornell Wisconsin Denver Boston, Mass Wisconsin Denver Boston College Cornell Boston, Mass Minnesota Michigan Tech Boston University Harvard Boston, Mass Michigan Tech Minnesota Boston University Harvard St. Louis, Mo Minnesota Michigan Tech Brown Boston University Denver, Colo Wisconsin MICHIGAN Boston University New Hampshire Detroit, Mich Boston University Boston College Bowling Green Wisconsin Providence, R.I Minnesota North Dakota Dartmouth New Hampshire Detroit, Mich North Dakota Northern Michigan Dartmouth Cornell Providence, R.I Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan Tech Northern Michigan Duluth, Minn North Dakota Wisconsin Northeastern New Hampshire Providence, R.I Wisconsin Harvard Providence Minnesota Grand Forks, N.D Bowling Green Minnesota-Duluth North Dakota Michigan State Lake Placid, N.Y Rensselaer Providence Minnesota-Duluth Boston College Detroit, Mich Michigan State Harvard Minnesota Denver Providence, R.I North Dakota Michigan State Minnesota Harvard Detroit, Mich Lake Superior St. Lawrence Maine Minnesota Lake Placid, N.Y Harvard Minnesota Michigan State Maine St. Paul, Minn Wisconsin Colgate Boston College, Boston University Detroit, Mich Northern Michigan Boston University Clarkson, Maine St. Paul, Minn Lake Superior Wisconsin MICHIGAN, Michigan State Albany, N.Y Maine Lake Superior MICHIGAN, Boston University Milwaukee, Wis Lake Superior Boston University Harvard, Minnesota St. Paul, Minn Boston University Maine MICHIGAN, Minnesota Providence, R.I MICHIGAN Colorado College Vermont, Boston University Cincinnati, Ohio 1997 North Dakota Boston University MICHIGAN, Colorado College Milwaukee, Wis MICHIGAN Boston College New Hampshire, Ohio State Boston, Mass Maine New Hampshire Boston College, Michigan State Anaheim, Calif North Dakota Boston College Maine, St. Lawrence Providence, R.I Boston College North Dakota MICHIGAN, Michigan State Albany, N.Y Minnesota Maine MICHIGAN, New Hampshire St. Paul, Minn Minnesota New Hampshire MICHIGAN, Cornell Buffalo, N.Y Denver Maine Boston College, Minnesota-Duluth Boston, Mass Denver North Dakota Minnesota, Colorado College Columbus, Ohio 2006 Wisconsin Boston College Maine, North Dakota Milwaukee, Wis Michigan State Boston College North Dakota, Maine St. Louis, Mo Boston College Notre Dame MICHIGAN, North Dakota Denver, Colo Boston University Miami (Ohio) Vermont, Bemidji State Washington D.C Boston College Wisconsin Miami, Rochester Institue of Technology Detroit, MI 2011 Minnesota-Duluth MICHIGAN North Dakota, Notre Dame St. Paul, MN No consolation games in 1948 and from 1990-present 2

8 TEAM HISTORY AND AWARDS: NCAA TOURNAMENT MICHIGAN IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT Michigan vs. Opponents in the NCAA Tournament Team GP W L Pct Air Force Bemidji State Boston College Boston University Bowling Green Brown Clarkson Colgate Colorado College Cornell Dartmouth Denver Harvard Lake Superior State Maine Mercyhurst Michigan Tech Minnesota Minnesota-Duluth Nebraska-Omaha New Hampshire Niagara North Dakota Northern Michigan Notre Dame Princeton Providence Rensselaer St. Cloud State St. Lawrence Wisconsin Totals Michigan vs. Frozen Four Opponents Team GP W L Pct Boston College Boston University Brown Clarkson Colorado College Dartmouth Denver Harvard Maine Michigan Tech Minnesota Minnesota-Duluth New Hampshire North Dakota Notre Dame Providence Rensselaer St. Lawrence Wisconsin Totals Appearances...34 Frozen Four Appearances...24 NCAA Championships...9 Games Played...77 Games Won...50 Games Lost...27 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 9 Michigan 7 Denver North Dakota 6 Wisconsin 5 Minnesota Boston University FROZEN FOUR APPEARANCES 24 Michigan 21 Boston College Boston University 19 Minnesota 18 North Dakota CONSECUTIVE FROZEN FOUR APPEARANCES 10 Michigan Boston University Boston University Colorado College North Dakota Boston College Michigan Cornell Minnesota St. Lawrence FROZEN FOUR WINS 25 Michigan 21 North Dakota 20 Boston University 19 Minnesota 18 Denver TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 34 Michigan 32 Minnesota 31 Boston University 30 Boston College 26 Michigan State CONSECUTIVE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 21 Michigan Minnesota Michigan Michigan State Lake Superior State Boston University Michigan State Maine CURRENT CONSECUTIVE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 21 Michigan 10 New Hampshire 9 North Dakota TOURNAMENT WINS 50 Michigan 50 Minnesota 42 North Dakota 41 Boston College 38 Boston University Team Records Semifinal Games Won...12 Semifinal Games Lost...12 Championship Games Won...9 Championship Games Lost...3 Third-Place Games Won...4 Third-Place Games Lost...0 Coaching Records NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 6 Vic Heyliger, Michigan 5 Murray Armstrong, Denver 4 Jerry York, Bowling Green & Boston College 3 Jack Parker, Boston University Ned Harkness, Rensselaer & Cornell John MacInness, Michigan Tech Bob Johnson, Wisconsin Herb Brooks, Minnesota Gino Gasparini, North Dakota FROZEN FOUR APPEARANCES 13 Jack Parker, Boston University 11 Red Berenson, Michigan 10 Vic Heyliger, Michigan Murray Armstrong, Denver 9 Jerry York, Boston College & Bowling Green Snooks Kelley, Boston College John MacInnes, Michigan Tech CONSECUTIVE FROZEN FOUR APPEARANCES 10 Vic Heyliger, Michigan Cheddy Thompson, Colorado Coll Jack Parker, Boston University Jack Parker, Boston University Dave Hakstol, North Dakota Jerry York, Boston College Red Berenson, Michigan Doug Woog, Minnesota Ned Harkness, Cornell George Menard, St. Lawrence FROZEN FOUR WINS 16 Vic Heyliger, Michigan 14 Murray Armstrong, Denver 12 Jack Parker, Boston University Jerry York, Boston College & Bowling Green 10 John MacInnes, Michigan Tech TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 23 Jack Parker, Boston University 22 Ron Mason, Bowling Green & Michigan St. 21 Red Berenson, Michigan 18 Jerry York, Boston College & Bowling Green 17 Dick Umile, New Hampshire CONSECUTIVE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 21 Red Berenson, Michigan Doug Woog, Minnesota Dick Umile, New Hampshire Vic Heyliger, Michigan Jack Parker, Boston University TOURNAMENT WINS 33 Jerry York, Boston College and BGSU 30 Jack Parker, Boston University 29 Red Berenson, Michigan 22 Ron Mason, Michigan St. and Bowling Green 21 Doug Woog, Minnesota 3

