4 4B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 17, 2003 Chatting into the boards "I definitely hate Michigan." - Michigan State sophomore center Jim Slater - who scored in the second period of Saturday night's 5-3 win over Michigan - responds to the question of FRIDAY'S GAME Michigan State 1 Michigan 3 SATURDAY'S GAME Michigan 3 Michigan State 5 Key play 8:14 of the second period - Michigan forward Jeff Tambellini was moving in all alone on Michigan State goaltender Matt Migliaccio when Michi- gan senior Jed Ortmeyer was called for interference, negating the breakaway. whether he felt the Spartans played their best hockey this weekend. FRIDAY'S GAME Michigan 3, Michigan State1 Michigan State Michigan 0 1 0 1 2 0 - 1 - 3 First period - 1, MICH, Jeff Tambellini 19 (unassist- ed) 0:13 Penalties - Jared Nightingale, MSU (rough- ing) 8:12; Brian Maloney, MSU (roughing) 11:32; Mike Roemensky, MICH (obstruction-holding) 14:13 Second period - 2, MSU, Jim Slater 10 (Brad Fast) 1:49 (pp); 3, MICH, Jeff Tambellini 20 (John Shouneyia) 4:20; 4 MICH, Jason Ryznar 3 (Milan Gajic, Mike Roemensky) 17:25. Penalties - Andy Burnes, MICH (interference) 1:13; Mark Mink, MICH (holding) 7:55; Mike Lalonde, MSU (high sticking) 7:55; Jim Slater, MSU (high sticking) 9:08; JJ. Swistak, MICH (tripping) 12:00; Jed Ort- meyer, MICH (interference) 13:18, Jared Nightin- gale, MSU (roughing after the whistle) 18:15; Dwight Helminen, MICH (roughing after the whistle) 18:15, Nick Martens, MICH (charging) 19:58. Third period - Penalties - Colton Fretter, MSU (rough- ing after the whistle) 5:50; David Moss, MICH (roughing after the whistle) 5:50; Jason Ryznar, MICH (roughing) 8:24; Brock Radunske, MSU (slashing) 11:06; Brandon Rogers, MICH (tripping) 13:39. Shots on Goal: MSU 12-10-12 34; MICH 9-7-11 27 Power plays: MSU 1 of 7; MICH 0 of 4, Penalties: MSU 7(14 min); MICH 10(20 m.) Saves- MICH, Montoya (21-7-1) -33; MSU, Migliaccio (14-7-2) - 24 Referee: Steve Mclnchak. At: Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor. Attendance: 6924. SATURDAY'S GAME Michigan State 5, MichIgan 3 Michigan Michigan State 0 1 2 0 2 3 - 3 - 5 First period -Penalties - JJoe Mark usen, MSU (checking from behind) 4:54; Eric Nystrom, MICH (hooking) 6:51; David Booth, MSU (elbowing) 10:45: Nick Martens, MICH (roughing) 18:54. Second per- od- 1, MSU, John-Michael Liles 12 (Brian Maloney 9, Colton Fretter 10) 0:48 (pp); 2, MSU, John- Michael Liles 13 (Colton Fretter 11) 3:25; 3, MICH, Dwight Helminen 9 (Mark Mink 11) 7:45. Penalties - Andy Burnes, MICH (roughing) 3:43; Jed Ortmey- er, MICH (interference) 8:14; Dwight Helminen, MICH (slashing) 12:49; Brian Maloney, MSU (unsportsmanlike conduct) 12:49; Brian Maloney, MSU (roughing) 12:49; Corey Potter, MSU (rough- ing) 20:00; Milan Gajic, MICH (roughing) 20:00 Third period -4, MSU, Jim Slater 11 (John-Michael Liles 22) 2:20; 5, MSU, Corey Potter 3 (Colton Fret- ter 12, Ash Goldie 13) 8:27; 6, MICH, Jeff Tambellini 21 (Jed Ortmeyer 13) 9:39 (pp); 7, MICH, Jeff Tam- bellini 22 (Jed Ortmeyer 14, Danny Richmond 14) 9:59; 8, MSU, Brian Maloney 10 (David Booth 14, Brad Fast 19) 18:23 (empty net). Penalties - Nenad Gajic, MSU (slashing) 9:21; Danny Richmond, MICH (roughing) 20:00; Danny Richmond, MICH (roughing) 20:00; Joe Markusen, MSU (roughing) 20:00; Joe Markusen, MSU (roughing) 20:00, Shots on Goal: MICH 9-12-1435; MSU 7-10-12 29. Power plays: MICH 1lof 4; MSU 1lof 4.. Saves -MICH, Mon- toya (21-8-1) -24; MSU, Migliaccio (15-7-2) -32. Referee: Brian Aaron, At: Munn Ice Arena, East Lansing. Attendance: 7,113. HOw THEY FARED No. 1 Colorado College (234-5) lost to No. 15 St. Cloud State 4-2, def. St. Cloud State 5-3. No. 2 Maine (22-5-5) lost to Providence 5-1, tied with Providence 2-2 No. 3 Cornell (204-1) tied with Brown 2-2, def. No. 13 Harvard 4-3. No. 4 Boston College (19-7-3) def. Mer- rimack 3-2, lost to Merrimack 6-1. No. 5 North Dakota (22-6.4) tied with No. 14 Denver 3-3, lost to Denver 2-1. No. 6 New Hampshire (19-74) def. Northeastern 4-3, tied with Northeast- ern 1-1. No. 7 Minnesota (17-7-7) def. Wisconsin 5-2, def. Wisconsin 8-1. No. 8 Michigan (21-8-1) def. Michigan State 3-1, lost to Michigan State 5-3. No. 9 Ferris State (23-8-1) def. Western Michigan 2-1, def. Western Michigan 5-3. No. 10 Ohio State (20-7-3) lost to Miami 1-0. No. 11 Boston University(19-10-2) def. Mass-Lowell 5-3, def. Mass-Lowell 2-1. No. 12 Minnesota State-Mankato (14- 7-9) def. Alaska-Ancourage 8-3, def. Alaska-Ancourage 6-3. No. 13 Harvard (15-8-1) def. Colgate 7- 0, lost to No. 3 Cornell 4-3. No. 14 Denver (18-9-5) tied with No. 5 North Dakota 3-3, def. North Dakota 2-1.