Michigan
2-0-0, 2-0-0CCHA
Notre Dame
0-2-0, 0-2-0CCHA
Comrie Hat Trick Helps Wolverines to Sweep of Irish
10/8/1999 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
In a decidedly less physical game than the previous night, the Wolverines repeated their first period performance by taking a 2-0 lead into the locker room. Michigan opened the scoring with an unassisted goal when Scott Matzka (Port Huron, Mich.) picked up the puck after it was deflected out of the defensive zone and drove down the left side. Matzka cut through two defenders and fired the puck over the glove of Notre Dame's Jeremiah Kimento for his second point of the season.
Comrie added the second goal with four minutes remaining in the period. Walk-on defenseman Brad Fraser (West Bloomfield, Mich.) earned an assist on the goal, making this the third consecutive year that a player who began their collegiate career as a walk-on has scored a career first at the Joyce Center. Two years ago, Krikor Arman (West Bloomfield, Mich.) scored two goals on his first four collegiate shifts, and last season Dave Huntzicker (Ann Arbor, Mich.) scored his first collegiate goal on the Joyce Center's ice.
Michigan held its lead through the second period despite several solid scoring opportunities and held the Irish to just five shots in the period. It was deja vu once again as Notre Dame's goaltender picked up a penalty. After leaving the crease and venturing behind the net, Kimento and J.J. Swistak (West Bloomfield, Mich.) were tangled up. Although it looked like Swistak was trying to keep Kimento from returning to the crease, it was actually Kinemto who was holding onto Swistak trying to draw the penalty.
The Wolverines took advantage of the penalty when Mark Kosick (Victoria, B.C.) scored the third goal of the game just 21 seconds into the final period, causing the Irish to send in backup goaltender Tony Zasowski. However, the Michigan celebration was short-lived as the Irish returned the favor just 18 seconds later.
With the score 3-1, Comrie finished a career night when he scored two unassisted goals 23 seconds apart to give him a hat trick. On the first goal, Comrie grabbed the puck in the high slot and wove past a defender and shot the puck past Zasowski's glove. Then on the next shift, Comrie stole the puck in the corner, drove to the net and fired the puck through Zasowski's five-hole.
For his career, Comrie now has five goals and three assists for eight points in just five games against the Irish.
Notre Dame's frustration came to a head with a scuffle with just over two minutes remaining in the game. On the ensuing power play, Michigan capitalized as Mark Mink (Livonia, Mich.) scored his first career goal to give Michigan the 6-1 win.
The Wolverines return to action next Friday (Oct. 15) at 7:35 p.m. as they being a two-game home series against UMass-Lowell.
GAME SUMMARY
| Goals By Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
| Michigan | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1st period
1, MICH, Scott Matzka 1 (unassisted) 06:40.
2, MICH, Mike Comrie 2 (Josh Langfeld, Brad Fraser) 16:07.
2nd period
No scoring
3rd period
3, MICH, Mark Kosick 1 (Mike Comrie, Jeff Jillson) 00:21 (pp).
4, ND, David Inman 1 (Ben Simon, Sean Seyferth) 00:39.
5, MICH, Mike Comrie 3 (unassisted) 08:36.
6, MICH, Mike Comrie 4 (unassisted) 08:59.
7, MICH, Mark Mink 1 (Andy Hilbert, Jay Vancik) 18:08 (pp).
Shots on goal: MICH 16-10-11-37; ND 7-5-3-15
Power plays: MICH 2 of 9; ND 0 of 6
Penalties: MICH 8 (16 min); ND 11 (22 min)
Goalies: MICH, Josh Blackburn 2-0-0 (49:26 minutes, 13 shots-12 saves) , Kevin O'Malley (10:34, 2-2); ND, Jeremiah Kimento 0-2-0 (40:21, 28-25) , Tony Zasowski (19:39, 9-6).
Referee: Duke Shegos
Assistant Referees: Brian Troester; John Pearson
Attendance: 2,667
Time: 2:22
Contact: Jason Gerdom (734) 763-4423