9 TEAM HISTORY AND AWARDS: NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS MICHIGAN NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS Champions Semifinals defeated Boston College, 6-4 (OT) Championship defeated Dartmouth, Third Place Semifinal lost to Dartmouth, 4-2 Third-Place defeated Colorado College, Third Place Semifinal lost to Boston University, 4-3 Third-Place defeated Boston College, Champions Semifinal defeated Boston University, 8-2 Championship defeated Brown, Champions Semifinal defeated St. Lawrence, 9-3 Championship defeated Colorado College, Champions Semifinal defeated Boston University, 14-2 Championship defeated Minnesota, Third Place Semifinal lost to RPI, 6-4 Third-Place defeated Boston College, Champions Semifinal defeated Harvard, 7-3 Championship defeated Colorado College, Champions Semifinal defeated St. Lawrence, 2-1 Championship defeated Michigan Tech, Second Place Semifinal defeated Harvard, 6-1 Championship lost to Colorado College, Third Place Semifinal lost to Clarkson, 5-4 Third-Place defeated St. Lawrence, Champions Semifinal defeated Providence, 3-2 Championship defeated Denver, Second Place First Round defeated Bowling Green, 7-5 Semifinal defeated Boston University, 6-4 Championship lost to Wisconsin, 6-5 (OT) Quarterfinalist First Round defeated Cornell, 2 games to 1 (4-5 [OT], 6-4, 9-3) Quarterfinal lost to Boston University, 2 games to 0 (5-1, 8-1) Semifinalist West Regional defeated Northern Mich., 7-6 Semifinal lost to Wisconsin, Semifinalist West Regional defeated Wisconsin, 4-3 (OT) Semifinal lost to Maine, 4-3 (OT) Quarterfinalist West Regional lost to Lake Superior State, 5-4 (OT) Semifinalist West Regional defeated Wisconsin, 4-3 Semifinal lost to Maine, 4-3 (3OT) Champions West Regional defeated Minnesota, 4-3 Semifinal defeated Boston University, 4-0 Championship defeated Colorado College, 3-2 (OT) Semifinalist West Regional defeated Minnesota, 7-4 Semifinal lost to Boston University, Champions West Regional defeated Princeton, 2-1 West Regional defeated North Dakota, 4-3 Semifinal defeated New Hampshire, 4-0 Championship defeated Boston College, 3-2 (OT) Quarterfinalist East Regional defeated Denver, 5-3 East Regional lost to New Hampshire, 2-1 (OT) Quarterfinalist East Regional defeated Colgate, 4-3 (OT) East Regional lost to Maine, Semifinalist West Regional defeated Mercyhurst, 4-3 West Regional defeated St. Cloud State, 4-3 Semifinal lost to Boston College, Semifinalist West Regional defeated St. Cloud State, 4-2 West Regional defeated Denver, 5-3 Semifinal lost to Minnesota, Semifinalist Midwest Regional defeated Maine, 2-1 Midwest Regional defeated Colorado College, 5-3 Semifinal lost to Minnesota, 3-2 (OT) Quarterfinalist Northeast Regional defeated New Hampshire, 4-1 Northeast Regional lost to Boston College, 3-2 (OT) Quarterfinalist Midwest Regional defeated Wisconsin, 4-1 Midwest Regional lost to Colorado College, First Round West Regional lost to North Dakota, First Round West Regional lost to North Dakota, Semifinalist East Regional defeated Niagara, 5-1 East Regional defeated Clarkson, 2-0 Semifinal lost to Notre Dame, 5-4 (OT) First Round East Regional lost to Air Force, Quarterfinalist Midwest Regional defeated Bemidji State 5-1 Midwest Regional lost to Miami 3-2 (2OT) Second Place Midwest Regional defeated Nebraska-Omaha 3-2 (OT) Midwest Regional defeated Colorado College 2-1 Semifinal defeated North Dakota 2-0 Championship lost to Minnesota-Duluth 3-2 (OT) 4

10 TEAM HISTORY AND AWARDS: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS 1948 NCAA Champions NCAA Championship Game Summary March 12, 1948 Colorado Springs, Colo. Broadmoor Ice Palace (2,700) Wolverines Capture National Hockey Title Dartmouth Michigan st period U-M - Wally Gacek (Wally Grant) 0:50 DC - Bill Riley (Bob Merriam) 4:25 U-M - Gacek (Grant) 10:55 DC - Crawford Campbell (unassisted) 17:25 (PP) 2nd period DC - Walt Crowley (B. Riley) 6:55 DC - Arnie Oss (Jim Malone) 11:05 U-M - Grant (Gacek) 15:20 U-M - Gordie McMillan (Ted Greer) 16:40 3rd period U-M - Grant (Gacek, Greer) 1:30 U-M - McMillan (Al Renfrew) 6:15 U-M - Gacek (Grant, Greer) 6:20 U-M - Greer (Gacek) 15:14 Shots on goal: DC U-M Penalties: DC 6-20 U-M 8-16 Saves: DC Dick Desmond 33 U-M John McDonald Team Roster No Name Pos 1 John Griffin D 2 Dick Starrak D 3 Connie Hill D 4 Leonard Brumm F 5 Wally Gacek F 6 Owen McArdle F 7 Gordon McMillan F 8 Bill Jacobson F 9 Al Renfrew F 10 Ted Greer F 11 Herb Upton D/F 12 Paul Milanowski G 13 Sam Stedman F 14 Ross Smith D/F 15 Al Nadeau F 16 Paul Fontana F 17 John McDonald G 17 Wally Grant F 18 Bob Marshall D - Bill Pritula D Head Coach: Vic Heyliger By B.S. Brown and Herb Ruskin The Michigan Daily COLORADO SPRINGS - Michigan reigns tonight as National Collegiate hockey champions. Flashing a powerful attack, the Wolverines netted four goals in the third period to cut down a strong Dartmouth sextet, 8-4, and wrap up the first NCAA championship. Wally Gacek was again the hero of the evening as he worked the 'hat trick' and added three assists for a six-point total. It was Gacek who set up what proved to be the winner, feeding a pass to Wally Grant, who fired a 15-footer into Dartmouth's goal at 1:30 of the third. Gordie McMillan added a goal at 6:15. Gacek scored his third goal of the game five seconds later, netting a 35-footer on passes from Grant and Ted Greer. Greer wound up the evening's scoring as well as his Michigan career by sinking a rebound at 15:14 with the assist going to Gacek. Michigan played another superb game. Jack McDonald stood out in goal, especially in the third period, when he held Dartmouth scoreless. The Wolverines jumped into an early lead, when Gacek grabbed Grant's pass and fired a 10-footer past Dartmouth's goalie, Dick Desmond, after only 50 seconds of the first period had elapsed. Dartmouth was able to tie it up shortly afterward, as Bill Riley slammed a third rebound into the Wolverine net at 4:25. Gacek and Grant again teamed up at 10:55 of the initial stanza to give Michigan a one-goal lead. Grant fed the pass to Gacek who scored. The goal was the result of some very fancy passing that had Dartmouth completely confused. With the Wolverines a man short after Dick Starrak had been caught tripping, Dartmouth evened the count at two on a goal by defenseman Crawford "Whitey" Campbell. The Big Green then moved out in front for the first time in the evening, when Walt Crowley fired the puck past goalie McDonald at 6:55 on a 10-foot shot. Ten seconds later, the Big Green moved two-up when Arnie Oss followed Jim Malone's shot up and netted the rebound. Grant and Gacek halted the trend at 15:20 to move Michigan to within a goal. McMillan tied it up again at the 16:40 mark of the middle stanza. A timer's whistle had halted the play and for a while it looked like the goal would not count. The timer had stopped the action because of a misunderstanding of the rules on a player returning to the ice from a penalty. Al Renfrew had gone directly to the ice after completing a two-minute board checking penalty, and it was claimed that he should have reported to his own bench first. Michigan coach Vic Heyliger protested and the NCAA rules committee awarded the goal after meeting between the second and third periods. 5

