The Michigan State hockey team just snagged another projected first-round commit: left winger Ethan Belchetz. Belchetz adds to the Spartans' incoming roster of high-ranked draft prospects and draft picks: Chase Reid, Mason West, Nikita Klepov, Joshua Ravensbergen.
MSU hockey is expected to return 14 players, including nine forwards and five defenseman. The Spartans have also received three transfers and are expected to fill the rest of its roster with incoming freshmen. MSU’s biggest departures came due to graduation and professional contracts as eight players signed agreements. The team also lost four players to the transfer portal, two backup goaltenders and two forwards, who did not play for more than half of the season.
Michigan State hockey has just received two commits out of the transfer portal: future-senior forward Jimmy Clark (from Minnesota) and future-junior goaltender Quentin Sigurdson (from Northeastern).
Michigan State’s freshman forwards Porter Martone, Cayden Lindstrom and Anthony Romani were the three players to arrive from the CHL, and while MSU fell short of the Frozen Four — one that saw almost 20 CHL players, including all four starting goaltenders — the trio was impactful throughout the season. Each played its role in helping MSU to its Big Ten regular-season title.
Future junior forward Cullen Potter has committed to the Michigan State hockey program for the 2026-27 season, transferring from Arizona State University.
Freshman forward Austin Baker is the fourth Michigan State hockey player to enter the transfer portal, following freshman goaltender Melvin Strahl, sophomore forward Nathan Mackie and senior goaltender Dolan Gilbert.
Three Michigan State hockey players entered the transfer portal following its opening this morning: freshman goaltender Melvin Strahl, sophomore forward Nathan Mackie and graduate goaltender Dolan Gilbert.
Michigan State hockey's former goaltender Trey Augustine won the Mike Richter Award, awarded to the top goaltender in college hockey. He also made his professional debut and was named an All-American, along with former forward Porter Martone and senior center Charlie Stramel. Martone has been playing at the NHL level since signing with the Flyers and Stramel is finishing his degree due to injury.
Michigan State hockey senior center Tiernan Shoudy has signed a professional contract with the Wheeling Nailers, the ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins.
Michigan State hockey senior center Charlie Stramel signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Minnesota Wild, his hometown team that he was drafted to in the 2023 draft.
In the last 24 hours, Michigan State hockey’s defensive pairing of senior defenseman Matt Basgall and sophomore defenseman Colin Ralph have both signed AHL tryouts.
Michigan State hockey senior winger Daniel Russell has signed an amateur tryout with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the AHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He has also signed a professional contract with the AHL Penguins starting in the 2026-27 season.
Michigan State hockey’s junior defenseman Maxim Štrbák signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Buffalo Sabres, announced by the Sabres today. The contract begins with the 2026-27 season. Štrbák will compete for the Sabres' AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans, for the remainder of the 2025-26 season.
Michigan State hockey's senior center Charlie Stramel arrived as a transfer from Wisconsin for his junior year. Stramel progressed throughout his time as a Spartan, and despite ending the season with an ankle injury, left a lasting impact on the 2025-26 season.
