Dustin Gazley Class: Senior Hometown: Novi, Mich. Height / Weight: 5-8 / 165 Position: Forward Birthdate: 10/03/1988 Previous Team: Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)

2010-11 (Senior) Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Named the Bill Burgess Outstanding Senior Award recipient at the team banquet ... Was the team's fourth-leading scorer with 11 goals and 14 assists ... Opened the season with a four point scoring streak .... Notched a goal and two assists against Maine in a season-high three point game (10/14)... Scored the game-winning goal in a 3-2 victory over Maine in the third period (10/15)... Assisted on Torey Krug's game-winner over Alaska (10/23)... Registered a goal at Western Michigan (11/6)... Tallied an assist on Mike Merrfield's first period marker against Ohio State (11/12)... Scored twice in the second period during a 5-2 victory at Minnesota (11/26) ... Had a goal and an assist against Colorado College in the GLI semifinals (12/29), including the primary assist on Lee Reimer's first collegiate tally. His third-period marker stood as the game-winner in the consolation game against Michigan Tech (12/30) ... Had a pair of assists in the win and tie at Lake Superior (1/14-15) ... Netted a two-goal performance in the victory over Miami (1/21), tying his single-season best with nine goals on the year ... Scored a third-period marker at Ohio State (2/5) in a late rally ... Had an assist on a Jake Chelios tally against NMU (2/11) ... Had a career-best three assists in the victory over Alaska (1/19) ... Assisted on Derek Grant's third-period tally against Bowling Green (2/26) to have a point in his final game at Munn Ice Arena.

2009-10 (Junior): Appeared in each of MSU's 38 games ... Ranked sixth on the team in scoring (21 points), and was fourth in goals (nine) ... Was a +6 ... Recorded a two-point effort and was a +2 in the first game of the season against Clarkson (10/9) ... Had a three-point weekend in a sweep of Western Michigan (10/30-31), netting the eventual game-winner on Friday on the power play and potting a shorthanded empty-netter to seal a victory at Lawson on Saturday ... Also had an assist in the road game at WMU ... Had an assist in each game in a sweep of Michigan (11/13-14), and was a +3 in the series ... Got the Spartans on the board with the team's first goal at Northern Michgian (12/5) ... Had a goal and an assist in each game of the Great Lakes Invitational (12/29-30), earning All-Tournament Team Honors ... Had three assists and was a +3 in the Lake Superior State series (1/8-9) ... Scored a tying goal in the third period against Ohio State (1/23) ... Had assists in both games of the Michigan series (1/29-30), including an outstanding individuaal effort to set up Andrew Rowe's shorthanded tally in the game at Joe Louis Arena ... Netted the game-winning goal in MSU's 3-2 home victory over Ferris State (2/20) and was named the game's first star ... Assisted on Andrew Rowe's goal at Bowling Green (2/27).

2008-09 (Sophomore): Skated in 37 of 38 games ... Team's third-leading scorer with seven goals and seven assists (14 points) ... Also ranked third in goals ... Assisted on both Michigan State goals in 2-2 stalemate with Northern Michigan (10/24)...Assisted on Daultan Leveille's third-period goal in 3-1 win over Western Michigan (10/31)...Scored two third-period tallies, 30 seconds apart, in 5-3 loss to Michigan (12/6)...Had an assist and the game-winning marker in 2-1 win over Alaska (1/3)...Had a goal and an assist in the Spartans' 4-1 win at Miami (1/16)...Scored a goal in Michigan State's 6-2 loss to Michigan at Joe Louis Arena (1/23)...Assisted on Andrew Rowe's strike in 5-3 loss at Michigan (1/24)...Credited with an assist on Daultan Leveille's third-period goal in 5-3 loss to Northern Michigan in first round of CCHA Tournament (3/6)...Had second two-goal game of the season in 8-2 loss at Northern Michigan in first round of CCHA Tournament (3/7).

2007-08 (Freshman): Made an impressive home debut, scoring twice against Colgate (10/26) ... Recorded assists in back-to-back games at Alaska (11/3) and at home against Mercyhurst (11/9) ... Assisted on Corey Tropp's second-period goal against Miami (11/15) ... Posted fourth assist on Chris Mueller's goal against Minnesota (11/23) ... Continued to generate offense with assists on both of Bryan Lerg's goals in Wisconsin game (11/24) ... Assisted on Mueller's first-period goal in game two against Ferris State (12/8) ... Potted a first-period goal against Providence (12/29) in the Great Lakes Invitational ... Assisted on Tropp's third-period goal in the first game of the Lake Superior State series (1/4) ... Opened his first post-season with the primary assist on Nick Sucharski's third-period goal in the first game of the CCHA quarterfinal series with Northern Michigan (3/14), breaking a nine-game scoreless drought.

Prior to MSU: Played two seasons for the Sioux City Musketeers of the United States Hockey League (USHL), where he was a teammate of fellow freshman Andrew Rowe ... In his final season, potted 29 goals and 29 assists for 58 points, contributed seven power-play goals, and was a +17 in 60 games ... Ranked in a tie for fifth among USHL forwards in goals (29) and ranked eighth overall in game-winning goals (four) ... Selected to participate in the 2007 USHL All-Star Game, where he scored a goal ... Helped the team to a two-year overall 62-47 record ... Youngest member of the 2004 World Junior Inline team which captured a silver medal at the World Junior Championships in London, Ontario ... Played inline hockey for the Detroit Mission Bulldogs, winning three national championships.

Personal: Born Oct. 3, 1988, in Southfield, Mich. ... Son of Dennis and Maria Gazley ... Sister, Marissa, graduated from Western Michigan University in 2007 and was a member of the Broncos' synchronized skating team ... Enjoys water sports, golf, and snowboarding ... Favorite NHL team: Detroit Red Wings ... Favorite NHL player: Pavel Datsyuk, because "he has great hands, works hard, and leads by example. He's a great player." ... Says his hockey idol growing up was Pavel Bure ... Says his parents are his biggest hockey influences - "without them and their support, I wouldn't have had the opportunities I did."

CAREER STATISTICS
YEAR	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	SHG	GWG	+/-	PEN-MIN
2007-08	40	3	9	12	0	0	0	-3	10/31
2008-09	37	7	7	14	0	0	1	-11	13/34
2009-10	38	9	12	21	3	1	4	+7	14/28
2010-11	38	11	15	26	3	0	2	+5	17/42
TOTALS	153	30	43	73	6	1	7	-2	54/135

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