Mason Appleton is headed to the pros. Appleton signed with the Winnipeg Jets, the team that drafted him in 2015. His three-year entry level contract has an average annual value of $758,333.
Two former Spartan associate captains, Thomas Ebbing and Rhett Holland, are headed to the minor leagues after graduating the MSU hockey team.
For the first time under MSU hockey head coach Danton Cole, he has elected his first captain — rising junior forward Mason Appleton.
The Danton Cole era of the MSU hockey program has begun. An 18-year coaching veteran and MSU alum has assumed the role of the head coach of the MSU ice hockey team after the former head coach, Tom Anastos, stepped down in March.
62 MSU student-athletes were named Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the 2017 winter sports season, the Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday. To be eligible for this honor, each student-athlete must earn a varsity letter, be in at least their second academic year at a Big Ten university and obtain a GPA of 3.0 or higher. MSU swimming and diving sophomores Gabe Whitaker, Courtney Aycock and Heidi Surdyk were three of 12 conference student-athletes who earned a perfect 4.0 GPA. Below is the full list of MSU's honorees: Men's Basketball Kyle Ahrens, So.
After MSU Athletic Director Mark Hollis announced on Tuesday Tom Anastos, who led the Spartans to a mere seven wins in the 2016-17 season, was stepping down from the helm of the MSU hockey program, the search to find a replacement instantly commenced.
Tom Anastos' tenure as head coach of the MSU hockey team is over.
The bleeding can finally be put to a halt for the MSU hockey team.
In one final gasp, the Spartans finished a treacherous 2016-17 season — ousted by the No. 3-seeded Ohio State University in the Big Ten Tournament, 6-3.
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.