Spartan Hockey 2, Northern Michigan 0
2/12/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Feb. 12, 2000
NOTES: The crowd of 6,891 marked the 250th consecutive regular-season sellout at Munn Ice Arena. It also tied for the eighth-largest crowd in the arena's history. The two-game series total attendance of 13,834 is the largest series crowd in Munn history, breaking the old mark of 13,780 set Feb. 13-14, 1987, against Lake Superior.
* With the win, MSU moves past NMU into second place in the CCHA with 31 points, four points behind first-place Michigan. NMU has 30 points in league play.
* The shutout is the seventh of the season for Michigan State, establishing a new school record. The old record of six was set in 1997-98. JR G Joe Blackburn has one shutout, while FR G Ryan Miller now has six.
* FR G Ryan Miller's six shutouts tie the individual school record for shutouts in a season, originally set by Chad Alban in 1997-98. It is Miller's fifth shutout in CCHA games, tying the conference record originally set by Marc Magliarditi of Western Michigan in 1995-96.
* MSU has won back-to-back games for the first time since Dec. 29-30 vs. Michigan Tech and Michigan (Great Lakes Invitational) and swept a league series for the first time since Nov. 12-13 vs. Bowling Green.
* MSU recorded its 20th victory of the year, the 18th time in 19 years that MSU has won at least 20 games.
* MSU improved to 4-1-1 in its last six games against top-10 opponents (4-3-1 on the year).
* MSU extended its home unbeaten streak against NMU to six games (5-0-1 since Dec. 19, 1985).
* SO D Andrew Hutchinson, who scored on a breakaway set up after he left the penalty box, scored the 20th goal by an MSU defenseman this year. Last year, MSU defensemen combined for 13 goals all season.
* MSU has outscored opponents 23-4 in the first period of its last 17 games.
* MSU improved to 12-3-1 at Munn Ice Arena (8-6-1 away from Munn).
* FR G Ryan Miller recorded his first career assist on MSU's first goal.
* SO RW Adam Hall scored for the second straight night. He leads MSU with 19 goals on the year. He has 25 goals in his last 34 games, dating back to last season.
* MSU has outshot each of its last 11 opponents.
Team Score by Period Pen-Min PPNorthern Michigan 0-0-0--0 9-18 0-2Michigan State 2-0-0--2 7-14 1-4
Scoring Summary1st 14:39 MSU Andrew Hutchinson 2 (Jon Insana, Ryan Miller) 5-51st 19:35 MSU Adam Hall 19 (Rustyn Dolyny, John-Michael Liles) PPG
Goaltenders Saves by Period Time, GARyan Miller, MSU 6-11-9--26 60:00, 0Dan Ragusett, NMU 10-14-6--30 60:00, 2
New Records: MSU 20-9-2 (15-7-1 CCHA), NMU 19-9-2 (14-6-2 CCHA)Attendance: 6,891 (250th consecutive regular-season sellout)
