Given the number of Hockey-Lers in attendance, I assumed
that someone would have posted these by now.  From memory:
 
Booster(s) of the Year: Wally and Mickey Grant
Academic Athlete: JR Jason Botterill (second consecutive)
Sportsmanship: SR Kevin Hilton (second consecutive)
Most Colorful Rookie: FR Bobby Hayes
Most Improved Player: JR Chris Frescoln
Outstanding Defenseman: SR Steven Halko (third consecutive)
Scoring Leader: JR Brendan Morrison (second consecutive)
Most Valuable Player: JR Brendan Morrison
 
1996-97 Captain: SR Brendan Morrison
1996-97 Alternates: SR Jason Botterill and SR Blake Sloan
 
A couple of short but very enjoyable video presentations of the
1995-96 season were shown.  Of course, each showing of
Morrison's NCAA winning goal received a thunderous ovation,
but I think it may have been even louder for highlights of Mike
Legg's quarterfinal goal versus Minnesota.  And, many fans
got to see the UM hit of the season for the first time.  Prior to
Cincinnati, I'd vote for Bill Muckalt's pasting of Anson Carter in
the GLI as the Michigan "HotY", but the winner has to be Harold
Schock's tackle of equipment man Ian Hume during the on-ice
victory celebration.  You can get a glimpse of it if you taped the
game on ESPN.
 
The four seniors (John Arnold, Kevin Hilton, Mark Sakala and
Steven Halko) each made an impressive speech.  Highlights
for me (in chronological order):
  1. John Arnold's emotional discussion of being a "Michigan Man".
  2. The outpouring of emotion from Kevin Hilton when discussing
the deaths of his father (after Kevin had committed to Michigan
but before he began his freshman year) and Steven Halko's father
(the opening week of the 1994-95 season).
  3. Mark Sakala remembering back to his first youth hockey
experience when he didn't make any of the travel teams.  His
father couldn't bare to tell him, so he formed a new team with
Mark and all of the other kids that didn't make it.  The team only
scored one goal all season (by Mark), but the kids got to play
and improve.
  4. Steven Halko being as articulate at the podium as he is
stingy on the ice.  It's sometimes hard to pry a word from the
Engineering turned Math major, but he hopped up to the mike
and rattled away like it was second nature.
 
Fyi...Brendan Morrison continues to speak of the title defense.
Sorry non-Michigan fans, but Mo' will be back in 1996-97...
 
 
John H ([log in to unmask])
 
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