{"id":23655,"date":"1998-04-04T09:30:58","date_gmt":"1998-04-04T15:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/1998\/04\/04\/michigan-netminder-turco-named-ncaa-tourney-mop\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:54:09","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:54:09","slug":"michigan-netminder-turco-named-ncaa-tourney-mop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/1998\/04\/04\/michigan-netminder-turco-named-ncaa-tourney-mop\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Netminder Turco Named NCAA Tourney MOP"},"content":{"rendered":"
On Saturday, the winningest goaltender in NCAA tournament history was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 1998 tournament at the FleetCenter in Boston. Michigan senior Marty Turco turned in a 28-save performance in a 3-2 overtime win over Boston College in the title game after making 19 saves to earn a shutout against New Hampshire in Thursday’s semifinal.<\/p>\n
The two victories give the Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., native a total of nine in NCAA tournament games, moving him past Wisconsin’s Marc Behrend (1981-83) and Duane Derksen (1990-92) and Lake Superior State’s Darrin Madeley (1990-92), each of whom have seven.<\/p>\n
Michigan coach Red Berenson heaped praise on the man who also backstopped Michigan to the national title in 1996.<\/p>\n
“This season was his biggest test — he had four freshman on defense. This was the true test of Marty Turco. Has he passed the test? I would say, ‘No question.’ I think he is a great college goalie.”<\/p>\n
Turco was both brilliant and lucky in facing 13 Boston College attempted shots in overtime. Just 30 seconds in, Turco made a great pad save on Brian Gionta, who broke in through two defenders, and eight minutes later he survived a scare when Jamie O’Leary broke through. O’Leary’s shot hit the underside of the crossbar and landed in the crease under Turco.<\/p>\n
Turco, who also holds the NCAA record for career victories with 127, said of his selection by members of the media, “It’s a great honor. But I’d trade [the award] in order to play another year at Michigan. I didn’t do anything spectacular. My defense played unbelievable.”<\/p>\n
He was joined on the all-tournament team by Michigan’s Mark Kosick, Josh Langfeld and Bubba Berenzweig, and Boston College’s Marty Reasoner and Mike Mottau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Saturday, the winningest goaltender in NCAA tournament history was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 1998 tournament at the FleetCenter in Boston. Michigan senior Marty Turco turned in a 28-save performance in a 3-2 overtime win over Boston College in the title game after making 19 saves to earn a shutout against New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n