Weekly Release #5
10/30/2000 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
No. 1 Michigan (6-0-2, 4-0-0 CCHA) vs.
No. 6 Michigan State (4-1-1, 3-1-0 CCHA)
Saturday, Nov. 4, 7:05 p.m., Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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This Week
The top-ranked University of Michigan ice hockey team (6-0-2, 4-0-0 CCHA) hosts intrastate rival Michigan State on Saturday (Nov. 4) at Yost Ice Arena at 7:05 p.m. The game is the first of four regular-season meetings with the sixth-ranked Spartans in the 2000-01 season. The Wolverines, unbeaten in their first eight games this season, are off to their best start since they went 10-0-1 at the start of the 1993-94 season. Fans are encouraged to wear yellow as part of the second annual Maize Out. Bank One will provide maize shirts to the first 1,000 fans at the game.
No. 1 in the Nation
Michigan is the top-ranked team in college hockey in both the U.S. College Hockey Online and USA Today/American Hockey Magazine polls this week (Oct. 30). It is the first time the Wolverines have been ranked No. 1 since the 1996-97 season. Wisconsin is No. 2 in both polls.
Catch the Game
• In Person -- The Michigan-Michigan State game is completely sold out, including all standing-room-only tickets.
• On Television -- The game will be televised live on WOLV, with the feed also being shown on UMTV (Ch. 22 on MediaOne) and live on the Internet at MGoBlue.com. The game is scheduled to be replayed Monday (Nov. 6) at 8 p.m. on UMTV (Ch. 22 on MediaOne).
• On the Radio -- All Michigan hockey games are broadcast on WTKA (1050 AM), which can also be heard on the Internet at MGoBlue.com. Al Randall covers play-by-play, while Jim Hunt provides color commentary. Home games are also on WCBN Student Radio (88.3 FM).
Maize Out
Bank One is sponsoring the second annual Maize Out at Yost Ice Arena this Saturday (Nov. 4) for the game against Michigan State. While all fans are encourged to wear yellow in support of the team, the first 1,000 fans at the game will receive maize shirts at the door. Last season, Michigan tied Ohio State 1-1 on Jan. 29, 2000, in the first Maize Out.
Game Day Live
Saturday's game (Nov. 4) against Michigan State will feature the debut of Game Day Live for ice hockey on the Internet. Fans can log on to MGoBlue.com for all of the action. Live video, audio, notes and stats are available during the game.
Michigan Head Coach Red Berenson
Red Berenson is in his 17th year as head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. Coach Berenson owns a career record of 427-207-42 and is the 15th winningest coach in NCAA history. Over his career, Berenson has 755 games associated with Michigan hockey (676 as a coach, 79 as a student-athlete). As the coach of the Wolverines, he has guided Michigan to two NCAA championships and a total of nine CCHA regular-season and tournament championships. Under his direction, Michigan was the most successful program in the country during the 1990s, with 314 wins, and was the only school to qualify for all 10 NCAA Tournaments in the decade.
Michigan vs. Michigan State
Saturday's game will be the 228th meeting between the Wolverines and the Spartans. Michigan leads the series 118-101-8. Michigan is unbeaten (2-0-1) in the last three meetings, dating back to Dec. 29, 1999. At home, Michigan is 61-37-1 against the Spartans and has won five of the last six games at Yost.
Berenson vs. The Spartans
Michigan head coach Red Berenson holds a record of 28-37-5 against Michigan State. He holds the same record against the Spartans' head coach, Ron Mason.
Michigan State Online
Information on the Spartans is available online at www.msuspartans.com.
Last Time Against MSU
In a non-conference meeting between the teams at Joe Louis Arena on Feb. 26, 2000, the Wolverines and Spartans tied 3-3. Michigan took a 3-1 lead but allowed two goals in the third to tie. J.J. Swistak (W. Bloomfield, Mich.) scored his second goal of the year. On the goal, Mike Roemensky (White Lake, Mich.) scored his first point as a Wolverine with an assist in his 12th game after joining the team midseason.
Last Weekend
Michigan swept the season series with Miami (Ohio) with a pair of home wins -- 3-2 on Friday (Oct. 27) and 6-2 on Saturday (Oct. 28). Andy Hilbert (Howell, Mich.) lit up the RedHawks for two goals and four assists on the weekend. Freshman Mike Komisarek (Islip Terrace, N.Y.) found the net for his first and second career goals. He added an assist for a three-point weekend. Michigan's defense held Miami to just one power-play goal in eight chances. Josh Blackburn (Choctaw, Okla.) stopped 31 of 34 shots before he was slammed into the crossbar late in the second period of Saturday's game. His replacement, L.J. Scarpace (Dearborn, Mich.), stopped seven of eight shots faced in 20 minutes of relief to earn the win.
