Weekly Release #10
12/4/2000 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
#4 Michigan (11-3-3, 7-3-1 CCHA)
vs.
St. Lawrence (3-5-3, 2-1-2 ECAC)
Friday, Dec. 8, 7:35 p.m., Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Saturday, Dec. 9, 7:05 p.m., Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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This Week
The fourth-ranked University of Michigan ice hockey team (11-3-3, 7-3-1 CCHA) returns to Yost Ice Arena to host St. Lawrence (3-5-3, 2-1-2 ECAC) on Friday and Saturday (Dec. 8-9) in a non-conference series. The games are scheduled for 7:35 p.m. on Friday and 7:05 p.m. on Saturday. Friday's meeting will be just the 10th meeting between the teams. The Saints will be the fifth team from last year's 12-team NCAA Championship tournament field to face the Wolverines so far this season.
Catch the Game
• In Person -- Select tickets remain for this weekend's series with St. Lawrence. Contact the University of Michigan Athletic Ticket Office at 734-764-0247 for more information.
• On Television -- Both games are scheduled to be televised live on WOLV, with the feed also being shown on UMTV (Ch. 22 on MediaOne). Both games will also be shown live on the Internet at MGoBlue.com. Friday's and Saturday's games are scheduled to be replayed Tuesday (Dec. 12) and Wednesday (Dec. 13), respectively, 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 -- Both games this weekend (Dec. 8-9) against St. Lawrence 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
• The Saints, 2000 Frozen Four participants, will be U-M's fifth opponent from last year's 12-team NCAA Championship tournament field so far this season.
• This weekend's series will be the just the second meeting between the teams in last 38 years.
• Jeff Jillson's (N. Smithfield, R.I.) three-point weekend put him into 15th place on U-M's all-time defenseman career scoring list.
• Andy Hilbert (Howell, Mich.) has a seven-game scoring streak (6-7-13). Mike Cammalleri (Richmond Hill, Ontario) has a six-game scoring streak (8-5-13), the longest of his career.
• Josh Blackburn (Choctaw, Okla.) has stopped 104 of 111 shots faced (.937) in the last four games.
Series History vs. St. Lawrence
Friday's game will be the 10th meeting between the Wolverines and the Saints. Michigan leads the series 6-2-1. This will be the first time St. Lawrence has played in Yost Ice Arena, as the Saints' only previous trip to Ann Arbor was a 6-1 Michigan win on Dec. 6, 1952, at the Michigan Coliseum.
Last Time vs. the Saints
Josh Langfeld's (Coon Rapids, Minn.) tip of a Chris Fox shot with 5:58 left in the game gave Michigan a 3-2 victory over St. Lawrence in the first semifinal of the 1997 Great Lakes Invitational (Dec. 27, 1997). The Wolverines outshot the Saints 47-17. St. Lawrence goaltender Eric Heffler made 44 saves but suffered the loss. For Michigan, Marty Turco turned aside 15 shots for the win. Langfeld added an assist for a two-point game.
Last Weekend
Mike Cammalleri and Andy Hilbert led an offensive attack at the Berry Events Center in Marquette, Mich., as Michigan defeated Northern Michigan 6-2 on Friday (Dec. 1) and tied the Wildcats 2-2 on Saturday (Dec. 2). Cammalleri (3-1-4) and Hilbert (2-2-4) each recorded four-point weekends and extended scoring streaks, while Jeff Jillson and Josh Blackburn led the defensive stand. Jillson was +3 with zero penalty minutes while adding a goal and two assists to give him 71 career points, 15th all-time at Michigan among defensemen. Blackburn stopped 24 of 26 shots and held the Wildcats to just one power-play goal in 10 chances in the pair of games. On Friday, captain Geoff Koch (Exeter, N.H.) scored his second consecutive short-handed goal and Jed Ortmeyer (Omaha, Neb.) added a goal and an assist.
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 432-210-43 and is the 15th winningest coach in NCAA history. Over his career, Berenson has 764 games associated with Michigan hockey (685 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.
Berenson vs. the Saints
Michigan head coach Red Berenson holds a record of 1-0-0 against St. Lawrence and the Saints' head coach, Joe Marsh.
St. Lawrence Head Coach Joe Marsh
Joe Marsh is in his 16th season as head hockey coach at St. Lawrence. Last season, Marsh led the Saints to their ninth Frozen Four appearance, the second during his tenure. For his efforts, he was honored as the NCAA Division I Coach of the Year for the second time in his career. Entering this weekend's series, Marsh has a career coaching record of 288-208-31. He is the winningest coach in St. Lawrence hockey history and has led the Saints to more NCAA Championship tournament appearances (six) than any other coach at the school.
CCHA Offensive Player of the Week
For his efforts at Northern Michigan last weekend (Dec. 1-2), Mike Cammalleri was named the Central Collegiate Hockey Association Offensive Player of the Week. Cammalleri recorded three goals and one assist in Michigan's win and tie against the Wildcats. He was on the ice for six of U-M's eight goals forced and only one goal against, Northern Michigan's power-play goal on Friday (Dec. 1). This is the first time in Cammalleri's career that he has been honored as a CCHA Player of the Week.
History Lesson
This weekend's series will be the just the second meeting between the teams in last 48 years. The teams faced off at the 1997 Great Lakes Invitational in Detroit, where Michigan won 3-2 in the semifinal game. Prior to that GLI game, the last meeting was March 17, 1962, in an NCAA Championship tournament consolation game which featured current Wolverine head coach Red Berenson in his final collegiate game. He led the Wolverines to a 5-1 victory over the Saints. Incidentally, Michigan State head coach Ron Mason was on that 1962 St. Lawrence squad.
