A group of former Spartans will lace up their skates in a charity matchup against Detroit Red Wings alumni.The alumni game will begin at 5 p.m. Friday at Munn Ice Arena, with tickets running $6 for adults, $3 for students and $3 for children.
MSU hockey will take a step away from the Big Ten this weekend, with only one exhibition game against the USA National Team Development Program on the slate this week.
It might sound weird to hear, but winning shouldn’t be the number one priority for MSU hockey in its final three weeks of the regular season.
The hockey team’s road struggles continued this weekend, as the team dropped back-to-back contests.
MSU failed to find the back of the net on Saturday afternoon, falling for the second straight night to No.
MSU couldn’t overcome four unanswered goals by No. 8 Wisconsin, falling 5-2 on Friday night at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis.
MSU hockey will look to build on its momentum from last weekend’s series at Penn State, as the Spartans travel to No.
MSU hockey head coach Tom Anastos is flipping over every rock to find more netted goals, including switching up some of his concrete lines.
MSU hockey claimed five of a possible six points last weekend in a road trip to Penn State and also recorded its first road win of the season.
As sub-freezing temperatures persist this winter, some parts of the Red Cedar River are icing over for the first time in 10 years.
MSU hockey used late goals in back-to-back nights against Penn State to earn five points in the Big Ten standings this weekend, tying with a shootout victory on Friday and winning on Saturday.
It wasn’t pretty, but MSU hockey will take it. The team recorded its first road win of the season Saturday, coming from behind to beat Penn State, 2-1, at Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, Pa. MSU (9-13-7 overall, 3-5-6-4 Big Ten) was held to a season-low 13 shots in the game, but was able to capitalize on a few fluke bounces, with junior forward Matt Berry scoring the game-winning goal with 5:04 left in the third period.
It was a different day but the same story for MSU on Friday night, as the Spartan hockey team earned two points in a 2-2 tie at Penn State with a shootout victory. Friday was the fourth time in the last five games that MSU went to a shootout to determine the additional point in Big Ten standings.
MSU hockey will look to break through its road woes and record its first away win of the season this weekend in a two-game series at Penn State.
Maybe it’s the hotel beds. It could be the different ice surface or locker room. Perhaps it’s the crowd.
With goals not coming in bunches for MSU hockey, there only is one way the Spartans continue to remain in tight games each night out — defense.
One of the most exciting events in hockey — shootouts — have continued to appear in front of MSU in Big Ten play, and late results have shown it might be better to be lucky than good.
MSU hockey fell in a shootout on back-to-back nights against Ohio State during the two-game home conference series this past weekend.
For the third time this season MSU and Ohio State needed more than 60 minutes of regulation and five minutes of overtime to determine the winner, and for the second straight night, MSU fell in the shootout. MSU and Ohio State played to a 2-2 tie Saturday afternoon at Munn Ice Arena, with Ohio State winning the shootout to earn the additional point.Freshman forward Nick Schilkey had the lone shootout goal. It was the fifth time the additional point was determined by a shootout for MSU.
For the fourth time this Big Ten season MSU would need a shootout to determine the final result, but for the first time MSU failed to win the shootout.