Postgame Notes: #11 Michigan 6, Western Michigan 3
2/18/2011 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
Feb. 18, 2011
Series Notes
• U-M is 66-26-10 all-time against WMU, including a 39-11-2 mark at Yost Ice Arena.
• Michigan extended its overall winning streak over WMU to six games.
• In nine career games, Carl Hagelin has six goals and seven assists against the Broncos. He had one assist tonight.
Team Notes
• The Wolverines have won 10 consecutive games at Yost Ice Arena, equaling their 10-game streak in 2004-05. Their last 11-game win streak at Yost came in 2003-04. Including "The Big Chill at the Big House," U-M has won 11 straight in Ann Arbor and has an overall record of 13-2-1 in 2010-11. On average, U-M scores 3.75 goals and allows 2.0 goals.
• Tonight's win clinches a top-three finish in the CCHA standings. U-M will have a bye through the first round of the CCHA Tournament (March 4-6) and host a home series in the CCHA quarterfinals from March 11-13.
• With the win tonight, the Wolverines have won at least 20 games for the 24th straight season.
• The two goals by Greg Pateryn and Chris Brown were scored 15 seconds apart, matching the fastest back-to-back goals by U-M this season. Pateryn tallied at 3:27 and Brown followed at 3:42. It is the fourth time this year Michigan has scored twice in less than a minute.
Streaks and Peaks
• Chris Brown has registered a three-game goal streak, the longest of his career. Two of the goals during the streak have been game-winning markers, including tonight's tally.
• With an assist tonight, Carl Hagelin has tallied four assists in his current three-game point streak. He has registered at least one point in 12 of the last 15 games.
Individual Notes
• Greg Pateryn became the first U-M defenseman to register four points (1-3-4) in a game since Jack Johnson, who did it on back-to-back nights (Jan. 26-27, 2007) against Ferris State. Johnson had 3-1-4 on Jan. 26 and 2-2-4 on Jan. 27.
• With four points tonight, Pateryn has now tallied 14 points (3-11-14), more than the totals from his freshman and sophomore seasons combined (1-10-11).
• Kevin Lynch scored twice tonight, ending an 18-game goalless and pointless streak dating back to Nov. 20 against Lake Superior State, the night of his last two-goal game. His eight goals for the season are a career high.
• Scooter Vaughan notched his fourth multi-point game of the season with a goal and an assist.
• With an empty-net goal tonight, Luke Glendening ended an 11-game goal drought, dating back to the GLI final against Colorado College on Dec. 30, 2010.
• With 31 saves Shawn Hunwick has won eight straight decisions at Yost Ice Arena. He is 5-1-2 this season when tallying 30 or more saves.
• Defense partners Greg Pateryn and Mac Bennett each earned +3 plus/minus ratings.
