CHIGAN MI U N Calvin Larson N I R V Sports Information E NORTHERN MICHIGAN E R H [email protected] T S I R T 906-227-1917 office Y O University N • 906-281-2493 cell • http://webb.nmu.edu/SportsAthletics/ W S 2011-12 HOCKEY GAME NOTES IL D C AT Friday, Jan. 13, 2011 • 7:05 p.m. (ET) CHEDULE Saturday, Jan. 14, 2011 • 7:05 p.m. (ET) 2011-12 S October Munn Ice Arena (6,470) Oct. 7 #17 Wisconsin W / 3-2 OT Madison, Wis. Oct. 8 #17 Wisconsin L / 3-2 Madison, Wis. No. 20 Northern Michigan Oct. 14 St. Cloud State W / 5-2 Berry Events Center (10-7-4, 6-6-4-2 CCHA) Oct. 15 St. Cloud State W / 3-2 Berry Events Center Oct. 21 #1 Michigan W / 5-3 Berry Events Center vs. Oct. 22 #1 Michigan T / 3-3 OT SOL Berry Events Center Oct. 28 #7 Western Michigan L / 4-2 Kalamazoo, Mich. No. 18 Michigan State Oct. 29 #7 Western Michigan L / 3-2 OT Kalamazoo, Mich. (11-9-2, 6-7-1-1 CCHA) October record 4-3-1-0 November Marquette Radio: 100.3 FM “The Point” (Dave Danis) Nov. 4 #4 Notre Dame* T / 2-2 OT SOW Berry Events Center Live Audio Stream: www.wnmufm.org/sportsstream Nov. 5 #4 Notre Dame* T / 1-1 OT SOW Berry Events Center Live Stats: http://www.ccha.com Nov. 11 Ohio State* L / 4-1 Columbus, Ohio Video Webcats: http://www.b2livetv.com/partner_members.asp?id=17 Nov. 12 Ohio State* L / 4-1 Columbus, Ohio Live TV Broadcast (Saturday): Fox Sports Detroit Nov. 18 Michigan State* L / 4-2 Berry Events Center Charter Channel 33, DIRECTV Channel 663, DISH Network Channel 430 Nov. 19 Michigan State*# W / 2-1 Berry Events Center Play-by-play: Dan Dickerson November record 1-3-2-2 Color Commentary: Darrin Elliot Sideline Reporter: Shannon Hogan December Dec. 2 #18 Miami* W / 2-1 Berry Events Center ILDCAT OTES Dec. 3 #18 Miami* W / 5-1 Berry Events Center W N (1/9) Dec. 9 #15 Lake Superior State* W / 2-1 Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. THIS WEEKEND’S SERIES Dec. 10 #15 Lake Superior State* L / 6-3 Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Northern Michigan travels to East Lansing to begin a five-game January road Dec. 16 Michigan Tech W / 4-1 Berry Events Center trip with a CCHA series against Michigan State at Munn Ice Arena. The puck Dec. 30 Russian Red Stars (exh.) W / 3-2 Berry Events Center drops at 7:05 p.m. both nights. December record 4-1-0 January THE WILDCATS Jan. 6 Alaska* T / 2-2 OT SOL Berry Events Center NMU is 10-7-4 overall and 6-6-4-2 in the CCHA. The Wildcats are tied with Jan. 7 Alaska* W / 7-3 Berry Events Center Miami for fifth-place in the conference. The ‘Cats have only one loss in their Jan. 13 #18 Michigan State* 7:05 p.m. East Lansing, Mich. last nine games and climbed back into the national rankings at No. 20. The Jan. 14 #18 Michigan State*# 7:05 p.m. East Lansing, Mich. last time the ‘Cats were in the top 20 was the week of Nov. 14. Jan. 21 Michigan Tech 7:05 p.m. Houghton, Mich. Jan. 27 Miami of Ohio* 7:35 p.m. Oxford, Ohio SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Jan. 28 Miami of Ohio* 7:05 p.m. Oxford, Ohio Fox Sports Detroit will broadcast Saturday night’s game. Dan Dickerson will do play-by-play with Darrin Elliot on color commentary. Charter Cable February customers in the Marquette area and the Upper Peninsula can find the Feb. 3 Ferris State* 7:35 p.m. Berry Events Center game on channel 33. The game will be on 663 for DIRECTV customers and Feb. 4 Ferris State* 7:35 p.m. Berry Events Center 430 for DISH Network. The full channel number finder list can be found at: Feb. 10 Bowling Green State* 7:05 p.m. Bowling Green, Ohio foxsportsdetroit.com/pages/channelfinder/ Feb. 11 Bowling Green State* 7:05 p.m. Bowling Green, Ohio Feb. 17 Michigan*! 