Red Berenson

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player, coach (born 1939)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Red Berenson Chex card.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Berenson with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1960s

| position = Centre

| played_for = Montreal Canadiens
New York Rangers
St. Louis Blues
Detroit Red Wings

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 195

| ntl_team = CAN

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|12|8}}

| birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

| career_start = 1961

| career_end = 1978

|module=

{{Infobox college coach|embed=yes

| name =

| image = Redmichigan.jpeg

| alt =

| caption = Berenson coaching the Michigan Wolverines

| birth_date =

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater = University of Michigan

| player_years1 = 1959–1962

| player_team1 = Michigan

| player_positions = Left Wing

| coach_years1 = 1978–1979

| coach_team1 = St. Louis Blues (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1979–1982

| coach_team2 = St. Louis Blues

| coach_years3 = 1982–1984

| coach_team3 = Buffalo Sabres (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1984–2017

| coach_team4 = Michigan

| overall_record = 848–426–92 ({{winpct|848|426|92}}) [College]
100–72–32 ({{winpct|100|72|32}}) [NHL]

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record = 30–23 ({{winpct|30|23|0}})

| championships =

| awards =

| coaching_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.

File:Red Berenson (1961).png

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.Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.27, James Duplacey, JG Press, {{ISBN|978-1-57215-037-9}} 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.{{cite web|last=Cunningham|first=Pete|title=Michigan hockey's 22-year NCAA Tournament streak snapped with CCHA final loss to Notre Dame|url=http://www.annarbor.com/sports/michigan-hockeys-22-year-ncaa-tournament-streak-snapped-with-ccha-final-loss-to-notre-dame/|access-date=28 December 2013}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/011015aae.html|title=Red Berenson's Road to 800 Career Wins|access-date=January 10, 2015|date=January 10, 2015|work=MGoBlue.com|publisher=CBS Interactive}} 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.{{cite web | url = http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/031416aab.html | title = Connor, Berenson Head List of All-Big Ten Award Winners | work = MGoBlue.com | publisher = CBS Interactive | date = March 14, 2016 | access-date = March 14, 2016}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2017/04/10/red-berenson-retires-michigan-hockey/100290570/|title=Legendary Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson retires|access-date=April 10, 2017|date=April 10, 2017|first=George|last=Sipple|newspaper=Detroit Free Press}}

Awards and honors

class="wikitable"

! 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

| {{cite news|title=NCAA Frozen Four Records|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=2013-06-19}}

Big Ten Coach of the Year

| 2015–16

|

NHL All-Star Game

| 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974

|

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em;"
style="background:#e0e0e0;"

! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

style="background:#e0e0e0;"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1955–56Regina PatsSJHL
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1955–56

Regina PatsM-Cup50000
1956–57Regina PatsSJHL512123448673474
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1957–58

Regina PatsSJHL51464995622711203149
1957–58Regina PatsM-Cup50000
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1958–59

Belleville McFarlandsEOHL12132
1958–59Flin Flon BombersWCJHL101091910
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1958–59

Flin Flon BombersM-Cup63362
1959–60Michigan WolverinesWCHA281271912
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1960–61

Michigan WolverinesWCHA28242549
1961–62Michigan WolverinesWCHA2843277040
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1961–62

Montreal CanadiensNHL4123452024
1962–63Hull-Ottawa CanadiensEPHL3023254828
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1962–63

Montreal CanadiensNHL372681550000
1963–64Montreal CanadiensNHL6979161270004
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1964–65

Quebec AcesAHL652234561651238
1964–65Montreal CanadiensNHL3123090112
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1965–66

Quebec AcesAHL341736531461562
1965–66Montreal CanadiensNHL2334712
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1966–67

New York RangersNHL30055240112
1967–68New York RangersNHL192132
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1967–68

St. Louis BluesNHL5522295122185279
1968–69St. Louis BluesNHL763547824312731020
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1969–70

St. Louis BluesNHL67333972381675128
1970–71St. Louis BluesNHL4516264212
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1970–71

Detroit Red WingsNHL24512174
1971–72Detroit Red WingsNHL7828416916
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1972–73

Detroit Red WingsNHL781330438
1973–74Detroit Red WingsNHL7624426628
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1974–75

Detroit Red WingsNHL273368
1974–75St. Louis BluesNHL44121931122101|
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1975–76

St. Louis BluesNHL722027474731230
1976–77St. Louis BluesNHL80212849840004
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 1977–78

St. Louis BluesNHL8013253812
style="background:#e0e0e0;"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 987

! 261

! 397

! 658

! 305

! 85

! 23

! 14

! 37

! 49

=International=

border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:50em"
ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Year

! Team

! Event

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1959

| Canada

| WC

| 8

| 9

| 4

| 13

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1972

| Canada

| SS

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 0

style="background:#e0e0e0;"

