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Red Berenson
Berenson with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1960s
Born	(1939-12-08) December 8, 1939 (age 85) Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	Montreal Canadiens New York Rangers St. Louis Blues Detroit Red Wings
National team	Canada
Playing career	1961–1978
Coaching career
Berenson coaching the Michigan Wolverines
Biographical details
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Playing career
1959–1962	Michigan

Position(s)	Left Wing
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–1979	St. Louis Blues (assistant)
1979–1982	St. Louis Blues
1982–1984	Buffalo Sabres (assistant)
1984–2017	Michigan

Head coaching record
Overall	848–426–92 (.654) 100–72–32 (.569)
Tournaments	30–23 (.566)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2x NCAA national champion (1996, 1998) 11x NCAA Frozen Four Appearances (1992, 1993, 1995-1998, 2001-2003, 2008, 2011) Smythe Division Champion (1981) 11x CCHA regular season champion (1992, 1994-1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011) 9x CCHA tournament champion (1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010) Big Ten tournament champion (2016) 15x Great Lakes Invitational Champion (1988-1996, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015)
Awards
Jack Adams Award (1981) 2x CCHA Coach of the Year (1994, 2008) Spencer Penrose Award (2008) Big Ten Coach of the Year (2016) Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award (2018) University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor (1983) Michigan Sports Hall of Fame (1996) St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame (2013) Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame (2013)
Records
Most Wins by a Michigan Hockey Coach (848) Most Consecutive NCAA Tournament Appearances by any Team in NCAA History (22 Consecutive from 1991-2012)

Gordon Arthur "Red" Berenson (born December 8, 1939) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre and head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team from 1984 to 2017. Berenson was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2005 and the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018.

Playing career

Berenson played junior ice hockey with the Regina Pats, participating in two Memorial Cups in 1956 and 1958. In 1959, Berenson played for the world champion Belleville McFarlands.

Berenson moved on to, and graduated from, Michigan's School of Business and played collegiately at the University of Michigan, winning All-American honors there with an NCAA-leading 43 goals in his final year.

Berenson signed thereafter with the Montreal Canadiens, playing five years in their system and being on a Stanley Cup-winning squad in 1965 before being traded to the New York Rangers, where he played parts of two seasons without success.

Seven weeks into the 1967/1968 NHL season, the St. Louis Blues acquired Berenson and Barclay Plager from the New York Rangers. It was with the Blues where Berenson became one of the new Western Division's first great stars, leading the Blues to three straight Stanley Cup finals and being named the division's best player by his peers in The Sporting News' annual poll each of those years.

Berenson's most notable scoring feat came on November 7, 1968, in a road game against the Philadelphia Flyers. Berenson scored six goals, including four over nine minutes. He became the first player to score a double hat trick on a road game. The six-goal total was one shy of the all-time NHL record (set by Joe Malone in 1920), and has been accomplished only once since.

Berenson was named team captain in 1970; however, as he was already 31 years old, the Blues felt his skills were in decline, and traded him in what was considered a shocking deal to the Detroit Red Wings, a multi-player trade receiving centre Garry Unger in return. He was an impact player for Detroit for four seasons but was having a poor fifth season when he was dealt back to the Blues. The trade rejuvenated him, and he was an effective player for three and a half seasons back in St. Louis before he retired after the 1977–1978 campaign.

Berenson played in the legendary eight-game Summit Series for Team Canada against the Soviet Union in 1972, as well as in the “old-timers” rematch of the Canada Cup in 1987. He played in six NHL All-Star Games.

Altogether, in 17 NHL seasons, Berenson recorded 261 goals and 397 assists in 987 games.

Coaching career

Berenson retired from playing in 1978 and joined the Blues' coaching staff. He became the team's head coach midway through the 1979–80 season. A year later, he won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's Coach of the Year.

Berenson returned to his alma mater as head coach in 1984 and remained in the position for 33 seasons. He led the Wolverines to 11 Frozen Four appearances, and NCAA championships in 1996 and 1998. In CCHA competition, his teams have won 11 regular-season and 9 tournament titles. In addition, Berenson's squads qualified for the NCAA tournament for 22 consecutive seasons from 1991 to 2012. This is the longest streak ever in college hockey history. The Wolverines have also won 15 Great Lakes Invitational titles under Berenson.

On January 10, 2015, Berenson became the fourth coach in Division I men's hockey history to reach 800 career wins. Berenson was named the 2015–16 Big Ten Coach of the Year after leading the Wolverines to a 22–7–5 regular-season record, including a 12–5–3–2 record in Big Ten play.

On April 10, 2017, Berenson announced his retirement as head coach of the Michigan Wolverine men's ice hockey team after 33 years. He finished his career with an 848–426–92 record in 1,366 games and helped lead Michigan to a record 36 NCAA tournament appearances.

