Frozen Four: Hagelin gets most hardware at Michigan awards banquet

Michigan's hockey season is not yet done, but the Wolverines had their awards banquet on Saturday at the Ann Arbor Sheraton.

The player who got the most awards was senior left winger and co-captain Carl Hagelin. He was named the team MVP, received the top scorer award and the best in classroom award. He won the same three awards, offically called the Hal Downes, Hazel M. Losh and Carl Isaacson awards last season, too.

Hagelin has 18 goals and 30 assists for 48 points with one, maybe two games to play. Michigan faces North Dakota at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the second national semifinal.

Actually Hagelin, who is from Sodertalje, Sweden, has won the Isaacson Award three years in a row. He is a sports management major.

Other award winners:

Best defenseman and most colorful rookie: Jon Merrill, fr. D-man. He made the all-CCHA second team and all-rookie team. He has seven goals and 17 assists for 24 points, the most on team among defensemen and rookies. He has a plus-10 rating and has blocked 70 shots.

Best team player: Matt Rust, senior center from Bloomfield Hills, Mich. He is second on teams in assists with 20, third on the team in points with 25, plays on the penalty kill and has won 56.0 percent of his faceoffs.

Sportsmanship: Luke Glendening, junior forward from Grand Rapids, Mich. The co-captain tied a career high for goals with six and had 17 total points. He has a plus-13 ranking.

BIRKHOLZ'S SEASON OVER

The Portland Winterhawks beat the Everett Silvertips 6-2 last Thursday, sweeping their Western Hockey League series 4-0. The loss ended the hockey season for the Silvertips, including first-year forward Josh Birkholz.

Birkholz, who left the Gophers last summer before his sophomore year, had 18 goals and 13 assists for 31 points in 72 games.