The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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michigan hockey we are now — we were winning on "We're trying every day to get betFriday nights but losing on Saturdays, ter as a group," sophomore defenand we were basically a .500 team, seman Mike Chiasson said. "We're and we're way below that right now working on individual skills and — but we don't have any doubt in forecheck, working on picking up our mind that we can win any game guys on the back check. We're trywe play. ing every single day "We have our backs to improve and play Michigan's against the wall and the kind of hockey Longest we know we have to we need to play to be Unbeaten win the CCHA Toursuccessful and win Streaks, 2004-13 nament." the games we have to Year G Rec. Michigan was 19have." 2005 14 12-0-2 17-1 in 2010 when Michigan's offense 2008 12 12-0-0 it won six straight seemingly came alive 2008 9 9-0-0 CCHA postseason against the Fighting 2012 9 7-0-2 contests to take the Irish — its eight goals 2011 8 8-0-0 league title and earn represented the most 2004 8 8-0-0 an automatic berth in in 11 CCHA weekend 2013 8 7-0-1 the NCAA Tournaseries this season and 2010 7 7-0-0 ment. The Maize and the most in a single 2007 7 7-0-0 Blue then upset Bemiweekend since U-M dji State in the Midtallied 11 in a split with west Regional semifinals, but fell 3-2 RIT Oct. 11-12. "Our power play is clicking and in overtime to Miami (Ohio) in the we're getting production there, and final. That team rode incredible defense that's huge for us," Lynch said. "But and goaltending (swept up in the obviously we're not focused on our momentum of Shawn Hunwick's offense, but on keeping goals out. We emergence in net) to its postseason don't need to score four goals to win if success, allowing just 1.63 goals we only give up one." The Wolverines haven't allowed one against in eight games. This year's squad, however, ranks 57th nation- goal or fewer since a 2-0 blanking of ally in team defense, permitting 3.63 Western Michigan Dec. 15, and they goals per contest after giving up 13 have been that stingy in only three of markers in back-to-back losses at 30 contests overall. It has been a nightmarish season, Notre Dame Feb. 8-9. For the Wolverines to have any but head coach Red Berenson is not chance of advancing beyond even the giving up on his team. "I always have hope," he said. "I first round of the CCHA Tournament March 8-9, their team defense has to always think there are players that can improve considerably. play better, and like I told our team: 'I