Postgame Notes: Michigan 2, Michigan State 1
12/29/2014 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
Dec. 29, 2014
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• Michigan defeated Michigan State tonight at Joe Louis Arena in the championship game of the 50th Great Lakes Invitational to earn a record 16th GLI title and its first since 2011, which was also the last time Michigan played for a GLI championship.
• Michigan played for the John A. MacInnes Trophy for the 29th time. The Wolverines are now 16-13 in GLI championship games. U-M is 55-34-1 all-time in the GLI.
• Michigan improved to 29-18-5 all-time against Michigan State at Joe Louis Arena, and the Wolverines have won six straight games against the Spartans at the Joe dating back to Jan. 29, 2011.
• The Wolverines are now 11-8-1 all-time against Michigan State in the GLI, with an 8-5-0 record against the Spartans in GLI championship games.
• With another goal tonight against Michigan State, senior Zach Hyman now leads the team in goals and points (nine goals, 11 assists), notching the first 20-point campaign in his college career. Hyman leads the team with three game-winning goals this season.
• Michigan goaltender Steve Racine made 31 saves to earn the win in net, and he made a combined 71 saves in the tournament to earn tournament MVP honors. Racine is the first Michigan goaltender to win the award since Billy Sauer won it in 2007.
• Michigan was perfect on the penalty kill (1-for-1) for the fifth straight game and is now 16-for-16 on the PK in that span.
• Michigan was without the services of four of its top eight scorers, as defenseman Zach Werenski and forwards JT Compher, Dylan Larkin and Tyler Motte are playing for the 2015 U.S. National Junior Team at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship Dec. 26, 2014-Jan. 5, 2015, in Toronto and Montreal.