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-WCHA First Team	1960–61, 1961–62
AHCA West All-American	1960–61, 1961–62
All-NCAA All-Tournament First Team	1962
Big Ten Coach of the Year	2015–16
NHL All-Star Game	1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1955–56	Regina Pats	SJHL	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1955–56	Regina Pats	M-Cup	—	—	—	—	—	5	0	0	0	0
1956–57	Regina Pats	SJHL	51	21	23	44	86	7	3	4	7	4
1957–58	Regina Pats	SJHL	51	46	49	95	62	27	11	20	31	49
1957–58	Regina Pats	M-Cup	—	—	—	—	—	5	0	0	0	0
1958–59	Belleville McFarlands	EOHL	1	2	1	3	2	—	—	—	—	—
1958–59	Flin Flon Bombers	WCJHL	—	—	—	—	—	10	10	9	19	10
1958–59	Flin Flon Bombers	M-Cup	—	—	—	—	—	6	3	3	6	2
1959–60	Michigan Wolverines	WCHA	28	12	7	19	12	—	—	—	—	—
1960–61	Michigan Wolverines	WCHA	28	24	25	49	—	—	—	—	—	—
1961–62	Michigan Wolverines	WCHA	28	43	27	70	40	—	—	—	—	—
1961–62	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	4	1	2	3	4	5	2	0	2	4
1962–63	Hull-Ottawa Canadiens	EPHL	30	23	25	48	28	—	—	—	—	—
1962–63	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	37	2	6	8	15	5	0	0	0	0
1963–64	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	69	7	9	16	12	7	0	0	0	4
1964–65	Quebec Aces	AHL	65	22	34	56	16	5	1	2	3	8
1964–65	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	3	1	2	3	0	9	0	1	1	2
1965–66	Quebec Aces	AHL	34	17	36	53	14	6	1	5	6	2
1965–66	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	23	3	4	7	12	—	—	—	—	—
1966–67	New York Rangers	NHL	30	0	5	5	2	4	0	1	1	2
1967–68	New York Rangers	NHL	19	2	1	3	2	—	—	—	—	—
1967–68	St. Louis Blues	NHL	55	22	29	51	22	18	5	2	7	9
1968–69	St. Louis Blues	NHL	76	35	47	82	43	12	7	3	10	20
1969–70	St. Louis Blues	NHL	67	33	39	72	38	16	7	5	12	8
1970–71	St. Louis Blues	NHL	45	16	26	42	12	—	—	—	—	—
1970–71	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	24	5	12	17	4	—	—	—	—	—
1971–72	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	78	28	41	69	16	—	—	—	—	—
1972–73	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	78	13	30	43	8	—	—	—	—	—
1973–74	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	76	24	42	66	28	—	—	—	—	—
1974–75	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	27	3	3	6	8	—	—	—	—	—
1974–75	St. Louis Blues	NHL	44	12	19	31	12	2	1	0	1	-
1975–76	St. Louis Blues	NHL	72	20	27	47	47	3	1	2	3	0
1976–77	St. Louis Blues	NHL	80	21	28	49	8	4	0	0	0	4
1977–78	St. Louis Blues	NHL	80	13	25	38	12	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals			987	261	397	658	305	85	23	14	37	49

International

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1959	Canada	WC	8	9	4	13	—
1972	Canada	SS	2	0	1	1	0
Senior totals			10	9	5	14	—

Head coaching record

NHL

Team	Year	Regular season						Post season
Team	Year	G	W	L	T	Pts	Division rank	Result
St. Louis Blues	1979–80	56	27	20	9	63	2nd in Smythe	Lost in preliminary round
St. Louis Blues	1980–81	80	45	18	17	107	1st in Smythe	Lost in quarter-finals
St. Louis Blues	1981–82	68	28	34	6	62	3rd in Norris	(fired)
Total		204	100	72	32