End of an Era
Sophomore Mike Cammalleri's (Richmond Hill, Ont.) season-opening, seven-game scoring streak was halted on Saturday night (Oct. 28). He had scored two goals and nine assists for 11 points in the first seven games of the season.
When It Rains, It Pours
Andy Hilbert has scored in six of eight games this season. In each game he has scored this season, Hilbert has at least two points. Last weekend, he had a goal and two assists in both of the games against Miami last weekend and now has three consecutive three-point games.
Strong Finishes
Michigan has scored 23 goals in the second and third periods while allowing the opposition a total of just 20 goals this season.
Firing Range
In the first period of games this season, the Wolverines have taken twice as many shots of goal as the opposition. Michigan has taken 110 shots on goal in the first period while allowing just 55.
Close Ones
Twelve of the last 14 games between Michigan and Michigan State have been decided by two or fewer goals. Two of those 12 games (Jan. 29, 1999, and Feb. 26, 2000) were ties.
Been a While
Senior goaltender L.J. Scarpace recorded the win on Saturday (Oct. 28) for the Wolverines. It was the first time since last season's Great Lakes Invitational (a 3-1 loss to Michigan State on Dec. 29, 1999) that a goaltender other than Josh Blackburn received the decision in a game.
Power-Play Plus
As a regular member of the power-play unit, Andy Hilbert has been on the ice for 12 of Michigan's 15 power-play goals. Josh Langfeld (Coon Rapids, Minn.) and Mike Cammalleri have both been on the ice for 11 of the 15 power play goals this season.
Feelin' the Flow
Mark Kosick (Victoria, B.C.) has scored all four of his goals this season on the power play. He also has four assists, two of which have come on the power play.
Top 50
Mark Kosick entered U-M's top 50 in career scoring with 123 points (48-75-123). He is currently tied with Tom Stiles (1982-86) for 49th all-time at Michigan.
Note About Game Times for Ohio State
Michigan's game at Ohio State on Friday, Jan. 12, begins at 7:35 p.m. The start had incorrectly been reported on Michigan's schedule at an earlier time.
CCHA Standings (Through 10/29/00)
|----CONFERENCE----| |----OVERALL----| W- L- T Pts GF GA W- L- T GF GA 1. MICHIGAN 4- 0- 0 8 19 8 6- 0- 2 34 20 2. Western Michigan 3- 0- 1 7 27 14 4- 1- 1 36 23 3. Michigan State 3- 1- 0 6 13 6 4- 1- 1 19 11 Nebraska-Omaha 3- 1- 0 6 17 12 4- 2- 0 22 17 5. Northern Michigan 2- 1- 1 5 13 11 4- 1- 2 31 18 6. Bowling Green 1- 2- 1 3 9 13 1- 4- 1 9 18 7. Ohio State 1- 1- 0 2 7 8 3- 2- 0 14 13 Alaska-Fairbanks 0- 2- 2 2 12 17 0- 4- 2 15 23 9. Ferris State 0- 3- 1 1 11 19 0- 4- 2 15 25 10. Lake Superior 0- 2- 0 0 5 15 3- 4- 0 20 30 Notre Dame 0- 2- 0 0 3 8 2- 5- 1 21 32 Miami (Ohio) 0- 2- 0 0 4 9 1- 4- 1 14 26
U.S. College Hockey Online Poll (10/30/00)
Team (1st-Place Votes) Record Pts Last 1. MICHIGAN (16) 6-0-2 559 3 2. Wisconsin (16) 7-1-0 556 1 3. New Hampshire (6) 5-0-1 518 4 4. Boston College (2) 5-1-0 505 2 5. Minnesota 5-0-1 422 6 6. Michigan State 4-1-1 348 8 7. North Dakota 3-2-3 317 5 8. Colorado College 4-0-0 270 11 9. Maine 2-2-1 265 7 10. Boston University 1-1-1 192 9 11. St. Cloud 4-1-1 175 10 12. Northeastern 4-1-0 143 NR 13. Nebraska-Omaha 4-2-0 139 13 14. Rensselaer 2-1-0 93 12 15. Providence 3-0-1 85 NR
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