From Lansing State Journal Western Michigan 5 Michigan State 3 @ Western Michigan First period: 3:35 WMU Brooks (unassisted) 8:58 WMU Cartier (elbow) 9:38 MSU Woodward (cross check) 13:34 MSU Smolinski (Murray) 17:40 MSU Norton (rough) 17:40 MSU Vanstaalduinen (rough) 17:40 WMU Ward (rough) 17:40 WMU Ferschweiler (rough) Second period: 4:53 WMU Leroux (Wilkinson, Chartier) 6:52 MSU Burkett (slash) 16:27 MSU Smolinski (rough) 16:27 MSU Woodward (rough) 16:27 MSU Buzak (leaving the crease) served by Folkening 16:27 WMU Belanger (rough) Third period: 4:56 MSU Burkett (rough) 4:56 WMU Whitton (high stick) 4:56 WMU Whitton (rough) 6:03 MSU Smolinski (Suk, Guolla) pp 9:44 WMU Gallentine (Leroux, Wilkinson) 15:36 MSU Smith (interference) 16:09 WMU Ferschweiler (D'Arcy, Brooks) pp 18:07 MSU Burkett (board) 19:00 WMU Jennings (Witkowski) pp 19:12 WMU Whitton (high stick) 19:35 MSU Smolinski (Guolla, Woodward) pp Saves: Buzak (MSU) 13-12-9= 34 Brown (WMU) 9-7-5= 21 Power plays: MSU 2/3 WMU 2/6 Referees; Linesman: Piotrowski, Shegos; Rublein Attendane: 4575 Comment: The penalties late in the second period caused a 5-3 power play advantage for WMU which MSU fought off successfully. However WMU then continued on a 5-4 advantage for 1:17 until a whistle stopped play and the short-handed error was corrected. The old rule would have given WMU a 5-4 for 4 minutes; the new one should give them 5-3 for 2 minutes; instead they got 5-3 for 2 minutes plus 5-4 for 1:17.