ICE HOCKEY
Icers beat No. 1 Michigan, 5-2
Freshman defenseman Jeff Petry’s goal nearly two minutes into Friday’s game got the ball rolling for the MSU hockey team.
Freshman defenseman Jeff Petry’s goal nearly two minutes into Friday’s game got the ball rolling for the MSU hockey team.
The MSU hockey team fared well against top-ranked Michigan the last time the two teams battled, robbing the No. 1 Wolverines of three points. The squads meet again today after playing twice earlier in the season, which included a Spartans shutout in Ann Arbor and a tie at Munn Ice Arena.
As captain of the MSU hockey team, Bryan Lerg pulls double duty — to put it lightly. That “C” sewn on his jersey takes hard work.
For five years, Lawson Ice Arena in Kalamazoo perplexed the MSU hockey team. Saturday’s game would hold the answer to the riddle for the Spartans, who defeated Western Michigan 4-2 — the first win on the Broncos’ ice since 2003.
Kalamazoo — First it was Yost, and then there was Lawson Ice Arena.
When that little red light behind Western Michigan’s goaltender flashed brightly during Friday’s 3-0 shutout victory, Tim Kennedy breathed a sigh of relief.
There’s no doubt about it, Michigan is a hockey state. Lord Stanley’s Cup has graced hockey fans with its presence for many years, thanks to the Detroit Red Wings.
The MSU hockey team has lost three of its last four games. In one of those games, the Spartans were shut out, and the phenomenon that is junior goaltender Jeff Lerg was indeed proven to be only human.
MSU hockey senior forward Zak McClellan took some time to chat with The State News about the man behind the helmet. McClellan touched on everything from cup rotations to techno music as he provided a glimpse of life off the ice.
A frustrated MSU hockey team left Marquette last weekend feeling cold, bewildered and stunned. A better-prepared Northern Michigan swept the Spartans, stealing four much-needed points for the CCHA league title.
It was a frustrating weekend for the MSU hockey team, which expected to walk away with some points from its two-game series against Northern Michigan in Marquette.
Marquette — It was déjà vu for the MSU hockey team Saturday night. Northern Michigan scored three goals — tallying the first goal in the first period — and blocked nearly every shot the Spartans took.
Marquette — For 57-plus minutes, Northern Michigan goaltender Brian Stewart puzzled the MSU hockey team.
As a freshman wandering around the monstrosity that is MSU’s campus, most college students worry about finding their first classes, buying textbooks and acclimating themselves to dorm life.
MSU head coach Rick Comley spent 26 years behind the bench of Northern Michigan’s hockey team. After leaving the Wildcats’ program nearly six years ago, Comley heads back to his old stomping grounds in Marquette for the first time this season with a new team and a national championship under his belt.
Riding an eight-game unbeaten streak, this weekend’s series against Nebraska-Omaha was supposed to be a chance for the MSU hockey team to cut down Miami (Ohio)‘s five-point CCHA lead.
Sara Clark sat in the stands with her husband and daughter as she watched her 7-year-old son Benjamin, who she described as “the mean little redhead,” block the hockey net from the shots being taken by the children around him.
After a disappointing performance the night before, the MSU hockey team came out firing Saturday evening at Munn Ice Arena.
After clawing back to erase a two-goal third period deficit, the No. 5 MSU hockey team let it all slip away in overtime.
What looks like fallen pocket change to the average Joe could spell luck for MSU assistant hockey coach Tom Newton, who said that discarded pennies and nickels are his turned-up horseshoes.