Postgame Notes: Michigan 6, Western Michigan 1
1/9/2010 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
Jan. 9, 2010
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Western Michigan Series Notes
• Michigan extended its overall winning streak over WMU to five games. U-M has swept seven of the last 10 regular-season series with the Broncos.
• U-M is 65-26-10 all-time vs. WMU, including a 38-11-2 mark at Yost Ice Arena.
• In eight career games, Carl Hagelin has six goals and six assists against the Broncos. He had two goals and three assists this weekend.
Team Notes
• Michigan's six goals tied its season-high output for the third time. U-M had six tallies at Alaska-Anchorage on Oct. 10 and vs. Minnesota on Nov. 27.
• U-M notched three goals in a period for the eighth time this season. The Wolverines lit the lamp three times in the third period.
• Michigan has won a season-best four straight games at Yost Ice Arena, improving its overall record on home ice to 5-4-0. U-M plays its next three games at Yost.
• The Wolverines have equaled their season-best winning streak of three games; U-M beat Michigan Tech on Dec. 30 and swept the Broncos this weekend. U-M also won three straight from Nov. 21-28.
• Michigan has a perfect record of 10-0 this season when leading after the first period and is 10-2 after scoring the first goal of the game.
• This is the Wolverines' second CCHA series sweep of the season. Michigan's other CCHA sweep came on Oct. 30-31, 2009, at Lake Superior State.
• Michigan has scored a power-play goal in 11 of the last 12 games and has eight power-play goals in the past three games.
• The Wolverines were perfect (6-for-6) on the penalty kill for the 12th time this season but just the first time in the last six games.
Individual Notes
• Carl Hagelin posted a career-best four points on two goals and two assists. The two goals tied Hagelin's career best for the fourth time. He is the first Wolverine to post four points in a game since Aaron Palushaj had a 1-4-5 line against Nebraska-Omaha on Feb. 13, 2009.
• Hagelin's four-point night improved his point and assist streak to four games. With multiple points in three of those four games, he has 3-6-9 totals during the surge.
• Chad Langlais scored his first goal of the season. The tally, which came 26 seconds after the opening faceoff, was the quickest goal to start a game this season for U-M.
• Matt Rust tallied his 11th assist of the season, matching his career high that he set in 2007-08 as a freshman and equaled in 2008-09.
• A.J. Treais' power-play goal was his third of the season and first overall goal in 10 games. Two of his three goals this season have come on the power play.
• Kevin Lynch set a career high of three assists and three points. He is the first Wolverine this season to achieve a playmaker.
• U-M's top line of Carl Hagelin, Matt Rust and Kevin Lynch combined for three goals and six assists and each finished the game with a +4 plus/minus rating.
• Ben Winnett notched two assists to record his third career multi-point game, all of which have come this season.
• With a goal this evening, David Wohlberg has a point in each of his last three games (2-1-3).
