Michigan State University Athletics
Spartan Hockey 4, Rensselaer 1
1/22/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Jan. 22, 2000
NOTES: Michigan State faced a top-10 opponent for the fifth time in eight non-conference games. The Spartans are now 2-2-1 in those games.
? JR F Sean Patchell has now doubled his point total from last year (5). He has 5 goals and 5 assists (10 points).
? MSU won just its second game of the year when its opponent scores first. MSU is now 2-7-0 when its opponent scores first. The first win in that scenario was Nov. 13 vs. Bowling Green.
? MSU is outscoring opponents 8-1 in four-on-four action this season.
? MSU has killed off its last 24 short-handed situations, dating back to Dec. 30, 1999 (five games).
? SR C Shawn Horcoff registered his 30th assist of the season in the second period. He leads the nation in that category. He is second in the nation in scoring with 39 points (9 goals, 30 assists).
? SO RW Adam Hall scored his first goal since returning from the World Junior Championship, where he was the captain of Team USA. Hall leads the Spartans with 15 goals on the season and has 21 in his last 28 games.
? FR D John-Michael Liles had his sixth multiple-point game of the season. Liles has 12 of his 17 points at home.
Team Score by Period Pen-Min PPRensselaer 1-0-0--1 11-30 0-5Michigan State 1-3-0--4 11-30 1-5
Scoring Summary1st 8:47 RPI Brad Tapper 25 (Steve Munn) SHG1st 14:30 MSU Sean Patchell 5 (John-Michael Liles, John Nail) 5-52nd 0:38 MSU Brad Fast 4 (Liles) PPG2nd 7:02 MSU Adam Hall 15 (Shawn Horcoff) 4-42nd 17:54 MSU John Nail 3 (Brian Maloney, Brad Hodgins) 5-5
Goaltenders Saves by Period Time, GARyan Miller, MSU 8-5-5--18 60:00, 1Joel Laing, RPI 10-6-10--26 60:00, 4
New Records: MSU 17-7-1 (12-5-0 CCHA), RPI 13-7-2 (5-4-1 ECAC)Attendance: 6,626 (248th consecutive regular-season sellout)
