Spartans Double Up Wolverines at Joe Louis Arena

DETROIT -- The No. 5-ranked University of Michigan ice hockey team suffered a 4-2 defeat to top-ranked Michigan State on Saturday (Feb. 17) in front of 19,995 fans at Joe Louis Arena. Craig Murray (Penticton, B.C) and Scott Matzka (Port Huron, Mich.) each scored for the Wolverines. The loss drops U-M six points behind MSU for first place in the CCHA with three games remaining in the regular season.

Michigan State (25-4-4, 18-4-3 CCHA) opened the scoring late in the first period. With the puck in the Wolverine zone, Sean Patchell chipped the puck to Andrew Bogle in the right circle. Bogle flipped a backhand shot on net that found its way past a screened Josh Blackburn (Choctaw, Okla.) into the net to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead after the first period.

The Wolverines (21-9-5, 15-7-3 CCHA) tied the contest early in the second period on a power-play goal from Murray. Jeff Jillson (North Smithfield, R.I.) took a shot from the right point that was stopped by MSU netminder Ryan Miller before the rebound bounced out above the crease. During a wild scramble in front of the net Murray was able to slap the rebound off Jon Insana's stick and past Miller to knot the score 1-1.

Adam Hall gave the Spartans a 2-1 lead late in the second period. With Jillson serving a minor penalty, Hall deflected Brian Maloney's shot from the right circle past Blackburn to give MSU a one-goal lead after two periods. Hall's second goal of the game early in the third period gave Michigan State a 3-1 lead. Hall worked a two-on-one with Maloney into the Michigan zone before Hall slapped the loose puck into the net to give the Spartans a two-goal cushion.

Maloney added a goal of his own 11:14 into the third period to give MSU a 4-1 lead. Skating with a 5-on-3 advantage, Maloney held the puck in at the right point and skated around Dave Huntzicker (Ann Arbor, Mich.) before lifting a shot past Blackburn. Matzka closed out the scoring with a goal late in the third period to make the final score 4-2.

Blackburn stopped 27 shots, including numerous point-blank opportunities, but suffered the loss, dropping his record to 20-9-6. Miller made 25 saves on the night and improved to 24-4-4.

The Wolverines return to action Thursday (Feb. 22) when they take on Lake Superior State University. The Wolverines and Lakers will square off in Sault St. Marie, Mich., on Thursday at 7:05 p.m. U-M and LSSU will then do battle at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena on Saturday (Feb. 24) beginning at 7:35 p.m.

GAME SUMMARY

Goals By Period	1	2	3	F
Michigan State	1	1	2	4
Michigan	0	1	1	2

1st period
1, MSU, Andrew Bogle 9 (Sean Patchell) 18:00.
PENALTIES - Adam Hall, MSU (ROUGHING) 09:57; John Nail, MSU (INTERFERENCE) 15:43; Mike Komisarek, MICH (HIGH STICKING) 18:20.

2nd period
2, MICH, Craig Murray 7 (Jeff Jillson, John Shouneyia) 04:26 (pp).
3, MSU, Adam Hall 14 (Brian Maloney, John-Michael Liles) 18:41 (pp).
PENALTIES - Brian Maloney, MSU (CROSS-CHECKING) 03:43; Jay Vancik, MICH (HOLDING) 07:11; Brian Maloney, MSU (TRIPPING) 07:16; Jeff Jillson, MICH (ROUGHING) 15:02; Sean Patchell, MSU (SLASHING) 15:02; Jeff Jillson, MICH (ROUGHING) 18:16.

