Luke Glendening hat trick leads Michigan hockey to 10-3 win over St. Lawrence
Michigan's David Wohlberg, right, chases the puck with St. Lawrence's Nelson Armstrong is in hot pursuit behind the Saints' net. Wohlberg had a goal and three assists in Michigan's 10-3 win Thursday night at Yost Ice Arena.
Chris Asadian | for AnnArbor.com
It was the first time since the 2007-08 season that Michigan has scored 10 goals in one game and gives the No. 6-ranked Wolverines 24 goals in their first four games of the season.
"I think we have been scoring all year, so we can put those questions behind us,” senior forward David Wohlberg said of pre-season concerns about replacing a bulk of its offense from the 2010-11 season.
“We have a lot of skilled guys on the team and we know what we have to do to score goals. If we just keep doing that we will be fine."
Wohlberg, a linemate of Glendening, scored one goal and set a career high with four points. Michigan (4-0-0) also got single goals from Luke Moffatt, A.J. Treais, Greg Pateryn, Lee Moffee, Phil Di Giuseppe and Lindsay Sparks.
St. Lawrence (0-2-0) actually outshot Michigan 27-24 through the first two periods and Kyle Flanagan scored two power play goals for the Saints, who had five extra-man chances in the second period.
Michigan coach Red Berenson wasn’t fond of those numbers.
“We didn't have a great first period, but the puck went in for us. The second period I thought we got into penalty trouble. I thought we took some bad, unnecessary penalties,” Berenson told MGoBlue.com.
“You can put different adjectives on them, but as coaches sometimes you will call them a lazy penalty or a stupid penalty or a selfish penalty or whatever. The honest penalties you can kill, but you can't kill the others and that is what showed up in the second period. We gave up those power-play goals and I thought their team had the edge in the play. Then the puck started to go in for us.”
Shawn Hunwick, Michigan’s reigning CCHA goaltender of the week, made 27 saves through the first 50:46 of play. He was replaced by Adam Janecyk, who stopped two shots over the final 9:14.
The Wolverines hit the road for the first time this season for a weekend series at CCHA rival Northern Michigan.
"All of these games now we will put behind us. We have had a good stretch at home and have got some confidence and I think we have got some good experience,” Berenson said. “Now the CCHA kicks in and it's just that much better. The hockey will be better and everything will be more important, more serious.”