11 TEAM HISTORY AND AWARDS: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS 1951 NCAA Champions NCAA Championship Game Summary March 17, 1951 Colorado Springs, Colo. Broadmoor Ice Palace (2,700) Brown Michigan st period U-M - Eddie May (Gordon Naylor, Joe Marmo) 3:49 U-M - Gil Burford (Alex MacLellan) 15:24 2nd period U-M - Neil Celley (unassisted) 6:41 U-M - John McKennell (unassisted) 10:56 U-M - Al Bassey (Earl Keyes, MacLellan) 14:19 3rd period BU - Tony Malo (Bob Wheeler) 7:54 U-M - McKennell (Burford, Keyes) 11:15 U-M - Celley (Burford) 19:38 Shots on goal: BU U-M Penalties: BU 2-4 U-M 2-4 Saves: BU Don Whiston 45 U-M Hal Downes Team Roster No Name Pos 1 Hal Downes G 3 Eddie May D 4 John Matchefts F 5 Bob Heathcott D 6 Neil Celley F 7 Earl Keyes F 8 Gil Burford F 9 Paul Pelow F 10 John McKennell F 11 Graham Cragg D 12 Joe Marmo F 14 Gordon Naylor F 15 Al Bassey F 18 Alex MacLellan D Head Coach: Vic Heyliger Wolverines Win National Hockey Championship By Jim Barker The Michigan Daily COLORADO SPRINGS - Michigan's puckmen put on their greatest performance of the season last night as they walloped the Brown University Bruins, 7-1, to win the 1951 NCAA Hockey Tournament at the Broadmoor Ice Palace. The triumph was truly a team victory as the Wolverines displayed a brilliant defense coupled with potent offensive power and speed to completely outclass the Bruins, who put up a game but hopeless battle. The defensive work of Bob Heathcott, Alex MacLellan and Graham Cragg was beautiful to behold. Repeatedly they threw back Brown scoring thrusts and their backchecking plus the alertness of the Wolverine forward lines kept Brown from ever making a serious threat. So outstanding was the Maize and Blue defense that goalie Hal Downes, who played a fine game himself in the nets, did not have a single save on a Brown shot for the first 15 minutes of the game. Oddly enough there was very little body checking by Wolverine forwards and defensemen. The Wolverines threw back the Brown attackers by the simple process of poking the puck off their sticks before they ever could get over the Michigan blue line. But in addition to the great work of the defense, which had been a sore spot in previous hockey games throughout the season, the Maize and Blue's highly-touted offense came through in fine fashion again. Altogether, nine players shared scoring honors for Michigan with Neil Celley and John McKennell each scoring two goals. The Wolverines front line of Celley, Gil Burford and John Matchefts displayed far too much speed for the Brown defensemen. The victory also broke a two-year old St. Patrick's Day "jinx" for the Wolverines. In the last two NCAA tourneys prior to this one, Michigan was defeated on St. Patrick's Day. But such was not the case last night. By virtue of the victory, Michigan became the first team ever to win the NCAA Tournament twice since its inception in Michigan won the title in 1948, finished third in 1949 and 1950 and came back to win the title again last night. Michigan set another record in its 7-1 win over Brown. The Bruins, in being held to one goal, scored less goals in the game than any team in the four-year history of the tournament. The previous low had been set by U-M in its 4-2 loss to Dartmouth in Despite the one-sided loss, Brown goalie Don Whiston played one of the greatest games ever seen in the NCAA tournament or in any collegiate hockey game for that matter. Whitson was peppered with Michigan shots all night. Time and time again he dove to the ice to stop a loose puck, and on other occasions he made magnificent saves to squelch almost sure goals. For his outstanding performance, Whiston was awarded the Most Valuable Player award for the tournament. 6

12 TEAM HISTORY AND AWARDS: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS 1952 NCAA Champions NCAA Championship Game Summary March 15, 1952 Colorado Springs, Colo. Broadmoor Ice Palace (2,500) M Wins NCAA Hockey Title Michigan Colorado Coll st period U-M - George Chin (Doug Philpott) 11:35 U-M - Earl Keyes (Jim Haas, Reg Shave) 16:29 (PP) U-M - Philpott (unassisted) 19:07 (SH) 2nd period CC - Cameron Berry (Dick Kennific) 5:00 U-M - Graham Cragg (Alex MacLellan) 10:12 3rd period No scoring Shots on goal: CC U-M Penalties: CC 6-12 U-M 7-22 Saves: CC Ken Kinsley 46 U-M Willard Ikola Team Roster No Name Pos 1 Willard Ikola G 1 Bill Lucier G 2 Jim Haas D 3 Eddie May F 4 John Matchefts F 5 Bob Heathcott D 6 George Chin F 7 Earl Keyes F 8 Pat Cooney F 9 Paul Pelow F 10 John McKennell F 11 Graham Cragg D 12 Doug Philpott F 14 Gordon Naylor F 15 Ron Martinson F 17 Reg Shave D 18 Alex MacLellan D 19 Doug Mullen F - Bob Lotzer F - Telly Mascarin F Head Coach: Vic Heyliger By Ed Whipple Special to the Daily COLORADO SPRINGS - Michigan made hockey history here last night. The Wolverines trounced crippled Colorado College, 4-1, in the jam-packed Broadmoor Ice Palace to become the first team to win two straight NCAA hockey championships. Coach Vic Heyliger's teams now have grabbed three titles in five years. Michigan has never lost a final championship game. Playing with the injured Omer Brandt - the only remnant of the Brandt-Hartwell-Frasca combination - the Tigers found themselves behind 3-0 for the second straight night when the first period ended. Friday they fought back, to beat Yale, 4-3, but last night the Wolverines gave no openings for comebacks. After Graham Cragg made it 4-1 halfway through the second stanza the issue was never in doubt. The 2,500 rabid