The MSU hockey team will kick off their regular season when they travel to the Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. to face off against Lake Superior State University. Last season, the Spartans went 2-1 against the Lakers in their three games.
The MSU hockey team held their annual media day at Munn Ice Arena, where head coach Tom Anastos addressed the media along with his players in attendance. Anastos and his team comes off a disappointing 2015-2016 campaign, where they posted a 10-23-4 record, fifth in the Big Ten.
The MSU hockey team defeated the University of Toronto in an exhibition shootout Sunday afternoon. For much of the game, the Spartans looked to hold the edge, evidenced by their 34-15 shot on goal advantage.
The MSU hockey team started off another season at Munn Ice Arena where they hosted the University of Toronto in an exhibition game, winning it 2-2, in a shootout, 2-1. The Spartans came into the game after finishing fifth in the Big Ten last year and a 10-23-4 overall record.
With hockey season right around the corner, the Big Ten conference announced their preseason coaches' poll, according to a press release. Of the six teams in the conference, MSU came in at sixth after a 10-23-4 record last season.
The MSU hockey team announced Wednesday that alum and two-time All-American, Mike York will be joining the MSU hockey team this season as a student assistant. York played at MSU from 1995-1999 and earned two All-American honors, and went on to spend 10 seasons in the National Hockey League. York is returning to MSU to finish his degree in communication.
The MSU hockey team announced Monday that their schedule gets a little shakeup as two games are moved around, according to a press release.
This Thursday afternoon, a remembrance ceremony was held in honor of MSU hockey legend Ron Mason, who earlier in the week died at the age of 76.
There’s a story that long time assistant coach Tom Newton tells about Ron Mason. Through the tears he cracks a smile as he begins telling it.
MSU hockey announced Tuesday evening that visitation and funeral services for former MSU hockey coach and athletic director Ron Mason are open to public.
The game never left Ron Mason. It was with him in the beginning and it was there with him at the end.
First reported by Michigan Hockey Now, legendary and former MSU hockey coach Ron Mason has died at the age of 76.
MSU hockey released it’s schedule for the 2016-17 season yesterday and after a season ripe with top tier opponents, many of them on the front end of the schedule, MSU hockey again will face a tough non-conference slate.
Nearly two weeks after bowing out of the Big Ten Hockey Tournament to Ohio State in overtime in the quarterfinals a relatively quiet offseason for MSU hockey was offset by the departure of junior forward Mackenzie MacEachern. MacEachern will forego his senior season and last year of NCAA eligibility; signing a two-year entry level contract with the St.
MSU hockey (10-23-4) headed to the Big Ten Tournament looking to prolong its season. Facing a familiar foe in Ohio State in the quarterfinals it needed to string together a gutsy performance to have a shot at the NCAA Tournament. But 13:47 into the overtime period, Buckeye Mason Jobst blasted home a rebound effectively ending the Spartans season.
With 1:37 left in the first period on Saturday night, redshirt senior goaltender Nate Phillips checked into the game for the first time.
Following an 11 goal barrage on Friday night, MSU hockey (10-22-4, 6-12-2-1) and Ohio State (13-17-4, 8-8-4-1) combined for two goals in Saturday’s contest officially tying 1-1 after three periods of regulation and overtime on MSU senior night in front of a crowd of 6,092.
Down 5-4 after leading the game three different times, MSU hockey’s final desperation attempt yielded a goal off the stick of junior forward Joe Cox knotting the game up with 1.6 seconds left in the period, sending the game to overtime.
A night after bounces seemed to fall in Minnesota's favor at every turn it was MSU who was on the receiving end of some puck luck en route to a 5-0 victory over first place in the Big Ten Minnesota. “Tonight we kind of got a few of the bounces that they took from us last night,” senior forward and captain Michael Ferrantino said.
Tied up 2-2 with conference leading Minnesota (18-14, 13-4) , MSU (9-21-3, 5-11-1) had a chance to swing the puck luck into its favor.