Spartans Power Past Nebraska-Omaha
10/21/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Oct. 21, 2000
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Through the first three games of the season, Michigan State's power play struggled to find its niche. Tonight, the Spartan power play returned to the form that made it one of the nation's best last season.
MSU scored three power-play goals as the Spartans (2-1-1/1-1-0 Central Collegiate Hockey Association) downed Nebraska-Omaha (2-2-0/1-1-0 CCHA) by a 4-1 score in front of 6,503 at Munn Ice Arena. With the win, the Spartans salvage a series split with the Mavericks.
"I was proud of the way our guys bounced back," said MSU head coach Ron Mason. "For one reason or another this season, we've been going up and down the ice giving up quality scoring chances whereas tonight we limited those chances.."
The Spartans scored the lone goal of the opening frame when Rustyn Dolyny (Thunder Bay, Ont.) inexplicably batted a rebound through a scrum in front of the goalmouth and past UNO netminder Dan Ellis. John-Michael Liles (Zionsville, Ind.) doubled the MSU lead with a power-play goal of his own at 4:48 of the second period. The Mavericks' David Brisson pulled his team to within 2-1 when he scored a power-play tally off a rebound of a Greg Zanon shot at 7:34 of the middle stanza.
MSU scored its third man-advantage tally of the night when freshman Jeremy Jackson (Los Angeles, Calif.) converted on a pretty feed from Adam Hall (Kalamazoo, Mich.) with 4:19 left in regulation. Hall scored an empty-net goal to provide the final margin of victory.
The Spartans return to action Oct. 26-27, when they travel to Notre Dame to face the Fighting Irish in the lone regular-season meetings between the two teams this season.
Hockey Box Score Summary (Final) 2000-01 Michigan State University Hockey Nebraska Omaha vs Michigan State (Oct 21, 2000 at East Lansing, Mich)
Nebraska Omaha (2-2-0) vs. Michigan State (2-1-1) Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot Date: Oct 21, 2000 Location: East Lansing, Mich Arena: Munn Ice Arena ---------------------------------- Attendance:6503 Start time:7:05 End time:9:46 Total time:2:39 Nebraska Omaha...... 0 1 0 - 1 Referee: Asst Ref: Michigan State...... 1 1 2 - 4
Nebraska Omaha: 2-Daniel Samuelsson, 5-Greg Zanon, 6-Allan Carr, 7-Jason White, Shots by Period 1 2 3 Tot 9-Ed Cassin, 10-David Brisson, 11-Shane Glover, 12-Nick Fohr, 14-John Rosso, ---------------------------------- 16-Aaron Smith, 19-Jason Jaworski, 21-Andrew Wong, 22-Zach Scribner, 23-Dave Nebraska Omaha...... 3 11 5 - 19 Noel-Bernier, 24-James Chalmers, 25-Joe Pereira, 28-Jason Cupp, 30-Dan Ellis, Michigan State...... 15 11 9 - 35 34-Jeff Hoggan, Penalties P-Plays Michigan State: 2-Jon Insana, 4-John-Michael Liles, 5-Joe Markusen, 6-Steve ------------------------------------- Clark, 7-Tim Hearon, 8-Aaron Hundt, 9-Sean Patchell, 11-Steve Jackson, 14-Damon Nebraska Omaha...... 14-36 1-9 Whitten, 17-Troy Ferguson, 18-Adam Hall, 19-Rustyn Dolyny, 20-Brian Maloney, Michigan State...... 13-34 3-9 21-John Nail, 22-Andrew Bogle, 24-Andrew Hutchinson, 27-Brad Fast, 39-Ryan Miller, 97-Jeremy Jackson,
GOALKEEPERS Nebraska Omaha Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs Michigan State Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- 30 Dan Ellis........... L 59:20 3 0 14 10 7 31 39 Ryan Miller......... W 60:00 1 0 3 10 5 18 TM EMPTY NET........... 00:40 0 1 0 0 0 0
SCORING PENALTIES 1st Period 1. MSU-1 Rustyn Dolyny (Damon Whitten,Troy Ferguson) [PP]......................................... 16:44
2nd Period 2. MSU-2 John-Michael Liles (Brian Maloney,Adam Hall) [PP]........................................ 04:48 3. UNO-1 David Brisson (Greg Zanon,Jason Jaworski) [PP]........................................... 07:34
3rd Period 4. MSU-3 Jeremy Jackson (Adam Hall,Brian Maloney) [PP]............................................ 15:41 5. MSU-4 Adam Hall (unassisted) [SH].............................................................. 19:45
Win-Ryan Miller (2-1-1). Loss-Dan Ellis (1-2-0). Game-Winning Goal: MSU-John-Michael Liles Three stars: 1. Adam Hall 2. Ryan Miller 3. Dan Ellis