- No. 15 St. Cloud State (14-11-3) def. No. 1 Colorado College 4-2, lost to Col- orado College 5-3. CCHA ROUNDUP Fdday's games: Notre Dame 3, BowuNG GREEN 2 NORTHERN MICHIGAN 2, Lake Superior 1 MicHiGN 3, Michigan State 1 Saturday's games: MIAMI 1, Ohio State 0 LAKE SUPERIOR 4, Northern Michigan 2 Notre Dame 3, BOwUNG GREEN 2 MICHIGAN STATE 5, Michigan 3 FERRIS STATE 2, Western Michigan 1 Saturday's games: MIAMI 1, Ohio State 0 CCHA STANDINGS Wolverines' road pains continue at Munn Ice Arena By Bob Hunt Daily Sports Writer EAST LANSING - Do a bunch of college kids yelling obsceni- ties in Maize shirts really affect the Michigan hockey team? Apparently so. Because, for the third time in 2003, the Wolverines have won on Friday at home, only to lose to the same team on Sat- urday in their opponent's building. "We have to play better on the road," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "We have to take a hard look at ourselves and how we play on the road, and do something about it." Following Saturday night's loss at Munn Ice Arena against Michigan State, Michigan has now lost five of its last six games in an opposing school's building. Except for a non-con- ference win at Minnesota Thanksgiving weekend, the Wolver- ines have had completely different results away from Yost. Michigan is now just 2-5-1 on the road in league games this season, with its two wins coming against league doormats Bowling Green and Lake Superior State. While every team has an advantage at home, how can the eighth- ranked Wolverines garner such different results on the road? "You could make of study of that," Berenson said. "I can't give you the answer of that, but I can tell you that there has ever been a team in the history of hockey that has had a better record on the road than they have at home." But the Wolverines are going to have to find an answer if they are going defend their CCHA regular season title. Michi- gan plays five of its final six games away from Yost. Next weekend the Wolverines will take on Nebraska-Omaha at the Omaha Civic Auditorium, which always sells out and is the most underrated atmosphere in the CCHA. Then, after another series with Michigan State at Yost and Joe Louis Arena, the Wolverines will head down to Columbus to play two against Ohio State in Value City Arena, where there will likely be over 10,000 Michigan haters in attendance. To be successful in those venues, Michigan will need to avoid big deficits. In its last two road games, Michigan's opponent has come out and blitzed the Wolverines early. After a lackluster first period on Saturday night, Spartans forward John-Michael Liles scored twice in the first four minutes of LEWIS SI Continued from Page 16 Con any banners by himself either. Michigan briefly found def balanced scoring for the last couple weeks, but that fro vanished against Michigan State. Mi "Obviously you need more than one player or one T line that can score," Berenson said after Saturday's and loss, adding that the.Wolverines "can't walk out of Mi here feeling that we gave it everything we had." roo Tambellini, appropriately, took two final shots as the T clock expired in that game, trying until the end to sal- bal vage the game for Michigan. star A few minutes later, Michigan State coach Rick jum Comley said, "I'm not sure how big an adjective I Tan have" to describe Tambellini." tans You can start with money player. T BRENDANO'DONNELL/Daily Michigan's Mark Mink and Michigan State's