March 21, 2010

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CCHA Tournament Notes

• Michigan captured its ninth CCHA Tournament championship and is 9-6 in title games. U-M's other eight championships came in 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2008.

• Michigan is the first team seeded lower than fourth to win the CCHA Tournament. U-M entered the sweepstakes as the No. 7 seed.

• The Wolverines scored 28 goals in six CCHA Tournament games. Fourteen different players had goals and all 19 skaters that participated had at least one point.

• U-M has allowed just nine goals in six games.

• Louie Caporusso led U-M with seven goals and four assists in six CCHA Tournament games.

• Louie Caporusso, Carl Hagelin, Steve Kampfer and Shawn Hunwick were named to the CCHA All-Tournament Team. Hunwick was the MVP.

Northern Michigan Series Notes

• U-M is 7-0 against NMU in the CCHA Tournament and 2-0 in the title game. U-M also won in 1999.

Team and Player Notes

• The Wolverines have struck first in eight straight games and are 22-4-0 when doing so this season.

• After lighting the lamp twice, junior Louie Caporusso now has 20 goals on the season. Under head coach Red Berenson, Michigan has had at least one 20-goal scorer on its roster in 25 of the 26 seasons he has been behind the bench. The only exception came in the 2005-06 season.

• Carl Hagelin upped his point streak to five games (3-5-8) with an assist. He has a point in 16 of the last 17 games (5-15-20). He leads U-M with 47 points.

• Brandon Burlon has a three-game assist streak (0-3-3).

• U-M is now 8-9-0 against ranked teams, winning four in a row and five out of six.

• Louie Caporusso has a 10-5-15 line at Joe Louis Arena in 15 career games.