MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY THIS WEEK IN SPARTAN HOCKEY

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1 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY THIS WEEK IN SPARTAN HOCKEY No. o. 1 Michig higan an Stat ate e ( over erall / CCHA) vs. s. Miami (11-9-2/ /8-5-1 CCHA) Frida iday-satur -Saturda day,, Jan :05 p.m. EST Munn Ice Arena East Lansing, Mich. SPARTAN QUICK STATS TEAM LEADERS THROUGH 23 GAMES GOALS Adam Hall Damon Whitten... 9 Brian Maloney... 8 John Nail... 8 ASSISTS Rustyn Dolyny Brian Maloney Brad Fast POINTS Rustyn Dolyny Brian Maloney Adam Hall Jeremy Jackson DEFENSEMEN POINTS John-Michael Liles Brad Fast Andrew Hutchinson POWER-PLAY GOALS Adam Hall... 5 Jeremy Jackson... 5 John-Michael Liles... 5 SHORTHANDED GOALS Adam Hall... 1 Damon Whitten... 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS John Nail... 4 Rustyn Dolyny... 3 Three tied with... 2 PLUS/MINUS Brad Fast John-Michael Liles Brian Maloney Two tied with PENALTY MINUTES Brian Maloney Andrew Hutchinson Jeremy Jackson Sean Patchell THIS WEEK Top-ranked Michigan State puts its 20-game unbeaten streak on the line as the Spartans (No. 1 U.S. College Hockey Online poll/no. 1 USA Today/American Hockey Magazine poll) welcome Miami to East Lansing for a key Central Collegiate Hockey Association series. Faceoff at Munn Ice Arena is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. EST both nights. RADIO Both games of the Miami series, and all MSU home and road games, can be heard live on WVFN-AM 730 The Fan. Play-by-play man Scott Moore, in his fourth season as the radio voice of MSU hockey, will call the action. Spartan volunteer assistant coach Jim Mullin provides color commentary for the second straight season. Saturday s MSU-Miami game will also be broadcast in the Detroit metro area on WDFN- AM 1130 The Fan. The campaign marks the first time MSU regular-season hockey contests can be heard Detroit. See page six of this release for more information on the Spartan broadcast schedule on WDFN. Spartan fans can also hear live play-by-play action of MSU hockey via the Internet. Broadcasts can be accessed by logging on to the official website of Spartan athletics, or TELEVISION Friday s MSU-Miami contest will be seen on Fox Sports Detroit as part of the station s CCHA Game of the Week package. Play-by-play man Josh Lewin, analyst Fred Pletsch and rinkside reporter Shireen Saski will have the call from Munn Ice Arena. MSU will aapear on Fox Sports Detroit eight times during the regular season. Friday s broadcast gets underway at 7 p.m. EST. MSU HEAD COACH RON MASON MSU head coach Ron Mason (St. Lawrence 64) is in his 22nd season with the Spartans and 35th year as a college hockey mentor. The winningest coach in college hockey history, Mason, has piloted the Spartans to a (.684) mark since taking over for the legendary Amo Bessone in His overall record currently stands at (.694). Mason guided MSU to its second NCAA hockey championship in 1986 and his 20 NCAA Tournament appearances are an all-time record. The seven-time Central Collegiate Hockey Association Coach of the Year led the Spartans to league regular-season titles in 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1998 and 1999 and CCHA playoff crowns in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1998 and The league honored Mason by renaming the CCHA playoff trophy in his honor last fall. Mason, who won the Spencer Penrose Award as national coach of the year in 1992, has coached 19 Spartans to All-American honors and seen 44 of his former MSU skaters move on to the NHL. SPECIAL SERIES NOTE: Mason will coach in his 700th CCHA regular-season game Friday vs. Miami He needs just two wins for his 400th CCHA regular-season victory behind the MSU bench. MIAMI AT A GLANCE ( overall, CCHA) THE COACH: Miami coach Enrico Blasi (Miami 94) is in second season behind the RedHawks bench and brings a (.457) record into the weekend series vs. Michigan State. A four-year letterwinner at Miami, Blasi ranks 14th on the school s all-time scoring list with 123 career points. He played at Miami under former MSU assistant George Gwozdecky and was part of Gwozdecky s staff at the University of Denver.

2 MICHIGAN STATE HOCKEY SCHEDULE TIME/ DATE RESULT OPPONENT 10/3 L 4-6 USA DEVELOPMENT TEAM* 10/ 6 W 7-0 WESTERN ONTARIO* JOHNSON NISSAN CLASSIC (Anchorage, AK) 10/13 W 5-4 at Alaska Anchorage 10/14 T 1-1 (ot) vs. Merrimack 10/20 L 1-2 NEBRASKA-OMAHA 10/21 W 4-1 NEBRASKA-OMAHA 10/26 W 5-1 at Notre Dame 10/27 W 3-2 at Notre Dame 11/4 W 1-0 at Michigan 11/9 W 3-2 NORTHERN MICHIGAN 11/10 W 4-1 NORTHERN MICHIGAN 11/17 T 2-2 (ot) WESTERN MICHIGAN 11/21 W 5-0 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE COLLEGE HOCKEY SHOWCASE 11/24 W 3-2 at Minnesota 11/26 W 6-2 at Wisconsin 12/1 T 3-3 (ot) at Bowling Green 12/2 W 3-1 at Bowling Green 12/8 T 0-0 (ot) at Ferris State 12/9 W 4-1 FERRIS STATE GREAT LAKES INVITATIONAL (Detroit, MI.) 12/29 W 4-1 vs. Boston College 12/30 W 3-2 (ot) vs. Michigan Tech 1/5 W 5-0 YALE 1/6 W 4-0 YALE 1/12 W 2-0 at Lake Superior State 1/14 W 2-1 (ot) at Lake Superior State 1/19 7:05 p.m. MIAMI 1/20 7:05 p.m. MIAMI 1/23 7:05 p.m. LAKE SUPERIOR STATE 1/27 7:35 p.m. vs. Michigan 2/2 7:05 p.m. at Northern Michigan 2/3 7:05 p.m. at Northern Michigan 2/9 7:05 p.m. ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 2/10 7:05 p.m. ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 2/16 7:05 p.m. at Western Michigan 2/17 7:35 p.m. vs. Michigan 2/23 7:35 p.m. at Ohio State 2/24 7:05 p.m. at Ohio State 3/2 6:05 p.m. MICHIGAN 3/9-11 TBA CCHA First Round 3/13 TBA CCHA Play-in Game 3/16-17 TBA CCHA Semifinals/Final Detroit, MI 3/23-25 TBA NCAA Regionals East- Worcester, MA West-Grand Rapids, MI 4/5 and 7 TBA NCAA Frozen Four Albany, N.Y. * exhibition all times ET TALE OF THE TAPE MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS MIAMI REDHAWKS (.870)... Overall Record (.545) CCHA (.833), 25 points... Conference Record CCHA (.607), 17 points 1st... Conference Standing... Tied for 5th Won 7/Unbeaten 20 (17-0-3)... Current Streak... Won 1 1st/1st... National Rank (USCHO/USA Today)... Recieving votes/nr 73 (3.17 gpg), 5th CCHA... Goals (Avg.) (3.00 gpg), 6th CCHA 29 (1.26 gpg), 1st CCHA... Goals Against (Avg.) (3.05 gpg), 8th CCHA (.224), 2nd CCHA... Power Play (.203), CCHA (.924), 1st CCHA... Penalty Kill (.825), 7th CCHA PIM/Game, 1st CCHA... Avg. Penalty Minutes/Game PIM/game, 3rd CCHA Top Scorers Rustyn Dolyny, Sr., W (23 GP, ) Jason Deskins, Jr., F (22 GP, ) Brian Maloney, So., W (23 GP, ) Pat Leahy, Sr., F (21 GP, ) Adam Hall, Jr., W (23 GP, ) Gregor Krajnc, Sr., F (22 GP, ) Jeremy Jackson, Fr., C (23 GP, ) Goaltenders Overall Statistics Ryan Miller, So. (17-1-4, 1.28 GAA,.951 svs%) David Burleigh, So. (9-8-2, 2.99 GAA,.887 svs%) Joe Blackburn, Sr. (1-0-0, 0.00 GAA, svs%) David Bowen, Fr. (2-1-0, 2.17 GAA,.935 svs%) SCOUTING THE REDHAWKS: Miami is one of four teams tied for 5th in the CCHA with 17 points Nebraska-Omaha, Northern Michigan and Ohio State are the others. The series vs. the Spartans wraps up a 10-game stretch away from home for the RedHawks, who have not played a game at Goggin Ice Arena since Thanksgiving weekend (Nov ). Miami had lost three in a row before squeaking past Ferris State, 1-0, in the series finale in Big Rapids last Saturday. Junior forward Jason Deskins leads the RedHawks in goals and points with through 22 games. He is one of four players tied for ninth in the conference in scoring. Senior forward Pat Leahy ranks second on the team in scoring and paces Miami in assists with and is tied for sixth in the CCHA in helpers. Junior Ken Marsch, who was the team s leading scorer from the blueline with , has been declared academically ineligible and will miss the remainder of the season. Sophomore David Burleigh has seen most of the work in goal for Miami this season. He is on the year with a 2.99 goals against average and an.887 saves percent age. Freshman backup David Bowen owns a record to go along with a 2.17 GAA and a.935 saves percentage. THE SERIES VS. THE REDHAWKS: Overall: MSU leads the all-time series against Miami by a (.761) margin. At Munn Ice Arena: The Spartans are (.797) all-time vs. the RedHawks in East Lansing Current Streak: MSU enters tonight s game with a two-game win streak against Miami. Longest MSU Win Streak vs. Miami: 16, Nov. 19, 1982-Oct. 25, 1986 Longest MSU Unbeaten Streak vs. Miami: 16 (16-0-0), Nov. 19, 1982-Oct. 25, 1986 Longest MSU Losing Streak vs. Miami: 4, Oct. 30, 1992-Oct. 29, 1993 Longest MSU Winless Streak vs. Miami: 4 (0-3-0), Oct. 30, 1992-Oct. 29, 1993 First Meetings: Dec. 5-6, 1980 The Spartans took three of four points from the then- Redskins by tying Miami, 4-4, and beating them, 6-3, in East Lansing. Last Season: Nov , 1999 The RedHawks stunned the Spartans by posting a 3-2 and 3-0 victories over MSU at Goggin Ice Arena in Oxford. March 10-11, 2000 MSU avenged its earlier sweep at the hands of the RedHawks by handing Miami 6-2 and 5-1 defeats in the first round of the CCHA playoffs. MSU-MIAMI NOTES: The Spartans are in the midst of a season-high four-game home winning streak that started with a 5-0 win vs. Lake Superior State on Nov. 21. Miami is the last team to sweep MSU in Munn Ice Arena. The RedHawks downed the Spartans by 1-0 and 3-2 scores in East Lansing on Feb , The Spartans are vs. Miami at Munn since that sweep. The RedHawks are also the last CCHA team to take a two-game league set from the Spartans. Miami turned the trick at Goggin Ice Arena in Oxford on Nov , 1999, taking 3-2 and 3-0 decisions from MSU. 2

3 The Spartans have hung five or more goals on Miami in six of the last nine meetings between the two teams dating back to Jan. 31, Seven of those contests during that span have been decided by three or more goals. INJURY REPORT Junior centerman Joe Goodenow (Detroit, Mich.) is listed as questionable for the Miami series after reinjuring his right shoulder vs. Yale at Munn Ice Arena on Jan 5. He missed the Yale game on Jan. 6 and was out for both games of last weekend s sweep of Lake Superior State. He sat out eight games earlier this season with a similar injury. LAST WEEKEND S RECAP It was a long, strange weekend as Michigan State ventured to Sault Ste. Marie for a twogame set with a determined Lake Superior State team but the Spartans returned to the Lower Peninsula a day later than expected with four additional points in the CCHA standings and a 20-game unbeaten streak. On Friday, John Nail (Brampton, Ont.) scored a bizarre game-winning goal with 1:26 left in regulation and Ryan Miller (East Lansing, Mich.) made 18 saves in a record-setting shutout as the top-ranked Spartans escaped Taffy Abel Arena with a 2-0 victory over the Lakers. Nail s goal, a blast from just inside the center line, somehow eluded Lake Superior State netminder Jayme Platt. The Spartan senior notched his fourth game-winning goal of the year, fourth among NCAA Division I skaters in that category. The Spartans outplayed Lake Superior State for most of the first two periods, outshooting the Lakers over the game s first 40 minutes. MSU s power play, which had clicked at a.333 scoring rate in its last four outings, was shut down, however, and Platt did his best to keep the Spartans at bay. Ironically, junior defenseman Andrew Hutchinson (Rochester Hills, Mich.) let loose with a blast in the first period from about the same spot where Nail scored his winner. The puck deflected off Platt s glove and caromed off the goal post. While MSU notched the only goals of the final period, it was Miller that made the lategame heroics possible. The sophomore denied the Lakers all night, including an acrobatic save with 3:21 left in regulation when he dove back into the crease to smother a puck batted out of the air by LSSU s Jason Nightingale. Miller s shutout was his second in a row and 13th of his MSU career. He now owns the school record outright, having passed Chad Alban for sole possession of first place. He also moved out a first-place tie with Alban on the CCHA s shutout list by posting his 11th whitewash in league play. Senior Andrew Bogle (Calgary, Alta.) scored an empty-net goal with four seconds left to provide the final margin of victory. The series finale was originally set for Saturday, but ice maintenance issues forced the postponment of the game until the following afternoon. On Sunday, Rustyn Dolyny (Fort Frances, Ont.) scored the game-winning goal with 20 seconds left in overtime as the Spartans notched an improbable 2-1 victory