3rd period
4, MSU, Adam Hall 15 (Brian Maloney) 04:15 (sh).
5, MSU, Brian Maloney 9 (Rustyn Dolyny) 11:14 (pp).
6, MICH, Scott Matzka 8 (Mark Kosick, John Shouneyia) 19:39.
PENALTIES - Sean Patchell, MSU (CHECKING FROM BEHIND) 03:19; John Nail, MSU (UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT) 05:42; Mike Komisarek, MICH (UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT) 05:42; Sean Patchell, MSU (ROUGHING) 05:42; Jay Vancik, MICH (ROUGHING) 05:42; Sean Patchell, MSU (ROUGHING) 05:42; Jay Vancik, MICH (ROUGHING) 05:42; Rustyn Dolyny, MSU (HOOKING) 08:35; John Shouneyia, MICH (SLASHING) 08:35; Andy Hilbert, MICH (HOOKING) 09:45; Josh Blackburn, MICH (ROUGHING) 10:34; Jon Insana, MSU (OBSTRUCTION-TRIPPING) 13:35; Joe Goodenow, MSU (ROUGHING) 17:26; Scott Matzka, MICH (ROUGHING) 17:26; Andrew Bogle, MSU (BOARDING) 18:02; Andy Hilbert, MICH (CHARGING) 19:17.

Shots on goal: MSU 9-12-10-31; MICH 5-10-12-27. Power plays: MSU 2 of 5; MICH 1 of 7. Penalties: MSU 13 (26 min); MICH 12 (24 min). Goalies: MSU, Ryan Miller 24-4-4 (27 shots-25 saves); MICH, Josh Blackburn 20-9-5 (31-27). Referee: Marc Wilkins. Assistant Referees: Bruce Vida, Patrick Bracco. Attendance: 19995. Time: 2:41.

Individual Player Statistics

## Michigan State G A PIM Sh +/- ## Michigan G A PIM Sh +/- --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 2 Jon Insana......... 0 0 2 0 +1 4 Andy Burnes........ 0 0 0 1 -1 4*John-Michael Liles. 0 1 0 3 0 5*Jeff Jillson....... 0 1 4 2 -1 5 Joe Markusen....... 0 0 0 0 0 8 Mike Komisarek..... 0 0 4 3 +1 6 Steve Clark........ 0 0 0 0 0 9 Mark Kosick........ 0 1 0 1 -1 7 Tim Hearon......... 0 0 0 2 0 10 Scott Matzka....... 1 0 2 2 0 9*Sean Patchell...... 0 1 8 1 +1 11 Joe Kautz.......... 0 0 0 1 0 11 Steve Jackson...... 0 0 0 1 0 12 J.J. Swistak....... 0 0 0 0 0 14 Damon Whitten...... 0 0 0 3 0 13*Mike Cammmalleri... 0 0 0 2 -1 16 Kris Koski......... 0 0 0 0 0 14 Craig Murray....... 1 0 0 3 0 17 Troy Ferguson...... 0 0 0 2 -1 15 Jay Vancik......... 0 0 6 1 0 18 Adam Hall.......... 2 0 2 5 +1 18*Geoff Koch......... 0 0 0 0 0 19 Rustyn Dolyny...... 0 1 2 1 0 19*Andy Hilbert....... 0 0 4 7 -1 20 Brian Maloney...... 1 2 4 2 +1 21 Josh Langfeld...... 0 0 0 0 0 21*John Nail.......... 0 0 4 2 +1 22 Bill Trainor....... 0 0 0 0 0 22*Andrew Bogle....... 1 0 2 3 +1 23 Mike Roemensky..... 0 0 0 0 -1 24 Andrew Hutchinson.. 0 0 0 4 +2 25 Mark Mink.......... 0 0 0 3 -1 26 Joe Goodenow....... 0 0 2 0 -1 27*Dave Huntzicker.... 0 0 0 0 0 27*Brad Fast.......... 0 0 0 2 -1 28 John Shouneyia..... 0 2 2 1 0 Totals............. 4 5 26 31 +5 29*Josh Blackburn..... 0 0 2 0 0 Totals............. 2 4 24 27 -6

N O T E S

Craig Murray picked up his first goal since scoring twice against Lake Superior State on Jan. 7, 2001.

Q U O T E S

Head Coach Red Berenson
On the game ... "I thought we got going as the game went on. We'd played pretty well in the second half of the first period and the second period, but I thought [Michigan State] had the momentum tonight. They're a good team, and they played well. They played hard, they scored the goals they needed to score. They didn't give us much, but we didn't earn much. They were the better team tonight."

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