Ann Arbor — It took one call from a former player for Red Berenson to decide he would return for at least one more year as Michigan’s hockey coach.
“We started having meetings with some of our players and they’re asking me if I’m going to be here,” Berenson said Monday, a day after announcing he would return for his 33rd season as Michigan’s coach. “I thought if I’m going to make this decision I’d better make it sooner than later to let the players know, to be up front with them.
“Then, I got a call from a player reminding me that it was the day we won the national championship in ’96.