After just a few weeks since the last series between the Michigan State Spartans and the Michigan Wolverines on the ice at Munn Ice Arena and Yost Ice Arena, the in-state rivalry is set for round two as the Spartans travel back to Ann Arbor as well as head to Little Caesars Arena in Detroit for the annual Duel in the D.
After a hard loss during night one of the Michigan State-Notre Dame series on the road, where the Spartan hockey team took a tough 4-1 defeat, the team bounced back for night two and took a dominating 4-0 win.
After a split weekend against the Minnesota Golden Gophers -- with a comeback 3-2 win on night one and a tough night two loss of 5-1 -- the Spartans are ready to hit the road and play for a great series of hockey and learning how to improve from the previous games. Currently, Michigan State is 17-6-3 overall, including an 11-3-2 record in the Big Ten and are 6-4-1 away.
Coming off of a thrilling 3-2 comeback win against the Minnesota Golden Gophers last night, the Spartans welcome their Big Ten opponents back to Munn for night two to finish what they started and sweep the team, but with the rally in the third period from night one, the Spartans were never able to come back from their deficit and eventually took a 5-1 loss.
After being down 2-0, Daniel Russell picked up the third and final goal for the Spartans with just four seconds remaining in regulation, fully completing the comeback win for the Spartans over the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Michigan State University's men's hockey beat the Minnesota Golden Gophers 3-2 after scoring three goals in the third period, including its final goal with four seconds left in regulation.
Coming off of a split weekend against the University of Michigan with a loss at home and a road win, the Spartans are headed back to Munn Ice Arena after a weekend of ups and downs to host the Minnesota Golden Gophers and work towards a sweep, in hopes to maintain a first place spot in the Big Ten.
Coming off of a split weekend against rival University of Michigan -- losing 7-1 at home and winning 7-5 away -- the Michigan State Spartans have been moved around in the USA Hockey Polls as well as in the USCHO rankings.
Coming off of a devastating loss at Munn Ice Arena with a final score of 7-1 to Michigan Wolverine rivals, the Spartans rallied back at Yost to a 7-5 win to split the weekend.
Following a devastating 7-1 loss for the Michigan State Spartans hockey team at Munn against the Michigan Wolverine last night, the Spartans were ready to get back into their style of play away at Yost Ice Arena. The team was able to make a comeback from a 1-4 deficit halfway through the second period and take home a dominating 7-5 win.
Against the Michigan Wolverines, the Spartans took a tough loss with a final score of 7-1, their first regulation loss since Oct. 28 when the team was swept by Boston College.
As the highly ranked Michigan State Spartans were ready to play, they ended up taking a heartbreaking loss to the Wolverines with a score of 7-1.
The time has finally come. The Michigan State Spartans are playing the University of Michigan Wolverines for an intense and highly anticipated weekend this Friday, Jan. 19 and Saturday, Jan. 20.
Michigan State hockey moved up in the USCHO poll from eighth place to seventh place, putting them just a couple of steps closer to the top five. Contributing to this ranking was their series sweep against Penn State, beating them 5-0 on Jan. 12 and 7-3 on Jan. 13.
The Spartans beat the Penn State Nittany Lions 5-0 and freshman netminder Trey Augustine grabbed his second shutout of the season and finished with 30 saves.
The Spartans are headed down to Penn State for their final game against the Nittany Lions in the regular season on Friday, Jan. 12.
After a tough loss in the championship game of the Great Lakes Invitational, the Spartans were finally back home for an exhilarating exhibition matchup against the US National Team Development Program (NTDP) where they played an absolutely dominant full 60 minutes and took a win with a score of 5-2.
There were two players who had stand-out performances and were nominated as members of the GLI All-Tournament Team honors, and those two were sophomore forward Joey Larson who tallied two goals in the championship game and junior defenseman David Gucciardi, who had an outstanding pass to junior forward Red Savage to tie the game to send the teams to overtime.
As the countdown to puck drop wound down, the Spartans had one goal in mind—win. But as the clock ran down and the Spartans and Huskies headed into a shootout, Michigan Tech ultimately took the title and the Spartans took a devastating loss.
After a stellar performance in the semifinal game of the Great Lakes Invitational, the Michigan State Spartans are off to the championship game at Van Andel Arena on night two to look for the title of GLI champions for the first time since 2009.