Michigan State University Athletics
MSU Hockey Extends Unbeaten Streak To Eight
11/21/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Nov. 21, 2000
EAST LANSING, Mich. - It was a performance befitting the top-ranked team in the nation.
Brian Maloney (Bassano, Alberta) scored a goal and added two assists and Adam Hall (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Jeremy Jackson (Langley, B.C.) each notched a goal and an assist as Michigan State - ranked first in this week's U.S. College Hockey Online poll - eased past Lake Superior State, 5-0, at Munn Ice Arena tonight. The win runs the Spartans' unbeaten streak to eight (7-0-1) and gives MSU a three-point lead over second-place Michigan in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings.
For the third time in as many games, the Spartans (8-1-2 overall, 7-1-1 CCHA) scored a goal in the first three minutes of the first period. Tonight, it was Andrew Bogle's (Calgary, Alberta) turn to get MSU out of the gate early. Bogle dumped the puck into the Laker zone, intending for linemate Steve Jackson (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) to chase it down. The puck took a strange bounce in the far corner, however, and caromed back into the slot where Bogle picked it up and fired it past LSSU netminder Jayme Platt at 1:39.
The rest of the first period and most of the second frame was a tight-checking affair, but MSU broke the game open with a pair of goals in the last five-plus minutes of the middle stanza. Defenseman Brad Fast (Fort St. John, B.C.) doubled the Spartan advantage at 14:39 when he walked in from his position on the point and made a nifty deke on Platt in the low slot to score his first goal of the year. Maloney extended the MSU edge a litte more than two minutes later when, on a Spartan five-on-three power play, he corralled a Rustyn Dolyny (Fort Frances, Ont.) blast that glanced off Hall. Maloney calmly flipped the puck into a near-empty net for his fourth goal of the season at 16:51.
Jeremy Jackson gave the Spartans a four-goal edge when he spun away from his defender in the slot and took a pass from Maloney, who was stationed behind the Laker net, and put the puck low to Platt's stick side and into the net for his fifth goal of the season 48 seconds into the third period. Maloney notched his second helper of the night at 9:05, when he won a battle for a loose puck in the near corner of the MSU offensive zone and found Hall for his seventh tally of the year.
Ryan Miller (East Lansing, Mich.) stopped all 19 shots he faced en route to his 10th career shutout, two shy of the school record for career whitewashes currently held by Chad Alban. Platt made 38 saves on 43 shots for Lake Superior State (6-8-0, 3-6-0 CCHA).
Next up for the Spartans is the College Hockey Showcase and a showdown with the top-ranked team in this week's USA Today/American Hockey Magazine poll, Minnesota, in Minneapolis on Friday. Faceoff at Mariucci Arena is set for 8:05 p.m. EST.
