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Rick Bennett led Union to a 32-win season and the national championship (photo: Jim Rosvold).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of the six teams that won regular season championships in Division I men’s college hockey this season, only one also claimed its league’s postseason crown.<\/p>\n

For good measure, coach Rick Bennett and Union added the big hardware at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

In three seasons in charge at Union, Bennett has twice guided his teams to a sweep of the ECAC championships twice; last season, the Dutchmen finished fourth in the regular season but still won the playoff title.<\/p>\n

Bennett and the Dutchmen posted 32 wins this season, a national high and the most in program history. The last of those wins was over Minnesota for the national championship, the first in Union’s history.<\/p>\n

Those additions to Bennett’s resume were enough to earn USCHO’s coach of the year award.<\/p>\n

In the last five seasons, only the 2011-12 Boston College team has posted more wins in a season (33) than the Dutchmen did this season.<\/p>\n

It has to be noted that Bennett missed three of those wins and one of the team’s six losses after being suspended for a total of four games — two from his school<\/a> and two more from ECAC Hockey<\/a>. That followed an on-ice incident after a loss to Rensselaer<\/a> in which Bennett shoved Engineers coach Seth Appert.<\/p>\n

The Dutchmen’s loss on Jan. 31 at St. Lawrence — the first of the four games Bennett missed — was Union’s last of the season.<\/p>\n

Union went 16-0-1 to close the season, at one point earning three straight shutouts and averaging 4.35 goals of offense per game.<\/p>\n

USCHO’s awards were selected by staff writers at the Frozen Four. The All-USCHO teams<\/a> and rookie of the year<\/a> were unveiled earlier this week; the player of the year will be announced later Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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