# 2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season

The 2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team is the Wolverines' 87th season. They represent the University of Michigan in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The team is coached by Red Berenson and play their home games at Yost Ice Arena.

## Regular season
### Standings

2008–09 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #4 Notre Dame†* | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 95 | 52 | 40 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 135 | 69 |
| #5 Michigan | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 98 | 51 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 145 | 84 |
| #2 Miami | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 89 | 57 | 41 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 128 | 89 |
| Alaska | 28 | 0^ | 28^ | 0^ | 0^ | 34 | 54 | 51 | 39 | 0^ | 39^ | 0^ | 74 | 68 |
| Ohio State | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 87 | 85 | 42 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 143 | 119 |
| Northern Michigan | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 72 | 73 | 41 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 111 | 103 |
| Western Michigan | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 75 | 86 | 41 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 111 | 130 |
| Nebraska–Omaha | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 62 | 76 | 40 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 98 | 103 |
| Ferris State | 28 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 58 | 68 | 38 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 90 | 105 |
| Lake Superior State | 28 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 73 | 86 | 39 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 110 | 115 |
| Michigan State | 28 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 43 | 85 | 38 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 62 | 118 |
| Bowling Green | 28 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 60 | 96 | 38 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 89 | 131 |
| Championship: Notre Dame † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll ^ Alaska was retroactively required to forfeit all wins and ties due to player ineligibilities. ||||||||||||||||

### Schedule and results

* Green background indicates shootout/overtime win (conference only) or win (2 points).
* Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
* White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (conference only) or tie (1 point).
Record is as follows: Win–loss–tie-SOW
2008–09 Game Log :

## Player stats
### Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Aaron Palushaj | 30 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 20 |
| Louie Caporusso | 32 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 28 |
| David Wohlberg | 32 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 47 |
| Carl Hagelin | 32 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 26 |
| Travis Turnbull | 32 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 30 |
| Matt Rust | 28 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 31 |
| Chris Summers | 32 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0 |
| Chad Langlais | 32 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 38 |
| Brian Lebler | 29 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 53 |
| Brandon Burlon | 24 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 |
| Robbie Czarnik | 32 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 28 |
| Tim Miller | 32 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| Brandon Naurato | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 32 |
| Luke Glendening | 26 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| Ben Winnett | 27 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| Danny Fardig | 24 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Steve Kampfer | 16 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Greg Pateryn | 27 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 34 |
| Scooter Vaughan | 22 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 29 |
| Tristin Llewellyn | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 84 |
| Anthony Ciraulo | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Eric Elmblad | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mark Mitera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA | G | A | PIM |
| Bryan Hogan | 23 | 1328 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 3 | .915 | 1.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Sauer | 11 | 582 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 1 | .915 | 2.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |