1996–97 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season

1996–97 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season


CCHA Regular season Champion CCHA Tournament Champion 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Frozen Four
Conference	CCHA
Home ice	Yost Ice Arena
Record
Overall	35–4–4 (21–3–3 CCHA 1st)
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach	Red Berenson
Captain(s)	Brendan Morrison
Alternate captain(s)	Jason Botterill & Blake Sloan
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The 1996–97 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college ice hockey during the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The head coach was Red Berenson and the team captain was Brendan Morrison. The team played its home games in the Yost Ice Arena on the University campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The team finished first in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association regular season, won the CCHA Tournament and qualified for the Frozen Four of the 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

The team was led by John Madden, Brendan Morrison, and Marty Turco who were Division I All-Americans selections of the American Hockey Coaches Association. For Morrison it was his third consecutive selection.^[1] Morrison earned the same Central Collegiate Hockey Association Player of the Year and The Hockey News U.S. College Player of the Year awards he had won the year before.^[2]^[3] He also earned the Hobey Baker Award.^[4] He was joined on the CCHA All-Conference first team by Turco and Madden, who was selected as the conferences best defensive forward.^[5] Madden has gone on to become the only Wolverine to win the Stanley Cup three different times as a player with the 2000 and 2003 New Jersey Devils as well as the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks.

Morrison ended his career as the school recordholder for both single-season (57, 1996–97) and career (182, 1994–97) assists as well as career points (284, 1994–97). The records remain unbroken.^[6] Madden established the current NCAA Division I national record for career shorthanded goals (23).^[7] Morrison led the nation in points per game (2.02) and assists per game (1.31); Jason Botterill led the nation in power play goals (19); Madden led the nation in short-handed goals (8); and Marty Turco led the nation in goalie winning percentage (.850).^[8] The team led the nation in both goals allowed per game and scoring margin per game for the second year in a row.^[9] Morrison led the CCHA in goals and points, while Turco led in goals against average. The team led the conference in both power play and penalty killing. The team had the top two and three of the top four conference scorers. Madden tied with Randy Robitaille in conference shorthanded goals.^[5]

The team concluded the Central Collegiate Hockey Association regular season as the conference championship with a 21–3–3 record. In the first round, number one seeded Michigan defeated Alaska in a two-game sweep by scores of 8–1 and 11–0. In the second round, Michigan defeated number five seed Bowling Green 7–2. In the championship game, they defeated number three Michigan State 3–1.^[5]

In the 12-team 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament as the number one seed in the west, after a first round bye the team defeated Minnesota 7–4 before losing in the semifinals to Boston University 3–2.^[10]

References

↑ "Men's Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 6. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
↑ "The Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan. 2009-09-22. p. 17. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
↑ "The Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan. 2009-09-22. p. 19. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
↑ "Men's Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 13. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
1 2 3 "1996-97 Season". Central Collegiate Hockey Association. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
↑ "CCHA Media Guide". Central Collegiate Hockey Association. p. 50. Archived from the original on 12 September 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
↑ "Division I Men's Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 2. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
↑ "Division I Men's Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
↑ "Division I Men's Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 20. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
↑ "All-Time Tournament Field - Brackets" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

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Venues	Weinberg Coliseum (1914–1973) Yost Ice Arena (1973–present)

Coaches	Joseph Barss (1922–27) Eddie Lowrey (1927–44) Vic Heyliger (1944–57) Al Renfrew (1957–73) Dan Farrell (1973–80) Wilf Martin (1980) John Giordano (1980–84) Red Berenson (1984–present)

Seasons	1934–35 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Conference affiliations	WCHA (1951–1958, 1959–1981) CCHA (1981–2013) Big Ten (2013–Present)

Rivalries	Michigan State

Culture & lore	Great Lakes Invitational The Big Chill at the Big House Cold War

All-time leaders	Brendan Morrison (284 Points) Denny Felsner (139 Goals) Marty Turco (127 Wins)

National championships	1948 1951 1952 1953 1955 1956 1964 1996 1998

Frozen Four appearances	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1962 1964 1977 1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 2001 2002 2003 2008 2011

NCAA Tournament appearances	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1962 1964 1977 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Conference Tournament champions	CCHA: 1994 1996 1997 1999 2002 2003 2005 2008 2010

Hobey Baker winners	Brendan Morrison (1997) Kevin Porter (2008)

University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI

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1996–97 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season

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