The MSU hockey team fell to Western Ontario 5-3 in the team’s first and only exhibition game of the season on Friday at Munn Ice Arena.
The MSU hockey team will have to replace its senior class along with three outstanding juniors after defenseman Jeff Petry and forwards Andrew Rowe and Corey Tropp all decided to skip their final year to play professionally.
Hockey season officially began Sunday as the MSU hockey team split up into two teams for the annual Green and White game at Munn Ice Arena. The Green team won the timed game with a 3-1 score, while the White team took a 3-0 win in a shootout.
MSU’s colorful athletics history was honored Friday as 10 new members received induction into the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame at a ceremony Friday at the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center.
Sophomore defenseman Torey Krug was selected to the Preseason All-CCHA Second Team and junior goalie Drew Palmisano was Honorable Mention.
Current Detroit Red Wing forwards and MSU alumni Drew Miller and Justin Abdelkader visited Sparrow Hospital on Thursday to present a donation of more than $22,000 through Miller’s charity, Spartan Buddies.
MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley announced Tuesday that sophomore defenseman Torey Krug will be the team’s captain this season. Krug will be the second sophomore to receive the honor.
Season tickets for the 2010-11 MSU hockey season will go on sale to the public on Sept. 15, MSU announced Tuesday.
Choosing to forego his senior season with the MSU hockey team, junior forward Corey Tropp has signed a three-year entry-level contract with the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, MSU announced Tuesday.
Jake Chelios, brother of MSU sophomore forward Dean Chelios, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the MSU hockey team next fall. After one season in the United States Hockey League, during which he scored 12 goals and had 22 assists in 52 games, Jake Chelios decided to join three other MSU recruits in signing letters of intent for next fall.
The No. 16 MSU hockey team’s hopes of receiving an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament came to an end Sunday afternoon when the brackets were announced.
As the season likely has come to a close for the No. 16 MSU hockey team, two players have big decisions looming. Junior defenseman Jeff Petry and junior forward Corey Tropp might decide to leave school early to join the NHL teams that own their rights.
The No. 10 MSU hockey team couldn’t have drawn a worse opponent in the quarterfinals of the CCHA Tournament.
After such an impressive start, the No. 10 MSU hockey team’s season is likely over much earlier than many would have thought.
With its NCAA Tournament hopes on the line, the No. 10 MSU hockey team was controlled by Michigan for the second straight game as the Wolverines defeated the Spartans, 5-3, on Saturday at Munn Ice Arena. The win gave U-M the series victory in the CCHA quarterfinal matchup and likely ends the Spartans’ season, barring an unforeseen at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
The Spartans’ most dynamic offensive threat came out of the tunnel after warm-ups and skated for about 30 seconds in front of the MSU bench before heading back into the locker room. An MSU athletics communications official said Tropp stepped on a puck during warm-ups.
Home ice advantage, tournament seedings and season records were put aside Friday night at Munn Ice Arena as the Michigan Wolverines gave MSU an old-fashioned whooping, routing MSU 5-1 in the quarterfinals of the CCHA Tournament. The Spartans likely will need to win the final two games of the best-of-three series to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
It’s finally playoff time. The Spartans will host a best-of-three quarterfinal series March 12-13 — and March 14, if necessary — after the first-round winners are reseeded.
Although the Spartans posted an impressive regular season, everything is on the line as the CCHA Tournament approaches. MSU still is a bubble team trying to earn an at-large bid into the 16-team NCAA Tournament. And they likely will need a deep run in the conference playoffs to receive an invite to the “big dance.” Here’s a look at the Spartans’ regular season grades as they prepare for the CCHA Tournament:
Following the MSU hockey team’s disappointing four-point weekend, hockey reporter Alex Difilippo analyzes the series’ impact on the Spartans’ NCAA Tournament chances and the upcoming CCHA Tournament.