MSU hockey relishes in final chance to play at The Joe
On Dec. 28, 1979, the MSU hockey team made school history.
On Dec. 28, 1979, the MSU hockey team made school history.
After finishing the regular season with a 7-23-4 overall record (3-14-3-1 Big Ten), the MSU hockey team begins the postseason a sixth seed in the Big Ten Tournament and will face No. 3 seed Ohio State in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament Thursday night in what will be the fifth matchup this season between the two teams.
Each week, The State News will interview a member of the MSU hockey team and ask questions that aren't just related to hockey. Last time, The State News interviewed freshman forward Patrick Khodorenko. This week, The State News interviewed redshirt-freshman defenseman Jerad Rosburg.
Although no Spartans were selected to the 2016-17 All-Big Ten Hockey Team, MSU hockey junior defenseman Carson Gatt was named an honorable mention for the All-Big Ten team.
With four games remaining in the 2016-17 regular season, the MSU hockey team will conclude their season series with No. 13 Ohio State this weekend.
As the MSU hockey team was defeated 4-1 to No. 11 Penn State on Saturday, several members of the team were visibly in tears.
As the MSU hockey team played their final home game of the season Saturday, three goals in the first period by No. 11 Penn State took out any chance of a memorable send off for MSU’s senior class.
MSU hockey faced No. 11 Penn State on Friday as the Nittany Lions were vying to improve their resume for a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
Each week, The State News will interview a member of the MSU hockey team and ask questions that aren't just related to hockey. Last time, The State News interviewed senior forward Thomas Ebbing. This week, The State News interviewed freshman forward Patrick Khodorenko.
The MSU hockey team concludes their final homestand of the season this weekend as the Spartans face off against No. 11 Penn State for the second series between the two conference opponents of the 2016-17 campaign.
If there could be a word to describe this year’s MSU hockey team, “disappointment” could definitely be considered the paramount description.
Whenever this year’s MSU hockey team feels as if they are beginning to turn their season around and have generated some positive momentum, the Spartans have always suffered disappointment.
One game removed from earning his first career victory in goal, freshman goaltender John Lethemon earned his seventh start of the season Friday night as the Spartans took on the No. 14 Ohio State Buckeyes.
The MSU hockey team (6-17-3 and 2-8-2 Big Ten) begins the second to last homestand of the season this weekend as the Spartans host No. 14 Ohio State University (14-8-6, 5-6-1 Big Ten) in a two-game series at Munn Ice Arena.
Each week, The State News will interview a member of the MSU hockey team and ask questions that aren't just related to hockey. Last time, The State News interviewed freshman forward Sam Saliba. This week, The State News interviewed senior forward Thomas Ebbing.
As the MSU football team fought through the lulls and struggles of a 3-9 season in 2016, a portion of that season was overshadowed by a quarterback competition.
MSU (6-17-3, 2-8-2 in Big Ten) took on U-M (9-14-3, 2-7-2-2 in Big Ten) this weekend in a two-game weekend series and came away with a 4-4 tie Friday night at Joe Louis Arena, and a 4-1 win Saturday night.
On Saturday night, MSU took on U-M a in Ann Arbor, Mich. for the second night in a row and avenged their loss Friday night, blowing out the Wolverines 4-1. This is MSU’s second Big Ten win of the season, both wins coming against U-M at Yost Ice Arena.
The final meeting between the MSU hockey team and the University of Michigan at the Joe Louis Arena was one to remember.
The most played rivalry in college hockey continues this weekend as MSU hockey (5-17-2, 1-8-1 Big Ten) faces off against in-state rival the University of Michigan (9-13-2, 2-7-1 Big Ten) in a two-game series.