Cold War (ice hockey)

Cold War
Date	October 6, 2001
Venue	Spartan Stadium
City	East Lansing, Michigan
Attendance	74,544

The Cold War was a college ice hockey game played between U.S. college rivals Michigan State University and the University of Michigan on Saturday, October 6, 2001. It set a then-world record for the largest crowd at an ice hockey game with 74,544.^[1]

Longtime rivals with the University of Michigan in hockey (and other sports), MSU decided not to play this contest at East Lansing's Munn Ice Arena, but instead set up the ice rink in the middle of the much larger Spartan Stadium, which they filled to 103.4% capacity. This meant that 74,544^[2] packed the Big Ten football stadium (the home of the MSU football team) to watch the MSU Spartans and the U-M Wolverines skate to a 3–3 tie.^[3]^[4] Two 300-piece marching bands were present on field and the game was internationally televised. Country artist Shannon Brown sang during the second intermission.

Game summary

October 6, 2001

Michigan Wolverines

3–3

Michigan State Spartans

Spartan Stadium

Recap

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	MSU	Adam Hall (1) – pp	Jim Slater (1) and Joe Goodenow (1)	03:35	1–0 MSU
1st	MICH	Jason Ryznar (1)	Mike Cammalleri (1)	17:13	1–1 TIE
2nd	MICH	Mike Cammalleri (1)	Jason Ryznar (1)	03:08	2–1 MICH
3rd	MSU	Duncan Keith (1) – pp	Brad Fast (1) and Ryan Miller (1)	05:43	2–2 TIE
	MICH	Mike Cammalleri (2)	Jason Ryznar (2) and Jay Vancik (1)	11:13	3–2 MICH
	MSU	Jim Slater (1)	Adam Hall (1) and Brad Fast (2)	19:13	3–3 TIE

Number in parentheses represents the player's total in goals or assists to that point of the season

Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	MICH	Jed Ortmeyer	Tripping	00:22	2:00
	MICH	Andy Burnes	Interference	01:30	2:00
	MSU	Troy Ferguson	Holding	06:45	2:00
	MICH	Jay Vancik	Roughing	19:44	2:00
	MSU	Duncan Keith	Roughing	19:44	2:00
	MICH	Michael Woodford	High-Sticking	19:44	2:00
	MSU	Brad Fast	High-Sticking	19:44	2:00
2nd	MSU	Joe Markusen	Hooking	03:40	2:00
	MSU	Troy Ferguson	Roughing	09:31	2:00
	MICH	Michael Woodford	Tripping	10:26	2:00
3rd	MICH	Jason Ryznar	Tripping	00:44	2:00
	MICH	Michael Woodford	Charging	04:05	2:00
	MICH	Andy Burnes	Slashing	05:06	2:00

Shots by period

Team	1	2	3	OT	Total
Michigan	7	9	4	2	22
Michigan State	5	10	8	1	24

Power play opportunities

Team	Goals/Opportunities
Michigan	0/5
Michigan State	2/8

MVP selections

Team	Player	Statistics
Michigan	Mike Cammalleri	2 Goals, 1 Assist
Michigan State	Jim Slater	1 Goal, 1 Assist

Team rosters

Michigan Wolverines
#	Player	Position
3	Eric Werner	D
4	Andy Burnes	D
5	Brandon Rogers	D
8	Mike Komisarek	D
9	Milan Gajic	RW
10	Dwight Helminen	C
11	Joe Kautz	RW
12	J.J. Swistak	RW
13	Mike Cammalleri (A)	LW
14	Craig Murray	LW
15	Jay Vancik	D
17	Michael Woodford	RW
18	David Moss	RW
21	Eric Nystrom	LW
22	Jason Ryznar	LW
23	Mike Roemensky	D
26	Jed Ortmeyer (C)	RW
28	John Shouneyia	C
29	Josh Blackburn	G
34	Kevin O'Malley^[1]	G
	Head coach: Red Berenson

Michigan State Spartans
#	Player	Position
2	Jon Insana	D
3	Duncan Keith	D
4	John-Michael Liles	D
5	Joe Markusen	D
5	Tim Hearon	C
9	Brock Radunske	LW
10	Kevin Estrada	LW
11	Steve Jackson	C
14	Ash Goldie	C
17	Troy Ferguson	RW
18	Adam Hall (C)	RW
19	Jim Slater	C
20	Brian Maloney	LW
21	Mike Lalonde	LW
22	Lee Falardeau	C
24	Andrew Hutchinson	D
26	Joe Goodenow	LW
27	Brad Fast (A)	D
30	Matt Migliaccio^[2]	G
39	Ryan Miller	G
	Head coach: Ron Mason

^ Kevin O'Malley and Matt Migliaccio dressed as the back-up goaltenders. Neither entered the game.

Officials

Referees —Steve Piotrowski
Linesmen — John LaDuke and Kevin Langseth

Record surpassed

The opening game of the 2010 IIHF World Championship took place on May 7 at the retractable-roof Veltins-Arena, normally used by the soccer club Schalke 04. On this occasion, the stadium's configuration allowed for a capacity of 75,976, which would ultimately be exceeded by almost 2,000, breaking the all-time attendance record.

