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Michigan 5 Niagara 0 Final Hockey Recap

biggunsbob

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After splitting it's two exhibition games Michigan wins 5-0 in the opener verses Niagara!!!

Video highlights below!

http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-hockey/mich-m-hockey-body.html

Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Yost Ice Arena)
Score: #9 Michigan 5, Niagara 0
Record: U-M (1-0), Niagara (0-1)
Attendance: 4,497
Next U-M Event: Friday, Oct. 7 -- vs. Bentley (Yost Ice Arena), 7:35 p.m.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan ice hockey team (No. 6 USCHO/No. 9 USA Today) blanked the Niagara Purple Eagles, 5-0, on Tuesday night (Oct. 4) in the regular-season opener at Yost Ice Arena.

Junior Lindsay Sparks (Oakville, Ontario) registered the first hat trick of his career, scoring the first goal of the game and adding two more in the second period. Sparks also added an assist in the second period for a career-high four-point outing.

Sparks broke open the scoring with a goal at 1:02 of the first period to give the Wolverines the early lead, while junior Lee Moffie (Wallingford, Conn.) and freshman Zach Hyman (Toronto, Ontario) picked up assists on the game's first goal.

Rookie Travis Lynch (White Lake, Mich.) followed suit with a shorthanded goal from near the Purple Eagles' blue line at 9:06 to give Michigan a 2-0 advantage.

After a scoreless start to the second period, Sparks came streaking out of the penalty box at 14:07 to put away an unassisted goal, bringing Michigan's lead up to 3-0. A little more than a minute later, at 15:12, during a Wolverine power play, Sparks completed the trick, widening the gap between Michigan and the Eagles to 4-0. Freshman Alex Guptill (New Market, Ontario) and sophomore Kevin Clare (New Rochelle, N.Y.) assisted.

With a little more than a minute to go in the second period, junior Chris Brown (Flower Mound, Texas) put the Wolverines up 5-0 with his first goal of the season. Sparks picked up his fourth point of the night with an assist, while Hyman earned the second helper of his U-M career.

Goaltender Shawn Hunwick (Sterling Heights, Mich.) turned aside all 30 shots he faced in 50:28 of action, while Adam Janecyk (Ada, Mich.) made eight saves on eight shots in the final 9:32. It marked the third shared shutout of Hunwick's U-M career.

The Maize and Blue converted on 1 of 4 power-play opportunities while shutting down Niagara on all six of its man-advantage chances.

The Wolverines return to action with two-game weekend series against Bentley at Yost Ice Arena beginning on Friday (Oct. 4) at 7:35 p.m.
 
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