Brian Maloney get tangled up on the boards Friday night at Yost Ice Arena. While the Wolverines won at home, their road woes became more evident with a 5-3 loss at Munn Ice Arena. the second period to get the Munn Ice Arena crowd going. While the Wolverines got within one, the deficit became too much to overcome. A similar situation occurred two weeks ago when the Wolverines traveled to Big Rapids to take on Ferris State. In that game, the Bulldogs scored three unan- swered goals in the first period. Again, the Wolverines came back, but they were unable to get the equalizer. "When you get down a couple goals and their building gets into it, it's tough," Michigan forward Jeff Tambellini said. "We really got to make sure that we're ready for the next six games, and we can't be wasting anything in the first period." While the atmosphere at Munn was nothing like Yost on Fri- day night - it featured the most NBA-like feeling the Wolver- ines have played in this year with electronic scoreboards repeatedly trying to pump up the crowd and even a inflatable blimp - it was the loudest it has been all season, and it got real loud when the Spartans had the momentum. "The crowd was a huge factor," Michigan State forward Jim Slater said. "I thought it was the loudest I've heard since I've been here." However, the Wolverines won't be winning many games down the stretch if they cannot deal with the hostility. "Maybe it's a little tougher to play on the road," Berenson said. "But we have to play better than this." PARTANS tinued from Page 1B enseman Corey Potter ripped a shot m just inside the blueline to give chigan State a three-goal lead. 'he fans at Munn Ice Arena all erupted began to shout incoherently at the chigan fans who bought "standing >m only" tickets. the pains of being embarrassed in foot- 1 and upset in basketball were now rting to go away for the bandwagon nping Michigan State faithful. But rbellini wasn't about to let the Spar- s leave without a fight. hanks to a slashing penalty on Nenad ic -- brother of Michigan's Milan - Wolverines found themselves on a Oerplay at the 9:21 mark of the third iod. Eighteen seconds later, Ortmeyer passed the puck from the left faceoff circle across the ice to a waiting Tambellini. The freshman put his 21st goal of the season by Migliaccio when his shot deflected off the leg pads of the diving Michigan State goaltender into the net. After the goal, the Wolverines won the faceoff, prompting freshman defenseman Danny Richmond to find Ortmeyer at the blueline for a slap shot. The attempt on net bounced off Migliaccio to a streaking Tam- bellini, who put the rebound by the goalie and cut the lead to one with 10:01 to play. The goal prompted a rendition "Hail to the Victors" from the concourse area. "Wegot a nice lead 4-1 and they got two quick ones on us again and turned it into a barn burner," Michigan State coach Rick Comley said. "I've been nervous for 30 years, so this one was no different. And they're so dangerous. They come at you with such speed. We played so darn well for some segments of the game, and then to get a 4-1 lead like that, and they get two chippers that go in. Those type of goals have haunted us all year." But that was all the Wolverines would muster for the rest of the game. The Spar- tans scored an empty-netter at the 18:23 mark when left wing Brian Maloney ripped one between the posts from just outside the blueline. Michigan forward Dwight Helminen scored his third goal in four games at the 7:45 mark of the second period when he got his own rebound to the right of the goal, pushed the puck under the goal- tender and proceeded to score easily on an out-of-position Migliaccio. At 15-6-1 (21-8-1 overall) in the CCHA, Michigan is six points back of first place Ferris State. - Courtney Lewis can be reached at cmlewis@umich.edu. Gaj the pow per Montoya shines oir By Dan Rosen Daily Sports Writer EAST LANSING - Michigan goalie Al Montoya made his birthday something to remember. The freshman, who fast-tracked his last year of high school to