Spartan Hockey 4, Notre Dame 1
12/5/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Dec. 5, 1999
NOTES:
? Michigan State snapped a three-game CCHA losing streak, its longest since Feb. 4-11, 1995, and improves its lead in the conference to three points over second-place Northern Michigan, which lost to Lake Superior, 4-1.
? SO D Jon Insana scored his second career goal just eight days after his first (last Sat. vs. Minnesota).
? MSU?s two goals within 23 seconds in the first period were the Spartans? fastest back-to-back goals this year.
? SR C Shawn Horcoff?s assist gives him 27 points on the year (6-21-27), tying Michigan?s Mike Comrie for the national lead in scoring. Horcoff leads the nation in assists.
? JR C Andrew Bogle had the fifth multiple-point game of his career and his first since March 20, 1998 (vs. NMU).
? JR W Sean Patchell (3-3-6) has surpassed his point total from all of last season (3-2-5).
? MSU improved to 7-1-0 at home this year (5-4-0 on the road).
? Newly hired Spartan football coach Bobby Williams made an appearance and spoke to the crowd in the first intermission.
? MSU improves to 11-0-0 when it scores first (MSU is 1-5-0 when its opponent scores first).
Team Score by Periods Pen-Min PPNotre Dame 0-1-0--1 10-20 0-8Michigan State 2-1-1--4 12-24 0-5
Scoring Summary1st 16:06 MSU Andrew Bogle 2 (Sean Patchell, Brad Fast) 4-41st 16:29 MSU Brad Hodgins 4 (Shawn Horcoff, Adam Hall) 4-42nd 11:01 MSU Jon Insana 2 (Bogle, John Nail) 5-52nd 11:55 MSU Jay Kopiscke 1 (Joe Dusbabek, Ben Simon) 5-53rd 13:21 MSU Nail 2 (Patchell) 5-5
Goaltender Saves by Period Time, GATony Zasowski, ND 9-10-2--21 59:28, 4Joe Blackburn, MS 11-9-6--26 60:00, 1
Attendance: 6,394 (242nd consecutive regular-season sellout)New Records: MSU 12-5-0 (11-3-0 CCHA), ND 6-8-2 (4-6-2 CCHA)NEXT GAME: MSU hosts Alabama-Huntsville next Saturday night at 7:05 p.m. at Munn Ice Arena. ND hosts UMass-Amherst for two games next Friday and Saturday night in Notre Dame, Ind.