over the Lakers, extending the MSU unbeaten streak to 20 (17-0-3) dating back to Oct. 20. MSU sent the game in the extra session when Bogle scored the Spartans first goal a power-play tally with five seconds left in the third period. With Miller pulled for an extra attacker, the senior centerman picked up a loose rebound in front of the Laker net and batted it past sprawling Laker netminder Jayme Platt. Dolyny s notched the winning tally when he and linemate Damon Whitten (Brighton, Mich.) broke into the LSSU zone two-on-one. Whitten sprung Dolyny with a pretty pass and the senior captain deked Platt for his seventh goal of the year. Lake Superior State took the 1-0 lead late in the second quarter, snapping Miller s scoreless streak at 182:04 in the process. The Lakers took advantage of a two-on-one advantage of their own when forward Kyle Anderson jumped off the bench and onto the ice as a penalty to teammate Matt Frick expired. Anderson fired a shot on goal, but the puck deflected off the stick of defenseman Brad Fast (Fort St. John, B.C.) and slid between Miller s legs. GAME #22 FRIDAY, JAN. 12 MSU AT LAKE SUPERIOR STATE ABEL ARENA SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH. MSU LSSU st: No scoring 2nd: No scoring 3rd: MSU-Nail-8 (Bogle-3, Patchell-8); 18:34 MSU-Bogle-6 (unassisted); ENG; 19:56 3 USCHO POLL (Jan. 15) Rank Team (first-place votes) Votes 1 Michigan State (40) Boston College North Dakota St. Cloud State New Hampshire Colorado College Western Michigan Minnesota Michigan Providence Maine Denver Rensselaer Wisconsin Cornell 29 Others receiving votes: Northern Michigan 28, Harvard 22, Vermont 15, MSU-Mankato 8, Ohio State 5, Boston University 4, Yale 4, Nebraska-Omaha 3, Clarkson 2, Dartmouth 2, Mercyhurst 1, Miami 1. USA TODAY/AMERICAN HOCKEY MAGAZINE POLL (Jan. 15) Rank Team (first-place votes) Votes 1 Michigan State (18) Boston College North Dakota St. Cloud State New Hampshire Colorado College Western Michigan Michigan Minnesota Providence Denver Maine Rensselaer Wisconsin Harvard 14 Others receiving votes: Ohio State 10, Cornell 9, Northern Michigan 6, MSU- Mankato 5, Nebraska-Omaha 4, Clarkson 3, Quinnipiac 3, Vermont 1, Yale, 1 POLLS: WEEK-BY-WEEK USCHO USA Today 10/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /22

4 MSU HOCKEY MEDIA INFORMATION PRESS BOX: Michigan State s working press facilities are located on the south side of Munn Ice Arena. The press box is located in a raised area above the south concourse, running from blue line to goal line. Three rows of seating are available to accommodate the working media. Working press, radio and television personnel are assigned space in the working area; scouts and players are not permitted in the press box at any time as per MSU, CCHA and NCAA rules. The MSU press box is a working press box and under NCAA rules any cheering is strictly prohibited. Any cheering or abuse of working media credentials will be grounds for removal from the press box. WORKING CREDENTIALS: All applications must be placed via phone or fax with the MSU sports information office. Upon acceptance of application, appropriate credentials are mailed out or held for pickup at the Press will call window at the media entrance (north entrance, facing Demonstration Hall). Press seating is limited. RADIO BROADCASTS: A maximum of three spaces are provided for each broadcast. Opponent radio stations wishing to broadcast from Munn Arena must make arrangements through hockey SID Mike Eidelbes no less than one week prior to the game. There is space available for one station per school to broadcast each game. Radio station banners are not permitted to hang from the front of the press box. TELEVISION: Special arrangements must be made through the sports information department for television broadcasts. Television station banners are not permitted to hang from the front of the press box. Television stations shooting highlights will be allotted space on one of the TV/photo decks, located at center ice on the north concourse. FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: Space is available for shooting on the TV/photo deck located on the north concourse opposite the press box. Identification badges should be picked up at the press box entrance before the game and must be worn at all times. Arrangements may also be made with hockey SID Mike Eidelbes during the week prior to the game to shoot from the penalty box area at ice level for a maximum of one period depending on availability. Photographers who need access to a darkroom should make arrangements with hockey SID Mike Eidelbes the week before the game. SERVICES: Summaries and shot charts are issued after each period and complete game summaries are distributed at the end of each game. Quick reference statistics and notes are flashed via message board in front of the working area throughout the game. Phones are available for filing stories although reporters requiring exclusive phone service should have their own lines installed. 4 PENALTIES: MSU 6-12; LSSU 6-12 POWER PLAYS: MSU 0-5, LSSU 0-5 SHOTS: MSU ; LSSU SAVES: MSU-Miller ( ); 60:00 LSSU-Platt ( ); 59:08 REFEREE: Aaron ASSISTANTS: Schug, Hill GAME #23 FRIDAY, JAN. 12 MSU AT LAKE SUPERIOR STATE ABEL ARENA SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH. MSU LSSU st: No scoring 2nd: LSSU-Anderson-2 (Phillips-6); 17:28 3rd: MSU-Bogle-7 (Maloney-14, Hutchinson-10); 6x4 PPG; 19:55 OT: MSU-Dolyny-7 (Whitten-5, Fast-13); 4:40 PENALTIES: MSU 6-12; LSSU 6-12 POWER PLAYS: MSU 0-5, LSSU 0-5 SHOTS: MSU ; LSSU SAVES: MSU-Miller ( ); 60:00 LSSU-Platt ( ); 59:08 REFEREE: Aaron ASSISTANTS: Schug, Hill HITS AND MISC. The Michigan State unbeaten streak reached 20 (17-0-3) with the sweep vs. Lake Superior State. It s MSU s best stretch since , when the team was unbeaten in 23 straight (18-0-5) from Dec. 4, 1998-March 5, 1999, and the third-longest unbeaten streak in Spartan history. MSU s road record on the year improved to with the two victories in Sault Ste. Marie. It s the Spartans best road mark to start the season in school history. The longest road unbeaten streak in MSU history is 13 games, set from Dec. 26, 1998-Feb. 26, The Spartans record vs. CCHA cluster opponents (LSSU, NMU and Michigan) improved to with the weekend sweep of