“A more complete game tonight certainly makes us feel a little better,” head coach Tom Anastos said. “We saw some good things tonight from our five-on five-play. I liked how we back checked. We created some really good scoring chances.”

After a scoreless first period, MacEachern got on a two-on-none with freshman forward and linemate Thomas Ebbing.

“Jake gave me a pass and I picked my head up and saw that I was on a two on zero, and I saw Thomas and wanted to give him an opportunity to score his first college goal,” MacEachern said. “Unfortunately it hit the post and I was lucky enough to put it home. I was not (thinking shot).”

Wolfe doubled the score midway through the second when senior forward Lee Reimer made a nice pass in front of net to find a wide open Wolfe, who lifted the puck over the goalie’s shoulder.

MacEachern squeaked in his second goal four minutes into the 3rd period. Junior forward Brent Darnell put a puck on net, where MacEachern took a couple hacks at it and sent it five-hole.

Cox added a late tally as he was falling down from the right side of the net after an on-target pass from senior forward Dean Chelios.

MSU outshot AIC for the second straight game, firing 40 pucks toward the net compared to 26 for the Yellow Jackets.

Senior goalie Will Yanakeff got his first start since the finale of the UMass series, and earned the fourth shutout of his career, making 26 saves.

“We fought hard and battled to the end,” Yanakeff said. “They didn’t throw many shots on net, so I don’t know how much credit I can take, I didn’t have that many scoring chances against me. This is a great opportunity for me and I just played my game.”

The Spartans will travel to Houghton, Mich. for a weekend series against Michigan Tech. It will be the first time the Spartans travel to the Upper Peninsula since the 1983-84 season when they lost a pair to the Huskies.

Anastos said he learned a lot from this weekend, but moving forward the Spartans need to realize keeping this streak of good games can be a big step in the right direction for this young team.

“You’ve really got to focus on the process and trying to win each shift,” Anastos said. “You build momentum by not even realizing over time that we’re taking these small steps and they turn into big gains. Starting tomorrow we’ll look at Michigan Tech where we know will be a difficult place to play.”