The Cold War was a

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game played between U.S. college rivals

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and the

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on Saturday, October 6, 2001. It set a then-world record for the largest crowd at an ice hockey game with 74,544. Longtime rivals with the University of Michigan in hockey (and other sports), MSU decided not to play this contest at East Lansing's

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, 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 packed the

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stadium (the home of the MSU football team) to watch the MSU Spartans and the U-M Wolverines skate to a 3–3 tie. Two 300-piece

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s were present on field and the game was internationally televised. Country artist Shannon Brown sang during the second intermission.

Game summary

:''Number in parenthesis represents the player's total in goals or assists to that point of the season'' ;Shots by period ;Power play opportunities ;MVP selections

Team rosters

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

Officials

* Referees —Steve Piotrowski *

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— John LaDuke and Kevin Langseth

Record surpassed

The opening game of the

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took place on May 7 at the retractable-roof

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, normally used by the

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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

venue,

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. UM billed the game as " The Big Chill at the Big House Presented by Arby's". When UM halted ticket sales to the general public on May 6, 2010, over 100,000 tickets had been sold. 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,

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and Shireen Saski. John Keating hosted a pregame show.

References