the Lakers. Kyle Anderson s second-period goal Sunday snapped the Spartans school-record scoreless streak at 242:04. The goalwas the first given up by MSU in The Spartans hand t allowed an opponent goal since Jeff Keiver scored with 5:32 remaining in the third period of the GLI championship game at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on Dec. 30. The Spartans, who allowed 11 goals in six games in the month of October, have given up 18 goals in the 17 games since. MSU s penalty-killing unit, rated the nation s best, continued its effective play over the weekend. The Spartans have vanquished 43 of 53 opponent power plays over the team s last nine contests for a.956 success rate. The Michigan State power play, which came into the weekend having scored eight goals in its last 24 man-advantage opportunities, was 1-11 in two games against LSSU. Rustyn Dolyny, who scored the game-winning goal for MSU Sunday, has three goals in his last 16 games after notching four markers in the Spartans first seven outings. SHOUT OUT FOR SHUTOUTS With back-to-back blankings vs. Yale at Munn Ice Arena last weekend and a whitewash against Lake Superior State on Friday, MSU posted three straight shutouts for the first time in school history. As impressive as the Spartans three consecutive shutouts were, Lake Superior State holds the CCHA record for the most consecutive blankings, recording five straight on March 4-18, Michigan State does own the league record for the most instances of back-to-back shutouts. In their 20 years in the CCHA, the Spartans have posted back-to-back shutouts eight times. Below is listing of MSU s two-game shutouts. Date Opponent Result Oct , 1982 vs. Illinois-Chicago 4-0, 8-0 Nov. 22 & 26, 1986 vs. Maine 4-0 vs. Michigan Tech 6-0 Nov , 1990 vs. Miami 4-0, 8-0 Nov. 11 & 17, 1995 vs. Illinois-Chicago 6-0

5 vs. Miami 3-0 Oct , 1999 vs. Ohio State 1-0, 6-0 March 17-18, 2000 vs. Notre Dame * 4-0 vs. Nebraska-Omaha # 6-0 Jan. 5-6, 2001 vs. Yale 4-0, 6-0 Jan. 6 & 12, 2001 vs. Yale 6-0 vs. Lake Superior State 2-0 * CCHA Tournament Semifinal game. # CCHA Tournament Championship game. MILLER TIME MSU netminder Ryan Miller continued his torrid play in goal for the Spartans and his efforts over the weekend earned him CCHA Defensive Player of the Week honors for the third time this season. The sophomore from East Lansing posted another shutout Friday, blanking Lake Superior State. The shutout was the 13th of Miller s MSU career, giving him sole possession of first place on the school s all-time list, breaking a tie with Chad Alban. Miller s shutout was the 11th of his career against a CCHA opponent, giving him the conference record in that category, also formerly held by Alban. Kyle Anderson s goal in Sunday s 2-1 Spartan victory over LSSU ended Miller s shutout streak at 182:04, the third-longest such stretch of the MSU goaltender s career. Miller has allowed two or fewer goals in 20 of his last 21 starts and all but two games this season. With the weekend sweep, his goals against average improved to a remarkable 1.28 and his saves percentage jumped to an astounding.951. IN CASE YOUR WERE WONDERING... Miller s 13 shutouts put him one behind Michigan s Marty Turco ( ) for the modern-day college record for career blankings. He is currently tied for second along with Denver s Gerry Powers ( ) in that category. The all-time NCAA mark for shutouts in a career is 16, set by Wally Easton of Clarkson from Miller has 13 shutouts in 46 career starts, which is one shutout for every 3.54 starts and a shutout in 28.3% of his starts. MILLER APPEARS IN HOBEY WATCH Ryan Miller is one of 13 college hockey players featured in the USA Today.com Hobey Baker Watch. The online version of the newspaper will provide weekly updates on the top candidates for college hockey s top individual honor. Other players highlighted in the Hobey Baker Watch are Western Michigan s Mike Bishai, Mike Cammelleri and Andy Hilbert of Michigan, Wisconsin s Dany Heatley, Ty Conklin and Darren Haydar of New Hampshire, Minnesota s Jordan Leopold, Jeff Panzer and Travis Roche of North Dakota and three Boston College skaters Scott Clemmensen, Brian Gionta and Krys Kolanos. SUPPORT MILLER IN SECOND PHASE OF VOTE FOR HOBEY The second phase of fan balloting for the 2001 Hobey Baker Award is now underway via the Internet at U.S. College Hockey Online. Ryan Miller is one of 40 candidates to advance to the second phase, which runs until March 15. During that time, fans can log onto and click on the Vote For Hobey link. Once registered, visitors can tab their top three selections for college hockey s most prestigious individual award. Fan ballots and the opinions of the nation s 60 college head coaches will determine which 10 players will become finalists for the honor. The list of finalists will be announced on March 15. The Hobey Baker presentation takes place in Albany, N.Y., on Friday, April 6. MIND BOGLE-ING Senior forward Andrew Bogle recorded a goal and an assist in Friday s win over Lake Superior State then added the dramatic game-tying goal in Sunday s Spartan victory. Friday s effort was Bogle s third multi-point game of the season all of which have occurred in the last seven games. The centerman from Calgary, Alta., has in his last seven contests and his during the month of January is tops on the team. His nine points (5-4--9) in MSU s last 10 games ranks second only to Rustyn Dolyny. Bogle, who has on the year, eclipsed his career high for goals in a season Sunday. Bogle needs three points to match his single-season best of 13 ( ), which he also posted as a freshman. MSU HOCKEY MEDIA INFORMATION FAX-ON-DEMAND SERVICE: MSU and Pivotal Communications offer a fax-on-demand service which allows media to access the most recent hockey releases and statistics at any time. Weekly releases, statistics and game summaries are available Monday afternoons. Dial the system from the handset of your fax machine at (800) MSU s passcode is 282 (BTC). Select the information you need by the following request numbers: 2160 General Release 2161 Statistics/Results 2162 Roster/Schedule 2163 Previous Weekend Summaries Contact Pivotal Communications at (770) for information on their new mediateamlink.com site which provides access to the same information