! colspan="3" | Senior totals

! 10

! 9

! 5

! 14

! —

Head coaching record

=NHL=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"|Teamrowspan="2"|Yearcolspan="6"|Regular seasoncolspan="1"|Post season
GWLTPtsDivision rankResult
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)

colspan="2"|Total ||204||100||72||32|| || || 

=College=

{{CBB Yearly Record Start

|type=coach

|conference=

|postseason=

|poll=no

}}

{{CIH yearly record subhead

|name = Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey

|color = color:white; background:#00274C; {{box-shadow border|a|#FFCB05|2px}}

|startyear = 1984

|conflong = Central Collegiate Hockey Association

|conference = CCHA

|endyear = 2013

|}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1984–85

| name = Michigan

| overall = 13–26–1

| conference = 11–20–1

| confstanding = t-7th

| postseason = CCHA first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1985–86

| name = Michigan

| overall = 12–26–0

| conference = 10–22–0

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason = CCHA first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1986–87

| name = Michigan

| overall = 14–25–1

| conference = 11–20–1

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason = CCHA first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1987–88

| name = Michigan

| overall = 22–19–0

| conference = 17–15–0

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason = CCHA first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1988–89

| name = Michigan

| overall = 22–15–4

| conference = 17–11–4

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason = CCHA first round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1989–90

| name = Michigan

| overall = 24–12–6

| conference = 16–11–5

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason = CCHA consolation game (win)

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1990–91

| name = Michigan

| overall = 34–10–3

| conference = 24–5–3

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA Quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1991–92

| name = Michigan

| overall = 32–9–3

| conference = 22–7–3

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Frozen Four

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1992–93

| name = Michigan

| overall = 30–7–3

| conference = 23–5–2

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA Frozen Four

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 1993–94

| name = Michigan

| overall = 33–7–1

| conference = 24–5–1

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA West Regional semifinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1994–95

| name = Michigan

| overall = 30–8–1

| conference = 22–4–1

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Frozen Four

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| season = 1995–96

| name = Michigan

| overall = 34–7–2

| conference = 22–6–2

| confstanding = t-1st

| postseason = NCAA National Champion

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 1996–97

| name = Michigan

| overall = 35–4–4

| conference = 21–3–3

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Frozen Four

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| season = 1997–98

| name = Michigan

| overall = 34–11–1

| conference = 22–7–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA National Champion

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 1998–99

| name = Michigan

| overall = 25–11–6

| conference = 17–8–5

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA East Regional semifinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1999–00

| name = Michigan

| overall = 27–10–4

| conference = 19–6–3

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA East Regional semifinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2000–01

| name = Michigan

| overall = 27–13–5

| conference = 16–9–3

| confstanding = t-2nd

| postseason = NCAA Frozen Four

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2001–02

| name = Michigan

| overall = 28–11–5

| conference = 19–5–4

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Frozen Four

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 2002–03

| name = Michigan

| overall = 30–10–3

| conference = 18–7–3

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA Frozen Four

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2003–04

| name = Michigan

| overall = 27–14–2

| conference = 18–8–2

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Northeast Regional Finals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2004–05

| name = Michigan

| overall = 31–8–3

| conference = 21–3–2

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Midwest Regional Finals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2005–06

| name = Michigan

| overall = 21–15–5

| conference = 13–10–5

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = NCAA West Regional semifinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2006–07

| name = Michigan

| overall = 26–14–1

| conference = 18–9–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA West Regional semifinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2007–08

| name = Michigan

| overall = 33–6–4

| conference = 24–4–4

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Frozen Four

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2008–09

| name = Michigan

| overall = 29–12–0

| conference = 20–8–0–0

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA East Regional semifinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 2009–10

| name = Michigan

| overall = 26–18–1

| conference = 14–13–1–0

| confstanding = t-7th

| postseason = NCAA Midwest Regional Finals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2010–11

| name = Michigan

| overall = 29–11–4

| conference = 20–7–1–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA runner-up

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2011–12

| name = Michigan

| overall = 24–13–4

| conference = 15–9–4–1

| confstanding = t-2nd

| postseason = NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2012–13

| name = Michigan

| overall = 18–19–3

| conference = 10–15–3–3

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason = CCHA runner-up

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Michigan

| overall = 770–371–80

| confrecord = 524–262–68

}}

{{CIH yearly record subhead

|name = Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey

|color = color:white; background:#00274C; {{box-shadow border|a|#FFCB05|2px}}

|startyear = 2013

|conflong = Big Ten Conference

|conference = Big Ten

|endyear = 2017

|}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2013–14

| name = Michigan

| overall = 18–13–4

| conference = 10–8–2–1

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = Big Ten Quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2014–15

| name = Michigan

| overall = 22–15–0

| conference = 12–8–0

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = Big Ten Runner-Up

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 2015–16

| name = Michigan

| overall = 25–8–5

| conference = 12–5–3–2

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA Midwest Regional Finals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2016–17

| name = Michigan

| overall = 13–19–3

| conference = 6–12–2–2

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason = Big Ten Quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Michigan

| overall = 78–55–12

| confrecord = 40–33–6

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

|overall = 848–426–92

|conference =

}}

See also

References

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