On December 11, 2010, the two teams involved in the Cold War met again, this time with Michigan hosting the game at its football venue, Michigan Stadium. UM billed the game as "The Big Chill at the Big House Presented by Arby's".^[5] When UM halted ticket sales to the general public on May 6, 2010, over 100,000 tickets had been sold.^[6] As of the 2010 football season, Michigan Stadium had an official capacity of 109,901. The game ended with a 5–0 victory for the University of Michigan. The record was officially set at 104,173 people.

Television

The game was broadcast by FSN Detroit, which made it available nationally. The announcers were Matt Shepard, Billy Jaffe and Shireen Saski. John Keating hosted a pregame show.

References

^ Latham, Krista. "Game shatters records, players' expectations Archived November 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine". The State News. October 8, 2001.
^ Gumbrecht, Jamie. Big game brings out fans, winter clothes Archived 2006-11-11 at the Wayback Machine". The State News. October 7, 2001.
^ Jahnke, James. "'The Cold War' ends in stalemate Archived 2006-11-28 at the Wayback Machine". The State News. October 7, 2001.
^ McCollough, J. Brady. No winners in record-breaking game^{[permanent dead link‍]}". The Michigan Daily. October 8, 2001.
^ "The Big Chill at the Big House". Archived from the original on 2010-04-27. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
^ "Ticket Freeze for The Big Chill at the Big House Presented by Arby's" (Press release). University of Michigan Athletic Department. May 6, 2010. Archived from the original on May 26, 2010. Retrieved July 25, 2010.

Preceded by 1957 IIHF World Championship Gold Medal Game	Ice hockey game attendance record 74,544	Succeeded by 2010 World Championship Opening Game

[1] Latham, Krista. "Game shatters records, players' expectations Archived November 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine". The State News. October 8, 2001.

[2] Gumbrecht, Jamie. Big game brings out fans, winter clothes Archived 2006-11-11 at the Wayback Machine". The State News. October 7, 2001.

[3] Jahnke, James. "'The Cold War' ends in stalemate Archived 2006-11-28 at the Wayback Machine". The State News. October 7, 2001.

[4] McCollough, J. Brady. No winners in record-breaking game^{[permanent dead link‍]}". The Michigan Daily. October 8, 2001.

[5] "The Big Chill at the Big House". Archived from the original on 2010-04-27. Retrieved 2010-04-28.

[6] "Ticket Freeze for The Big Chill at the Big House Presented by Arby's" (Press release). University of Michigan Athletic Department. May 6, 2010. Archived from the original on May 26, 2010. Retrieved July 25, 2010.

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v t e Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey
Formerly the Michigan Agricultural College Aggies and Michigan State Staters
Playing venues	Demonstration Hall (1949–1974) Munn Ice Arena (1974–present)
Head coaches	John Kobs (1924–1930) Harold Paulsen (1949–1951) Amo Bessone (1951–1979) Ron Mason (1979–2002) Rick Comley (2002–2011) Tom Anastos (2011–2017) Danton Cole (2017–2022) Adam Nightingale (2022–present)
Seasons	1921–22 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	WCHA (1951–1958, 1959–1981) CCHA (1981–2013) Big Ten (1958–1981, 2013–present)
Rivalries	Michigan
Culture & lore	Great Lakes Invitational Cold War The Big Chill at the Big House
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Tom Ross (324 Points) Tom Ross (138 Goals) Chad Alban (88 Wins)
National championships	1966 1986 2007
Frozen Four appearances	1959 1966 1967 1984 1986 1987 1989 1992 1999 2001 2007
NCAA Tournament appearances	1959 1966 1967 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2012 2024
Conference Tournament titles	CCHA: 1982 1983 1984 1985 1987 1989 1990 1998 2000 2001 2006 Big Ten: 2024
Hobey Baker winners	Kip Miller (1990) Ryan Miller (2001)
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI

v t e Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey
Venues	Weinberg Coliseum (1914–1973) Yost Ice Arena (1973–present)
Coaches	Joseph Barss (1922–27) Eddie Lowrey (1927–44) Vic Heyliger (1944–57) Al Renfrew (1957–73) Dan Farrell (1973–80) Wilf Martin (1980) John Giordano (1980–84) Red Berenson (1984–2017) Mel Pearson (2017–2022) Brandon Naurato (2022–present)
Seasons	1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	MCHA/WIHL/WCHA (1951–1958, 1959–1981) CCHA (1981–2013) Big Ten (1958–1981, 2013–present)
Rivalries	Michigan State Minnesota Notre Dame
Culture & lore	Great Lakes Invitational The Big Chill at the Big House Cold War Faceoff on the Lake
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Brendan Morrison (284 Points) Denny Felsner (139 Goals) Marty Turco (127 Wins)
National championships	1948 1951 1952 1953 1955 1956 1964 1996 1998
Frozen Four appearances	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1962 1964 1977 1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 2001 2002 2003 2008 2011 2018 2022 2023 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1962 1964 1977 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2016 2018 2021 2022 2023 2024
Conference Tournament titles	CCHA: 1994 1996 1997 1999 2002 2003 2005 2008 2010 Big Ten: 2016 2022 2023
Hobey Baker winners	Brendan Morrison (1997) Kevin Porter (2008) Adam Fantilli (2023)
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI