Bryan Lerg Class: Senior Hometown: Livonia, Mich. Height / Weight: 5-10 / 175 Position: Forward Birthdate: 01/20/1986 Previous Team: U.S. National Under-18 Team

Three-year letterwinner was elected captain of the 2007-08 Spartan squad ... Was an assistant captain as a junior ... Leads all active players in career games played (127), goals (48) and points (89) ... Talented, creative goal scorer with a nice scoring touch ... Game continues to grow and emerge.

2006-07 (Junior): Led the team with a career-best 23 goals, and ranked second with 36 points ... Led the country with eight game-winning goals, and assisted on five other Spartan game-winners ... Tied the MSU record for game-winners ... Scored the game-winning goal in two of MSU's first three games - vs. Western Michigan (10/13) and Sacred Heart (10/28) ... Notched two goals and an assist in a 6-0 win at Ferris (11/10) ... Scored a goal in his 100th game as a Spartan, a loss to Ohio State (12/2) ... Was named Great Lakes Invitational Tournament MVP with a pair of three-point games in the Spartans' two victories: two goals and an assist against Harvard (12/29) and a goal and two helpers in the 4-1 win over Michigan (12/30). His three goals came three different ways - one even strength, one shorthanded, and one on the power play. Two of his three assists came on game-winning goals ... CCHA Player of the Week honors for his performance at the GLI ... Notched his second shorthanded goal in three games in a 4-1 victory at Miami (1/6) ... Assisted on Tim Kennedy's overtime game-winning goal against Alaska (1/12)... Had a career-best nine-game point streak from the OSU series (12/1) to the Alaska series (1/12), compiling 6-7-13 in that span, including a game-winning goal and assists on three other game-winners ... Collected both game-winning goals, including one in overtime, in the Spartan sweep of LSSU (1/19-20) ... Collected his fourth three-point game of the season (2-1-3) and scored his seventh game-winning goal of the year in a 5-1 rout of UNO (2/2) ... Named CCHA Player of the Week for his four-point (3-1-4) effort in the UNO series (2/2-3) ... Tied the school record for game-winning goals in a season with an overtime tally vs. Ferris State (2/9) ... Scored his 20th goal of the season in a 3-3 tie with Michigan at Joe Louis Arena (2/10) ... Had a career-high six-game goal streak (7-1-8) from game one of the Lake Superior series (1/19) to the Michigan game at Joe Louis Arena (2/10) ... Had points in 16 of 18 games (13-8-21) from game Dec. 1 vs. Ohio State to the Michigan game (2/10) ... Tallied four straight game-winning goals for the Spartans in late January and early February ... Assisted on Jim McKenzie's game-winning goal in the final minute of a 4-2 win over Nebraska-Omaha in game one of the CCHA quarterfinals (3/9) ... Finished the UNO series a +2 ... Started the scoring outburst in MSU's 7-6 victory over Lake Superior in the CCHA consolation game (3/17) ... Assisted on Daniel Vukovic's second-period goal in the NCAA Midwest Regional victory over Boston University (3/23).

2005-06 (Sophomore): Appeared in each of MSU's 45 games, one of just five players to do so ... Team's second-leading scorer with 15 goals and 23 assists (38 points) ... Tied for 11th in the CCHA in scoring and tied for 13th in assists ... Earned the team's Most Improved Player Award in addition to the Outstanding Offensive Player Award at the annual awards banquet ... Tallied three points (1-2-3) in the opener against Wayne State, including an assist on the game-winner ... Had the only assist on David Booth's shorthanded goal in the championship game of the Lefty McFadden Invitational, a win over North Dakota (10/9) ... Collected an assist on all four Spartan goals against Cornell (10/29), tying a career high for points in a game ... Had an assist on Corey Potter's goal in the third period against Northern Michigan (11/4) in a thrilling 5-4 OT victory ... Assisted on Colton Fretter's game-winner, as well as posting a goal of his own, against Northern Michigan (11/5) ... Contributed one assist in a 2-2 tie with Ferris State (11/8) and two in a 7-4 loss to Nebraska-Omaha (11/11) ... Added one assist in 3-2 overtime loss to Nebraska-Omaha (11/12). ... Extended his point streak to seven games with a helper on Jim McKenzie's goal in 3-2 loss to Ohio State (11/15) ... Collected his 20th assist as a Spartan on Drew Miller's power-play goal in 3-1 loss to Wisconsin (11/25) ... Single-handedly carried the Spartans to a 3-0 victory over Bowling Green (12/2) with his second career hat trick. Lerg scored at 10:37 of the first, and added goals at 9:57 (penalty shot) and 12:46 of the third ... Collected his first power-play goal of the season in a 4-2 loss at Bowling Green (12/3) ... Scored a goal in a 4-4 tie at Alaska Fairbanks (12/9), his fifth in three games ... Scored a power-play goal in 3-0 blanking of Alaska Fairbanks (12/10) ... Collected an assist on David Booth's power-play goal in a 5-1 win over Wayne State (1/7) ... Assisted on McKenzie's goal in a 4-0 win over Alaska Fairbanks (1/13) ... First career shorthanded goal came in a 2-0 victory over Michigan (1/17) ... Assisted on the game's first goal in a 4-3 overtime win at Nebraska-Omaha (1/20) ... Potted the 20th goal of his young career with a power-play strike in a 3-2 loss at UNO (1/21) ... Collected an assist in a 5-5 tie against Michigan (1/28) ... Potted the game-winner in the 4-3 victory at Ohio State (2/9) ... Scored a second-period tally in a 3-2 victory over second-ranked Miami (2/17), then collected a pair of assists in a 3-1 win in the second game of the series (2/18) ... Contributed a power play tally at Lake Superior State (2/23) ... Scored a goal in the second game against Alaska Fairbanks in the CCHA Quarterfinals, combining with Tim Crowder and Chris Lawrence to set a CCHA Tournament record for the fastest three goals. Added an assist on a McKenzie power play strike for his seventh multiple-point game of the season (3/11) ... Scored a big goal with under three minutes remaining in an eventual 4-1 victory over Michigan in the CCHA semifinals ... Assisted on McKenzie's tally against Maine in the NCAA Regional Final.

2004-05 (Freshman): Played in 41 games with 10-5-15 totals ... Ranked second among Spartan rookies with 10 goals ... One of just four players to appear in all 41 games ... First collegiate tally came in 5-1 win over New Hampshire (10/17) ... Picked up an assist in 4-2 win over Ferris State (11/5) ... Scored game-winning goal in 2-0 blanking of Cornell (11/14) ... Registered a goal in State's 4-2 loss to Michigan (11/18) ... Tallied MSU's fourth goal in 4-0 win at Miami (1/7) ... First career hat trick came in a 8-0 win over Lake Superior State (1/21) ... Also added an assist for a career-best four-point night ... Picked up a goal and an assist at Alaska Fairbanks (2/11) for his second multiple-point game of the year ... Assisted on State's second goal in 6-3 win over Ohio State (2/18) ... Added empty-net goal on the power play vs. Bowling Green (2/26) ... Scored MSU's first goal in 5-4 OT win over Miami (3/12) ... Picked up a helper vs. Alaska Fairbanks (3/19) ... Participated in the 2005 U.S. National Junior Team Evaluation Camp in August 2005.

PRIOR TO MSU: Spent two years (2002-04) with the U.S. National Team Development Program ... Appeared in 57 games with the Under-18 team in 2003-04, scoring 27 goals and adding 32 assists for 59 points ... Among his 27 goals were eight power-play markers, three shorthanded tallies and four game winners ... Won a silver medal at the 2004 IIHF World U-18 Championship in Minsk, Belarus ... Totaled two goals and six assists at World Championship, including a game winner and a power-play goal ... Member of the U.S. Under-17 Team in 2002-03 ... Won a gold medal at the Four Nations Cup in Ann Arbor ... Played in 65 games, scoring 21 goals and adding 18 assists for 39 points ... Played for Detroit Honeybaked Midget Major in 2001-02 ... Averaged over a point per game with 47 goals and 28 assists for 75 points in 68 games.

PERSONAL: Born Jan. 20, 1986 ... Interdisciplinary studies/human resource management major ... Enjoys golfing and wakeboarding ... Graduated from Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich. ... Favorite NHL team: Dallas Stars ... Favorite NHL player: Henrik Zetterberg ... Son of Dan and Debbie Lerg ... Father played hockey at Michigan from 1977-80 ... Uncle Ken Lerg played hockey at Ohio State from 1969-72 ... Cousin, Jeff, is a the team's junior goaltender ... Says father is his biggest hockey influence because "I grew up playing hockey because of my dad, and he taught me everything about the game."

career statistics

YEAR	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	SHG	GWG	+/-	PEN-MIN
2004-05	41	10	5	15	1	0	2	+4	7/14
2005-06	45	15	23	38	5	1	2	+6	13/26
2006-07	41	23	13	36	4	2	8	+15	5/21
TOTALS	127	48	41	89	10	3	12	+25	25/61