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ICE HOCKEY

SPORTS UPDATE: Icers skate away with victory, barely

James Jahnke
October 26, 2002

The Spartan hockey team flirted with disaster, but came out on top of Lake Superior State on Friday night at Munn Ice Arena.MSU dominated most of the game - taking a 2-0 lead into the final two minutes of the third period - but a quick Laker barrage tied the game 2-2 with 56 seconds remaining.As it turned out, the Lakers’ gallant comeback merely set the stage for a dramatic victory for the Spartans (4-2 overall, 3-1 CCHA).Sophomore left wing Brock Radunske netted a goal with 2.7 seconds left in the third period to win it for the 12th-ranked Spartans.

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Spartans shut out Lakers

James Jahnke
October 25, 2002

It’s one down, 25 to go for Matt Migliaccio.The sophomore goaltender notched his first career shutout in the MSU hockey team’s 7-0 win over Lake Superior State on Thursday night at Munn Ice Arena.The blanking puts him 25 shutouts shy of the all-time record set by his predecessor, Ryan Miller.“We’re going to go one at a time,” said Migliaccio, who made 23 saves Thursday.

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New rule helps increase speed of game

James Jahnke
October 23, 2002

College hockey games have been as short as two hours this season, thanks to the NCAA’s new 15-second faceoff rule. The rule mandates that the visiting team puts its personnel on the ice no more than five seconds after a whistle.

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Spartans adjust game plan

James Jahnke
October 21, 2002

Marquette - It’s only two weeks into the season, but patterns are already emerging for the MSU hockey team - lose badly Friday night, watch the videotape of the loss early Saturday, make adjustments and then win the second game.Such was the case against Northern Michigan at the Berry Events Center during the weekend.

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SPORTS UPDATE: Icers redeem themselves with victory over Northern

James Jahnke
October 19, 2002

Marquette - Senior defenseman Brad Fast carried the MSU hockey team to a 3-1 win over Northern Michigan at the Berry Events Center on Saturday.Fast scored MSU’s first two goals, including the game-winner with 8.3 seconds left in the third period.Sophomore goaltender Matt Migliaccio was solid in making 17 saves on 18 shots for MSU (2-2-0 overall, 1-1-0 CCHA) .But Fast, the team’s captain, proved to be MSU’s hero Saturday.

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Comley keeps emotions in check for homecoming

James Jahnke
October 18, 2002

Rick Comley has been through this before. “When we went down to Lake Superior - I can still remember to this day - they did the introductions, the teams were lined up, they introduced me as Northern’s head coach and everybody in the building booed,” Comley said.

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Coach urges team to turn up the volume

James Jahnke
October 17, 2002

Rarely does a 55-year-old man want a bunch of college kids to play their music louder.But that’s one of the things head coach Rick Comley still is trying to get his 10th-ranked hockey team (1-1-0) to do in his first year at the helm.Comley wants noise.

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Team downsizes, falls 3 in rankings

James Jahnke
October 16, 2002

Hockey head coach Rick Comley’s ax finally fell last week, and little-used junior defenseman Mike Porter took the brunt of it. Porter, a 6-foot, 185-pounder, was cut from the MSU team to fulfill Comley’s wish for a 26-man active roster. The 23-year-old Northville native played three games last season, but didn’t register any statistics.

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Spartan duo reminisces about playing hockey in Nebraska

James Jahnke
October 15, 2002

CCHA arenas don’t get much farther away from MSU than Nebraska-Omaha’s Civic Auditorium.But they don’t get much closer to home for Spartan hockey players Tim Hearon and Chad Hontvet.Hearon, a junior center, and Hontvet, a freshman right wing, both played their junior hockey in the Cornhusker State.

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Goaltenders play gives team encouragement

James Jahnke
October 14, 2002

Omaha, Neb. - Amid the cheering for the victorious Denver Pioneers, one could almost hear the sigh of relief from MSU fans at the Omaha Civic Auditorium this weekend. Very rarely do Spartan fans take any solace from a one win, one loss weekend.

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Team rebounds from first loss

James Jahnke
October 14, 2002

Omaha, Neb. - In the wee hours of Saturday morning, head coach Rick Comley watched the replay of MSU’s humbling 5-0 loss to Denver with a tally sheet in his hand.He was counting the number of turnovers his seventh-ranked hockey team made against the Pioneers in the first round of the season-opening Maverick Stampede on Friday.Comley’s final calculation: 110 MSU giveaways, including 50 by the defensemen, in 60 minutes of hockey.

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Defenseman gives U verbal commitment

James Jahnke
October 9, 2002

They keep getting younger and younger. In a year during which both MSU and Michigan will rely on 17-year-old starting goaltenders, the Spartan hockey team got a verbal commitment from a 16-year-old defenseman last week. A.J.

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Victory over W. Ontario full of Spartan faux pas

James Jahnke
October 9, 2002

The MSU hockey team didn’t win by as much as most people expected, but the Spartans still conquered heavy underdog Western Ontario 6-2 on Tuesday night at Munn Ice Arena. MSU misfired for most of the game, going 1-for-6 on the power play and regularly sending passes just out of the reach of their targets. But the Spartans still thoroughly outplayed the Mustangs, outshooting them 23-2 in the first period, 21-4 in the second and 12-7 in the third.

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Western Ontario provides tuneup for Spartans

James Jahnke
October 8, 2002

Seventh-ranked MSU probably won’t be challenged by Western Ontario tonight, but the Spartans know what’s looming just three days from now.The ice hockey team’s exhibition game against the Mustangs tonight is a mere speed bump in MSU’s collision course with No.

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Spartans take win, room to improve

James Jahnke
October 7, 2002

The MSU hockey team got a bit of revenge against the Under-18 U.S. National Development Team on Saturday night, but the Spartans know they have plenty of room for improvement heading into their final exhibition game Tuesday. MSU, which trailed 2-1 to the young U.S.

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SPORTS UPDATE: Spartans defeat U.S. development team., 4-3

James Jahnke
October 6, 2002

For awhile, it looked as though MSU might be embarrassed by the Under-18 U.S. National Development Team for the second time in three years.But the seventh-ranked Spartans recovered from a 2-1 second-period deficit to beat the Nationals, 4-3, in an exhibition game Saturday night at Munn Ice Arena.MSU lost 6-4 to the U.S.

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Beginning of a new era

James Jahnke
October 4, 2002

Nothing that happens this weekend will show up on the MSU hockey team’s record, but the pair of exhibition games on the docket still are quite important as the Spartans prepare for the start of the regular season next week. MSU officially opens its schedule today with the Green and White intrasquad scrimmage.