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SWEET FIFTEEN

The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | January 11, 2016

n The Michigan hockey team 

had little trouble racking up 
goals in a weekend sweep. 

SportsMonday Column, Page 2B

Wolverines pound Michigan 
State on Friday, then finish off 

series sweep on Saturday

By KEVIN SANTO

Daily Sports Writer

The Michigan hockey team hasn’t been able to 

sing “The Victors” at Yost Ice Arena since October.

For Michigan coach Red Berenson, that practice 

is a privilege that can only be earned after a series 
sweep.

Those sweeps have been hard to come by, 

though, as Michigan has made a habit of trouncing 
opponents on Fridays before faltering in the second 
game on Saturday.

But this Saturday, the Wolverines finally earned 

that privilege again.

Behind a four-goal outburst in the second 

period, the eighth-ranked Wolverines (4-1-1-1 Big 
Ten, 13-3-3 overall) cruised to a 6-3 victory against 
Michigan State (1-5-0-0 Big Ten, 5-15-2 overall).

“When you come off a good game, like a 7-0 

game against Dartmouth and then end up tying 
the game the next night, that’s not good enough,” 
Berenson said. “When you beat Minnesota 8-3, and 
then you come out and you don’t play as well, and 
you know they’re going to bounce back. That little 
bit of history, I challenged our team last night: Do 
we know how to finish off a weekend?”

For the first 18 minutes, though, the Spartans 

looked like they may have given Michigan its 
answer to Berenson’s question. Michigan State 
appeared to have cracked the code to stopping the 

Michigan’s offense — the same offense that had 
relentlessly poured on nine goals against them 
only a night before in East Lansing.

But after sophomore forward Dexter Dancs 

found twine 18:37 into the first period, the 
floodgates had finally been opened.

Dancs notched his second goal in two games 

after junior center Max Shuart won the puck 
behind net and fed it to him in front for an easy 
finish.

The goal tied the game at one and awoke the 

sleeping 
giant 

IN PERFECT HARMONY

Michigan 9, Michigan State 2

Michigan 6, Michigan State 3

See HOCKEY, Page 2B

JAMES COLLER/Daily

AMANDA ALLEN/Daily