Forty-Eight Years and Two Days Ago
On Friday (Dec. 8), it will have been 48 years and two days since the last meeting between St. Lawrence and Michigan in Ann Arbor. The last local match was a 6-1 Michigan win on Dec. 6, 1952.
Solid Scheduling
The Saints, 2000 Frozen Four participants, will be U-M's fifth opponent from last year's 12-team NCAA Championship tournament field so far this season. The Wolverines have already faced off with Colgate, Michigan State, Wisconsin and defending national champion North Dakota, posting a 1-1-2 record against those teams, and may face Boston College, who fell to North Dakota in the NCAA tournament championship game, at the Great Lakes Invitational.
Against the ECAC
Michigan has a record of 46-22-4 (.667) over Eastern College Athletic Conference schools. The most recent ECAC opponent was Colgate. Michigan tied the Red Raiders 2-2 on Oct. 6 in the Ice Breaker Cup at Yost Ice Arena.
Saturday Night Fever
Michigan has posted a record of 6-0-1 in games on Friday but has a record of 3-3-2 in Saturday games.
Less Is More for Opposition
All three of Michigan's losses have come when the Wolverines have held the opponent to 19 or fewer shots on goal (3-3-0 record). U-M is 8-0-3 when allowing 20 or more shots on goal.
OT Opportunities
Michigan has held the opposition to zero shots on goal in two of three overtime periods. The Wolverines are outshooting opponents 16-1 in the extra period.
Fire Away
Through 17 games of this season, Michigan has outshot its opponents 16 times. Overall, the Wolverines are averaging 35.5 shots per game while holding the opposition to just 22.9 shots per game.
The Start is the Key ...
The Wolverines have a perfect record of 8-0-0 when leading after the first period. When tied or trailing after one period of play, Michigan's record is an even 3-3-3.
... But Finishing Strong Doesn't Hurt
Michigan has scored more goals in the second and third periods of games (47) than its opponents have scored the entire season (39). In just the second and third periods, Michigan has allowed only 23 goals.
Shutting the Door
In 12 of 17 games this year, Michigan has held the opposition to two or fewer goals in a game and posted a record of 9-1-1. The only loss is a 1-0 shutout against Michigan State (Nov. 4).
Player Notes
• Mark Kosick (Victoria, B.C.) has entered U-M's top 50 in career scoring with 127 points (49-78-127). He is tied with Pat Neaton (1989-93) for 46th all-time at Michigan. Josh Langfeld needs just seven more points to join the same group. He has 116 points (56-60-116) in his career.
• Mark Mink (Livonia, Mich.) has played in all 58 games of his career, the Wolverines' longest active consecutive games played streak.
• Mike Cammalleri (3-10-13) leads the team with 14 power-play points. Andy Hilbert (2-11-13) has 13 power-play points. Together they have scored 21 of the team's 49 power-play assists (43 percent).
• Defenseman Jeff Jillson's three-point weekend put him in 15th place on U-M's all-time defenseman career scoring list. He how has 71 points (17-54-71) in 91 games. Greg Natale is 14th with 79 points (18-61-79), and Tim Manning leads the list with 142 points (27-115-142) in his career.
• John Shouneyia (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) is the only Michigan player this season with multiple power-play goals in a single game. He scored two of Michigan's three power-play goals against Alaska Fairbanks (Nov. 17).
• Josh Blackburn has stopped 104 of 111 shots faced (.937) in the last four games, including a season-high 33 at Minnesota (Nov. 25). He allowed just five even-strength goals in addition to giving up two power-play goals.
CCHA Standings (Through 12/3/00)
|----CONFERENCE----| |----OVERALL----| W- L- T Pts GF GA W- L- T GF GA 1. Michigan State 8- 1- 2 18 34 15 11- 1- 3 49 24 2. MICHIGAN 7- 3- 1 15 45 24 11- 3- 3 67 39 3. Western Mich. 6- 1- 2 14 46 30 11- 2- 2 73 47 Northern Mich. 5- 5- 4 14 37 40 7- 5- 5 55 47 5. Ohio State 6- 3- 1 13 32 25 9- 4- 1 49 30 6. Miami (Ohio) 5- 4- 1 11 34 30 8- 6- 2 52 51 7. Lake Superior 5- 8- 0 10 30 46 8-10- 0 45 61 Alaska-Fairbanks 3- 5- 4 10 30 44 3- 7- 4 33 50 9. Nebraska-Omaha 4- 5- 1 9 33 33 7- 8- 1 45 45 10. Bowling Green 2- 6- 4 8 31 37 2- 8- 4 31 42 11. Ferris State 1- 7- 2 4 24 44 3- 8- 3 36 55 Notre Dame 1- 5- 2 4 15 23 3- 9- 3 36 52
U.S. College Hockey Online Poll (12/4/00)
Team (1st-Place Votes) Record Pts Last 1. Michigan State (30) 11-1-3 590 1 2. North Dakota (10) 12-2-4 560 2 3. Boston College 11-3-0 505 3 4. MICHIGAN 11-3-3 466 5 5. New Hampshire 10-3-3 420 4 6. Western Michigan 11-2-2 372 6 7. Colorado College 10-3-1 346 9 8. St. Cloud 10-3-1 315 10 9. Providence 8-3-3 277 8 10. Minnesota 9-5-2 250 7 11. Maine 6-4-4 168 12 12. Union 6-2-2 112 11 13. Harvard 5-3-1 102 13 14. Wisconsin 10-8-0 80 NR 15. Ohio State 9-4-1 68 NRContact: Jason Gerdom (734) 763-4423
