Haag finished with two goals, Ebbing netted his first career goal as a Spartan and an assist, and MacEachern had three assists on the night.

The play of the young freshman line caught the eye of head coach Tom Anastos, who was pleased with the lines strong effort after teaming up only earlier this week.

“I’d be lying if I said I thought immediately they’d have good chemistry but I think all three of their games are getting better each week as they gain experience,” Anastos said. “As we looked and were trying to create some identity, as you’re moving pieces around we thought we’d put Villiam with those guys to see how it went and I guess we caught a lucky strike.”

Scoring in the 1st period began with a rocket slap shot from just inside the blue line from senior defenseman Jake Chelios at the 7:57 mark of the 1st period. MSU quickly added to the lead, scoring only three minutes later when Wolfe took advantage of a weird bounce that put the puck on his stick in front of the net. MSU put one more past the Princeton netminder in the 1st period, with Haag scoring 3:54 before intermission.

“We came out really strong and we knew that they were going to come out hard and we knew if we could get the first goal or first couple that it would give us the momentum and take the wind out of their sails,” said Wolfe, who finished the night with two goals, increasing his season total to seven.

MSU added three more goals in the 2nd period, with Ebbing, Haag and Boyd each finding the back of the net. Haag and Boyd’s goals both came on the power play. MSU’s one blemish of the night occurred in the 2nd period when Princeton senior forward Jack Berger took advantage of a Spartan turnover in the MSU zone to score a shorthanded goal.

Wolfe scored his second goal of the game early in the 3rd period on a 2-on-0 shorthanded opportunity with senior forward Lee Reimer. Freshman forward Joe Cox would score the final Spartan goal of the game with 5:02 remaining in the game.

Princeton junior defenseman Aaron Ave would net the final goal with 55 seconds remaining.

Fifteen different Spartans had points on the day, with MacEachern and sophomore defenseman Travis Walsh leading the team with points, each with three assists.

“Was a good game, good game as a line, good game to get the power play going,” MacEachern said. “I have a lot of confidence going into next weekend against Minnesota.”

The power play squad was an area of play that experienced plenty of success on the night and weekend, with both the MSU power play and penalty kill teams showing signs of improvement.

MSU’s power play went 3 for 7 on Sunday and finished the weekend 4 for 12. The power play had been 4 for 47 going into the weekend series with the Tigers.

MSU will get back on the ice next Friday when it welcomes No. 1 Minnesota Golden Gophers (11-2-1, 2-0 Big Ten) to Munn Ice Arena. The Friday matchup will be the first Big Ten game in the history of MSU hockey and will be the most difficult opponent MSU has played to date.