garner the freshman accolade.
"Most of the great forwards we've
had, they weren't ready to kill pen-
alties as freshmen," Berenson said.
"Carl Hagelin was but he didn't play
on the power play. Max Pacioretty
didn't kill penalties."
Compher is the perfect blend be-
tween the offensive talents and the
defensive presence Michigan fresh-
men have played with, but his of-
fensive production has already ex-
ceeded expectations; Compher has
scored 11 goals and is on pace for 15
this season.
"I've always been a playmaker,
and not that I haven't scored before,
but I've always been a pass-first cen-
terman, and I came into this season
telling myself I wanted to take ad-
vantage of my goal-scoring oppor-
tunities," he said. "I think a lot of
During U-M's 14-9-3 start, Compher finished a game in the minus column of plus/minus in
just four of 26 contests and stood at plus-10 for the season.
PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL
