1997–98 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season explained

The 1997–98 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college ice hockey during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The head coach was Red Berenson and the team captain was Matt Herr. The team played its home games in the Yost Ice Arena on the university campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The team finished second in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association regular season, lost in the semifinals of the CCHA Tournament and won the 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Season

The team was led by Bill Muckalt who was a Division I All-Americans selection of the American Hockey Coaches Association.^[1] Muckalt was the only first team Central Collegiate Hockey Association All-Conference selection.

Marty Turco set the current career (1995–98) win (127) and shutouts (15) records.^[2] His wins total is an NCAA Division I national record:^[3] The team established the current NCAA Division I record for single-season overtime wins (6).^[4] Muckalt led the conference in game-winning goals (6) and was the team's highest ranked scorer with 43 points which was second in the league.

The team concluded the Central Collegiate Hockey Association 30-game regular season one point behind the 21–5–4 conference championship Michigan State team with a 22–7–1 record. In the first round, number two seeded Michigan defeated Notre Dame in a three-game series by scores of 2–4, 2–1 (overtime) and 4–3. In the second round, the team lost to number three Ohio State 4–2.^[5]

In the 12-team 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament as the number three seed in the west, the team posted the following victories en route to the championship: Princeton University 2–1, North Dakota 4–3, New Hampshire 4–0 and Boston College 3–2 in overtime.^[6] Marty Turco set Frozen Four career records with 9 wins and 2 career shutouts, which have both been eclipsed.^[7] Scott Clemmensen has totalled 10 career tournament victories in a career ending in 2001 for Boston College, while Cory Schneider compiled three tournament shutouts for Boston College in a career that ended in 2007.^[7]

Departures

Craig Assenmacher	Forward		Left program
	Forward		Graduation (signed with Dallas Stars)
Peter Bourke	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Chris Frescoln	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
	Forward		Graduation (signed with HIFK Hockey)
	Forward		Graduation (signed with New York Islanders)
	Forward		Graduation (signed with New Jersey Devils)
Harold Schock	Defenseman		Graduation (Signed with Jacksonville Lizard Kings)
	Forward		Graduation (Signed with Dallas Stars)

Recruiting

Krikor Arman	Forward		19	West Bloomfield, Michigan
Bob Gassoff	Defenseman		20	St. Louis, Missouri
David Huntzicker	Forward		21	Ann Arbor, Michigan
Troy Kahler	Forward		18	Toronto
Geoff Koch	Forward		18	Exeter, New Hampshire selected 85th overall in 1998
Mark Kosick	Forward		18	Victoria, BC selected 211th overall in 1998
	Forward		20	Fridley, Minnesota selected 66th overall in 1997
Scott Matzka	Forward		19	Port Huron, Michigan
Bill Trainor	Forward		21	Canton, Michigan
	Defenseman		18	London, ON selected 26th overall in 1998

Roster

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Schedule and results

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1998 National Championship

Scoring summary^[10]
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
align=center	1st	align=center style=";"	BC	Kevin Caufield	Mottau	align=center	4:19	align=center	1–0 BC
2nd	align=center style=";"	UM	Mark Kosick	Berenzweig and Crozier	align=center	27:42	align=center	1–1
	align=center style=";"	BC	Mike Lephart – PP	Farkas and Allen	align=center	38:38	align=center	2–1 BC
align=center	3rd	align=center style=";"	UM	Mark Kosick	Muckalt and Fox	align=center	53:48	align=center	2–2
align=center	1st Overtime	align=center style=";"	UM	Josh Langfeld – GW	Fox and Matzka	align=center	77:51	align=center	3–2 UM

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T
align=center style=";"	Michigan	align=center	7	align=center	8	align=center	10	align=center	10	align=center	35
align=center style=";"	Boston College	align=center	11	align=center	7	align=center	9	align=center	3	align=center	30

Goaltenders
Team	Name	Saves	Goals against	Time on ice
align=center style=";"	UM		align=center	28	align=center	2	align=center
align=center style=";"	BC		align=center	32	align=center	3	align=center

