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Senior forward Nicolas Müller (19) is about to pass the puck during a game against Notre Dame at Munn Ice Arena on Feb. 3, 2023. The Spartans defeated the Fighting Irish 3-0.
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Senior forward Nicolas Müller (19) is about to pass the puck during a game against Notre Dame at Munn Ice Arena on Feb. 3, 2023. The Spartans defeated the Fighting Irish 3-0.
Junior defender Nash Nienhuis (4) goes after the puck during a game at Munn Ice Arena on Feb. 3, 2023. The Spartans defeated the Fighting Irish 3-0.
Senior forward Nicolas Müller (19) dribbles the puck during a game against Notre Dame at Munn Ice Arena on Feb. 3, 2023. The Spartans defeated the Fighting Irish 3-0.
Notre Dame's sophomore forward (10) faces off with Michigan State's freshman forward Karsen Dorwart (28) during a game at Munn Ice Arena on Feb. 3, 2023. The Spartans defeated the Fighting Irish 3-0.
Michigan State hockey returned home to Munn Ice Arena after a disappointing weekend on the road at Minnesota looking to add to its Big Ten conference points.
With six games left on its regular season schedule, No. 17 Michigan State hockey is entering the home stretch. Sitting just outside the 16-team NCAA tournament bubble at No. 18 in the PairWise rankings, the Spartans are fighting to earn a spot in the playoffs for the first time since 2012.
A lot of change has unearthed the Michigan State hockey program over the last year.
Michigan State fell two spots to No. 17 in the USCHO Poll released Monday afternoon following two losses at Minnesota.
Through 30 minutes of play Saturday night, Michigan State was outplaying the soon-to-be top-ranked Minnesota on its home ice.
As it traveled to Minneapolis, Michigan State hockey was looking for redemption against No. 2 Minnesota after suffering a debacle of a sweep on its home ice to the Golden Gophers in December. Instead, the Spartans experienced nothing but deja vu, unable to keep up with Minnesota’s talented roster chock-full of NHL prospects.
Sometimes getting a weekend off in college hockey is a good thing. Injury-riddled teams are able to take an extra week to heal, downtrodden teams are given time to regroup or, at the very least, teams are able to flat out rest.
Michigan State remains at No. 15 in this latest USCHO Poll following an idle week.
In collegiate athletics, the end of the season can bring fan celebrations, bowl victories and championship trophies. It can also bring heartache or a sigh of relief signifying the end of a disappointing year.
Ingham County’s largest lake, Lake Lansing, is just a 13-minute drive from Munn Ice Arena. If you’re there over the summer or when the spring semester ends, there’s an off-chance you’ll run into a towering 6-foot-6 20-year-old. And no, it’s not a member of Michigan State’s basketball team, nor an offensive lineman on the football team.
Michigan State has moved up two spots to No. 15 in this week’s USCHO Poll after erasing two-goal deficits on Friday and Saturday to take four points from Penn State in the Big Ten standings.
When Adam Nightingale took over as Michigan State’s head coach in early May, he didn’t do too much analysis of senior forward Jagger Joshua. After all, he was a holdover from the previous regime, one that scored just eight goals in three seasons and far too often made more of an impact in the penalty box than he did on the scoresheet.
Michigan State hockey put on another gritty, come-from-behind performance to tie No. 5 Penn State 4-4 on Saturday.
With five back-to-back losses dating back to Dec. 10, Michigan State hockey tumbled down six spots in national rankings from where it sat after splitting wins with No. 6 Michigan before the holiday break, landing at No. 17 earlier this week.
If a team is in the need of fixing a slumping penalty kill, there are two extreme options that can be taken. Either they can commit few penalties to keep your killers off the ice, or they can commit an absurd amount of penalties with the off-chance that it somehow gets figured out.
As of late, one word has been used to describe Michigan State hockey’s performance in the last month: rut. The Spartans (12-11-1, 6-7-1 Big Ten) return to Munn Ice Arena for the first time since Dec. 9 – the date of their last win – to host No. 5 Penn State (17-5-0, 7-5-0 Big Ten) in their first home series of 2023.