Oct. 4, 2009

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Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Yost Ice Arena)
Score: #4 Michigan 6, Windsor 2
Records: U-M (0-0-0), Windsor (1-1-0, 0-0-0 OUA)
Attendance: 5,880
Next U-M Event: Friday, Oct. 9 -- at Alaska (Anchorage, Alaska), 5:07 p.m. ADT

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 4-ranked University of Michigan ice hockey team concluded its exhibition play with a decisive 6-2 victory over the University of Windsor on Sunday evening (Oct. 4) at Yost Ice Arena. Michigan made the Lancers pay for their mistakes, going three-for-seven on the power play and generating offense from 10 different players, four of which posted multiple points in the win.

After a scoreless opening period, both teams broke out in the middle frame to record a combined five tallies. Two power-play goals from left winger Carl Hagelin (Sodertalje, Sweden) and a marker from center A.J. Treais (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) gave the Wolverines a 3-2 lead heading into the second intermission. The Wolverines padded their lead with three more goals in the final frame, including two from center Louie Caporusso (Woodbridge, Ontario) and a tally by defenseman Chad Langlais (Spokane, Wash.).

Treais scored his second goal in as many exhibition games to hand Michigan a one-goal lead with the teams skating four on four at 2:05 into the second period. Defenseman Eric Elmblad (St. Ignace, Mich.) launched the puck into the Windsor zone, causing it to bounce hard off the back boards and directly to Treais at the right faceoff dot. The freshman wound up for a one-timer blast that rocketed into the upper left corner of the net.

Windsor's Anthony Tapper scored the equalizer two minutes and five seconds later. Netminder Shawn Hunwick (Sterling Heights, Mich.), who entered the game to start the second period, lost his stick and was without it for about 20 seconds before a teammate handed him his stick right before Tapper took his shot.

The Lancers grabbed their first lead of the contest at the 7:25 mark in the middle stanza thanks to a two-man breakaway, which did not give Hunwick much of a chance to stop Adam Feniak's shot.

The Wolverines quickly responded 53 seconds later with a power-play tally from Hagelin. The quick passing and tic-tac-toe puck movement set up the play, enabling the junior forward to find a wide-open net and easily pop the rebound into the back of the cage. Langlais made a cross-ice feed from above the right faceoff circle to center Kevin Lynch (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) positioned near the left faceoff dot. Hagelin, stationed in the low-slot, was able to chip in the rebound off Lynch's shot.

Hagelin found the back of the net once again with 2:52 left in the second period. This time, the Swede backhanded the puck through Windsor goaltender Jim Watt's five-hole for his second power-play marker of the evening. Defenseman Steve Kampfer (Jackson, Mich.) dished the puck to Hagelin, who carried the puck up the left side before skating towards the low slot despite a defender's best effort to get his stick on the puck. The defensive maneuver forced Hagelin to move the puck to his backhand before getting the shot off.

The Wolverines added three goals in the third period with two markers from Caporusso and a tally by Langlais to extend Michigan's lead to four goals and keep the Maize and Blue perfect in exhibition play.

Michigan will open its regular season with the Kendall Auto Hockey Classic in Anchorage, Alaska, next weekend. The Wolverines will face off against the Alaska Nanooks on Friday (Oct. 9) at 5:07 p.m. ADT before playing Alaska-Anchorage on Saturday (Oct. 10) at 7:07 p.m. ADT.

N O T E S

Series Notes

• Tonight marked the third-ever meeting between Michigan and Windsor, all of which have been exhibition games. Michigan's record is still unblemished at 3-0-0.

Team Notables

Q U O T E S

Michigan Head Coach Red Berenson
On tonight's game ..."We've been playing a Canadian team for a long time -- it's an allowable event each year [by the NCAA]. Some of the games haven't been very good, but I would classify this one as one of the better games. Their team played well. They're good with the puck and Bryan Hogan had to make some good saves in the first period. At one point in the game they were ahead of us so it was a good challenge for our team. I respect their team because they played a game in Miami last night so they had to travel back here and we didn't have to travel and they still gave us a good game."

On Carl Hagelin's two power-play goals ... "It will be interesting. Carl has shown that he is able to play. We're definitely seeing some really good things from him. Carl felt that he played really well last year, but he wasn't capitalizing on his chances. Now you can see that the puck is going in for him. So even last night there were a couple loose puck goals or rebound goals or he might have been standing in front of the net and found the puck and put it in. Last year they would have hit the post or the goalie. It's good that he is gaining some confidence and he had a great weekend."

On Shawn Hunwick's play in net ... "I thought he was nervous when he first went out there. He's a great kid and I can tell you he's a real competitor. He shows that every day in practice. It's not the same when you get in the game and that's why I put him in. I didn't tell him in advance that he was going in. [U-M volunteer goalie coach] Josh Blackburn told him at the end of the first period and he was nervous. He fought it in the beginning. He got it together and by the end of the game I think he was feeling back in his grove. It's hard when you don't play any games, but now at least we have him ready when we need him."