on the Internet. WORLD WIDE WEB: MSU hockey releases, statistics, game notes, photos, player features and interviews are available and updated daily on the official web site of Spartan Athletics: INTERVIEWS DURING THE WEEK: Coach Mason is available for interviews during the week and can best be reached by phone in the late mornings Monday through Thursday. He also attends MSU s weekly press conference each Monday at 11:45 a.m. He and MSU players are available for interviews on non-game days immediately prior to or following practice, which usually begins at 3 p.m. Interviews may be conducted via phone or in person on the Michigan State bench. Please contact hockey SID Mike Eidelbes to arrange interviews during the week. POSTGAME INTERVIEWS: Coach Mason and MSU players will be available to answer your questions outside the locker room following a postgame 10-minute cooling-off period. With the exception of live television broadcasts, players are not available until the conclusion of the cooling-off period. Media members can access the MSU locker room area through the hockey office entrance (under the northeast corner) via the Zamboni opening at the east end of the rink. Please do not cut across the ice. Interviews with the visiting coach and players should be arranged through the visiting SID. DIRECTIONS TO MUNN: Take Exit 9 (Trowbridge Road) off of I-496 (East or West). Follow Trowbridge to the end and make a left on to Harrison Road. Take a right at the second light on to Shaw Lane. Munn Ice Arena will be beyond the Breslin Center (MSU s basketball facility) on your left; media parking (with pass) is just south of Spartan Stadium on your left. Please contact hockey SID Mike Eidelbes for parking passes, a limited number of which will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis. 5

6 SPARTAN HOCKEY MISCELLANEOUS STATS MULTIPLE-GOAL GAMES MR: most recent Player Career MR Rustyn Dolyny /29/00 Adam Hall 0 8 3/3/00 Brian Maloney /13/00 Damon Whitten 3 4 1/6/01 Andrew Bogle 1 2 1/5/01 Troy Ferguson 0 1 3/10/00 J-M Liles /19/99 MULTIPLE-POINT GAMES MR: most recent Player Career MR Rustyn Dolyny /29/00 Adam Hall /2/00 Damon Whitten /6/01 Brian Maloney /9/00 J-M Liles 2 9 1/5/01 Andrew Bogle 3 8 1/12/01 Sean Patchell 2 8 1/5/01 John Nail 2 5 1/5/01 Brad Fast 3 5 1/6/01 A. Hutchinson /10/00 Jeremy Jackson /26/00 Troy Ferguson 1 4 1/6/01 Joe Goodenow 0 2 3/18/00 Steve Jackson /9/00 POWER PLAY POINTS Player G A P Rustyn Dolyny Brian Maloney Adam Hall John-Michael Liles Jeremy Jackson John Nail Damon Whitten Andrew Bogle Andrew Hutchinson Brad Fast Steve Jackson Sean Patchell \Steve Clark Troy Ferguson SHORTHANDED POINTS Player G A P Adam Hall Damon Whitten STATISTICALLY SPEAKING Where Spartans rank among NCAA and CCHA statistical leaders NCAA Statistics (as of Jan. 15) Team Category NCAA Rank Team Defense 1st, 1.26 Scoring Margin 1st, 1.91 Winning Percentage 1st,.870 Power Play 9th,.224 Penalty Killing 2nd,.925 Unbeaten Streak 1st, 20 (17-0-3) Individuals NCAA Rank Ryan Miller (Svs%) 1st,.951 Ryan Miller (GAA) 1st, 1.28 Ryan Miller (Win%) 2nd,.864 John Nail (GWGs) T-4th, 4 Attendance NCAA Rank Average Attendance 6th, 6,398 Total Attendance 6th, 137,550 CCHA Statistics (as of Jan. 15) League All Team Category Games Games Team Offense 6th, th, 3.17 Team Defense 1st, st, 1.26 Power Play 4th,.194 2nd,.224 Penalty Killing 1st,.919 1st,.925 Penalty Minutes 1st, st, League All Individuals Games Games Rustyn Dolyny (points) T-16th, 15 T-9th, 24 Rustyn Dolyny (assists) T-6th, 11 T-6th, 17 John Nail (GWGs) T-2nd, 4 Rustyn Dolyny (GWGs) T-3rd, 2 T-5th, 3 J. Jackson (GWGs) T-3rd, 2 T-8th, 2 J-M Liles (GWGs) T-3rd, 2 T-8th, 2 D. Whitten (GWGs) T-3rd, 2 T-8th, 2 J. Jackson (PPGs) T-4th, 5 T-10th, 5 J-M Liles (PPGs) T-10th, 5 Adam Hall (PPGs) T-10th, 5 Ryan Miller (GAA) 1st, st, 1.28 Ryan Miller (Svs%) 1st,.955 1st,.951 Ryan Miller (SHOs) 1st, 4 1st, 5 JOHNNY ON THE SPOT MSU senior wing John Nail is one of the team s hottest offensive players with in his last seven games, including the game-winning goal in Friday s victory over Lake Superior State. The Brampton, Ont., native had his career-high four-game point streak snapped Sunday. Nail has already set a personal best for goals in a season this year (eight) and needs just two more points to top his previous season best of 14 set last year. He also leads the Spartans with four game-winning goals on the year and entered the weekend ranked tied for sixth among NCAA skaters in that category. OFFENSIVE DEFENSEMEN MSU blueliners Andrew Hutchinson and Brad Fast each notched assists in Sunday s Spartan win vs. LSSU. Hutchinson has in the Spartans six games following the Christmas break and is in his last 15 games played. Fast has five assists since the holiday break and has scored in MSU s last 15 games played. SPARTANS TOP NATIONAL POLL AGAIN The MSU hockey team maintained its status as the nation s unanimous No. 1 team as the Spartans received every first-place vote in the U.S. College Hockey Online and USA Today/American Hockey Magazine polls the second straight week. MSU, which pulled off a two-game sweep at Lake Superior State over the weekend, received 600 points and 40 first-place tallies in the USCHO rankings released Monday (Jan. 15). Boston College, North Dakota, St. Cloud State and New Hampshire comprised the rest of the top five. The Spartans captured all 18 first-place votes and 270 total points in the USA Today rankings, also Jan. 15. As in the USCHO poll. BC, North Dakota, St. Cloud and UNH made up the rest of the top five. CURRENT, FUTURE SPARTANS RANKED IN NHL DRAFT REPORT One current MSU player and three future Spartans are listed as potential National Hockey League draft picks according to mid-season rankings released last week by the league s Central Scouting Service. The CSS report consists of four separate lists the top 240 North American skaters, the 30 best North American goaltending prospects, the top 100 European forwards and defensemen and the seven best netminders in Europe. Forward Jim Slater, who plays with Cleveland of the North American Hockey League and will be an MSU freshman next season, is projected as a third-round draft pick (76th overall). Current freshman Jeremy Jackson is tabbed as a fourth-round pick (91st overall).

7 Two members of next year s crop of newcomers are projected as fifth-round selections. They are defenseman Duncan Keith (134th overall), who is a member of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League s Chilliwack Chiefs, and forward Brock Radunske, who now plays with Newmarket of Ontario s Provincial Junior Hockey League. Forward Lee Falardeau, another MSU recruit who now plays with the U.S. National Development Team, is projected as a sixth-round pick (151st overall). Ohio State s R.J. Umberger, who is ranked fourth overall, is the highest-rated college player on the January CSS list. The CSS will release a final ranking combining drafteligible North American and European skaters in April. I VE GOT THE POWER Three individuals with MSU ties are among those highlighted in the annual rankings of the 100 most powerful individuals in hockey according to The Hockey News. They are: Bob Goodenow (No. 2), president of the NHL Players Association, father of Spartan junior center Joe Goodenow. Harley Hotchkiss (No. 22), a 1950 MSU graduate and captain of the Spartan hockey team as a senior, who currently owns the NHL s Calgary Flames and heads the league s Board of Governors. Tom Anastos, a four-year letterwinner under Ron Mason in the early 80s and current commissioner of the CCHA who graduated from MSU in 1985, is mentioned as one of four rising influences in the game. DETROIT S WDFN TO CARRY SPARTAN HOCKEY GAMES Six Michigan State hockey regular-season games will be broadcast on WDFN-AM 1130 in Detroit, the station and the university announced. The agreement marks the first time Spartan hockey games have been carried by a Detroit radio station. Five MSU games are currently on WDFN s broadcast schedule with a sixth to be named at a later date. Scott Moore, the voice of Spartan hockey since , will serve as playby-play announcer and will be joined by analyst Jim Mullin. The games WDFN has committed to carry are: Jan. 6 (Sat.) Yale at Michigan State 7:05 p.m. EST Jan. 20 (Sat.) Miami at Michigan State 7:05 p.m. EST Jan. 27 (Sat.) Michigan vs. Michigan State (at Detroit) 7:35 p.m. EST Feb. 17 (Sat.) Michigan vs. Michigan State (at Detroit) 7:35 p.m. EST March 2 (Fri.) Michigan at Michigan State 6:05 p.m. EST The games on WDFN will not interfere with Spartan hockey broadcasts in the greater Lansing area on WVFN-AM 730. WVFN will broadcast each of MSU s 36 regular-season games and all of the Spartans postseason contests. SPARTANS IN THE SHOW 14 Michigan State alums are listed on National Hockey League rosters as of today (statistics through Jan. 14 in parentheses): Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1): Jim Cummins (43 GP, , 123 PIM) Atlanta Thrashers (3): Bryan Adams (6 GP, , 2 PIM) Steve Guolla (30 GP, , 19 PIM) Dean Sylvester (32 GP, , 4 PIM) Buffalo Sabres (1): Jason Woolley (34 GP , 32 PIM) Carolina Hurricanes (1): Rod Brind Amour (39 GP, , 25 PIM) Edmonton Oilers (3): Anson Carter (26 GP, , 8 PIM) Shawn Horcoff (14 GP, , 0 PIM) Rem Murray (47 GP, , 8 PIM) Los Angeles Kings (1): Bryan Smolinski (42 GP, , 18 PIM) New York Rangers (1): Mike York (44 GP, , 12 PIM) Philadelphia Flyers (1): Peter White (43 GP, , 8 PIM) Pittsburgh Penguins (1): Kip Miller (35 GP, , 6 PIM) Vancouver Canucks (1): Bob Essensa (12-3-1, 2.23 GAA,.906 svs%) MSU HOCKEY LONGEST TEAM STREAKS OVERALL WINS:... 7, 12/9/00-present LOSSES:... 1, 10/20 UNBEATEN:... 20, 10/21-present (17-0-3) WINLESS:... 2, 10/14-20 (0-1-1) HOME WINS:... 4, 11/21-present LOSSES:... 1, 10/20 UNBEATEN:... 8, 10/21-present (7-0-1) WINLESS:... 1, 10/20 (0-1-0) ROAD WINS:... 6, 10/13-11/26 LOSSES:... N/A UNBEATEN:... 11, 10/13-present (9-0-2) WINLESS:...N/A NEUTRAL WINS:... 2, 12/29-present LOSSES:... N/A UNBEATEN:... 3, 10/14-present (2-0-1) WINLESS:... 1, 10/14 (0-0-1) MSU HOCKEY AWARD WINNERS CCHA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Ryan Miller (Oct. 30) Ryan Miller (Nov. 6) Brad Fast (Nov. 27) Ryan Miller (Jan. 15) USCHO DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Ryan Miller (Jan. 3) JOHNSON NISSAN CLASSIC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Brian Maloney Ryan Miller GREAT LAKES INVITATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Rustyn Dolyny Andrew Hutchinson Ryan Miller (MVP) Damon Whitten SPARTAN POINT STREAKS TWO GAMES: Andrew Bogle (2-1--3) Here s a list of former Spartan skaters now on the rosters of teams in the International Hockey League, American Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League, United Hockey League and West Coast Hockey League and their statistics through Jan. 14: 7

