Michigan State got out to a 1-0 lead a the end of 1 period, extended it to 3-0 before Michigan got one to get it to 3-1. MSU got two more in the third to make the final 5-1. The Michigan Machine (and it is a smooth running machine) came out strong early and I thought had the better of the play for most of the game, especially the first two periods. Several scoring palyw were well set up (that's plays now that I can't backtrack) and everything looked great, except the puck wouldn't go in the net and that continued throughout the game pretty much - just no scoring. It wasn't all goalie Buzak (I'm pretty uninformed about hockey skiils - they all look good to me) since some shots just didn't get in, although he did a credible job also at times and between the bac luck and Buzak, Michigan just couldn't get anything to show for their efforts. Michigan State played with a lot of spirit and a lot of luck, but they two had some missed including two real bellringers first off the left post (came off at nearly a 90 degree angle and got out to the sideboards) and later off the right post. The spelling/typing in this is atrocious, but I'm not up to retyping it.