[1] Renfrew finished his playing career as the second leading point scorer in the history of Michigan hockey.

Renfrew's 1964 team, behind the leadership of captain Gordon Wilkie and by Mel Wakabayashi's two goals, beat Denver 6-3 in their home arena to capture the program's seventh NCAA title.

With the win, Al Renfrew also became the first person to play on an NCAA championship college hockey team and later coach a national champion.

When Renfrew retired as coach in May 1973, 200 of his friends held a testimonial dinner and presented him and his wife with a two-week trip to Hawaii.

The tradition started in 1962 with Michigan players racing out of the tunnel and leaping into the air to touch the "Go Blue: M Club Supports You" banner while the Marching Band plays "The Victors".

Renfrew reportedly asked his wife to make two flags to drape over the football locker rooms to cheer on the team.

The "Friends of Al Renfrew" have established an endowed room and board scholarship at Michigan for an ice hockey player.