fans who came to see Michigan licked were disappointed by a Michigan team that received praise from Heyliger. Michigan rolled out of its 3-0 first period margin as George Chin opened up matters at 11:35 when he beat Colorado goalie Ken Kinsley from close in. Five minutes later Michigan scored twice within one minute in what proved to be the clinching flurry. Captain Earl Keyes scored the second goal on assists from defensemen Jim Haas and Reggie Shave. Keyes tipped in a blue line shot off Haas' stick. The Tigers were shorthanded at the time and the Michigan power play paid off. With Michigan's Doug Mullen off for holding, Colorado put on the pressure but its own power play backfired. Doug Philpott picked up a loose puck at center ice and sent a screaming 35-foot shot into the upper corner of the net for the 3-0 lead. The teams traded goals in the second period. Cam Berry beat Michigan goalie Willard Ikola with a neat shot into the corner of the net to move up to a 3-1 deficit. Cragg got that one back for Michigan to give them the 4-1 lead that they maintained intact for the remainder of the contest. Cragg's goal, his second of the tourney and only the third of the season, came on a long screen shot. Chin was the highest scorer of the tournament with four points and he took a place on the alltournament team named by the press. Kinsley, who made 46 saves last night and 42 against Yale was the Most Valuable Player and first team goaltender. The other first team forwards were Michigan's John McKennell and Doug Philpott. The defensemen were Jim Haas of the Wolverines and Lou Maccini of Colorado. 7

13 TEAM HISTORY AND AWARDS: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS 1953 NCAA Champions NCAA Championship Game Summary March 14, 1953 Colorado Springs, Colo. Broadmoor Ice Palace (2,700) Minnesota Michigan st period U-M - Jim Haas (Alex MacLellan) 5:48 MIN - Dick Meredith (Ken Yackel) 8:39 MIN - Dick Dougherty (Gene Campbell) 11:34 2nd period U-M - Doug Philpott (Reg Shave) 6:15 U-M - Doug Mullen (George Chin, Pat Cooney) 11:08 3rd period U-M - John Matchefts (unassisted) 3:38 (PP) U-M - Haas (unassisted) 7:17 U-M - Philpott (Haas) 9:14 (PP) MIN - Yackel (Robert Johnson, Dougherty) 10:42 U-M - Matchefts (Philpott) 19:49 (EN) Shots on goal: MIN U-M Penalties: MIN 2-4 U-M 6-12 Saves: MIN Jim Mattson 28 U-M Willard Ikola Team Roster No Name Pos 1 Willard Ikola G 1 Bill Lucier G 2 Jim Haas D 4 John Matchefts F 5 Burt Dunn D 6 George Chin F 7 Earl Keyes F 8 Pat Cooney F 10 John McKennell F 12 Doug Philpott F 14 Telly Mascarin F 15 Ron Martinson F 16 Louis Paolatto D 17 Reg Shave D 18 Alex MacLellan D 19 Doug Mullen F Head Coach: Vic Heyliger Wolverine Hockey Sextet Wins NCAA Championship By Tom Dickinson Special to the News COLORADO SPRINGS - Michigan's hockey team, in one of the most dramatic triumphs in history, racked up the University of Minnesota, 7-3, here Saturday night to retain the United States collegiate hockey title for the third consecutive year. Coming from behind in the second period, Coach Vic Heyliger's skaters rose to the heights to defeat one of the greatest Gopher teams of all time and earn the plaudits of 2,700 fans who jammed into the Broadmoor Ice Palace here to witness the sixth annual NCAA tournament finals. Coach Heyliger's charges, who little more than two weeks ago were not even conceded a good chance to gain a tournament berth, completely outclassed Minnesota to return the national title to Ann Arbor for the fourth time in the past six years. Michigan took a brief one-goal lead in the first period on a neat 15-foot angle shot by Jim Haas, but saw the lead disappear as Minnesota roared back to take a 2-1 margin as the teams left the ice following the initial 20 minutes of play. Regaining their poise, Michigan rattled two goals past Minnesota's celebrated goaltender, Jim Mattson, in the second period and scored four more in the third period to win the title. Here's how it all happened. Following Haas' goal, which came at 5:48 of the first period, the Gophers' capable wingman, Dick Meredith, converted past goalie Willard Ikola at 8:39 to tie up the game at 1-1. Dick Dougherty then put Minnesota ahead at 11:34 on a five-footer. Doug Philpott cashed in Reg Shave's rebound at 6:15 in the second period and Michigan was off to a string of five straight goals which salted away the championship. Doug Mullen golfed in a high shot at 11:08 on assists by Pat Cooney and George Chin, and U-M took a lead it never relinquished. Four times during the second period Michigan was shorthanded, but a stalwart defense led by the alert and agile Ikola warded off Gopher chances. When Gopher captain Tom Wegleitner was waived off for interference at 3:22 of the final frame, U-M went to work in earnest. Johnny Matchefts, voted the tournament's MVP, picked up the puck behind the Minnesota cage and rammed it past Mattson to give U-M a 4-2 lead. Haas increased it to 5-2 with his second tally at 7:17, and with the Gophers shorthanded again, Philpott converted a beautiful pass from Haas at 9:14. Minnesota then finally connected on its final effort at 10:42 when Ken Yackel beat Ikola from close in. With seven minutes remaining, Coach John Mariucci removed Mattson from the ice in a futile, desperate effort to stave off what by then was inevitable defeat. Mattson returned in about 45 seconds, but twice more was taken off in favor of a sixth forward. The strategy backfired at 19:49, however, when Matchefts blasted in an empty netter for his second goal. 8

