Weekly Release #11
12/11/2000 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
#4 Michigan (13-3-3, 7-3-1 CCHA)
vs.
U.S. NTDP Under-18 Team (17-12-3, 5-4-0 vs. college teams)
Tuesday, Dec. 12, 7:05 p.m., Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• Complete Release in PDF (11 pages, 79 KB)
This Week
The fourth-ranked University of Michigan ice hockey team (13-3-3, 7-3-1 CCHA) hosts the United States National Team Developmental Program's Under-18 team (17-12-3, 5-4-0 vs. collegiate teams) on Tuesday (Dec. 12) in an exhibition game at Yost Ice Arena. The game is scheduled for a 7:05 p.m. start. This will be the first meeting between the Wolverines and the U.S. NTDP, which is located on the southwest side of Ann Arbor and features three players who have signed National Letters of Intent to play for Michigan beginning in the fall of 2001.
Catch the Game
• In Person -- Tickets remain for Tuesday's game with the U.S. NTDP. Contact the University of Michigan Athletic Ticket Office at 734-764-0247 for more information.
• On Television -- Tuesday's game is scheduled to be televised live on WOLV. The game will not be live on UMTV (Ch. 22 on MediaOne), as Friday's game (Dec. 8) against St. Lawrence will be re-played at that time. Tuesday's game (Dec. 12) is scheduled to be replayed Tuesday (Dec. 19) at 8 p.m. on UMTV.
• On the Radio -- All Michigan hockey games are broadcast on WTKA (1050 AM), which can also be heard on the Internet at MGoBlue.com. Al Randall covers play-by-play, while Jim Hunt provides color commentary. Home games are also on WCBN Student Radio (88.3 FM).
• On the Web -- Tuesday's game will feature Game Day Live for ice hockey on the Internet. Fans can log on to MGoBlue.com for all of the action. Live video, audio, notes and stats are available during the game.
Quick Hits
• Andy Hilbert (Howell, Mich.) scored the first hat trick of his college career with a goal in each period against St. Lawrence (Dec. 9). His career high for points in a game is four, as he assisted on half of Michigan's eight goals in an 8-0 win over Alaska Fairbanks (Nov. 17).
• Andy Hilbert has a nine-game scoring streak (10-8-18), including multiple points in each of his last five outings.
• Mike Cammalleri (Richmond Hill, Ontario) has a career-best eight-game scoring streak (10-7-17).
• Three of Scott Matzka's (Port Huron, Mich.) five goals this season have been game-winning goals. He leads the team in that category.
• Bill Trainor (Canton, Mich.) scored his fourth career multi-point game with his first goal of the season and an assist against St. Lawrence (Dec. 9).
• Josh Blackburn (Choctaw, Okla.) has stopped 152 of 161 shots faced (.939) in the last six games to post a 5-0-1 record.
• Michigan's penalty killers have held the opposition to just four power-play goals in their last 39 chances (89.7 percent) at Yost Ice Arena, including holding St. Lawrence (Dec. 8-9), which entered the weekend with the best power play in the nation, to just 1-for-12.
• Michigan scored all 11 of its goals in the two-game series with St. Lawrence (Dec. 8-9) while even strength.
Michigan is 10-0-0 in games which take less than 2 hours, 30 minutes to play.
• The Wolverines are 11-0-0 when leading after two periods of play.
The U.S. National Team Developmental Program
The U.S. National Team Developmental Program brings together the United States' best 16- and 17-year old hockey players to practice and develop their skills. The Ann Arbor-based program routinely sees its players move on the collegiate and professional ranks. Current Wolverines Andy Hilbert and Mike Komisarek (Islip Terrace, N.Y.) each played for the NTDP prior to attending Michigan, while current NTDP players Dwight Helminen, Eric Nystrom and Jason Ryznar have all signed National Letters of Intent to play for the Wolverines beginning in the fall of 2001.
This season, the NTDP is playing 11 games against 10 different colleges around the country. Through nine games, the team has a record of 5-4-0 against collegiate teams, including a 6-4 win at Michigan State. Other colleges on the NTDP schedule this season include Bowdoin, Colby, Rochester Institute of Technology, Western Michigan, Fairfield, Holy Cross, Maine and Wayne State.
Last Weekend
For the second consecutive weekend, Mike Cammalleri and Andy Hilbert led the offensive attack as Michigan swept St. Lawrence with a 5-1 win on Friday (Dec. 8) and a 6-2 win on Saturday (Dec. 9). Hilbert led the way with a goal and assist on Friday and his first career hat trick on Saturday for a five-point weekend (4-1-5). Both he and Cammalleri each extended scoring streaks. Hilbert has a nine-game streak (10-8-18), while Cammalleri has a career-high eight-game streak (10-7-17). In net, Josh Blackburn stopped 48 of 50 shots and held the Saints, who entered the weekend with the nation's top power play, to just one power-play goal in 12 chances in the pair of games. Bill Trainor netted a goal and an assist on Saturday to record his fourth career multi-point game.
Michigan Head Coach Red Berenson
Red Berenson is in his 17th year as head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. Coach Berenson owns a career record of 434-210-43 and is the 15th winningest coach in NCAA history. Over his career, Berenson has 766 games associated with Michigan hockey (687 as a coach, 79 as a student-athlete). As the coach of the Wolverines, he has guided Michigan to two NCAA championships and total of nine CCHA regular-season and tournament championships. Under his direction, Michigan was the most successful program in the country during the 1990s, with 314 wins, and was the only school to qualify for all 10 NCAA championship tournaments in the decade. He has also maintained a player graduation rate of over 92 percent during his tenure at U-M.
CCHA Standings (Through 12/10/00)
|----CONFERENCE----| |----OVERALL----| W- L- T Pts GF GA W- L- T GF GA 1. Michigan State 9- 1- 3 21 38 16 12- 1- 4 53 25 2. MICHIGAN 7- 3- 1 15 45 24 13- 3- 3 78 42 Miami (Ohio) 7- 4- 1 15 43 33 10- 6- 2 61 54 4. Western Mich. 6- 1- 2 14 46 30 11- 2- 2 73 47 Northern Mich. 5- 5- 4 14 37 40 9- 5- 5 64 50 6. Ohio State 6- 3- 1 13 32 25 9- 4- 1 49 30 7. Lake Superior 6- 9- 0 12 36 53 9-11- 0 51 68 Alaska-Fairbanks 4- 6- 4 12 37 50 4- 8- 4 40 56 9. Nebraska-Omaha 5- 6- 1 11 38 41 8- 9- 1 50 53 10. Bowling Green 3- 7- 4 10 39 42 3- 9- 4 39 47 11. Ferris State 1- 8- 3 5 25 48 3- 9- 4 37 59 12. Notre Dame 1- 7- 2 4 18 32 3-11- 3 39 61
U.S. College Hockey Online Poll (12/11/00)
Team (1st-Place Votes) Record Pts Last 1. Michigan State (37) 12-1-4 595 1 2. Boston College (1) 12-3-1 542 3 3. North Dakota (2) 13-3-4 516 2 4. MICHIGAN 13-3-3 488 4 5. New Hampshire 10-3-3 427 5 6. Western Michigan 11-2-2 392 6 7. Colorado College 11-4-1 373 7 8. Minnesota 10-5-2 293 10 9. St. Cloud 11-4-1 292 8 10. Providence 8-4-3 213 9 11. Rensselaer 8-3-1 136 NR 12. Ohio State 9-4-1 102 15 13. Wisconsin 11-9-0 98 14 14. Harvard 6-4-1 75 13 15. Northern Michigan 9-5-5 67 NR
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