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ICE HOCKEY

Comley seeking more offensive output

MSU head coach Rick Comley worries about his team’s offensive production. The Spartans (4-2-2 overall, 2-0-2-2 CCHA) are averaging 1.9 goals a game and only have been able to score 15 goals in their first eight games. With seven of his team’s next nine games on the road, Comley is well aware that the Spartans are going to have to find a way to put the puck in the net.

ICE HOCKEY

Spartans take 3-of-4 points from Northern Michigan

The horn sounded throughout the latter half of Saturday night’s MSU hockey game at Munn Ice Arena, but it wasn’t the horn to signify a goal being scored — it was the horn to signify a fire. Thankfully Munn didn’t go up in smoke, and despite a few stoppages, the errant false alarm didn’t disrupt the No. 12 Spartans’ performance as they won Saturday’s game 2-0 and took 3-of-4 points during the weekend series against No. 18 Northern Michigan.

ICE HOCKEY

MSU athlete injured after weekend fight

A fight involving MSU athletes at an off-campus house where several hockey players live sent one MSU athlete to the hospital Sunday morning. East Lansing police Lt. Kevin Daley said “three, possibly four victims” suffered injuries during a fight involving “multiple” suspects at about 1 a.m. Sunday outside 130 Center St., which is located on a side street near Michigan and Harrison avenues.

ICE HOCKEY

Freshmen will benefit from early ice time

I’ll be the first to admit, I was very skeptical of the outlook for this hockey season after seeing the Spartans get smoked 3-0 by UMass-Lowell in their home opener Thursday night. The icers looked more like a peewee team than the No. 11 team in the country. The communication was off, passes were sloppy and the offense couldn’t even get into the zone.