2004-05 IHM vs. Michigan Tech -- Notes & Quotes

Q U O T E S

Michigan Head Coach Red Berenson
On his overall thoughts on the game ... "I think a lot of guys stepped up and had good games. You want to have a good first period and I think we did but it didn't show up on the scoreboard. You knew Michigan Tech would come back and perhaps played they had their best period all year in the second period. They came back with a strong second period. The third period was anyone's game.

"The disputed goal was a disputed goal. One way or another it counted. We had to handle that and get the next goal."

On what he liked about tonight's game ... "As a coach you're always looking at things you don't like, but there were things we did like. I thought we moved the puck well, created some scoring chances, got a lot of pucks at the net and handled the puck better and passed it better than I thought we would given the fact that we hadn't played a game in three weeks. That was the good stuff. On the negative side, we probably gave up too many scoring chances. You knew Chris Conner was as good as a player there was in the game tonight and he just had too many good scoring chances for him not to score. He's a dangerous player."

U-M Senior Forward Jason Ryznar
On his assist on U-M's second goal ... "We had a rush going up ice and I was going to shoot it but a guy started hooking me so I just spun around and threw it at the cage. I couldn't see him (Charlie Henderson) but I knew he was there. We work on three-on-two rushes all the time and one guy goes to the net and the third guy lags back in the slot so I kind of figured somebody would be there in position for it."

N O T E S

Michigan will contend for the Great Lakes Invitational title for the first time since 2002 when the Wolverines fell 5-4 to Boston University in the final. Since its streak of nine consecutive GLI championships from 1988-96 U-M is 0-4 in the title game.

Michigan is 5-3-0 against Michigan State in the GLI championship game. However, the three losses to the Spartans came consecutively from 1997-99. The last meeting between the two schools in the GLI was in the 1999 title game. Michigan beat MSU in 1966, '89, '93, '94, '95.

Michigan's win over MTU gives it five straight victories, which is a season high. The Wolverines had two four-game winning streaks this season prior to their current run.

The Wolverines recorded a power-play goal for the fifth straight game by going 1-for-6 today. Michigan is 12-1-1 when notching a goal on the man-advantage.

Michigan's record in semifinal games at the Great Lakes Invitational moves to 23-12. Against Michigan Tech in the GLI the Wolverines are 16-10-0, 10-4-0 in semifinal matches. U-M has won four straight over the Huskies at the GLI.

The last team Michigan defeated at the Great Lakes Invitational besides Michigan Tech was Lake Superior State in 1999 in a semifinal match. U-M is 0-5 since then against teams other than MTU.

Milan Gajic extended his point streak to three games. He has one goal and four assists during the span.

Jeff Tambellini extended his point streak to four games with an assist. He has two goals and four assists for six points during the span.

Eric Nystrom has an assist in four consecutive games. He has a 0-4-4 line over that stretch.

Brandon Kaleniecki has a goal in three straight games. Over his last five games he has four goals and one assist for five points. Prior to his recent spurt, he had just five points (2-3-5) through the first 13 games of the season.

Charlie Henderson scored his first goal of the season. It was his first tally since Nov. 11, 2003, against Niagara.

Charlie Henderson notched his first multi-point game of the season and just the third of his career. Henderson's last multi-point effort came during his freshman season on March 2, 2002, at Western Michigan.

Brandon Rogers' assist gives him eight points over the last five games. He has one goal and seven assists.

Noah Ruden made his first start of the season and the fourth of his career. He improved his overall career record to 2-2-0.

David Moss has nine points (3-6-9) in his last five games after recording a goal and two assists against the Huskies.

Moss tied a season and career high with his three points (1-2-3) today. Moss had a three-assist night earlier this season against Miami on Nov. 5. He had two other three-point games prior to his senior campaign.

Jason Ryznar earned his second game-winning goal of the season to tie for the team lead.

Ryznar had a multi-point game (1-1-2) for the third time this season and the 10th time in his career.

Normally a forward, David Rohlfs was listed as a defenseman for tonight's game. It was his first game as a defenseman at Michigan.