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The doctor who heals MSU hockey
For MSU’s hockey program, the healing process for players is in good hands with Dr. Andrew Schorfhaar of the MSU Sports Medicine team.
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Hockey season plagued with mixed performances
The Spartans celebrated as if they they had won an NCAA title, piling on top of each other on the boards adjacent to the Spartan bench. But they still had won a trophy: a 50-pound metal trophy called The Iron D. MSU laid claim to the newly inaugurated trophy in the hotly contested Duel in the D matchup. That harrowing effort was followed up with a 4-1 loss at the hands of U-M on Saturday. The Iron D might be the only trophy the MSU hockey team will have to show for their losing season.
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MSU falls to U-M after winning 'Duel in the D' Friday night
In a back-to-back weekend series, a loss the first night usually equals an all out effort to win the next night. And after a much needed 3-2 overtime thriller victory over rival University of Michigan (17-4-4), MSU hockey fell victim to the Wolverines wrath and lost 4-1 at home. .
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MSU hockey upsets No. 5 Michigan in an OT thriller in Detroit
The fate of the most complete effort by this Spartan hockey team (7-18-2) rested on the stick of Michigan’s Dexter Dancs.
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MSU hockey falters in second game, splits series with Ohio State
MSU hockey lost 2-1 to Ohio State Saturday night. The two teams split the series 1-1, with MSU defeating the Buckeyes 4-2 on Friday. The split is MSU's first time not losing a series since Dec. 11, 2015.
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MSU hockey sustains its lead, defeats Ohio State 4-2
MSU hockey’s season (6-17-2) has been ugly, and it was only fitting it would win for the first time since Dec.
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MSU hockey swept by Minnesota, loses second game 3-1.
They came with an edge. They came with the fight and drive of team looking to reconcile its thrashing the night before.
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MSU hockey drops seventh straight, loses 5-2 to Minnesota
MSU hockey (5-16-2) couldn’t keep Minnesota’s (10-10-0) physical offensive at bay as Gopher’s forward Hudson Fasching popped in two goals in route to a 5-2 Minnesota victory Friday night at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis.
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Swedish MSU hockey player Villiam Haag finds home at State
For talented hockey players in Sweden, there is a pretty standard route to making it big. First, they play for junior or youth teams operated by professional clubs. And next, if they are good enough, they advance to the professional level of club play. That wasn’t the case for MSU junior forward Villiam Haag, though, because he packed his bags and moved 4,007 miles and six time zones away from his hometown of Gothenburg.
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MSU hockey loses to rival U-M 9-2 in front end of back-to-back games, rematch tonight
MSU hockey (5-14-2) was in the game for all of about 10 minutes before five Michigan (12-3-3) goals in a span of 5:40 would boil over into 9-2 Wolverine rout of the Spartans.
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MSU hockey vanquishes late lead again, loses 2-1 to NMU in overtime
For the second straight night MSU hockey (5-13-2) vanquished a late third period lead and lose in overtime with just over a minute to go.
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MSU hockey loses 3-2 in overtime to Michigan Tech at Joe Louis Arena
MSU hockey’s (5-12-2) pursuit for its first GLI title since 2009 will have to wait another year. The Spartans let a 2-0 third period lead slip through their grasp, as Michigan Tech (11-6-2) came back for a 3-2 overtime victory.
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MSU hockey falls to Northeastern, 2-1
Matthews Arena, home to Northeastern University, opened its doors in 1910 but hadn’t played host to the same school in two different sports until now.
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Hampering mistakes cost MSU hockey a chance at sweeping Wisconsin
Junior forward Joe Cox took a jab to the head, a stick to the leg, and three cross checks to the back.
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MSU hockey defeats Wisconsin 4-3 with gutsy performance
MSU hockey (5-9-2) can celebrate for the first time in over a month after a gutsy come from behind 4-3 victory over Wisconsin (3-7-5) on Saturday at Munn Ice Arena. “We needed to find a way to win and we found a way to win,” head coach Tom Anastos said.
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MSU hockey looks to stop skid against Wisconsin
MSU hockey (4-9-2) has more or less swept its past four games under the rug; at least that’s the sentiment from the locker room as it prepares to take on Wisconsin (3-6-5) for a two game series at Munn Ice Arena this weekend. It’s a matchup of two desperate teams as neither has a win in it’s last five games.
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Puck drops on Big Ten season for MSU hockey with early test against Penn State
MSU hockey (4-7-2) hasn't made it easy on itself thus far this season, but a tough non-conference has it prepped for Big Ten play.
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MSU hockey a few puck bounces from turning the season around
Tom Anastos may just be cut from the same cloth as Tom Izzo when it comes to trying to build a program.
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MSU hockey swept by North Dakota, falls 4-1 in series finale
What started out as a chance for MSU hockey (4-7-2) to turn their luck around quickly became another disappointing result as North Dakota (12-2-2) defeated the Spartans handedly, 4-1. “I thought we played really hard,” head coach Tom Anastos said.
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MSU hockey dominated by North Dakota, falls 3-1
North Dakota (11-2-2) was better in just about every facet of the game than MSU hockey (4-6-2) and though a late push by the Spartans made it seem close, it was too little too late.