Michigan
22-9-5, 19-5-4
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Western Michigan
19-13-4, 13-12-3
U-M Routs Broncos, Wins CCHA Regular-Season Title
3/2/2002 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
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The Wolverines took a 1-0 lead for the second straight night when senior forward Craig Murray (Penticton, B.C.) netted his third power-play goal in six games, scoring on U-M's first opportunity with the man advantage. Freshman forward David Moss (Dearborn, Mich.) found Murray in the slot for a shot that beat WMU netminder Jeff Reynaert over his right shoulder.
The Broncos responded 25 seconds later, scoring the first of two straight goals to take a 2-1 lead after the first 20 minutes. Lucas Drake tied the game up at 9:58, one-timing a pass from Trevor Cook at the left side of the goal mouth, before Dana Lattery gave Western its first lead of the weekend, scoring at 18:29 on a backhanded shot into an open net after senior goaltender Josh Blackburn (Choctaw, Okla.) had committed to his shot fake.
Freshman forward Eric Nystrom (Syosset, N.Y.) tied the game at 2-2 just over four minutes into the second period, scoring his 15th goal of the season to tie the team's goal-scoring lead. With the Wolverines operating in the Broncos zone, senior defenseman Jay Vancik (Medina, Ohio) fired a shot from the left point that went off Reynaert and to Nystrom, who was parked at the right side of the net to bang it home.
The Wolverines answered with four goals in the third period to secure the victory.
Junior forward John Shouneyia (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) gave U-M the lead for the second time in the game at 4:42 into the third period, carrying the puck around the net and wristing it past Reyneart's glove side. With the goal, Shouneyia ended a 13-game goal-scoring drought and tied a career high with his ninth goal of the season.
Junior forward Mike Cammalleri (Richmond Hill, Ontario) put the Wolverines up by two at 7:48, scoring with a two-man advantage for his first goal since returning from his 10-game absence due to illness. Cammalleri took a pass from Shouneyia in the right faceoff circle and slapped the puck past Reyneart, who was covering Shouneyia on the left side of the net.
Vancik added his fifth goal of the year at 18:18, scoring in an empty net, while freshman forward Charlie Henderson (East Lansing, Mich.) tapped in the puck at 18:40 to make the score 6-2.
Blackburn stopped 13 shots in net while Reyneart made 23 saves for Western as the Wolverines outshot the Broncos 28-15. U-M converted on two of its seven power-play chances while WMU was 0-for-5.
The Wolverines will return home next weekend to open play in the CCHA Tournament, hosting Lake Superior State in a first-round, best-of-three series Friday through Sunday, March 8-10. Opening faceoff is slated for 7:35 p.m. each night at Yost Ice Arena.
GAME SUMMARY
| Goals By Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
| Michigan | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Western Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1st period
1, MICH, Craig Murray/6 (David Moss/7, Charlie Henderson/5) 9:33 (pp).
2, WMU, Lucas Drake/6 (Trevor Cook/4) 9:58.
3, WMU, Dana Lattery/18 (Ryan Crane/13) 18:29.
PENALTIES - Mike Komisarek, MICH (tripping) 2:45; Rob Yamashita, WMU (interference) 9:22; Andy Burnes, MICH (roughing) 11:42; Dwight Helminen, MICH (slashing) 16:08; Paul Glynn, WMU (slashing) 16:08; Jed Ortmeyer, MICH (high sticking) 19:34.
2nd period
4, MICH, Eric Nystrom/15 (Jay Vancik/6, John Shouneyia/32) 4:24.
PENALTIES - Shaun Rose, WMU (holding the stick) 4:48; Ben Gagnon, WMU (charging) 10:32; Mike Cammalleri, MICH (hooking) 12:29; Lucas Drake, WMU (dv) 12:29; Rob Yamashita, WMU (cross-checking) 15:14; Eric Nystrom, MICH (checking from behind) 15:43; Jay Vancik, MICH (holding the stick) 18:56.
3rd period
5, MICH, John Shouneyia/9 (Mark Mink/9) 4:22.
6, MICH, Mike Cammalleri/16 (John Shouneyia/33, Jed Ortmeyer/18) 7:48 (pp).
7, MICH, Jay Vancik/3 (unassisted) 18:18 (empty net).
8, MICH, Charlie Henderson/7 (Mike Cammalleri/13, Michael Woodford/11) 18:40 (pp).
PENALTIES - Ryan Crane, WMU (obstruction-holding) 6:01; Dave Cousineau, WMU (holding) 7:36; Trevor Cook, WMU (elbowing) 18:34.