14 TEAM HISTORY AND AWARDS: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS 1955 NCAA Champions NCAA Championship Game Summary March 12, 1955 Colorado Springs, Colo. Broadmoor Ice Palace (2,700) Wolverines Win Fifth Hockey Championship Colorado Coll Michigan st period U-M - Tom Rendall (unassisted) 2:38 CC - Unknown U-M - Neil Buchanan (Mike Buchanan) 19:23 2nd period No scoring 3rd period U-M - Jay Gould (unassisted) 6:18 CC - Don Wishart (Bunt Hubchik) 7:34 U-M - Jerry Karpinka (Dick Dunnigan) 8:31 CC - Clare Smith (Doug Silverberg) 17:23 U-M - Bill MacFarland (unassisted) 19:57 (EN) Shots on goal: CC U-M Penalties: CC 8-16 U-M 9-18 Saves: CC Jeff Simus 22 U-M Lorne Howes Team Roster No Name Pos 1 Lorne Howes G 2 Mike Buchanan D 3 Bob Schiller D 4 Bernie Hanna D 5 Bob Pitts D 6 Dick Dunnigan F 7 Bill MacFarland F 8 Jerry Karpinka F 9 Jay Gould F 10 Yves Hebert F 11 Neil Buchanan F 12 Tom Rendall F 15 Baden Cosby F 16 Bill Lucier G Head Coach: Vic Heyliger By Tom Dickinson Special to the News COLORADO SPRINGS - Michigan's cinderella hockey team, skating as if its collective life depended on winning, throttled Colorado College 5-3 here Saturday night in the finals of the NCAA national tournament playoff. A capacity-plus crowd of nearly 3,000 fans, roaring encouragement every minute to the host team, jammed every nook and cranny of the picturesque Broadmoor Ice Palace only to watch the Wolverines march to their fifth title in the last eight years. Coach Vic Heyliger's players performed like the true champions they are against the tough and powerful Coloradoans. There was nothing tainted or fluky about the triumph. It was achieved by inspired, alert hockey which combined winning ingredients of an air-tight defense and a relentless, pressing attack in which five players scored goals. Goalie Lorne Howes of Michigan staged a brilliant, almost superhuman exhibition of netminding which brought forth superlatives from even the most rabid Colorado partisans. Howes, a 21-yearold, 160-pound youngster, playing in his first NCAA Tourney, was credited with 47 saves - more than double that of Bengal goalie Jeff Simus, who had 21, the same number of stops made by Howes in the final frame alone. Coach Cheddy Thompson's Tigers, fired up just as high as the Wolverines, were thirsty for victory over the Wolverines. But when it came to scoring the all-important goal which would have tied up the game Saturday, they just didn't have it. The real victory script was written in the final, crazy 20 minutes of play. Heyliger's men had forged a narrow 2-1 lead in the first two frames and came out battling furiously to maintain the advantage. Jay Gould's score at 6:18 of the last period stretched the lead, but the Tigers came back moments later to make it 3-2. Once more Michigan scored as Jerry Karpinka beat Simus for a seemingly safe 4-2 lead. The Tigers were far from through as they swarmed around the Michigan net like angry bees before wing Clare Smith scored at 17:23 to put the Western Intercollegiate Hockey League champs within one goal of a tie. At 18:32, Thompson beckoned Simus from the Tiger cage and installed another forward. Fifty-nine seconds later, Michigan defenseman Mike Buchanan was penalized for an illegal center ice body check. The fans screamed and shrieked for Colorado to notch the tying marker. With 10 seconds to go the Tigers got a faceoff in the circle to Howes' left. Four seconds later another faceoff developed, but this time captain Bill MacFarland got control of the puck and sent it flying down the ice and into the empty net with three seconds left to play. 9

15 TEAM HISTORY AND AWARDS: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS 1956 NCAA Champions NCAA Championship Game Summary March 17, 1956 Colorado Springs, Colo. Broadmoor Ice Palace (2,800-est.) Michigan Hockey Team Wins Sixth National Crown Michigan Tech Michigan st period U-M - Ed Switzer (Neil McDonald) 0:23 MTU - Dick Wilson (Jack McManus) 2:42 U-M - McDonald (Bob Schiller) 9:22 U-M - Don McIntosh (Tom Rendall) 10:14 MTU - Pete Aubry (unassisted) 11:04 U-M - Schiller (McDonald) 13:11 MTU - Wilson (unassisted) 19:45 2nd period MTU - Tom Kennedy (Wilson) 4:47 MTU - Aubry (Wilson) 7:25 (PP) U-M - Switzer (Bernie Hanna) 7:58 U-M - Switzer (Dick Dunnigan) 14:28 (PP) U-M - McDonald (unassisted) 14:49 3rd period No scoring Shots on goal: MTU U-M Penalties: MTU 5-13 U-M 5-13 Saves: MTU Bob McManus 32 U-M Lorne Howes Team Roster No Name Pos 1 Lorne Howes G 2 Mike Buchanan D 3 Bob Schiller D 4 Bernie Hanna D 5 Bob Pitts D 6 Dick Dunnigan F 7 Bill MacFarland F 8 Jerry Karpinka F 9 Jay Gould F 10 Wally Maxwell F 11 Neil Buchanan D 12 Tom Rendall F 14 Don McIntosh F 15 Neil McDonald F 16 Morley Chin F 17 Ed Switzer F Head Coach: Vic Heyliger By Tom Dickinson The Michigan Daily COLORADO SPRINGS - For the sixth time in nine years Michigan is the collegiate champion of the land. This unprecedented honor was earned in the fashion of a 7-5 triumph over Michigan Tech in the finals of the ninth annual NCAA tournament here Saturday night in the Broadmoor Ice Palace. With an overflow throng of over 2,000 fans wildly cheering their sentimental favorite the Huskies jammed the arena on the grounds of the Broadmoor Hotel. The Michigan Tech brass band and 200 student followers proved no substitute for the hockey know-how which brought the title to the Wolverines. Coach Vic Heyliger's Maize and Blue charges left the ice after the first period with a 4-3 lead only to see the Huskies pull ahead 5-4 in the early stages of the second period. But seconds after Michigan Tech's last goal of the evening Michigan scored to tie it up and two more counters soon after applied the clinchers. The final frame was scoreless as both squads were spent with the furious action of the first 40 minutes. The gold trophy emblematic of collegiate hockey supremacy which was awarded to team captain Bill MacFarland will take its place on the Michigan trophy shelf alongside those earned in 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953 and Blonde, quiet-spoken Lorne Howes was far and away the difference between the Wolverines and their two tourney victims, St. Lawrence and Michigan Tech. The junior goaltender swept every individual honor in the book this year: All-American, All-Western League and most outstanding player of the playoffs. Sharing the hero's mantle with Howes was the sophomore forward, speedy Ed Switzer of Preston, Ont. Switzer tallied three goals in Saturday's battle including the tying and winning markers. Trailing 4-3 after the first period, the Engineers rallied for two goals to pull in front of the temporarily disorganized Blue. Tom Kennedy got the first one at 4:47 after intercepting an errant Michigan pass to skate in unmolested on Howes. The second came with the Wolverines two men short from a corner faceoff. Aubry skated behind the cage and hooked the puck into the open corner. The marker came at 7:25. Then the revitalized Wolverines took charge with a three-goal outburst from which Michigan Tech never recovered. Switzer tipped in a 40-footer off the stick of Bernie Hanna at 7:58 to tie the score. An elbowing penalty to Ron Stenlund, hero of Tech's 10-4 Thursday night decision over Boston College led to the winning goal. The infraction came at 12:43 and Switzer's third tally came at 14:28 on a 20-foot blast from a wide angle. McDonald scored his second goal of the night just 21 seconds later beating his opponent to the center ice draw. He skated in and shot the puck from 10 feet out, then knocked home his own rebound. 10