College

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Michigan Wolverines (CCHA) (1984–2013)
1984–85	Michigan	13–26–1	11–20–1	t-7th	CCHA first round
1985–86	Michigan	12–26–0	10–22–0	8th	CCHA first round
1986–87	Michigan	14–25–1	11–20–1	7th	CCHA first round
1987–88	Michigan	22–19–0	17–15–0	5th	CCHA first round
1988–89	Michigan	22–15–4	17–11–4	4th	CCHA first round
1989–90	Michigan	24–12–6	16–11–5	4th	CCHA consolation game (win)
1990–91	Michigan	34–10–3	24–5–3	2nd	NCAA Quarterfinals
1991–92	Michigan	32–9–3	22–7–3	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
1992–93	Michigan	30–7–3	23–5–2	2nd	NCAA Frozen Four
1993–94	Michigan	33–7–1	24–5–1	1st	NCAA West Regional semifinals
1994–95	Michigan	30–8–1	22–4–1	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
1995–96	Michigan	34–7–2	22–6–2	t-1st	NCAA National Champion
1996–97	Michigan	35–4–4	21–3–3	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
1997–98	Michigan	34–11–1	22–7–1	2nd	NCAA National Champion
1998–99	Michigan	25–11–6	17–8–5	2nd	NCAA East Regional semifinals
1999–00	Michigan	27–10–4	19–6–3	1st	NCAA East Regional semifinals
2000–01	Michigan	27–13–5	16–9–3	t-2nd	NCAA Frozen Four
2001–02	Michigan	28–11–5	19–5–4	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2002–03	Michigan	30–10–3	18–7–3	2nd	NCAA Frozen Four
2003–04	Michigan	27–14–2	18–8–2	1st	NCAA Northeast Regional Finals
2004–05	Michigan	31–8–3	21–3–2	1st	NCAA Midwest Regional Finals
2005–06	Michigan	21–15–5	13–10–5	3rd	NCAA West Regional semifinals
2006–07	Michigan	26–14–1	18–9–1	2nd	NCAA West Regional semifinals
2007–08	Michigan	33–6–4	24–4–4	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2008–09	Michigan	29–12–0	20–8–0–0	2nd	NCAA East Regional semifinals
2009–10	Michigan	26–18–1	14–13–1–0	t-7th	NCAA Midwest Regional Finals
2010–11	Michigan	29–11–4	20–7–1–0	1st	NCAA runner-up
2011–12	Michigan	24–13–4	15–9–4–1	t-2nd	NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals
2012–13	Michigan	18–19–3	10–15–3–3	7th	CCHA runner-up
Michigan:		770–371–80	524–262–68
Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten) (2013–2017)
2013–14	Michigan	18–13–4	10–8–2–1	3rd	Big Ten Quarterfinals
2014–15	Michigan	22–15–0	12–8–0	3rd	Big Ten Runner-Up
2015–16	Michigan	25–8–5	12–5–3–2	2nd	NCAA Midwest Regional Finals
2016–17	Michigan	13–19–3	6–12–2–2	5th	Big Ten Quarterfinals
Michigan:		78–55–12	40–33–6
Total:		848–426–92
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.27, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
Cunningham, Pete. "Michigan hockey's 22-year NCAA Tournament streak snapped with CCHA final loss to Notre Dame". Retrieved 28 December 2013.
"Red Berenson's Road to 800 Career Wins". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. January 10, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
^ "Connor, Berenson Head List of All-Big Ten Award Winners". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. March 14, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
Sipple, George (April 10, 2017). "Legendary Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson retires". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
"NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Red of the Blues – TIME
Profile from University of Michigan official site

Awards and achievements
Preceded byJerry Walker	WCHA Most Valuable Player 1961–62	Succeeded byLouis Nanne
Preceded byPat Quinn	Winner of the Jack Adams Award 1981	Succeeded byTom Watt
Preceded byGeorge Gwozdecky Jeff Jackson	CCHA Coach of the Year 1993–94 2007–08	Succeeded byBuddy Powers Dallas Ferguson
Preceded byJeff Jackson	Spencer Penrose Award 2007–08	Succeeded byJack Parker
Preceded byGuy Gadowsky	Big Ten Coach of the Year 2015–16	Succeeded byTony Granato
Preceded byBill Riley Jr.	Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award 2018	Succeeded byJim Cross
Sporting positions
Preceded byAl Arbour Barclay Plager Garry Unger	St. Louis Blues captain 1970–71 1976 1977–78	Succeeded byAl Arbour Garry Unger Barry Gibbs
Preceded byNick Libett	Detroit Red Wings captain 1973	Succeeded byGary Bergman
Preceded byBarclay Plager	Head coach of the St. Louis Blues 1979–82	Succeeded byEmile Francis

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Arenas	St. Louis Arena Enterprise Center
Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks
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v t e Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey
Venues	Weinberg Coliseum (1914–1973) Yost Ice Arena (1973–present)
Coaches	Joseph Barss (1922–27) Eddie Lowrey (1927–44) Vic Heyliger (1944–57) Al Renfrew (1957–73) Dan Farrell (1973–80) Wilf Martin (1980) John Giordano (1980–84) Red Berenson (1984–2017) Mel Pearson (2017–2022) Brandon Naurato (2022–present)
Seasons	1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	MCHA/WIHL/WCHA (1951–1958, 1959–1981) CCHA (1981–2013) Big Ten (1958–1981, 2013–present)
Rivalries	Michigan State Minnesota Notre Dame
Culture & lore	Great Lakes Invitational The Big Chill at the Big House Cold War Faceoff on the Lake
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Brendan Morrison (284 Points) Denny Felsner (139 Goals) Marty Turco (127 Wins)
National championships	1948 1951 1952 1953 1955 1956 1964 1996 1998
Frozen Four appearances	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1962 1964 1977 1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 2001 2002 2003 2008 2011 2018 2022 2023 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1962 1964 1977 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2016 2018 2021 2022 2023 2024
Conference Tournament titles	CCHA: 1994 1996 1997 1999 2002 2003 2005 2008 2010 Big Ten: 2016 2022 2023
Hobey Baker winners	Brendan Morrison (1997) Kevin Porter (2008) Adam Fantilli (2023)
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