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Joe Gorby Men’s Ice Hockey Athletics Communications Director E-MAIL: [email protected] Rob Bentley Game Notes Asst. Athletics Communications Director E-MAIL: [email protected] MICHIGAN STATE AT FERRIS STATE NOVEMBER 8, 2005 OFFICE: (231) 591-2336/3821 FAX: (231) 591-3775 2005-06 SCHEDULE/RESULTS FERRIS STATE HOSTS MICHIGAN STATE IN A TUESDAY CCHA CONTEST THIS WEEK: The Ferris State University men’s ice all and placed sixth in the CCHA standings at 12- DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT hockey team continues its Central Collegiate 13-3. 10/8 Western Ontario# L 4-3 Hockey Association (CCHA) homestand this 10/14 New Hampshire✯ L 4-2 Tuesday (Nov. 8) as the Bulldogs host the nation- THE COACHES: Ferris State – Bob Daniels 10/15 Army✯ W 5-2 ally-ranked Michigan State University Spartans in (Michigan State, 1982), 14th season, 210-251-43 11/21 at Lake Superior State* T 4-4 OT Big Rapids, Mich. (.441) – (8-29-5 vs. Michigan State – 1-11-4 11/22 at Lake Superior State* T 1-1 OT Home, 6-17-0 Away, 1-1-1 Neutral). Michigan 10/27 at Bowling Green State* Suspended FACEOFF/ARENA: Tuesday – 7:05 p.m. State – Rick Comley (Lake Superior State, 10/29 Bowling Green State* W 2-1 (EST)/Ewigleben Ice Arena (pronounced A-VAH- 1972), 4th season, 71-49-9 (.585); Career: 33rd 11/4 Alaska Fairbanks*● L 5-2 glave-in) (2,493). season, 668-524-80 (.557) – (42-14-2 vs. Ferris 11/5 Alaska Fairbanks* T 3-3 OT State). 11/8 Michigan State*● 7:05 p.m. BROADCAST INFORMATION: All of Ferris State’s 2005-06 league games will be carried live by local ABOUT MICHIGAN STATE: The Spartans feature two 11/11 Western Michigan* 7:05 p.m. radio station Big Country WWBR-100.9 FM with players with double-figure points total this season 11/12 at Western Michigan* 7:35 p.m. Bill Beckwith calling the play-by-play. Those in sophomore forward Bryan Lerg (2-9–11) and 11/18 Bemidji State● 7:05 p.m. contests can also be accessed live via the inter- junior forward-defenseman Tyler Howells (3- 11/19 Bemidji State 5:05 p.m. net by clicking on the Bulldog Athletics Webcasts 7–10). Lerg is listed tied for 19th place nationally 11/25 at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. icon at www.ferris.edu/sports. Live internet this week in points per game (1.57 ppg). Junior 11/26 at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. stats will also be available by going to the official forward Drew Miller (5-4–9) along with senior for- 12/2 at Nebraska-Omaha* 8:35 p.m. CCHA website at http://ccha.collegesports.com ward Colton Fretter (2-4–6), sophomore forward 12/4 at Nebraska-Omaha* 3:05 p.m. and then click on Games/Results section near the Jim McKenzie (2-4–6), and senior defenseman 12/9 Northern Michigan* 7:05 p.m. league standings. Corey Potter (1-5–6) are also among MSU’s scor- 12/10 Northern Michigan* 7:05 p.m. ing leaders. Junior goaltender Dominic Vicari (4- ◆ 12/30 Boston College 6:07 p.m. TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets for all 2005-06 Ferris 1-1, 1.80 GAA, .909sv%) presently ranks 11th ◆✫ 12/31 Princeton or Denver 6:07/9:07 p.m. State Hockey home games is available by con- nationally in goals-against average. Michigan 1/13 at Northern Michigan* 7:35 p.m. tacting the Ewigleben (pronounced A-VAH-glave- State is eighth among the national leaders in 1/14 at Northern Michigan* 7:35 p.m. in) Arena Ticket Office at (231) 591-2888. Hours scoring offense (3.86 gpg.) and 11th in scoring 1/20 Lake Superior State* 7:05 p.m. are Monday thru Friday – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (ET) defense (2.14 gpg.). 1/21 Lake Superior State* 7:05 p.m. and Saturday (home games only) – 12 to 5 p.m. 1/24 at Michigan State*✷ 7:05 p.m. (ET). 