The Start Of
Something New
Michigan Kicks Off
The Big Ten Era Determined
To Return To The NCAA Tournament
After Last Year's Absence
O
Head coach Red Berenson, who is entering
his 30th season behind U-M's bench, and
the Wolverines were picked to finish third
in the inaugural campaign of the six-team
Big Ten.
photo by lon horwedel
By Michael Spath
n Sept. 18, senior defenseman and captain Mac Bennett and head coach Red
Berenson boarded a plane
with an end destination of Minneapolis-St. Paul for the inaugural Big
Ten Hockey media day. The experience was an entirely new one for Berenson and the program, which had
been a member of the CCHA from
1982‑2013.
Something else is new — consistently voted the preseason favorite in
the CCHA over the last two decades,
the Wolverines were picked to finish
third in the six-team Big Ten behind
Wisconsin and Minnesota.
While many of the key figures
return — Berenson, his assistants
Billy Powers and Brian Wiseman,
and scores of veteran personnel —
2013‑14 will mark a new era of Michigan hockey.
The Big Ten replaces the CCHA,
the non-conference schedule has
