On Sat, 16 Mar 1996, Steven Bartley Univ Of Michigan wrote:
 
> John Madden scored his ninth short handed goal of the season. I'm not sure
> where that puts him with any records but I know this is a lot of short handed
> goals by one person.  Some teams don't score this many as a team.
 
This ended a slump for John Madden... it's been several weeks since he
last scored a SHG :)
 
> MSU also had a 5 on 3 late in the second period for 42 seconds and did not
> score though they came close.
 
I believe MSU's second goal did come on the 5-3.  With that exception
Michigan's special teams shined (again).  Michigan has had MSU's number
this season, winning the series 4-1, with the loss coming in Munn.  In
my oppinion MSU is not playing as a team at this point and I predict they
will loose in the first round of the NC$$ even if they play at home.  When
Anson Carter doesn't produce the Spartan's can not win.  Earlier JohnH
suggested that Ron Mason should receive coach of year honors, but I have
to disagree.  The Spartan's played great for the first half of the season
but is seems like the wheels have been falling off the last 5 weeks.
 
> Tonight's game of UM vs LSSU sets up arguably the two best teams in the
> country as of this minute.
> Steve
 
I would agree.  I think tonight's game determines who get's the second
seed, and therefore the second bye, in the west.  UofM and LSSU are ranked
3 and 4 respectively in RPICH, and 4 and 3 respectively in the TUC selection
criteria rankings (see Erik Biever's earlier posts).  It should be a
great game.  I just hope that win or loose we don't run into the Lakers
in the NC$$ playoffs, especially at Munn.  We all know what happened the
last time these two teams met for the CCHA championship :(.
 
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