Postgame Notes: Michigan 5, #11 Michigan State 1
3/12/2010 12:00:00 AM | Ice Hockey
March 12, 2010
Michigan State Series Notes
• Michigan's record against MSU in the CCHA Tournament improves to 5-7. Tonight was the first matchup since a 2007 semifinal win by the Wolverines. It was also U-M's first visit to East Lansing during tournament play since 1986 and 1987, when MSU swept both quarterfinal-round series.
• Michigan has won its last two games against MSU to improve its season mark to 2-3-0. U-M has scored five goals in each win.
• Michigan posted its second win at Munn Ice Arena in nine games (2-5-2), dating back to the start of the 2005-06 season. U-M also won on Dec. 6, 2008.
• In his 17th career game against MSU, Steve Kampfer scored his first career goal against the rival.
Team Notes
• Michigan has scored first in five straight games and 23 times in 40 contests. U-M has a record of 19-4-0 getting the first goal.
• Michigan has scored three goals in a period 16 times this season. U-M had four three-goal stanzas in a stretch of five periods from the third period on March 5 through the first period tonight.
• When leading after 20 minutes the Wolverines are 17-1-0.
• Michigan has averaged 4.7 goals per game over the last six games, posting a 5-1-0 record during that time. For the season, U-M is scoring 3.2 goals per game.
• U-M was 1-for-3 with the man-advantage, bettering its record to 17-8-1 when it scores a power-play goal.
Individual Notes
• Three games into the 2010 CCHA Tournament, Louie Caporusso has five goals and three assists. He is U-M's active leading scorer in the CCHA playoffs with a 7-10-17 line 11 career games.
• With two goals and an assist, Louie Caporusso has recorded multiple points in four straight games (7-3-10). The junior has 10-6-16 totals in the last 10 games.
• Caporusso took over the team lead in goals (18) with his pair of tallies tonight. He entered the game tied with Carl Hagelin.
• Carl Hagelin has three goals in the last two games. He has a point in 13 of the last 14 games (5-10-15).
• Luke Glendening has a goal and eight assists in the last nine games. His two helpers tonight tie career highs for assists (third time) and points (seventh time). His four multi-point games on the season are a career high for the sophomore alternate captain.
• Shawn Hunwick's career-best shutout streak reached 102:25 prior to MSU's goal at 14:39 of the second period. He had not allowed a goal since the third period against LSSU on March 5, two games earlier.
• Hunwick has a 4-1-0 record, 1.67 goals-against average and .925 save percentage in the five games of action since taking over the U-M netminding duties.
• David Wohlberg scored to boost his point streak to four games (3-2-5), tying his career-best stretch for the third time.
• Steve Kampfer scored his career-best third goal of the season. Kampfer has already set career highs for assists (16) and points (19). He leads U-M defense corps in points.