7:35 p.m. Ann Arbor, Mich. THROW YOUR HAT Feb. 18 Michigan*# 7:35 p.m. Ann Arbor, Mich. Forwards Andrew Cherniwchan and Matt Thurber each had three-goal hat Feb. 24 Lake Superior State* 7:35 p.m. Berry Events Center tricks in Saturday night’s 7-3 win over Alaska. Two of Cherniwchan’s goals Feb. 25 Lake Superior State* 7:35 p.m. Berry Events Center were on the power-play. Stephan Vigier assisted on all three of Cherniwchan’s goals. Thurber’s final goal was a shorthanded, empty net goal. The last time March NMU had two players with hat tricks was Feb. 28, 1992 when Joe Frederick March 2-4 CCHA First Round TBA and Mark Beaufait scored against Denver at Lakeview Arena. March 9-10 CCHA Quarterfinals # TBA March 16-17 CCHA Championships# Detroit, Mich. OPPONENT March 23-25 NCAA Regional TBA Michigan State is ranked a few spots ahead of the Wildcats in the USCHO April 5-7 Frozen Four Tampa, Fla. poll but have four fewer points in the CCHA standings in the ninth spot. The Spartans are 11-9-2 overall and 6-7-1-1 in the conference. Recently, MSU *CCHA Games # televised on Fox Sports Detroit exh. - Exhibition Game ! televised on Big Ten Network has dropped three straight after a loss in the championship game of the GLI Home Games in Bold (Dec. 30) and a Miami sweep last weekend (Jan. 6-7) from Munn Ice Arena. All Times Eastern WILDCATS AGAINST SPARTANS Tyler Gron has seven goals in eight games against MSU. Andrew Cherniwchan has three goals and Justin Florek has two in 10 games. Kyle Follmer and Brian Nugent are the only other Wildcats to score against the Spartans. Northern Michigan Hockey Game Notes • 36th Season Page 1 LAST MEETING The two teams split in Marquette on Nov. 18-19. MSU handed NMU its only home loss SERIES INFORMATION with a 4-2 win on Friday. Tyler Gron scored both goals for the ‘Cats. On Saturday, NMU Michigan State University bounced back with a 2-1 win. Justin Florek scored in the second and Brian Nugent (East Lansing, Mich.) added the game-winner in the third. Date Site Result SERIES HISTORY 10/24/1980 East Lansing W 5-2 NMU trails the all-time series 28-33-3 and is 8-20-2 at MSU. The ‘Cats won both games 10/25/1980 East Lansing L 2-6 at East Lansing last season and have 10 wins in the last 15 meetings. 2/5/1982 Marquette L 2-4 2/6/1982 Marquette W 9-3 LAST WEEKEND 11/12/1982 East Lansing W 2-1 NMU hosted Alaska at the Berry Events Center. The two teams tied 2-2 on Friday. 11/13/1982 East Lansing W 3-1 Alaska won the shootout 1-0 at the end of overtime. NMU won 7-3 on Saturday after four third period goals. Friday, Justin Florek scored his team-leading 10th goal of the 2/25/1983 Marquette L 3-7 season with his second period goal. Reed Seckel scored the second NMU goal. It was 2/26/1983 Marquette W 4-1 his fifth of the year. Saturday, Thurber and Cherniwchan had hat tricks and Mitch Jones 11/11/1983 East Lansing L 2-4 scored his third of the season. Stephan Vigier had four assists on the weekend. 11/12/1983 East Lansing L 4-9 12/29/1983 * Detroit, Mich. L 1-5 THIS-N-THAT 2/17/1984 Marquette W 4-1 Justin Florek has 99 career points with 45 goals and 54 assists in 141 games...Seven 2/18/1984 Marquette L 3-4 OT of his team-high 10 goals have been scored on the power-play, tying him for sixth 12/19/1985 East Lansing W 3-2 in the nation while leading the CCHA...Matt Thurber has eight points in his last six 12/26/1992 *Detroit, Mich. W 4-1 games...Tyler Gron is on a five-game point streak with three goals and eight assists... 1/9/1998 East Lansing T 1-1 OT Kyle Follmer has a point in 12-of-20 games this season. 1/10/1998 East Lansing L 1-6 3/7/1998 Marquette W 5-1 CCHA PLAYER OF THE MONTH 3/20/1998 ^ Detroit, Mich. L 1-5 Senior forward Tyler Gron was selected the December CCHA Player of the Month. 10/30/1998 East Lansing L 1-3 Gron tallied three goals and five assists in the three games he appeared in. The Spruce 12/12/1998 East Lansing L 1-2 Grove, Alberta native had at least two points in all three games and NMU won all three 12/26/1998 * Detroit, Mich. L 3-5 games. The 5-foot-11, 199-pound forward had a goal and an assist on Dec. 2 against 1/23/1999 Marquette T 1-1 OT Miami in a 2-1 win. The next night he had three assists in a 5-1 win. After sitting out 3/19/1999 ^ Detroit, Mich. W 5-3 the Lake Superior State series, Gron came back against non-conference Michigan Tech 2/11/2000 East Lansing L 2-3 OT with two goals and an assist to lead NMU to a 4-1 victory.