THE RED BERENSON SHOW

Tonight's Red Berenson Show is now available at MHNet.  As will be the norm this year, it's commercial free, and starting tonight it's now available in both Real Audio and MP3 format.  If you want to download the MP3 file to your computer, just right-click the link and select Save As.  The MP3 file is only about 5MB in size.

LEBLER COMMITS FOR '06

Penticton Vees (BCHL) forward Brian Lebler has verbally commited to Michigan for the 2006 season.

Lebler, 17, is 6'2 and 205 pounds.  He is the youngest player on the Vees roster and one of two 1988-born player on the squad.  So far this season he has registered nine goals and 14 points in 21 games.

Lebler had narrowed his choices to U-M, Ohio State, and Wisconsin, where his father Ed won a national championship.  According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Brian's mother Mary said that she and her husband prefer Brian attend Wisconsin "but the decision has to be from him."

Brian's told the WSJ today that his decision "was more of a gut feeling sort of thing.  Both places were going to be an unreal place to play.  It was more like I felt more comfortable (at Michigan) with the team and the coaches and stuff like that. I felt like it was my place to play."

COGLIANO NAMED CCHA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Freshman forward Andrew Cogliano has been named the CCHA Rookie of the Week.

Cogliano had two goals and two assists in Friday's 8-5 win at Notre Dame, and he added another goal and assist in Saturday's 4-2 victory.

He now leads all freshmen in the nation with 15 points in nine games.

HILBERT SHIPPED TO CHICAGO

Former Wolverine star Andy Hilbert finally got his wish. The Boston Bruins shipped their disgruntled prospect off to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a fifth round pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

Hilbert, a 2nd round pick of the Bruins in 2000, left the University of Michigan in 2001 following his sophomore year when told Boston had penciled him in to their lineup. Upon arriving in Boston, however, Hilbert soon found himself playing for their AHL affiliate the Providence P-Bruins, where he has spent the better part of the past three seasons. He has seen action in 38 NHL games and posted three goals and three assists, while in the AHL he has been a top scorer for the P-Bruins.

Unhappy with his lack of opportunity with the parent club, despite being the leading scorer of the P-Bruins last season, and apparently unhappy with the contract he was offered, Hilbert demanded a trade before the season and has not played a game this year.

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For those of you coming up north for the weekend, it's looking like the rain and snow might hold off for a little sunshine, so it should be nice if that holds.  I am definitely looking forward to the Wolverines coming up here!

I will give a little warning to watch what you leave in your car, however.  NMU's campus has been having a big problem with people smashing windows and stealing things this semester and last night I became the latest victim of this problem.  Nothing like getting off work at 1 a.m. to discover your rear window completely shattered, only in my case nothing was stolen (didn't have anything of value in there).  They caught one person last week, but obviously it's still an ongoing problem, so if you happen to be around campus at night just be aware of what you leave in sight.

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That's all for now...

Go Blue!

Jason
Michigan Hockey Net
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