8 American Hockey League (3): Tyler Harlton, St. John s (47 GP , 37 PIM) Joe Murphy, Lowell (12 GP, , 36 PIM with Washington) # Tony Tuzzolino, Hartford (22 GP, , 59 PIM) CCHA GAME OF THE WEEK ON FOX SPORTS DETROIT TELEVISION SCHEDULE DECEMBER GREAT LAKES INVITATIONAL 29 (FRI) Michigan St. vs. Boston Coll. 4:05 Michigan Tech vs. Michigan 7:35 30 (SAT) Third Place 4:05 Championship 7:35 JANUARY 7 (SUN) Lake Superior at Michigan 3:05 13 (SAT) Michigan at Ohio State 7:35 19 (FRI) Miami at Michigan State 7:05 23 (TUE) Notre Dame at Michigan 7:05 27 (SAT) Michigan vs. Michigan State 7:35 at Joe Louis Arena, Detroit FEBRUARY 9 (FRI) UAF at Michigan State 7:05 10 (SAT) No. Michigan at Michigan 7:05 17 (SAT) Michigan State vs. Michigan 7:35 at Joe Louis Arena, Detroit 24 (SAT) Michigan State at Ohio State 7:05 MARCH 2 (FRI) Michigan at Michigan State 6:05 CCHA TOURNAMENT 10 (SAT) First Round Game TBA 7:05 CCHA CHAMPIONSHIP AT JOE LOUIS ARENA, DETROIT 16 (FRI) Semifinal 1 5:05 Semifinal 2 8:35 17 (SAT) CCHA Final 7:35 PLAY-BY-PLAY: Josh Lewin, Ken Daniels COLOR ANALYSTS: Fred Pletsch, Lyle Phair RINKSIDE REPORTERS: Jim Blaney, Shireen Saski SPAR ARTAN AN SPORTS INFORMA ORMATION How to contact Michigan State hockey SID Mike Eidelbes: Office Phone:... (517) Home Phone:... (517) Munn Press Row:.. (517) Fax:... (517) eidelbes@msu.edu Web Site:... International Hockey League (5): Sean Berens, Grand Rapids (12 GP, , 10 PIM) Bobby Reynolds, Houston (37 GP, , 20 PIM) Tom Tilley, Chicago (9 GP, , 8 PIM) * Mike Watt, Milwaukee (17 GP, , 22 PIM; 18 GP, , -2, 8 PIM with NSH) Mike Weaver, Orlando (25 GP, , 10 PIM) East Coast Hockey League (4): Chris Bogas, Toledo (35 GP, , 52 PIM) Kelly Harper, Greenville (17 GP, , 6 PIM) * Brad Hodgins, New Orleans (15 GP, , 31 PIM) * Mark Loeding, Birmingham (32 GP, , 40 PIM) United Hockey League (3): Mike Ford, Kalamazoo (35 GP, , 42 PIM) Richard Keyes, Kalamazoo (34 GP, , 53 PIM) Jeff Kozakowski, B.C. (36 GP, , 22 PIM) West Coast Hockey League (2): Chad Alban, Utah (8-4-1, 3.37 GAA,.888 svs%) Mike Buzak, Long Beach (11-6-5, 2.60 GAA,.897 svs%) * - injured # - has not reported to Lowell SPARTAN SPORTS ZONE Spartan Sports Zone, a weekly 30-minute television show produced and distributed by the Michigan State Athletic Department, airs throughout the region on Fox Sports Detroit. The magazine-format show is dedicated to in-depth coverage of MSU hockey, football, and men s basketball. Coach Ron Mason, along with football coach Bobby Williams and basketball coach Tom Izzo are featured on the show, which airs Sundays at 9:30 a.m. and is rebroadcast on Mondays at 2 p.m. CCHA WEEKLY Ken Daniels will host CCHA Weekly, a 30-minute magazine, that will provide in-depth coverage of the league, including behind-the-scenes looks into the day-to-day lives of the conference and its teams. The show, which airs Saturday at 11:30 a.m. on Fox Sports Detroit, begins its 10-week run on January 13 and ends March 17. RON MASON RADIO SHOW The Ron Mason Radio Show runs throughout the season on WVFN-AM 730. The hourlong show originates from Reno s East Sports Bar in East Lansing from 6 to 7 p.m. each Wednesday. Jerry Marshall, the Munn Ice Arena public address announcer for three decades, hosts the program. Spartan fans can now direct questions to Coach Mason via at ronmasonshow@msuspartans.com. Selcted questions will be answered by the coach on the air each week. UP NEXT MSU plays a pair of CCHA cluster games as the Spartans host Lake Superior State on Tuesday, Jan. 23 for a 7:05 p.m. EST faceoff, then travel to Detroit for the second of four games this season against arch-rival Michigan. Game time at Joe Louis Arena on Saturday, Jan. 27 is set for 7:35 p.m. 8

9 PAIRWISE TOP 25 (thru Jan. 14) Rk Team W- L- T Win% Rk RPI Rk PWR 1 Michigan State North Dakota Western Michigan Colorado College New Hampshire Boston College St. Cloud State Michigan Minnesota Providence Denver Maine Cornell MSU-Mankato Wisconsin Clarkson Quinnipiac Yale Rensselaer Vermont Dartmouth Ohio State Miami Nebraska-Omaha Mercyhurst OTHERS 27 Northern Michigan RPI TOP 25 (thru Jan. 14) Opp Opp Opp Rk Team W- L- T Win% Win% Win% RPI 1 Michigan State North Dakota Colorado College New Hampshire Western Michigan Boston College Minnesota St. Cloud State Michigan Providence Denver Maine Wisconsin Merrimack Cornell MSU-Mankato Ohio State Clarkson Quinnipiac Yale Harvard Dartmouth Rensselaer Ferris State Miami OTHERS 26 Nebraska-Omaha Northern Michigan Lake Superior State Alaska-Fairbanks Bowling Green Notre Dame Note: A team s record is based only on games against other Division I hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament. 9 THE PAIRWISE RANKINGS The Pairwise Rankings (PWR) are a statistical tool designed by U.S. College Hockey Online to approximate the process by which the NCAA selection committee decides which 12 teams to invite to the Division I postseason tournament. Although the PWR does not precisely duplicate the method used by the selection committee, the PWR has exactly predicted the NCAA Tournament field in each of the last three years. HOW IT WORKS The PWR compares teams at or above.500, judging them by five criteria: record against common opponents, record in last 16 games, head-to-head competition, record against other teams at or above.500, and the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI). The RPI takes results from games between two teams that each play 20 or more games against Division I opponents and from them, produces a statistical rating. Factors involved are the team s winning percentage, the average winning percentage of the team s opponents, and the average winning percentage of the team s opponents opponents. These factors are multiplied by 35%, 50%, and 15% respectively. Remember the RPI is just one part of the PWR. For each head-to-head comparison won, a team receives one point. The final PWR ranking is based upon the number of points won against teams at or above.500. Ties are settled by the RPI. WHAT IT MEANS Remember, the PWR is not used by the NCAA selection committee to determine the tournament field. However, the raw data that