The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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Head coach Red Berenson and his team are looking to build some momentum heading into their 22nd straight NCAA Tournament appearance. PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL HOT, HOT, HOT Michigan Must Peak At The Right Time To Win In The NCAA Playoffs, G BY MICHAEL SPATH years of Hunwick's life, the Wolverines have participated in the postseason — a college hockey-record 21 consecu- tive campaigns that will stretch to 22 when the field is an- nounced March 18. Despite the Maize and Blue's unparalleled success, the na- tional title has been elusive; U-M has advanced to 11 Frozen Fours but earned the NCAA crown in just 1996 and 1998, with a runner-up effort in 2011. oalie Shawn Hunwick was 4 years old when Michi- gan first reached the NCAA Tournament under head coach Red Berenson, in 1991. For each of the next 20 try's best team in 1994, 1997, 2002 and 2008, but didn't win championships in those seasons because it ran into hotter teams. And like college basket- ball — and unlike the NHL and NBA in which seven-game series determine advancement — college hockey's one- game knockout can deal a cruel blow. "We've been the favorite three Michigan was, arguably, the coun- times in my coaching career — twice as an assistant with North Dakota and then once as the head coach here at Minnesota Duluth — where we didn't win it, and I think every coach in the country can point to those APRIL 2012 THE WOLVERINE 79