"Blue Ice" relates the tale of the University of Michigan's hockey
program--from its fight to become a varsity sport in the 1920s to
its 1996 and 1998 NCAA national championships.
This history of the hockey program profiles the personalities who
shaped the program--athletic directors, coaches, and players. From
Fielding Yost, who made the decision to build the team a rink with
artificial ice before the Depression (which ensured hockey would be
played during those lean years), to coaches Joseph Barss, who
survived World War I and the ghastly Halifax explosion before
becoming the program's first coach, to Red Berenson, who struggled
to return his alma mater's hockey team to prominence in the 1980s
and 1990s. Players from Eddie Kahn, who scored Michigan's first
goal in 1923, to Brendan Morrison, who upon winning the 1996
national championship with his goal said, "This is for all the
[Michigan] guys who never had a chance to win it."
"BlueIce" also explores the players' exotic backgrounds, from
Calumet in the Upper Peninsula to Minnesota's Iron Range to Regina,
Saskatchewan; how coach Vic Heygliger launched the NCAA tournament
at the glamorous Broadmoor Hotel; and how commissioner Bill Beagan
transformed the country's premier hockey conference.
In "Blue Ice," fans of hockey will learn the stories behind the
curse of the Boston University Terriers, the hockey team's use of
the winged helmet, and the unlikely success of Ann Arbor's
home-grown talent.
Unlike other sports at the collegiate level, the hockey players at
Michigan haven't been motivated by fame or fortune; rather, they
came to Michigan get an education and to play the game they
loved.
John U. Bacon has won numerousnational writing awards and now
freelances for "Sports Illustrated," "Time," "ESPN Magazine, "and
the "New York Times," among others.
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