16 TEAM HISTORY AND AWARDS: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS 1964 NCAA Champions NCAA Championship Game Summary March 21, 1964 Denver, Colo. University of Denver Arena (5,296) Defense Key to Win Over Denver Michigan Denver st period U-M - Wilf Martin (Alex Hood, Tom Polonic) 17:48 2nd period U-M - Mel Wakabayashi (Bob Ferguson, Gordon Wilkie) 2:19 (PP) U-M - Jack Cole (Wilkie) 3:22 DU - Billy Staub (Andy Herrebout, Bob Lindsay) 5:34 (PP) DU - Ron Livingstone (Emory Sampson, Ron Naslund) 17:24 3rd period U-M - Cole (Polonic, Wilkie) 4:08 DU - Wayne Smith (Herrebout) 9:54 (PP) U-M - Wakabayashi (Ron Coristine, Ferguson) 16:49 U-M - Hood (Polonic, Martin) 18:24 Shots on goal: DU U-M Penalties: DU 5-10 U-M Power Plays: DU 2-9 U-M 1-3 Saves: DU Buddy Blom 23 U-M Bob Gray Team Roster No Name Pos 1 Bill Bieber G 1 Bob Gray G 2 Tom Polonic D 3 Ted Henderson D 4 Rick Day D 5 Pierre Dechaine F 6 Jack Cole F 7 Wilf Martin F 8 Alex Hood F 9 Mel Wakabayashi F 10 Bob Ferguson F 11 Roger Galipeau D 12 Ron Coristine F 13 Barry MacDonald F 14 George Forrest F 16 Marty Read F 17 Dave Newton D 18 Gary Butler F 19 Gordon Wilkie F By Larry Sullivan DENVER - The Michigan hockey squad hung up its skates for the season this past weekend with a supportable claim of being the greatest in school history. The team credentials were open to question - by the icers themselves perhaps more than anyone else - after losing the league title bid the week before. But they were almost unassailable after the Wolverines avenged that loss with a 6-3 triumph over WCHA champion Denver for the NCAA crown. It was the seventh NCAA title for Michigan in 17 years of the tournament but the first for coach Al Renfrew, who played on the first U-M championship team in 1948 under the coaching of Vic Heyliger. The last Michigan NCAA crown was in Renfrew called winning the 1964 championship game "the biggest thrill in my life." He added that it beat by a wide margin his enjoyment at having been a member of the champion team of The NCAA tournaments have grown tougher over the years with a steady improvement of college hockey, the coaches agree, and Renfrew called the squad the best he has ever coached. Winning the two games at Denver, 3-2, over Providence in a semifinal game before the final contest against the Pioneers, gave the Blue a record-tying season of 24 victories. There were four losses and one tie. The team also tied the school record for most goals in the regular season. No other team in school history has won so many games, scored so many goals and claimed the national crown in one season. Despite the six-goal outburst against Denver Saturday night, it was a new-found poise in defense that Renfrew singled out for praise. Hard checking by the defensive crew, led by the all-tournament team selectee, Tom Polonic, frustrated the Denver offense all night. Taking a cue from the Pioneer victory at Ann Arbor the week before, Michigan soared to a 3-0 lead before Denver scored. The tournament hosts scored twice in the second period to creep to within one point and both schools scored single goals in the early minutes of the third period before two late markers by the Wolverines put them out of reach. Jack Cole turned in his best game of the season and he and Mel Wakabayashi each scored twice for Michigan. Wilf Martin had the first goal and Alex Hood the last. Denver goals were divided among Billy Staub, Ron Livingstone and Wayne Smith. Head Coach: Al Renfrew 11

17 TEAM HISTORY AND AWARDS: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS 1996 NCAA Champions NCAA Championship Game Summary March 30, 1996 Cincinnati, Ohio Riverfront Coliseum (12,957) Michigan Wins First NCAA Title Since 1964 Michigan Colo. Coll st period U-M - Bill Muckalt (Brendan Morrison) 11:33 2nd period CC - Peter Geronazzo (Colin Schmidt, Eric CC - Rud) 3:52 (PP) Schmidt (Geronazzo, Chad Remackel) 5:37 3rd period U-M - Mike Legg (Steven Halko, Harold Schock) 6:54 (PP) Overtime U-M - Morrison (Muckalt, Greg Crozier) 3:35 Shots on goal: CC U-M Penalties: CC U-M Power Plays: CC 1-5 U-M 1-5 Saves: CC Ryan Bach 16 U-M Marty Turco Team Roster No Name Pos 2 Mark Sakala D 3 Bubba Berenzweig D 4 Chris Frescoln D 5 Peter Bourke D 6 Harold Schock D 7 Justin Clark F 8 Matt Herr F 9 Brendan Morrison F 10 Kevin Hilton F 13 Greg Crozier F 14 Craig Assenmacher F 15 Mike Legg F 16 Bill Muckalt F 17 Sean Ritchlin F 18 John Madden F 19 Jason Botterill F 20 John Arnold F 23 Dale Rominski F 24 Steven Halko D 25 Bobby Hayes F 26 Chris Fox D 27 Blake Sloan D 28 Warren Luhning F 29 Gregg Malicke G 30 Greg Daddario G 35 Marty Turco G Head Coach: Red Berenson By Nicholas J. Cotsonika The Michigan Daily CINCINNATI - There were tears this time too, but for the Michigan hockey team, moist eyes dripped only joy. The years of failure and frustration, of anguish and anger, are over. The puck finally bounced the right way for the Wolverines. Brendan Morrison finally hit the back of the net instead of the goal post. Red Berenson's team is finally the national champion. The Wolverines defeated Colorado College, 3-2, before 12,957 fans at Riverfront Coliseum on Saturday in another overtime heart-thumper. The championship win was Michigan's eighth - an NCAA record - and first since The victory was richly ironic. Michigan was bounced from the NCAA tournament in overtime the past three years. The Wolverines lost to Maine in 1993, Lake Superior in 1994 and Maine again in The breaks never went their way, and the goal they needed never came. The biggest change that enabled Michigan to win might have been Morrison's luck. In the second overtime of last year's semifinal thriller with the Black Bears, Morrison had Michigan's best opportunity to win it. He hit the post. The memory stayed with him, ringing in his head all season long. On Saturday, the puck squirted right to Morrison off a rebound. He put it between the pipes to score the winning goal, and he earned a ring that will stay with him for the rest of his life. "When you look back on this, it's incredible," said Morrison, who