As the USA world junior selection camp comes to a close and the show begins, two Michigan State hockey players have been selected to join Team USA in the fight for a gold medal at the IIHF World Junior Championship. Those two players include sophomore forward Isaac Howard, and freshman goaltender Trey Augustine.
Along with their high ranked spot in the polls, freshman goaltender Trey Augustine was honored with Big Ten First Star of the week for the second time in a month.
The Michigan State Hockey team defeated Notre Dame in it's second game of the series on Saturday Night.
One thing that yet again stuck out during the Friday night matchup, was the third line of freshman forward Gavin O'Connell, sophomore forward Joey Larson, and junior forward Red Savage. The O'Connell-Savage-Larson line put up a goal tonight from Larson who now has a total of 19 points with 9 goals and 10 assists to hold a team lead in points.
Coming off of a bye week, the Michigan State Hockey team was back at Munn Ice Arena for a thrilling game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish where they took a strong win for night one with a final score of 5-2.
The teams take off for the series on Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 6 p.m. at Munn Ice Arena. The Spartans will most definitely looking to sweep for the home crowd and keep their lead in the Big Ten conference.
As the Spartans head into early December, just about halfway through the season, the announcement of preliminary selection camps were announced for the IIHF World Juniors Championships. There were five Spartans selected to head to the camp for their respective countries: freshman goaltender Trey Augustine, sophomore forward Isaac Howard, freshman defenseman Patrick Geary, freshman defenseman Maxim Štrbák and freshman forward Tommi Männistö.
In the USCHO rankings of week nine, Michigan State dropped down a spot to No. 8 after a hard fought series against Minnesota, winning one in a shootout thanks to the career high game from freshman goalie Trey Augustine and losing one in overtime.
After a grueling game of back and forth for the Spartans, they were able to pull off a shootout win and take an extra point off of the tie game with a shootout winner from sophomore forward Karsen Dorwart.
The Spartans head to Marruici arena in Minnesota for a Friday night game on Nov. 24 at 8 p.m. ET on Big Ten Plus, and they round out the weekend on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network, when they hope to take another away sweep and get their revenge from last season's 0-5 record against Minnesota.
After an eventful weekend at Munn Ice Arena, the No. 11 Michigan State Spartans pulled off a sweep against the No. 1 team in the country, the University of Wisconsin. Saturday's win marked the Spartan's first series sweep over a top-ranked team in over a century. It was clear to see the progress in the MSU skaters over the Wisconsin series, but the one player who truly shined over the weekend was true freshman goalie Trey Augustine. Augustine tallied a total of 60 saves on the weekend and had over a .92 save percentage both nights of play against the No. 1 ranked Badgers.
After an eventful first game at Munn Ice Arena where Michigan State pulled an upset Friday night against No. 1 Wisconsin with a final score of 4-2, the Spartans completed the sweep against the Badgers Saturday with a final score of 3-2.
After an eventful night around campus for Michigan State, but inside Munn Ice Arena, the MSU hockey team took a 4-2 win as they upset the No. 1 team in the world of college hockey. The Spartans handed the Wisconsin Badgers their first Big Ten loss of the season.
After a hard fought first night at Munn Ice Arena where the Spartans and the Badgers faced off for a top 15 matchup, the Spartans were able to upset the Wisconsin Badgers with a final score of 4-2.
But the upcoming weekend sparks yet another big game where the No. 11 Spartans take on the current number one team in the country, the Wisconsin Badgers.
MSU ice hockey kept their stable No. 11 ranking for the second consecutive week in both the USCHO polls and the USA Hockey polls. However, the Spartans did not land a Big Ten Star of the week.
After a split weekend against Penn State, the Michigan State hockey team pulled out a win for night two with a score of 5-3. Along with the win, night two showcased an outstanding two-goal performance from freshman forward Gavin O'Connell making him the leading goal scorer for the team.
The Michigan State hockey team came into Munn Ice Arena for a 4 p.m. puck drop looking for revenge over the shootout loss the team was dealt against Penn State Friday night in game one. The Spartans were able to pull off a win on night two for a series split with a score of 5-3.
After a hard fought battle from puck drop to the very end, the Spartans ended in a tie and shootout loss against Penn State for their first home Big Ten matchup of the season.
After its first Big Ten road sweep since 2016, the Michigan State hockey team is ready to travel home for its first Big Ten home series against Penn State.