is combined to form the PWR is utilized by the selection group to determine who makes the tournament and who doesn t. Basically, the PWR is an overview of what the selection committee looks at when deciding which teams get at-large bids and which don t. WHO GETS IN The playoff champion in five leagues the CCHA, ECAC, HOCKEY EAST, MAAC and WCHA all receive automatic berths in the NCAA Tournament. That leaves seven at-large bids for the selection committee to hand out in mid-march. WHO S LEFT OUT For the most part, the top 12 teams in the PWR over the last three years have been part of the NCAA Tournament field. However, the selection committee has the wherewithal to override statistical comparisons in cases where the numbers don t tell the whole story. For example, MAAC member Quinnipiac was not invited to the NCAA Tournament last year despite a top-10 PWR rating because its winning percentage and strength of schedule numbers were skewed high. IS IT BETTER THAN THE BCS? Yes. It s based solely on facts head-to-head record, strength of schedule, record over the last 16 games, and so on. There are no elements of the weekly polls involved. And no one benefits by running up the score, so MSU s 1-0 win over Michigan in November means no more than Boston College s 8-5 victory against the Wolverines at the Great Lakes Invitational last month. THE PWR IS KEEPING ME UP AT NIGHT AND GIVING ME A HEADACHE. DO I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT? If you re a fan of a team in the top eight of the PWR, then probably not. If you follow a MAAC or CHA school or a team in spots nine through 15, then you might want to keep an eye on it. But remember, there are still six weeks left in the regular season anything can happen. Your team could also win its conference s playoff championship, rendering this entire discussion moot.

10 HOME/ROAD COMPARISON HOME ROAD NEUTRAL TOTAL No. Player GP G-A--PTS GP G-A--PTS GP G-A--PTS GP G-A--PTS 1 Shopbell Insana Liles Markusen Clark Hearon Hundt Patchell S. Jackson Whitten Swistak Koski Ferguson Hall Dolyny Maloney Nail Bogle Brush Hutchinson Porter Goodenow Fast Pugliese Blackburn Miller J. Jackson GOALTENDERS HOME ROAD NEUTRAL TOTAL No. Player GP W-L-T GP W-L-T GP W-L-T GP W-L-T 1 Shopbell Blackburn Miller SPECIAL TEAMS HOME ROAD NEUTRAL TOTAL POWER PLAY (.235) (.236) 3-20 (.150) (.224) PENALTY KILL (.939) (.905) (.933) (.925) CCHA STANDINGS Place Team (overall record) W L T Pts. Last Week This Week 1 Michigan State (18-1-4) swept Lake Superior State hosts Miami 2 Western Michigan (16-4-3) lost, tied at Notre Dame at, vs. Michigan Michigan (16-6-3) split at Ohio State vs., at Western Michigan 4 Northern Michigan (10-6-7) lost, tied vs. Alaska-Fairbanks at Nebraska-Omaha 5 Miami (11-9-2) split at Ferris State at Michigan State Nebraska-Omaha ( ) swept Bowling Green hosts Northern Michigan Ohio State ( ) split vs. Michigan at Notre Dame 8 Alaska-Fairbanks (6-9-6) won, tied at Northern Michigan hosts Ferris State 9 Lake Superior State ( ) swept by Michigan State idle 10 Ferris State (8-12-4) split vs. Miami at Alaska-Fairbanks 11 Bowling Green (6-12-4) swept by Nebraska-Omaha hosts Rensselaer 12 Notre Dame (5-16-4) won, tied vs. Western Michigan hosts Ohio State 10

11 GAME-BY-GAME INDIVIDUAL SCORING Jon J-M Joe Steve Tim Aaron Sean Steve Damon Steve Kris Troy Adam Rustyn Insana Liles Markusen Clark Hearon Hundt Patchell Jackson Whitten Swistak Koski Ferguson Hall DND DND DND v. Merrimack DND UNO DND DND UNO DND DND DND DND DND DND NMU DND DND NMU DND DND WMU DND DND DND LSSU DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND DND FSU DND DND vs. BC DND DND DND vs. MTU DND DND DND Yale DND DND DND Yale DND DND DND DND DND DND MIAMI MIAMI LSSU UAF UM MSU S RECORD IN WHEN... MSU scores first Opponent scores first MSU leads after one period Opponent leads after one period Tied after one period MSU leads after two periods Opponent leads after two periods Tied after two periods OT games Game is decided by one goal Game is decided by two goals Game is decided by three+ goals MSU outshoots opponent MSU is outshot by opponent Shots are even MSU has less than 20 shots on net Opp. has less than 20 shots on net MSU has shots on net Opponent has shots on net MSU has shots on net Opponent has shots on net MSU has 40+ shots on net Opponent has 40+ shots on net MSU has more penalties than opp Opponent has more penalties Penalties are even MSU scores one goal Opponent scores one goal MSU scores two goals Opponent scores two goals MSU scores three goals Opponent scores three goals MSU scores four goals Opponent scores four goals MSU scores five or more goals Opponent scores five or more goals MSU scores on power play Opp. scores on power play MSU fails to score on power play Opp. fails to score on power play Skating 12 forwards/6 defensemen Skating 13 forwards/5 defensemen MSU plays at home MSU plays on the road MSU plays at a neutral site Dolyny scores a goal Dolyny records a point Hall scores a goal J. Jackson records a point Liles records a point Maloney records a point MSU plays on a Friday MSU plays on a Saturday MSU plays on a Sunday MSU plays on a Tuesday MSU plays on a Thursday MSU plays in October MSU plays in November MSU plays in December MSU plays in January MSU plays in February MSU plays in March MSU vs CCHA MSU vs ECAC MSU vs HOCKEY EAST MSU vs WCHA