join the Wolverines this season, turned 18 on Thursday. And in his first game as a legal voter, he shut down his team's archrival en route to a 3-1 win. Montoya made a number of eye-popping saves on Friday to keep the Maize and Blue ahead. His biggest sequence may have come t ' 1 8 with Michigan leading 2-1 in the second period and a delayed penalty coming against the Wolverines. The Glenview, Ill. native stopped a number of rebounds m- '--- ihis 18th birthday before his team was able to gather control of the puck and draw a whistle. Montoya, who was serenaded by the home crowd with "Happy Birthday" multiple times over the course of Friday's game, certainly seemed to satisfy his coach with his play. "The question about our goalie playing in a big game like this, I think was answered," coach Red Berenson said. On Saturday, Montoya was bombarded by 29 Michigan State shots. Despite giving up four goals and taking the loss, many said that he kept his team as close as anyone could have asked. "Montoya kept them right in it," Michigan State defense- man John-Michael Liles said. "He played fantastic. You real- ly can't fault him for any of the goals I don't think. He played very well." Michigan State coach Rick Comley agreed. "There were times we could have been up three or four to nothing in the hockey game, and he came up with a couple really big saves," Comley said. But for Montoya, Friday night will still be the highlight of the weekend. "Turning 18 and getting a win in my first game against Michigan State, what more could I ask for?" Montoya said. FAST OUT OF GATE TWO: For five minutes to start the second period, Michigan State was on the attack, and it had Michigan on its heels. After the two teams skated to a scoreless first period Satur- day night, the Spartans jumped onto the ice to start the sec- ond and took the game and a series sweep away from the Wolverines. Michigan State scored two goals in the first 3:25 of the period to build a lead. And with the Munn Ice Arena crowd behind them, the Spartans never looked back. "We came out on the powerplay and just took it to them," Michigan State freshman Colton Fretter said. "That was the loudest I've heard (the crowd) going in a long time." With Michigan defenseman Nick Martens serving the final 54 seconds of a roughing penalty left over from the first peri- od, Liles lobbed home a wristshot from the blueline for a 1-0 edge just 48 seconds in. "That first goal on the powerplay I think really got us going," Liles said. "And then for about five minutes, we were really flying." CCHA Overall Team W L T Pts W L T Ferris State 18 5 1 37 22 8 1 Ohio State 15 5 2 32 21 7 3 Michigan 15 6 1 31 21 8 1 Michigan State 13 8 1 27 17 11 2 Miami 11 10 2 24 17 13 2 Northern Michigan 11 11 1 23 15 13 2 Western Michigan 11 11 0 22 13 15 1 Notre Dame 9 10 3 21 11 13 6 Nebraska-Omaha 9 13 2 20 13 15 4 Alaska-Fairbanks 7 11 6 20 10 12 6 Bowling Green 4 16 2 10 7 19 2 Lake Superior 2 19 1 5 5 21 4 CCHA LEADERS Through Feb. 16 - League games only Player G A P 1. Chris Kunitz, FSU 22 22 44 2. R.J. Umberger, OSU 11 21 32 3. Jeff Legue, FSU 14 16 30 3. Mike Kompon, Miami 12 18 30 5. John-Michael Liles, MSU 11 15 26 Michigan State fans Zachary Nicholas (left) and Connor Enright celebrate a Michigan State goal Saturday night. Liles added another score a little more than three minutes later to give Michigan State a more comfortable edge. The Spartans were pleased with the way they played in the first period, and didn't make too many adjustments at the break. "We played well in the first period," Liles said. "We just said, 'We've got to keep plugging away, and keep chipping the puck out of our zone, clearing rebounds away from (goalie Matt Migliaccio),' and I think we did that pretty well." DANNY MOLOSHOK/Daily Although it wasn't a trip to Deja Vu, Michigan goaltender Al Montoya celebrated his 18th birthday from Thursday with a 3-1 win Friday night. 9 4 Thlree stars of the weekend Jed Ortmeyer Senir/forward 1 Jeff Tambellini Freshman/forward .q Al Montoya Freshma n/goalie i