Thursday, May 2, 2024

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ICE HOCKEY

MSU hockey holds off Penn State for first road win of season

It wasn’t pretty, but MSU hockey will take it. The team recorded its first road win of the season Saturday, coming from behind to beat Penn State, 2-1, at Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, Pa. MSU (9-13-7 overall, 3-5-6-4 Big Ten) was held to a season-low 13 shots in the game, but was able to capitalize on a few fluke bounces, with junior forward Matt Berry scoring the game-winning goal with 5:04 left in the third period.

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Hockey ties Penn State in regulation, wins shootout

It was a different day but the same story for MSU on Friday night, as the Spartan hockey team earned two points in a 2-2 tie at Penn State with a shootout victory. Friday was the fourth time in the last five games that MSU went to a shootout to determine the additional point in Big Ten standings.

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Hockey defenders providing valuable contributions in conference play

With goals not coming in bunches for MSU hockey, there only is one way the Spartans continue to remain in tight games each night out — defense.

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Ohio State beats MSU hockey in shootout again

For the third time this season MSU and Ohio State needed more than 60 minutes of regulation and five minutes of overtime to determine the winner, and for the second straight night, MSU fell in the shootout. MSU and Ohio State played to a 2-2 tie Saturday afternoon at Munn Ice Arena, with Ohio State winning the shootout to earn the additional point.Freshman forward Nick Schilkey had the lone shootout goal. It was the fifth time the additional point was determined by a shootout for MSU.