HOCKEY e Weekly Release & Notes/November 23, 1998 THIS WEEKEND MICHIGAN (8-2-1, 7-1-1) AT MINNESOTA (6-6-2, 5-5-2) MARIUCCI ARENA/MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 7:05 P.M. CST (MSC, KSTP-AM 1500) Series Information Team Comparisons Minnesota leads 113-107-16 Minnesota Michigan pp 1998·99 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Last 10 games- Michigan leads 7-3-0 14/79 (.177) 14/91 (.154) Oct. 9 #ST. LAWRENCE L 4-6 First meeting- 2/8/'13, MN 3-0 64/77 (.831) PK 63/71 (.887) Oct. 10 #OHIO STATE W 4-3 Last meeting- 11/28/97, Michigan 4-3 4-5-1 (.450) Last 10 games 7-2-1 (.750) Oct. 16 MINNESOTA-DULUTH T 2-2 Minnesota's longest win streak - 8 3.07 Goals/Game 3.09 Oct.17 MINNESOTA-DULUTH W3-1 Michigan's longest win streak -16 3.57 Goals Allowed/Game 2.09 Oct. 23 ST. CLOUD STATE W 3-0 Current streak - Michigan has won last four 34.21 Shots On GoaJfGame 29.82 Oct. 24 @St. Cloud State L 5-6 Oct. 30 @Wisconsin W 3-2 Series Notes (more Gopher/Wolverine notes on page five): Excluding the 10/10/97 exhi­ Oct. 31 @Wisconsin W 3-2 bition game at Target Center, the last four and five of the last six games between the Nov. 6 COLORADO COLLEGE L 1-7 Golden Gophers and Wolverines have been in the state of Michigan • this will be the first Nov. 7 COLORADO COLLEGE L 1-6 meeting on the Minnesota campus since 12/5-6/86 when the Golden Gophers swept the Nov. 13 NORTH DAKOTA T 4-4 Wolverines (11-2, 5-2) • Doug Woog is 4-7-0 (.364) in 11 career games against Michigan Nov.14 NORTHDAKOTA L3-5 Nov. 20 @Alaska-Anchorage L 3-5 Last Season vs. Wolverines: Michigan downed Minnesota 4-3 at Yost Arena in Ann Arbor, Nov. 21 @Alaska-Anchorage W 4-1 Mich. • the Golden Gophers held a 2-1 edge after 20 minutes and were tied at 2-2 entering Nov. 27 #MICHIGAN 7:05p.m. the third period, but the Wolverines netted the first two goals of the final frame to claim Nov. 29 #MICHIGAN STATE 2:05p.m. the win • the Golden Gophers were a successful3-for-8 on the power play Dec. 27 #PRINCETON 7:05p.m. Dec. 28 #OHIOSfATE/BOSTONU. 4/7p.m. Career Scoring vs. Michigan Dec. 30 *SWEDEN 7:05p.m. Player (games) G-A-Pts Notes Jan. 2 #@Boston College 1:05 p.m. Jan. 3 #@ Boston College 1:05 p.m. Mike Anderson (5) 1-3--4 Two assists in 11/28f97loss Jan. 9 @Denver (World Arena) 7:05p.m. Aaron Miskovich (1) 1-2-3 Figured in all three Minnesota goals last season Jan. 10 @Denver (McNichols) 7:05p.m. Wyatt Smith (5) 1-1-2 Opened scoring in last season's game Jan. 15 #MINNFSOTASTATE-MANKATO 7:05p.m. Dave Spehar (3) 1-0--1 Goal in 3/'13/97 NCAA loss Jan. 16 #MINNESOTA STATE-MANKATO 7:05p.m. Reggie Berg (5) 0-1-1 Assisted on goal in NCAA game on 3/23/97 Jan. 22 @North Dakota 7:35p.m. Dylan Mills (3) 0-1--1 Assisted on Miskovich' s goal last season Jan. 23 @North Dakota 7:35p.m. Jan. 29 MICHIGAN TECH 7:05 p.m. MICHIGAN STATE (7-2-2, 6-2-2) AT MINNESOTA Jan. 30 MICHIGAN TECH 7:05 p.m. Feb. 5 @Colorado College 8:35p.m. MARIUCCI ARENA/MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Feb. 6 @Colorado College 8:05p.m. Feb. 13 ALASKA-ANCHORAGE 2:05p.m. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29 2:05 P.M. CST (MSC, KSTP-AM 1500) Feb. 14 ALASKA-ANCHORAGE 2:05 p.m. Feb. 19 @St. Ooud State 7:35 p.m. Series Information Team Comparisons Feb. 20 ST. CLOUD STATE 7:05p.m. Minnesota leads 96-39-6 Minnesota Michigan State Feb. 26 @Minnesota-Duluth 7:05p.m. Last 10 games - Minnesota leads 8-2-0 14/79 (.177) pp 8/65 (.1'13) Feb. 27 @ Minnesota-Duluth 7:05p.m. First meeting -1/20/51, Minnesota 8-2 64/77 (.831) PK 46/49 (.939) March 5 WISCONSIN 7:05p.m. Last meeting -11/30/97, Michigan State 3-2 4-5-1 (.450) Last 10 games 7-2-1 (.750) March 6 WISCONSIN 7:05p.m. Minnesota's longest win streak - 22 3.07 Goals/Game 3.18 March12-14 WCHAFirstRoundPiayoffs TBA Michigan State's longest win streak - 3 3.57 Goals Allowed/Game 1.45 March18-20 WCHAFinalFIVe TargetCenter March '25-'ZJ MdiDljWOOFSIB' Current streak - MSU has won one 34.21 Shots On GoaVGame 32.36 N:AARegV;mB April1-3 NCAA Championships Series Notes (more Gopher/Spartan notes on page five): Minnesota has won seven of the *-Exhibition game last eight games in the all-time series, with MSU' s