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Spartan icers skate to victory, tie against Niagara

The MSU men’s hockey team (1-2-1) walked into the locker room after the second period Friday night with a glaring 2-0 score in the opponent’s favor on the scoreboard. Niagara had the lead against the Spartans, its second coming off an accidental own goal by an MSU defenseman. Coming off two consecutive losses to Minnesota the weekend prior, the Spartans didn’t want to relive that defeat, so they did something about it.

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Spartans parlay late rally into 3-3 tie with Niagara

Another late game rally by the MSU men’s hockey team (1-2-1) picked it up a tie against Niagara, 3-3.

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Spartans use three-goal third period to rally for win over Niagara

Josh Mansour

October 19, 2012

They had battled, scrapped and overcame penalties for 40 minutes, yet as they headed out for the third period, the MSU hockey team was staring at a 2-0 deficit and the reality of an unhappy home opener.

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Hockey rallies, tops Niagara 3-2

Josh Mansour

October 19, 2012

It wasn’t easy, but the MSU hockey team (1-2) used a three goal third period to rally from a 2-0 deficit to get its first win of the season, knocking off Niagara (1-2) 3-2 Friday night.

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Spartans have opportunity to bounce back in series against Niagara

The polls might say Niagara hockey is a lesser opponent than Minnesota, but MSU hockey (0-2-0) refuses to believe so.

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Freshmen hockey players rise to challenge

Mike Ferrantino raised his Spartan Shield high this weekend. MSU men’s hockey (0-2-0) head coach Tom Anastos said he created a player-specific award from teammates, presented to someone who represents the program’s values well that whole week.

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MSU seeking positives after tough weekend

The MSU hockey team (0-2-0) is looking for little positives after last weekend. And after a pair of tough losses to top-ranked Minnesota on Gopher ice, little positives are all it really has.

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Hockey swept by Golden Gophers

The No. 1/2-ranked Minnesota lived up to its ranking this weekend, sweeping MSU hockey (1-2-0) in a season-opening weekend.

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Spartans travel to Minnesota to face top-ranked Golden Gophers

The first time MSU hockey took the ice against Minnesota under Tom Anastos, the Spartans walked away with their heads high from an upset victory. This weekend, Anastos plans on feeling that triumph again.

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Minnesota series a reunion for several Spartan hockey players

John Draeger grew up with everyone around him admiring the Minnesota Gophers. The MSU hockey freshman defenseman and Faribault, Minn., native said growing up, “it (was) just the team” everyone followed. And this weekend, Draeger will step onto the Gophers’ ice for the first time, skating in a green and white jersey to try and hand his home-state team an upset loss.

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Wolfe named ice hockey captain for 2012-13 season

Two years ago, Greg Wolfe described himself as “a little timid” freshman. Now that timid MSU hockey forward has evolved into a leader of the program, and that leadership role was made concrete today as head coach Tom Anastos named the junior captain of the Spartan squad.

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Spartans top Windsor 6-1 in exhibition opener

The MSU men’s hockey team wasted no time making an impression this season. In fact, it took exactly ten seconds.

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Yanakeff leads young netminder contingent

After competing with fellow goaltender Drew Palmisano for a starting spot last season, junior Will Yanakeff might have assumed the competition would be lessened this year following Palmisano’s departure.

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Spartans open season with Windsor exhibition

With the first season as head coach of his alma mater behind him, Tom Anastos is looking at Monday night’s game as an evaluation of the season lying ahead of them.

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Spartans kick off season with annual media day session

“New players.” It was a phrase heard over and over again at the MSU hockey media day Thursday afternoon. “How are the new players adjusting? How does the team deal with so many new players? Who are the new players the coaching staff expects the most from?”

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Search for new captain continues for Anastos, MSU

MSU hockey head coach Tom Anastos said there’s a “5-foot-8-and-a-half hole” in the MSU hockey dressing room right now.

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MSU athletics announces new partnership with Huntington Bank

Stephen Brooks

July 24, 2012

The bank, whose sponsorship will exceed $5 million, will provide significant funding for the $10 million scoreboard renovations that are underway at Spartan Stadium. The project includes an upgraded sound system, a new 5,300-square foot video scoreboard in the south endzone, two additional video boards on the north end along with a 10-foot high LED ribbon video board that stretches the length of that end of the stadium.

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Anastos hosts inaugural women’s hockey clinic

Britteny Dee

July 18, 2012

The five-hour event was hosted by Tom Anastos, who is the head coach of MSU’s hockey team, and several members of his staff. Anastos said the goal of the clinic was to give participants an inside look at MSU’s hockey program.

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Hockey team unveils new jerseys

Stephen Brooks

June 28, 2012

Today, the MSU athletics department unveiled the new hockey jerseys for the 2012-13 season that head coach Tom Anastos announced a few months ago. The home white jerseys feature the Spartan head logo on the chest with another logo and numbers on the shoulders.

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Great Lakes Invitational extended through 2014

Stephen Brooks

June 18, 2012

Michigan Technological University Athletics Director Suzanne Sanregret announced that the university has extended its partnership with Olympia Entertainment to continue hosting the Great Lakes Invitational through 2014.