Shots on goal: MICH 9-7-12 28; WMU 8-4-3 15. Power plays: MICH 3 of 7; WMU 0 of 5. Penalties: MICH 7 (14 min); WMU 9 (18 min). Goalies: MICH, Josh Blackburn 21-9-5 (60:00 minutes, 15 shots-13 saves); WMU, Jeff Reynaert 12-7-2 (59:40, 27-22) , EMPTY NET (00:20, 0-0). Referee: Steve Piotrowski. Assistant Referees: Brent Gawlik, John Philo. Attendance: 4575. Time: 2:27.
| Individual Player Statistics | |
## Michigan G A PIM Sh +/- --------------------------------------- 3 Eric Werner........ 0 0 0 1 -1 4 Andy Burnes........ 0 0 2 0 +1 5 Brandon Rogers..... 0 0 0 1 +1 8*Mike Komisarek..... 0 0 2 1 +2 10 Dwight Helminen.... 0 0 2 2 -1 12 J.J. Swistak....... 0 0 0 1 0 13 Mike Cammalleri.... 1 1 2 4 0 14 Craig Murray....... 1 0 0 3 -1 15*Jay Vancik......... 1 1 2 1 +1 17 Michael Woodford... 0 1 0 0 -2 18 David Moss......... 0 1 0 0 -1 20 Charlie Henderson.. 1 1 0 2 -1 21*Eric Nystrom....... 1 0 2 2 +3 22 Jason Ryznar....... 0 0 0 1 0 23 Mike Roemensky..... 0 0 0 2 -2 25*Mark Mink.......... 0 1 0 1 +3 26 Jed Ortmeyer....... 0 1 2 2 0 28*John Shouneyia..... 1 2 0 4 +3 Totals............. 6 9 14 28 +5 | ## Western Michigan G A PIM Sh +/- --------------------------------------- 2 Mike Jarmuth....... 0 0 0 1 -2 4 Rob Yamashita...... 0 0 4 0 -1 5*Austin Miller...... 0 0 0 0 +1 6 Brent Rumble....... 0 0 0 1 0 7 Ryan Crane......... 0 1 2 1 0 8*Mike Bishai........ 0 0 0 1 -3 10 Paul Glynn......... 0 0 2 0 0 12 Anthony Battaglia.. 0 0 0 0 0 16 Dana Lattery....... 1 0 0 3 +1 17 Andy Townsend...... 0 0 0 1 0 19 Lucas Drake........ 1 0 2 1 +1 20 Ben Gagnon......... 0 0 2 0 0 21*Pat Dwyer.......... 0 0 0 3 -3 22*Dave Cousineau..... 0 0 2 2 0 24*Jeff Campbell...... 0 0 0 1 -2 25 Shaun Rose......... 0 0 2 0 +1 28 Trevor Cook........ 0 1 2 0 +1 29 Bryan Farquhar..... 0 0 0 0 0 Totals............. 2 2 18 15 -6 |
N O T E S
Michigan's win was its first at Western Michigan since Jan. 10, 1998, ending a four-game winless streak (0-1-3).
The Wolverines' CCHA regular-season title is the seventh in the history of the program and the second in the last three seasons.
Michigan's 19 CCHA wins are the most since the 1999-2000 campaign, the last year it won the CCHA regular-season championship.
U-M has won nine of its last 10 games and is the CCHA's hottest team entering the CCHA Tournament.
Michigan extended its CCHA winning streak to nine games, its longest since an 11-game string during the 1993-94 campaign.
The Wolverines finished the CCHA campaign with a 9-1-3 road record, winning the final three league road contests and going unbeaten in the last 11 contests (9-0-2).
Michigan has scored four goals in five of its last six games.
U-M is 11-0-1 this season when holding a two-goal advantage in a game.
Michigan finished the CCHA campaign with four straight four-point weekends.
Charlie Henderson has a point and goal in four of his last five games, posting 4-15 during that span.
Craig Murray has netted three goals in his last six games, all on the power play.
John Shouneyia extended his assist and point streak to four games with 1-23 at Western Michigan, amassing 1-8-9 during that time. Shouneyia netted his ninth goal of the season, tying a career high for goals in a campaign, set last year. During his current string, Shouneyia has posted three multi-point efforts, including a pair of three-point outings.
Eric Nystrom netted his 15th goal of the season to remain second on the team in goal scoring.
Jay Vancik set a career high with his 10th point of the season tonight, and he equaled a career high with his third goal of the season, tying a mark set during the 1999-2000 campaign. Vancik has 3-710 in 36 games this season, surpassing his point total from a year ago (1-89 in 38 games).
Mark Mink extended his point streak to three games (2-24) with an assist, equaling his season high for consecutive games with a point (0-33 from Nov. 31-Dec. 7).
Mike Cammalleri posted a multi-point game with a goal and an assist.
Contact: Paul Thomas (734) 763-4423
