Michigan State University hockey’s 2024-25 season came to an earlier-than-expected end against a red-hot Cornell team rallying to extend the career of retiring head coach Mike Schafer. Now, the Spartans turn their focus to the season ahead.
Michigan State University junior forward Isaac Howard has been named a top-three finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, given annually to the most outstanding player in college hockey. He is the first Spartan to make the Hobey Baker Hat Trick since goaltender Ryan Miller won the award in 2001.
“Aug-us-tine” is the chant that echoes through Munn Ice Arena each time the Michigan State University hockey team announces its starting lineup.
With the season ending in heartbreaking fashion — a 4-3 loss to Cornell in the NCAA Ice Hockey Regionals, decided in the final 10 seconds on a power-play rebound by Sullivan Mack — the Michigan State University hockey team now turns its attention to a wave of player departures as several stars sign NHL entry-level contracts.
Karsen Dorwart came to Michigan State University as an undrafted free agent, having put up 25 points in 61 games for the Sioux Falls Stampede in the United States Hockey League.
The stars began to align all too well for the Michigan State University hockey team.
When Cornell head coach Mike Schafer started his coaching career, his first game was against Michigan State University. The Big Red lost that game, marking the beginning of Schafer's 30-year coaching journey.
After making history in the Big Ten season, clinching back-to-back regular-season titles and tournament championships, the Michigan State University hockey team claimed the No. 2 overall seed and earned the top seed in its region in Toledo, OH, where it prepares to face the Cornell Big Red.
With regions locked and teams finalized, the NCAA Hockey Regionals are set to begin.
After defeating Ohio State 4-3 in a double overtime showdown, the Michigan State University hockey team is headed to its second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance as the No. 2 overall seed and No. 1 seed in its region.
For the first time in Big Ten history, Michigan State University hockey became the only one among the seven teams to win both the regular-season and tournament titles.
It was déjà vu at Munn Ice Arena, echoing last season’s Big Ten championship thriller.
A chance to make history is on the line.
The Hobey Baker is the award given to the most outstanding collegiate player in hockey. The Mike Richter Award is the one given to college hockey’s greatest netminder of the season. Michigan State University hockey team has a finalist in both awards.
After finishing the regular season 24-6-4 and securing a semifinal win to return to the Big Ten championship game, Michigan State University hockey earned four postseason honors for standout performances throughout the year.
After a weekend of sweet victory over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish where the Michigan State University hockey team had St. Patrick’s Day luck on their side and scored the singular goal of the game to power it to a 1-0 victory, the team is back on the move in the national polls after resting its case as the No. 2 team in the country.
From here on out, the stakes of every game are to win or go home.
As conference tournaments unfold, teams are being eliminated, fighting for a spot, or awaiting their official seeding. With the NCAA Frozen Four approaching, college hockey has never been more competitive.
One goal was all Michigan State needed to secure its spot in the Big Ten Championship.
The most exciting time of year for college hockey is officially here: playoff season.