Scoring statistics

		46	32	35	67	94
		45	14	32	46	18
		45	21	23	44	68
		46	19	17	36	66
		31	14	17	31	62
		46	10	14	24	102
		45	12	10	22	26
		43	5	17	22	28
		45	8	11	19	32
		38	4	14	18	44
		41	4	11	15	36
		43	5	6	11	51
		36	1	7	8	69
		46	0	8	8	24
		33	4	3	7	74
		41	3	4	7	27
		27	3	3	6	29
		34	0	6	6	6
		22	1	4	5	16
		30	0	5	5	16
		45	0	4	4	20
		6	2	1	3	2
		24	1	2	3	24
		15	0	1	1	14
		1	0	0	0	0
		8	0	0	0	0
Bench	–	46	–	-	–	12
Total			163	255	418	960

^[11]

Goaltending statistics

	45	2640	33	10	1	95	927	4	.907	2.16
	8	151	1	1	0	10	56	0	.848	3.97
	1	16	0	0	0	2	4	0	.667	7.73
Empty Net	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	-
Total	46		34	11	1	108	987	4	.901

Rankings

See main article: 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.

Poll	Week
	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24 (Final)
USCHO.com	9	5	8	8	8	10	NR	NR	7	7	5	7	6	5	4	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	N/A
USA Today	bgcolor=FFFFFF	-	bgcolor=FFFFFF	-	bgcolor=FFFFFF	-	8	10	8	NR	NR	9	6	bgcolor=FFFFFF	-	7	7	5	5	10	8	6	6	5	5	4	bgcolor=FFFFFF	-	bgcolor=FFFFFF	-	bgcolor=FFFFFF	-

USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.^[12]

Awards and honors

Marty Turco	NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player	^[13]
Bill Muckalt	AHCA West First Team All-American	^[14]
Marty Turco	NCAA All-Tournament Team	^[15]
Andrew Berenzweig
Mark Kosick
Josh Langfeld
Bill Muckalt	All-CCHA First Team	^[16]
Marty Turco	All-CCHA Second Team
Andrew Berenzweig
Bobby Hayes
Mike Van Ryn	CCHA All-Rookie Team	^[17]
Mark Kosick

Players drafted into the NHL

1998 NHL Entry Draft

= NHL All-Star team

= NHL All-Star^[18]

= NHL All-Star and NHL All-Star team

= Did not play in the NHL

1	26		New Jersey Devils
3	85		Nashville Predators
3	91	Mike Comrie^†	Edmonton Oilers
5	116	Josh Blackburn^†	Phoenix Coyotes
8	201	Craig Murray^†	Montreal Canadiens
8	211		Carolina Hurricanes

† incoming freshman

See also

• 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
• List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions

External links

• Official University of Michigan Athletics website
• Official Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Men's Award Winners. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 6. August 9, 2010.
2. Web site: CCHA Media Guide . 50 . . October 9, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100912032116/http://www.ccha.com/multimedia/media_guide.aspx . September 12, 2010 . dead . mdy-all .
3. Web site: Division I Men's Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2. August 10, 2010.
4. Web site: Division I Men's Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 12–19. August 10, 2010.
5. Web site: 1997–98 Season. October 9, 2010. Central Collegiate Hockey Association. https://archive.today/20130119065140/http://www.ccha.com/the_ccha/199798_season.aspx. January 19, 2013. dead. mdy-all.
6. Web site: All-Time Tournament Field – Brackets. August 10, 2010. National Collegiate Athletic Association.
7. Web site: Tournament Records. August 11, 2010. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 29.
8. Web site: 1997-98 Univ. of Michigan . Elite Prospects . December 12, 2019.
9. News: THROUGH THE YEARS:SEASON-BY-SEASON RESULTS . Michigan Wolverines . December 12, 2019 . August 31, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200831135249/https://s3.amazonaws.com/mgoblue.com/documents/2016/9/20/ihm-throughtheyears.pdf . dead .
10. News: Michigan Wolverines Team History. mgoblue.com. 2018-05-08.
11. News: Univ. of Michigan 1997-1998 Skater Stats . Elite Prospects . March 4, 2021.
12. Web site: USCHO Division I Men's Poll . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.
13. News: NCAA Division I Awards . College Hockey Historical Archives. June 11, 2013.
14. News: Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners. NCAA.org. June 11, 2013.
15. News: NCAA Frozen Four Records . NCAA.org . 2013-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120817163005/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf . 2012-08-17 . live .
16. News: CCHA All-Teams. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
17. News: CCHA All-Rookie Teams. College Hockey Historical Archives. May 19, 2013.
18. Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.