1/27 Miami (Ohio)* 7:05 p.m. FSU CAREER STATS VS.MICHIGAN STATE: THE RECORDS: Ferris State is currently 2-2-3 Greg Rallo . .7 GP; 1-2–3 1/28 Miami (Ohio)* 7:05 p.m. overall and 1-1-3 in the CCHA as a result of post- Nick Scheible . .7 GP; 2-0–2 2/3 at Western Michigan* 7:35 p.m. Matt Stefanishion . .1 GP; 1-1–2 ing a 0-1-1 mark against nationally-ranked 2/4 Western Michigan* 7:05 p.m. Joe Van Culin . .4 GP; 1-0–1 Alaska Fairbanks last weekend (Nov. 4-5) at 2/10 at Notre Dame* 7:35 p.m. Zac Pearson . .6 GP; 0-1–1 FSU’s Ewigleben Ice Arena in Big Rapids. The Mark Bomersback . .6 GP; 0-1–1 2/11 Notre Dame* 7:05 p.m. Bulldogs are 1-1-1 in home encounters this sea- Matt Verdone . .4 GP; 0-0–0 2/17 at Ohio State* 7:05 p.m. son to date. Jeremy Scherlinck . .6 GP; 0-0–0 2/18 at Ohio State* 8:05 p.m. ☛ Andrew Winnik . .3 GP; 0-0–0 Last season, Ferris State finished 13-22-4 Jim Jorgensen . .2 GP; 0-0–0 2/24 Michigan* 7:05 p.m. overall with a 10th place-tying 7-17-4 CCHA ▲ Adam Miller . .2 GP; 0-0–0 2/25 at Michigan* 7:35 p.m. mark. The Bulldogs were 4-12-2 at home, 8-10-2 Adam Welch . .2 GP; 0-0–0 3/3-5 CCHA Tournament First Round TBA on the road and 1-0-0 at neutral sites for the Eric Vesely . .2 GP; 0-0–0 3/10-12 CCHA Tournament Second Round TBA 2004-05 campaign. Alex Spezia . .2 GP; 0-0–0 3/17 CCHA Tournament Semifinals✜ TBA Chad Haacke . .1 GP; 0-0–0 Derek MacIntyre . .1 GP; 0-0-0, 3.00, .909sv% 3/18 CCHA Tournament Championships✜ TBA Michigan State improved to 5-1-1 overall and 2- ◗ 0-1 in the CCHA with a home league series 3/24-25 NCAA Northeast Regional TBA 2005 CCHA PRESEASON COACHES POLL 3/24-25 NCAA West Regional✤ TBA sweep of Northern Michigan last weekend (Nov. ✦ SCHOOL (FIRST-PLACE VOTES) PTS 3/25-26 NCAA East Regional TBA 4-5) at MSU’s Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing, 1. Ohio State (11) . 121 3/25-26 NCAA Midwest Regional✥ TBA Mich. The Spartans, who have a current three- 2. Michigan (1) . 108 4/6 NCAA Frozen Four Semifinals★ TBA game winning streak and are 1-1-1 on the road 3. Northern Michigan . 96 4/8 NCAA Frozen Four Championships★ TBA this campaign, recorded a 5-4 overtime win over 4. Michigan State . 93 the Wildcats in last Friday’s (Nov. 4) series opener 5. Nebraska-Omaha . 78 All times Eastern; home games in bold before notching a 5-0 shutout in Saturday’s (Nov. 6. Miami (Ohio) . 69 * – Central Collegiate Hockey Association game 7. Alaska Fairbanks . 65 # – Exhibition 5) finale. MSU is presently ranked third by Inside 8. Bowling Green State . 50 ✯– Mutual of Omaha Maverick Stampede (Omaha, Neb.) College Hockey and sixth in the USA 9. Notre Dame . 36 ◆ – Wells Fargo Denver Cup (Denver, Colo.) Today/American Hockey Magazine’s poll. 10. Ferris State . 28 ✜ – Detroit, Mich. (Joe Louis Arena) ☛ Last season, Michigan State went 20-17-4 over- 11. Lake Superior State . 23 ◗ – Worcester, Mass. (DCU Cetner) 12. Western Michigan . 22 ✤ – Grand Forks, N.D. (Englestad Arena) – more – ✦ – Albany, N.Y. (Pepsi Center) ✥ – Green Bay, Wis. (Resch Center) FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY ★ – Milwaukee, Wis. (BradleyCenter) ✷ – Comcast Local ▲ – FSN Detroit ● – Ferris TV 210 Sports Drive, SPC 002, Big Rapids, MI 49307-2741 ✫ – FSN Rocky Mountain ATHLETICS HOTLINE: (231) 591-2375 www.ferris.edu/sports 2005-06 HEAD COACH BOB DANIELS CCHA STANDINGS Bob Daniels, the 2002-03 Spencer Penrose Award recipient as the American Hockey Coaches Association THROUGH GAMES OF NOV.5 (AHCA) Division I Coach of the Year and the all-time winningest CONFERENCE OVERALL coach in Ferris State hockey GP W L T Pts GF GA W L T GF GA history, is currently in his 14th 1. Miami (Ohio) 4 4 0 0 8 16 7 5 1 0 20 10 year at FSU. Under his guid- 2. Michigan 5 3 1 1 7 21 14 7 1 1 41 22 ance, the Bulldogs posted a 3. Lake Superior State 6 2 2 2 6 2 11 3 2 3 25 15 school-record 31-10-1 overall 4. Michigan State 3 2 0 1 5 13 7 5 1 1 27 15 record in 2002-03 while claim- Alaska Fairbanks 4 2 1 1 5 12 11 4 2 2 22 20 ing their first-ever Central Bowling Green State 5 2 2 1 5 16 17 2 4 1 24 29 Collegiate Hockey Association Ferris State 5 1 1 3 5 12 14 2 2 3 19 20 (CCHA) Regular-Season 8. Northern Michigan 4 2 2 0 4 9 12 5 3 0 21 17 Championship title with a first- Western Michigan 4 2 2 0 4 11 18 2 4 0 15 26 place 22-5-1 league mark. 10. Ohio State 6 1 4 1 3 16 21 2 5 1 20 24 For his efforts, Daniels was honored as the 2002-03 11.