Junior forward Andrew Rowe made two smooth moves to slide by defenders before taking a hard wrist shot at the net from the high slot. And that’s all he remembers.
Oxford, Ohio — The MSU hockey team didn’t walk out of Steve Cady Arena victorious Friday night. But the Spartans proved a point — they can play with the best team in the country.
The Miami (Ohio) hockey team was a minute away from a national championship last season.
After winning only four games away from Munn Ice Arena last season, the MSU hockey team earned its first road victory on its first attempt. But it didn’t come easy last weekend.
The MSU hockey team was unable to keep its undefeated streak alive Saturday night at Maine, falling to the Black Bears 5-3 in Orono, Maine.
MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley doesn’t want to get too high on his team just yet. Although the MSU hockey team earned its first sweep since Feb. 29 to March 1, 2008, this weekend against Clarkson, Comley said it’s still too early to make lofty assumptions about his team.
The fight song echoed off the walls of the MSU hockey team’s locker room Saturday night. It had been a long time coming, but the Spartans finally were able to tune their singing voices, a post-game ritual reserved for MSU weekend sweeps.
Ford Field will have a new seating configuration for the Frozen Four when the premier college hockey event arrives in Detroit on April 8, 2010.
MSU freshman forward Chris Forfar found a perfect time to score his first career goal as a Spartan.
MSU head coach Rick Comley’s 750th win might not be his favorite or his most memorable, but it sure allows him to breathe easy for the night.
The MSU hockey team is ecstatic about scoring five goals in Monday’s exhibition against Western Ontario.
With 11 freshmen who saw considerable ice time last year, one would think this year’s MSU hockey team would be experienced entering the season. But that’s not the case.
The MSU men’s hockey didn’t score more than four goals in a single game last season. But in Wednesday night’s exhibition game against Western Ontario, the Spartans tallied five goals and the offense was clicking on all cylinders en route to a 5-2 victory in the team’s lone exhibition game of the young season.
Nine new freshmen can be found on the MSU hockey team’s roster this season.
Unlike what has been the case for the MSU football team in the past, a meal of pork and beans wasn’t on the line for the losers of the MSU hockey team’s annual Green and White game.
MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley is hoping nothing about this season resembles what happened to his team last year, a season littered with injuries, early departures, suspensions and off-ice incidents.
The MSU hockey team was picked to finish ninth in the preseason CCHA coaches poll and eighth by the league’s media.
Although assignments, due dates and midterms quickly are approaching in classes, students would be best advised to relax and take a couple breaks this weekend. That’s because this weekend arguably is the deepest and most complete sports weekend of the year for Michigan residents, featuring a few huge matchups that will be instrumental in determining the standing of local teams during the next couple weeks.
MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley made it clear — this year’s hockey team is better than last year’s.
With 19 underclassmen on the MSU hockey roster, it would seem co-captains Nick Sucharski and Jeff Petry would have their hands full showing the newcomers the ropes of the program. But that hasn’t been the case.