was so focused on Michigan's title run, he played with a broken hand for nearly two months. "It seemed like it took forever to go in the net, but it did. It's incredible." Many players said it isn't as incredible as it seems. They had a sign above the door in their locker room that read, "Something to prove." All the talk of ghosts and jinxes motivated Michigan to silence the critics. "I'm sick of hearing the rumors that we can't win the big game," Bill Muckalt said. "I think we proved them wrong." "The ghosts are gone," said Michigan goaltender Marty Turco. Michigan jumped into the lead at 11:33 of the first period as Muckalt rifled Morrison's feed through Tiger goalie Ryan Bach's pads. But after Peter Geronazzo and Colin Schmidt struck in the second, Michigan found itself down, 2-1. The Wolverines came out flying in the third, and Mike Legg tied the game at two on the power play at 6:54. His goal, scored off a rebound of Steven Halko's slapshot, was the last in regulation. Three and a half minutes into overtime, Morrison ended the game, the season and the waiting for the Wolverines. Michigan's day had come. 12

18 TEAM HISTORY AND AWARDS: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS 1998 NCAA Champions NCAA Championship Game Summary April 4, 1998 Boston, Mass. FleetCenter (18,276) Newest Title Shows That Hard Work Pays Off Michigan Boston Coll st period BC - Kevin Caulfield (Mike Mottau) 4:19 2nd period U-M - Mark Kosick (Bubba Berenzweig, Greg Crozier) 7:42 BC - Mike Lephart (Jeff Farkas, Bobby Allen) 18:38 (PP) 3rd period U-M - Kosick (Bill Muckalt, Chris Fox) 13:48 Overtime U-M - Josh Langfeld (Fox, Scott Matzka) 17:51 Shots on goal: BC U-M Penalties: BC 6-12 U-M 5-10 Power Plays: BC 1-4 U-M 0-5 Saves: BC Scott Clemmensen 32 U-M Marty Turco Team Roster No Name Pos 2 Kevin Magnuson D 3 Bubba Berenzweig D 4 Mike Van Ryn D 6 Scott Crawford D 7 Justin Clark F 8 Matt Herr F 9 Mark Kosick F 10 Scott Matzka F 11 Andrew Merrick F 16 Bill Muckalt F 17 Sean Ritchlin F 18 Geoff Koch F 20 Bob Gassoff D 21 Josh Langfeld F 22 Bill Trainor F 23 Dale Rominski F 24 Sean Peach D 25 Bobby Hayes F 26 Chris Fox D 27 David Huntzicker D 29 Gregg Malicke G 30 Greg Daddario G 32 Krikor Arman F 33 Greg Crozier F 35 Marty Turco G Head Coach: Red Berenson By Sharat Raju The Michigan Daily BOSTON - Years from now, no one will remember Michigan losing at Yost Ice Arena for the first time in 36 games. No one will remember the first Great Lakes Invitational loss in a decade, or losing to Michigan State four times in one season, or losing the CCHA regular season and conference playoffs. But everyone will remember the West Regional victories at Yost. Everyone will remember Saturday's game and the outcome. This season's edition of Michigan hockey really is unique, worthy of a movie or a book, or at least a miniseries. The Wolverines are a team everyone can relate to because they're not perfect, they're not unstoppable. There's no Hobey Baker Award winner here, no record-setting win total, no single player carrying the team on his shoulders night in and night out. Even Marty Turco couldn't always bail the Wolverines out, nor could Bill Muckalt. We all can relate. Sometimes in life, you come up short. You can't win every award, every tournament or every accolade. But you can succeed if you work hard, play hard and come through when it counts. And that's exactly what this team did. The Wolverines came through at the FleetCenter. They worked hard and fought back, and can truly be called Champions. Captain Matt Herr often said early in the season that this team wasn't going to be the most talented in the country, but they would be the hardest-working one. That's something to live by in hockey, in sports and in life. If you work hard, good things happen. This team worked the hardest and the best thing happened. And the one lesson I will always remember is that hard work does pay off contrary to what I've thought before. But now I've seen it. I'm a believer and I'm sure everyone who has borne witness to this season is a believer, too. Michigan fans are spoiled this season. First a football national championship, now a hockey title. Again. For a school that works so hard to be the best at everything ranging from the band to academics to athletics we deserve this, and we can bask in the glory of this season and this school year. 13

19 TEAM HISTORY AND AWARDS: BRENDAN MORRISON: HOBEY BAKER AWARD THE HOBEY BAKER MEMORIAL AWARD Brendan Morrison Brendan Morrison poses with head coach Red Berenson at the 1997 Hobey Baker Award presentation, which was held at the Frozen Four in Milwaukee, Wis. U-M s senior captain tallied 31 goals and 57 assists -- a U-M single-season record -- to lead the nation in scoring. Brendan s Last Title - Paul Dodd, The Wolverine There was really not much else Brendan Morrison could have done in his career as a Michigan hockey player. The Pitt Meadows, B.C., native was the most valuable player of this or named to the alltournament team of that in his four years at U-M. He had become the school s all-time scoring and assist leader. He led the nation in scoring not once, but twice. Morrison s best performances were in the most crucial situations from the start of his career to its finish. In his first NCAA Tournament game, he assistedn on all four Michigan goals. The last time he was on the ice for the Wolverines, he scored a futile goal in the final minute with his team s goaltender on the bench. In between, Morrison also gave Michigan hockey fans their finest moment in 33 years, scooping Bill Muckalt s rebound over Colorado College goaltender Ryan Bach in overtime of the 1996 NCAA Championship game to give U-M its first national hockey crown since A year later, in a hotel ballroom jam-packed with the most rabid Michigan hockey fans and college hockey followers from all over the nation, Morrison provided his legions with one last fond memory by accepting the Hobey Baker Memorial Award as the country s outstanding collegiate hockey player. It really is humbling to be recognized for such a prestigious award. said Morrison, clearly nervous at the turnout estimated at more than 1,000. I want to thank the University of Michigan for providing me the opportunity to attend such a fine institution, both academically and athletically. George Konic, the chairman of the Hobey Baker Award Committee, could hardly say