4 John-Michael Liles
	Class: Senior Hometown: Zionsville, Ind. Height / Weight: 5-10 / 184 Position: Defense Birthdate: 11/25/1980 Experience: 3L Previous Team: U.S. National Under-18 Team

2001-02: Named to the JOFA Division 1 Hockey All-America Second Team • Earned CCHA’s Offensive Defenseman Award and was selected to the All-CCHA First Team • Led MSU with a career-best 35 points on 13 goals and 22 assists • Led Spartan rearguards and was third on the team with 13 goals • Paced MSU with 22 assists and 24 power-play points and was second on the team with six power-play goals • Team-high 12 multiple-point games • Led CCHA in points and goals by a defenseman and ranked tied for 10th among all players in assists • Named CCHA Offensive Player of the Week for Jan. 28 after recording five assists in a sweep of Ohio State Jan. 25-26 • One of two Spartans selected to the Great Lakes Invitational all-tournament team after notching 3-1--4 in games vs. Michigan Tech (Dec. 28) and North Dakota (Dec. 29) • Reeled off a four-game goal streak from Dec. 28-Jan. 5 • Scored a pair of goals in a win vs. Lake Superior State (Oct. 11) • Also picked up two goals in GLI championship game vs. North Dakota (Dec. 29) • Matched career-high three points on two occasions this season – 1-2--3 at Northern Michigan (Dec. 7) and 0-3--3 vs. Ohio State (Jan. 26) • Three assists vs. Ohio State (Jan. 26) also tied a career high in that category.

2000-01: Named to the All-CCHA second team • Ranked second among MSU defensemen in scoring with 7-18--25 in 42 games • Led Spartan blueliners with seven goals, five power-play tallies, three game-winning markers • 20 of his 25 points came on the power play, tops among MSU defensemen and third among all skaters • Second on the team in plus-minus rating at +19 • Posted a +16 in MSU’s 17 contests at Munn Ice Arena • Four multiple-point games were second-best among Spartan defensemen • Had 1-1--2 against Ferris State (Dec. 9) and Yale (Jan. 5) and 0-2--2 at Western Michigan (Feb. 16) and vs. Alaska Fairbanks (March 9) • Recorded career-best six-game point streak that started Feb. 16 and ended March 10 and was 2-7--9 during that span • Reeled off five-game scoring streak from Oct. 20-Nov. 4 and was 1-4--5 during that span • Endured career-long eight-game scoreless stretch from Jan. 12-Feb. 3.

1999-2000: Honorable mention All-CCHA • A finalist for the CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman award • Snubbed on the Bauer/CCHA All-Rookie Team, earning honorable mention status although he led all freshmen defensemen in the All-CCHA balloting • Fifth on the team in scoring with 8-20--28 in 40 games • Second among MSU rookies and first among Spartan defensemen in scoring • Second on the team in assists behind only Shawn Horcoff • Third on the team with eight multiple-point games • Third among CCHA defensemen in overall scoring • Seven of his goals and 21 of his points came on the power play • Ranked third on the team in both power-play goals and power-play points • Racked up a +14 plus-minus rating, third among MSU defensemen • Second on the team with five game-winning assists • Recorded three points in a period twice – vs. Nebraska-Omaha (Oct. 16) and vs. Minnesota (Nov. 27) • Scored two goals at Miami (Nov. 19) for first career multi-goal game.

PRIOR TO MSU: Spent two seasons with the U.S. Under-18 Team • In 1998-99 totaled eight goals and 22 assists (30 points) in 72 games • The year before he posted six goals and 14 assists (20 points) in 65 games • Played two years at Culver Military Academy and was the MVP of Culver’s Varsity “B” team in ninth grade • Also lettered in golf at Culver.

WITH TEAM USA: Selected to the 2000 U.S. National Junior Team, but suffered a shoulder injury in the final minute of the last exhibition game and did not get to play in the World Junior Championship • Attended the 1999 U.S. National Junior Team evaluation camp in Lake Placid, N.Y.

PERSONAL: Born Nov. 25, 1980, in Indianapolis • A finance major • Enjoys golf, fishing, roller hockey and basketball • A graduate of Ann Arbor Huron H.S. • Favorite NHL team is the Colorado Avalanche and favorite player is New York Rangers’ defenseman Brian Leetch • Son of John Liles Jr. and Janie Liles • Mother was a rower at Purdue (1971-72) • Drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the fifth round (No. 159 overall) of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.

By The Numbers
First Collegiate Goal: Oct. 16, 1999 at Nebraska-Omaha
Longest Point Scoring Streak: Six games 
	(Feb. 16-March 9, 2001; 2-7--9) 
Most Goals, Game: 2, three times
	 (MR: Dec. 29, 2001 vs. North Dakota)
Most Assists, Game: 3, three times 
	(MR: Jan. 26, 2002 vs. Ohio State)
Most Points, Game: 3, five times 
    (MR: Jan. 26, 2002 vs. Ohio State)

Career Statistics
YEAR	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	SHG	GWG	+/-	PEN-MIN
1999-00	40	8	20	28	7	0	1	+14	13-26
2000-01	42	7	18	25	5	0	3	+19	14-28
2001-02	41	13	22	35	7	0	2	+6	9-18
TOTALS	123	28	60	88	19	0	6	+39	36-72