win at the CHS last season breaking a #-Nonconfereoce game seven-game Golden Gopher win streak • Doug Woog is 7-3-0 (.700) against the Spartans r--------------, Last Season vs. Spartans: Michigan State edged Minnesota 3-2 in East Lansing, Mich. • the I LAST WEEKEND I Golden Gophers battled back two times from two-goal deficits (2-0 and 3-1), but could not 1 Golden Gophers: Minnesota split a weekend 1 net the equalizer • Minnesota was held scoreless on the power play (0-for-7) I series in Anchorage, Alaska against the UAA I I Seawolves I Career Scoring vs. Michigan State I Michigan: Claimed a pair of one-goal wins I Player (games) G-A-Pts Notes I over Michigan State (2-1) and Notre Dame I Reggie Berg (4) 1-4-5 Two assists in NCAA win on 3/22/97 1 (1-0) in Ann Arbor, Mich. 1 Wyatt Smith (4) 3-0-3 Two goals in last season's game at Munn Arena Nate Miller (3) 1-2--3 Had 1-1-2 in 5-3 win on 11/30/96 I Michigan State: Rebounded from loss to 1 Dave Spehar (3) 1-0--1 Goal in 6-3 NCAA win on 3/22/97 I Michigan by downing Western Michigan 1 Mike Anderson (4) 0-1-1 Assist on game-opening goal on 3/22/97 IL--------------.J (4-1) Saturday night in Kalamazoo, Mich. I ' Team Notes ' ~ Minnesota has equal or fewer penalties.than its opponent in 10 of 14 Minnesota Swept A Road Series: Overall Record 6-6-2aA October 30-31, 1998@ Wisconsin (3-2, 3-2) games, including seven of nine home contests, this season WCHARecord 5-5-2- Home Record 3-4-2 Minnesota Was Swept In A Road Series: Road Record 3-2-0 February 27-28,1998@ Colorado College ~ After having forwards score 70 Neutral Site Record 0-0-0 (4-3, 9-6) straight goals dating back to the end of Last 20 Games (dating back to 1997-98) 9-9-2 last season, the Golden Gophers have Last 10 Games 4-5-1 Minnesota Swept A Home Series: February now received five goals from defense­ Last5Games 1-3-1 20-21,1998 vs. Alaska-Anchorage (3-0, 4-2) men in their last four games (Leopold-3, Mills-2) Power Play 14 of 79 (.177) Minnesota Was Swept In A Home Series: Penalty Kill 64 of 77 (.831) November 6-7, 1998 vs. Colorado College ~ Minnesota has outshot its oppo­ Scoring A Power-Play Goal 4-3-2 (7-1, 6-1) nent 140-91 in the third period of games Not Scoring A Power-Play Goal 2-3-0 this season Allowing A Power-Play Goal 4-5-1 Minnesota Shut Out An Opponent: October 23, Not Allowing A Power-Play Goal 2-1-1 Scoring A Short-Handed Goal 1-2-0 1998 vs. St. Cloud State (Adam Hauser, 3-0) ~ Minnesota now steps away from Allowing A Short-Handed Goal 0-0-0 WCHA action until a Jan. 9-10,1999 An Opponent Shut Out Minnesota: March 4, series at Denver - the next league series Penalties,IAvg. Per Game 120/8.6 1995@ St. Cloud State (Brian Leitza, 3-0) at home is Jan. 29-30, 1999 against Penalty Minutes,IAvg. Per Game 265/18.9 Michigan Tech 10 Or More Penalties 2-0-1 Minnesota Player Scored A Hat Trick: March 6, Fewer Than 10 Penalties 4-6-1 1998@ St. Cloud State (Reggie Berg, 6-2 ~ Minnesota has outscored its More Penalties Than Opponent 1-2-1 Minnesota win) opponents 8-2 in the first period of Fewer Penalties Than Opponent 5-2-1 wins, but has been outnumbered 16-5 in Same Amount Of Penalties 0-2-0 Minnesota Player Scored A Natural Hat Trick: the first frame of losses and ties December 30,1994@ Mariucci Arena vs. Yale In One-Goal Games 3-1-0 (Ryan Kraft, 6-2 Minnesota win) ~ The Golden Gophers have not In Two-Goal Games 1-3-0 been shutout in their last 146 games, In Three-Goal or More Games 2-2-0 An Opponent Scored A Hat Trick: March 13, In Overtime Games 0-0-2 1998@ Minnesota-Duluth Geff Scissons, 7-3 while blanking their opponents on 14 occasions in that time span Scoring 4 or More Goals 2-2-1 Minnesota loss) Scoring 3 or Fewer Goals 4-4-1 Scoring 3 or More Goals 6-4-1 Minnesota Player Scored Four Goals In A ~ Minnesota had trailed in the third Scoring 2 or Fewer Goals period of its last five games before tak­ o.2-1 a Game: February 28, 1998 (Wyatt Smith, 9-6 Allowing 4 or More Goals 0-6-1- Minnesota loss) ing a 4-0 lead into the third period of Allowing 3 or Fewer Goals 6-0-1 Saturday's 4-1 win over UAA Minnesota Won When Trailing After Two Scoring First Goal Of Game 5-3-1 Periods: March 14, 1997 vs.