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Aug. 18, 2008
OXFORD, Ohio - The Miami RedHawks announced the 2008-09 schedule on Monday as well as their captains for the upcoming season. Brian Kaufman (Sr., Shore View, Minn.) will captain the RedHawks during the 2008-09 campaign and will be assisted by Kevin Roeder (Sr., Glen view, Ill.)
Kaufman scored played in all 42 games a year ago for the RedHawks posting 12 goals and 25 assists. For his career Kaufman has 20 goals and 42 assists in only 84 games. The 6 foot, 4 inch forward, will lead the Red and White coming off their best season in school history recording 33 wins, an NCAA regional semi-final appearance and number one ranking for 10 weeks. Following the 2006-07 season Kaufman was named the Steve Cady Most Improved Player. Kaufman will also be the leader of a young team in 2008-09 with 13 underclassmen including seven freshmen.
"We feel very good to have Brian Kaufman as our captain," Miami Hockey head coach Enrio Blasi said. "He has been an assistant for us in the past and has learned from some great captains like Andy Greene and Ryan Jones."
Roeder will be entering his third season as an assistant to the captain. Roeder is one of the most experienced RedHawks having played in 113 games in his career recording three goals and 27 assists. The 5 foot, 9 inch defenseman also boasted a +27 ranking in 2007-08 and a +25 ranking in conference play. Both were top marks among non-goalies on the RedHawks.
"There is a reason we only choose one assistant captain," Blasi said. "We feel as if our entire senior class could be wearing an `A' on their sweater. They are all great leaders and they are all leaders. Each one of them has done an amazing job helping to expand the culture of `Brotherhood' here at Miami."
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The RedHawks also announced their schedule with including an exhibition against Ryerson, in Oxford, on Oct. 4 at 7:05 p.m. Six days later the regular season will begin for the RedHawks Friday Oct. 10 in Columbus, Ohio as Miami will open the season in conference against Ohio State. The season opener is part of a home and home series with the Buckeyes that will bring them to Oxford the following night. Miami then hits the road for a two games series against Vermont Oct. 17-18 in Burlington, Vt., followed by a road trip Notre Dame Oct. 24-25. The RedHawks then return to Oxford to take on Alaska in a two games set Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Ferris State comes to town the next weekend Nov.7-8. Miami then makes its first trip to Michigan for a two game set with Michigan State in East Lansing, Nov. 14-15.
Miami then returns to Oxford to face Michigan in a rematch of last season's CCHA tournament championships game, Nov. 21-22. The RedHawks then travel to Kalamazoo, Mich., for a two game match-up with Western Michigan Dec. 5-6. Miami then hosts its final regular season non-conference opponent in Rensselaer, just before the holiday break Dec. 13-14.
Miami return to action to start 2009 in Columbus Jan. 2-3 looking to defend their title in the Ohio Hockey Classic. The RedHawks will open the tournament against Clarkson in a first round match-up and take on either Ohio State or Army on the second day of action. Miami has won the Ohio Hockey Classic two of the past three seasons. The Red and White then travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., for two games with the Wolverines Jan. 9-10. The following weekend the Spartans come to Oxford for two games Jan. 16-17. Miami then heads west to take on the Mavericks of Nebraska-Omaha Jan. 23-24. The RedHawks then take on instate rival Bowling Green Jan. 30-31. Miami then earns a week off before traveling to Lake Superior State Feb. 13-14. Miami will then return to Oxford to face Northern Michigan Feb. 20-21. The RedHawks will then close the regular season, as they started it, with a home and home series with Ohio State. First the Buckeyes will travel to Oxford to take on the RedHawks in Steve Cady Arena on Feb. 27 followed by a match-up the next night in Columbus, Feb. 28.
The CCHA tournament first round games will take place March 6-8 on the campus site of the 5-8 seeds in the tournament. First round games in the CCHA tournament feature the teams that finish 5-12 in the conference regular season. The 5 seed takes on the 12 seed on the campus of the 5 seed and the 6 seed takes on the 11 seed on the campus of the 6 seed and so on. The CCHA First Round is a best-of-three series with the team that takes a majority of the games moving to the quarterfinals. The Top 4 teams from the regular season all get byes through the first round. CCHA tournament quarterfinal games are also three game series taking place on the campus of the 1-4 seeds. The CCHA tournament then becomes single elimination with all games being held in Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich. The championships semifinals will be held Friday, March 20. The CCHA Championships and third-place games will be held in Joe Louis Arena Saturday, March 21. The tournament champion receives the conference automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and the Mason Cup.
Following the CCHA tournament, the NCAA tournament begins with the race to the "Frozen Four". Qualified teams will be dived up into four regions in Bridgeport, Conn. (East), Grand Rapids, Mich. (Midwest), Manchester, N.H. (Northeast) and Minneapolis, Minn. (West). Regional games will take place March 27-29 with the regional champion advancing to the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. for the "Frozen Four". National semi-final games will be played on April 9 with the NCAA Championship game on April 11.
--MURedHawks.com--
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