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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
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