With a Big Ten regular season and tournament championship under their belt, as well as an NCAA tournament appearance, the Spartans were voted as the favorite in the Big Ten preseason coaches poll by the conference Friday. Four players were also nominated for preseason honors.
Ahead of MSU hockey's January trip to Wrigley Field to play Wisconsin, the Spartans have a steeper history in outdoor games than most.
With a new MSU Hockey season rounding the corner, the announcement of its team captains came Tuesday morning.
Adding to the ongoing list of commitments to Michigan State University hockey, the Spartans landed three noteworthy commits eligible to join during the 27-28 season. These commits are a local Michigan player and two out-of-state players, who are also playing for the top development program in Michigan.
Head coach Adam Nightingale and the Spartans added six freshmen, two transferring juniors and one graduate transfer student to help continue on their venture upward after winning the program's first Big Ten championship this past winter. Here's the complete list.
As the second overall pick in the 2024 National Hockey League draft, the Chicago Blackhawks were projected to take Michigan State University Hockey’s freshman defenseman Artyom Levshunov, and the pick came to light for the future Blackhawk.
MSU's starting goalie was added to the USA Hockey roster ahead of the IIHF World Championship.
After the season-ending loss in Maryland Heights, Missouri in the regional finals of the NCAA Championships for the Michigan State men's hockey team, honors and awards for the team continues to circulate the program. One more of those includes freshman defenseman Artyom Levshunov, who was named a second-team All-American by the American Hockey Coaches Association, or AHCA.
After a historic season for Michigan State men's hockey, the rewards for the past season continues to shower down as head coach Adam Nightingale received a nomination, along with nine other NCAA hockey coaches, for the Spencer Penrose Award for National Coach of the Year. The award is gifted by the American Hockey Coaches Association.
In a fight to the finish, the Michigan State Spartans men's hockey team made a historic season run that they had been hunting for the past two seasons under head coach Adam Nightingale.
With the loss to the Wolverines, Michigan State's run in the tournament comes to an end in the Maryland Heights regional final. The Spartans will now look forward to next season, in hopes to regroup and build off of this season.
For the sixth time this season, the Michigan State Spartans will face off in men's hockey against their in-state rivals, the University of Michigan Wolverines. This time around, the game to come is the deciding factor of who goes on to St. Paul, Minnesota to be one of the final four teams in the NCAA Championships, also known as the Frozen Four.
Michigan State men's hockey, playing in the first round of the men's hockey NCAA Championships, commonly known as the Frozen Four, against Western Michigan University, came back from down 4-2 in the third period to tie the game and eventually emerge victorious in overtime with a 5-4 win. This win, which seemed almost impossible after the first half of the game with how much Western Michigan was dominating the Spartans, marked Michigan State's second 5-4 overtime victory in a row and allowed the team to advance to the regional finals of the Frozen Four on Sunday against the University of Michigan.
The Spartans will play on Sunday at Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights, Missouri, against the winner of the University of North Dakota and University of Michigan game. Puck drop will be at 6:30 p.m. ESPN2 will air the game.
The men's hockey NCAA Championships, more commonly known as the Frozen Four, is approaching for the Michigan State hockey team. The Spartans are in an effort to defeat the highly qualified and veteran team of the Western Michigan Broncos, a former CCHA rival from the pre-Big Ten men's hockey conference era.
For the first time since 2012, the Michigan State men's hockey team is headed back to the NCAA Championships, more commonly known as the Frozen Four, after a season-clinching Big Ten regular season title and a thrilling overtime Big Ten Tournament title.
As the clock ran down and the crowd inside Munn Ice Arena was on its feet, the winning goal slipped past the University of Michigan goaltender, hit the side of the post and went into the net. Freshman defenseman Patrick Geary, the player who scored the final goal, went skating toward freshman goaltender Trey Augustine, his teammates following, as the Spartans conquered their mission of becoming not only Big Ten regular season champions but also the Big Ten Tournament champions, all in one season.
The time had come for Michigan State men's hockey. A chance to prove itself as the team it had shown the whole season. With the opportunity to host the Big Ten championship game, the Spartans welcomed the University of Michigan Wolverines. After a game that lasted three full periods and an overtime, the Michigan State men's hockey team took home the win and was crowned tournament champions, after a 5-4 win.
Hot off a win against the Ohio State Buckeyes to advance to the Big Ten championship game, the Michigan State Spartans step into unknown territory as they look for their first Big Ten Men's Hockey Tournament title in program history. Not only that, but the Spartans have the chance to do so against their in-state rival, the University of Michigan Wolverines.
After being crowned Big Ten regular season champions for the first time in program history and given a shot at becoming the Big Ten Tournament champions, the 2024 Big Ten award winners were announced on Tuesday, March 19, solidifying huge accomplishments for the Michigan State men's hockey program.