MICHIGAN 8 Lake Superior 0 (Friday) 05:14 M Herr 25 (Muckalt) 21:52 M Sloan 2 (Morrison,Herr) 25:05 M Morrison 24 (Muckalt,Herr) 26:17 M Herr 26 (Legg,Morrison) pp 29:32 M Muckalt 19 (Schock,Legg) 5-on-3 pp 37:59 M Madden 19 (unassisted) pp 50:40 M Herr 27 (Legg) pp 58:01 M Hayes 6 (Clark) pp LSSU Grahame 12-11-7--30 saves (60:00) UM Turco 6-4-5--15 saves (60:00) Attendance: 6527 Michigan clinches its fourth consecutive CCHA regular season title with the whitewashing. After taking a 3-0 lead at even strength, UM's final five tallies came on the power play. Bill Muckalt's goal was scored on a 6-on-3 delayed penalty call. Michigan had a 5-on-3 advantage when LSSU goaltender John Grahame cross checked Warren Luhning. Marty Turco went to the bench and UM maintained control for twenty seconds or so before Muckalt ripped a blast past Grahame. For the evening, UM was 5-for-9 with the man advantage and LSSU was 0-for-9. There was a short ceremony following the game to honor the CCHA champs and an even shorter ceremony prior to the game honoring UM senior defenseman Blake Sloan, who received college hockeys' Humanitarian Award. A hearty congrats to Blake. Fwiw, this was the second consecutive meeting in which UM scored five second period goals on LSSU. I don't think I can say enough about UM's fourth line of Justin Clark, Bobby Hayes and Dale Rominski, all sophomores. They only netted one ppg, but they dominated the Laker zone almost every time they were on the ice. Statistical note: The win was the 88th of Marty Turco's career, moving him into second place all-time in Division I behind Steve Shields' 111. It was also the 10th solo shutout of Turco's career. (He's participated in a half dozen or more combined shutouts as well.) I've seen the 10 blankings referred to as an NCAA record, but that seems too low. Does anyone have a good idea what the record is? MICHIGAN 4 Lake Superior 4 OT (Saturday) 19:48 M Muckalt 20 (Morrison,Legg) pp 23:49 L Peron 9 (Hurtubise) 28:00 L Sessa 22 (Pulente,Peron) 5-on-3 pp 30:17 M Legg 20 (Berenzweig) pp 45:38 M Ritchlin 10 (Muckalt,Sloan) pp 50:41 L Lane 7 (Marchant) 54:11 L Marchant 11 (Pulente,Lambeth) 4-on-4 55:51 M Madden 20 (Sloan) sh LSSU Grahame 11-8-5-3--27 saves (65:00) UM Turco 7-3-7-1--18 saves (65:00) Attendance: 6653 As with Friday, eight goals are scored...but this time they're divided evenly among the teams. UM continues to click on the power play, going 3-for-8. LSSU was 1-for-9. John Madden scored the game-tying goal on what was essentially a rush during 4-on-4 play, but Ted Laviolette came out of the penalty box just in time to make it a shorthanded goal, the 22nd of Madden's career. All four UM goals were milestones, with Muckalt, Legg and Madden getting their 20th and Ritchlin his 10th. Michigan now has six forwards with 20 or more goals through 35 games and likely has a seventh in Warren Luhning: NAME YR GP G A PTS Brendan Morrison SR 35 24 46 70 John Madden SR 34 20 33 53 Bill Muckalt JR 28 20 28 48 Mike Legg SR 33 20 28 48 Matt Herr JR 35 27 20 47 Jason Botterill SR 34 24 16 40 Warren Luhning SR 35 17 18 35 Entering the final weekend of the regular season, Michigan also boasts the top three scorers in CCHA play: NAME YR GP G A PTS Brendan Morrison SR 25 17 28 45 Mike Legg SR 25 17 25 42 John Madden SR 25 17 24 41 Mike Legg is, rather quietly among the media, having an outstanding senior season...particularly in the second half. The Wolverines ran their mouths a little too much on Saturday night, and referee Matt Shegos was apparently over-sensitive as he whistled three different UM skaters for 10-minute misconducts. One other noteworthy CCHA stat note: Ferris State senior defenseman Andy Roach was held scoreless in the final two games at Fairbanks, thus falls short in his bid to become the CCHA's all-time goal scoring leader among defensemen. Scott Paluch's record of 36 appears safe for another year. Roach finishes his career with 35. BGSU senior Kelly Perrault unofficially has 32 entering the final weekend. Last, but not least, Yost Ice Arena was graced this weekend by the presence of USA Today's Jon Barkan and former LSSU and now USA Hockey dignitary Scott Monaghan. Once dubbed "The Michigan Anti-Christ," I believe UM improves to 3-2-1 with JB in the house over the previous two seasons. John Haeussler ([log in to unmask]) ...shadow boxing is my life... HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.