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.
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.
Tom Anastos may just be cut from the same cloth as Tom Izzo when it comes to trying to build a program.
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.
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.
For the first time since 1980 North Dakota hockey (10-2-2) will skate at Munn Ice Arena. Part of Friday and Sunday series MSU hockey (4-5-2) will face the newly nicknamed Fighting Hawks.
For a second night in a row MSU hockey (4-5-2) couldn’t close out a two goal lead surrendering two late goals to Michigan Tech (7-4-1) in a 4-4 tie Sunday evening.
The game was weird from the start. Michigan Tech fans packed Munn, and generated a home game atmosphere for the Huskies.
The MSU hockey team held a "Meet the Spartans" event Monday at Munn Ice Arena. The event allowed fans the opportunity to meet their favorite MSU hockey stars while also giving the members of the team a chance to give back to the community.
The MSU hockey team will be holding a meet and greet with fans on Monday from 6 to 7 p.m. at Munn Ice Arena. Tabbed as “Meet the Spartans” fans can meet the players and coaches on the ice, receive autographs, and snag an MSU hockey team poster.
For every young athlete, there is a team he grows up loving. For every team the young boy loves, there is band of players he grows up idolizing.
A little over a year ago, JT Stenglein was just another name lost on the MSU Hockey roster. Hidden underneath the skill of guys on the depth chart, Stenglein was a non concern.
Whatever sparked MSU’s shooting urge over the weekend, they might need to keep it. MSU (4-3-1) put on another clinic of shooting, skating, and electric plays Saturday, looking like a team finding its stride and exerting confidence in a 7-4 drubbing of New Hampshire (3-4-1). “We expected a different game than last night,” head coach Tom Anastos said.
If MSU (3-3-1) was at all fazed at its 2-3-1 start to the season, they didn’t show it Friday night.
Tom Anastos opened up his press conference with a smile on Tuesday. His enthusiastic grin expressed his itch to take the ice again.
MSU took on former CCHA Conference rival Lake Superior State Thursday night in front of a sparse home opening crowd, in large part due to it being a Thursday.
The confines of Munn Ice Arena will be a welcome sight for the travel weary Spartan hockey team that hasn’t played a game at Munn this season other than the exhibition game with Western Ontario back on Oct. 4.
With two flicks of the wrist on Friday night, Zach Osburn, unintentionally set the bar high for himself the rest of the year.
Not many times is the goalie the most recognizable face of a hockey team, but when he is, it’s with great reason. Standing at six feet tall, and 184 pounds, the keeper of MSU’s blue paint Jake Hildebrand is not even the biggest goaltender in the Big Ten, let alone his own team.
If you’re looking for a mantra for the 2015-16 hockey season, you won’t find one. Coach Tom Anastos didn’t jump on the “Reach Higher” bandwagon Mark Dantonio is driving with Tom Izzo sitting pretty in the shotgun seat.