Michigan State University Athletics
Michigan Wins Hockey Coin Flip
7/10/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
July 10, 2002
STOCKBRIDGE, Mich. - And the winner is .... Michigan. The Village of Stockbridge, the approximate halfway point between Ann Arbor and East Lansing if one is able to draw a straight line, was the site of a coin flip on Wednesday afternoon (July 11) to determine one home regular-season Central Collegiate Hockey Association contest between Michigan State and Michigan.
"This is my first official act as hockey coach," said MSU head coach Rick Comley. "It is also my first time as part of this storied rivalry, but it is very much a sign of what it means to each school. It is fun that a game of this magnitude is being decided by a coin toss."
Ken Moffit, the President of the Village of Stockbridge, flipped the coin, which featured an "S" logo on one side and a "M" logo on the other. The coin was flipped with Comley, MSU athletics director Ron Mason, U-M head coach Red Berenson and U-M athletics director Bill Martin in attendance. When the coin landed on the ground, it was the "M" logo that prevailed.
 Michgian State and Michigan flipped a coin to see which team would host a second CCHA regular-season home game.  | |
The four game set includes:
Friday, Feb. 14 at Michigan (Yost Ice Arena)
Saturday, Feb. 15 at Michigan State (Munn Arena)
Friday, Feb. 28 at Michigan (Yost Ice Arena)
Saturday, March 1 at Detroit (Joe Louis Arena)
Michigan State and Michigan played in front of 118,050 fans during the 2001-02 season, selling out Spartan Stadium on Oct. 6 (world-record crowd of 74,554), Yost Ice Arena on Jan. 19 (6,986) and Joe Louis Arena on Feb. 16 (20,058). The two teams also played before a crowd of 16,452 for the CCHA Super Six Championship game on March 17 at Joe Louis Arena.
Last season, the two schools posted a 1-1-2 record against each other, including a 3-3 (OT) tie in the historic "Cold War" game at MSU's Spartan Stadium. Michigan State's lone triumph was a 3-1 win on Feb. 16 at Joe Louis Arena. The schools also skated to a 1-1 draw in Ann Arbor on Jan. 19 and U-M recorded a 3-2 win in the CCHA Super Six Championship game.