Morrison s name over the din when he announced that the winner was a three-year finalist for the Hobey Baker, from the University of Michigan... The vocal U-M partisans knew the name well enough. For the last two months, whenever Morrison would get a goal or an assist, Michigan fans began rhythmically chanting Ho-bey Ba-ker. Always one to put his team s welfare first, the Michigan captain became commonly known as Hobey by his teammates, who loved watching the modest center squirm at the extra attention. They ve been joking around about the award, and now that it actually happened, it s unbelievable, said Morrison. Hobey Baker Memorial Award Recipients Year Name School 1981 Neal Broten Minnesota 1982 George McPhee Bowling Green 1983 Mark Fusco Harvard 1984 Tom Kurvers Minnesota-Duluth 1985 Bill Watson Minnesota-Duluth 1986 Scott Fusco Harvard 1987 Tony Hrkac North Dakota 1988 Robb Stauber Minnesota 1989 Lane MacDonald Harvard 1990 Kip Miller Michigan State 1991 David Emma Boston College 1992 Scott Pellerin Maine 1993 Paul Kariya Maine 1994 Chris Marinucci Minnesota-Duluth 1995 Brian Holzinger Bowling Green 1996 Brian Bonin Minnesota 1997 Brendan Morrison Michigan 1998 Chris Drury Boston University 1999 Jason Krog New Hampshire 2000 Mike Mottau Boston College 2001 Ryan Miller Michigan State 2002 Jordan Leopold Minnesota 2003 Peter Sejna Colorado College 2004 Junior Lessard Minnesota-Duluth 2005 Marty Sertich Colorado College 2006 Matt Carle Denver 2007 Ryan Duncan North Dakota 2008 Kevin Porter Michigan 2009 Matt Gilroy Boston University 2010 Blake Geoffrion Wisconsin 2011 Andy Miele Miami 14

20 TEAM HISTORY AND AWARDS: KEVIN PORTER: HOBEY BAKER AWARD THE HOBEY BAKER MEMORIAL AWARD The Hobey Baker Story The Hobey Baker Memorial Award is presented to the outstanding college hockey player in the United States by the Decathlon Athletic Club of Bloomington, Minn. The idea for the Hobey Baker Award was conceived by then Decathlon Athletic Club chief executive officer Chuck Bard, who modeled the award after college football s Heisman Trophy. Club directors gave the final go-ahead on Jan. 4, Bard, with assistance from Walter Bush, then president of the Minnesota North Stars, and Roger Godin of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame, narrowed down a list of candidates after whom to name the award. The final list included hockey immortals Moose Goheen, Frank Brimsek, John Mariucci and Hobey Baker. The name and exploits of Baker intrigued Bard, who contacted Princeton for more information. Bard also contacted the present day Hobey Baker, a nephew of the award s namesake who resided in New York, and granted permission to use the name. Baker was the captain of Princeton s hockey and football teams from He was a charter member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame and was one of a handful of Americans inducted into Canada s Hockey Hall of Fame. Baker is best known for his outstanding sportsmanship. He was only penalized once in his collegiate career and always visited the opposition s locker room after a game. The trophy was designed, the sponsor set and the committee enlarged. The first banquet was April 1, Neal Broten of Minnesota won the first award, and Gordie Howe delivered a memorable speech. Since then, the award has become recognized as U.S. college hockey s premier individual honor. As such, it has helped promote U.S. college hockey, the skills needed to play the game and the ideals for which the original Hobey Baker lived and died Denny Felsner 1992 Denny Felsner 1994 David Oliver Steve Shields Brian Wiseman 1995 Brendan Morrison 1996 Brendan Morrison 1997 John Madden Michigan s Hobey Baker Finalists Brendan Morrison 1998 Bill Muckalt 2000 Mike Comrie 2001 Andy Hilbert 2005 T.J. Hensick 2007 T.J. Hensick 2008 Kevin Porter 2009 Louie Caporusso Kevin Porter Kevin Porter stands between head coach Red Berenson and linemate and classmate Chad Kolarik at the 2008 Hobey Baker Award presentation in Denver, Colo., which also hosted the Frozen Four. The Wolverine captain scored 33 goals and 30 assists to finish second on the national scoring list. Winning the Hobey, Humbly - Nate Sandals, The Michigan Daily Kevin Porter never wanted to be in the spotlight this season, but in the end, there was no question he earned it. Porter s work ethic and skill set him apart on the ice. But in street clothes, he s just a normal kid, and that s what makes him such a special winner. As the nation s scoring leader for most of the season, Porter received more media attention than he knew what to do with. Most players would have gotten a big head. If anything, Porter shrunk from the spotlight when it shone brightest. It s kind of an old-school thing, but it s great to see a young player in today s era of so much publicity and so much attention just remain humble, Michigan coach Red Berenson said. If there were a Heisman Trophy winner walking around campus, everyone would turn and stare as he passed by on the Diag. But for his four years at Michigan, Porter has remained an anonymous face in Ann Arbor. Maybe you ve sat next to him in class. Chances are you didn t know it. More people on this campus could recognize Porter if they saw him today than last week, but he would prefer if you didn t mention it. Porter somehow managed to put together a superhuman season on the ice and remain as normal as anyone else off it. Porter s not superhuman. He s just like the rest of us - except he happens to be the best college hockey player in the country. In being quiet and unassuming, all while being the Hobey Baker winner, Porter exemplifies what a student-athlete should be. Today, too many superstar college athletes set themselves apart from the rest of campus. They know they re important, and they act like it. Porter has never been that way. In interviews, he rarely talks about himself but loves the chance to talk about his teammates. When he walks into class, he quietly sits down and pays attention. No heads turn. For many Michigan students and fans, their lasting image of Porter will be the staged photo of him holding his Hobey trophy, with a smile forced across his face. But look at the person next to you in class right now. That should be the picture you see when you think of Porter. The quiet kid going about his business - on and off the ice - doing the best he can every day, and hoping no one will notice. 15