The best-of-three series starts Friday at 7 p.m. at Compton Family Ice Arena in South Bend. Saturday’s game is set for 4:30 p.m. If necessary, a tie-breaker match will take place Sunday at 6 p.m. All games will be televised on FS2.
Dylan St. Cyr got the best of his former team in East Lansing, now he's hoping to bring Michigan State its first Big Ten Tournament win.
The Spartans finished 2-1-1 against Notre Dame in the regular season. The best-of-three quarterfinals round takes place March 3-5.
Michigan State's loss to Wisconsin was a huge blow to its NCAA Tournament hopes, but there is still a chance MSU can qualify. Here's how.
MSU sits at 34 points in the conference, where it will stay with no remaining series in the regular season. The Spartans no longer control their own destiny to host a Big Ten tournament game, but can still finish fourth place or higher depending on the results of next week's games.
Three different Spartans recorded three points in Michigan State hockey's return to the ice following Monday night's shooting.
The Spartans have one last item to check off their regular season to-do list, as they travel to Madison to take on Wisconsin. Puck drop is set for Friday at 9 p.m. and Saturday at 8 p.m.
Michigan State has just two regular season games remaining and will need some help if it hopes to earn home-ice advantage for the Big Ten Tournament.
With the loss, the Spartans fall to 15-15-2 overall and 9-11-2 in the Big Ten.
An abundance of thrown punches, intense hits and fighting resulted in numerous stops and timeouts to review previous plays, therefore, extending regulation. In the end, it was 45 minutes longer than MSU’s game against Notre Dame last Friday.
The two rivals will go back at it Saturday night at Little Caeser's Arena in Detroit for the series finale.
Michigan and Michigan State are part of a four-way tie for second place in the Big Ten.
The Spartans face No. 5 Michigan in East Lansing on Friday and at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday for the Duel in the D.
With the pivotal sweep over No. 20 Notre Dame, the Spartans remain on the right side of the NCAA tournament bubble.
It’s been 17 years since No. 17 Michigan State last swept No. 20 Notre Dame, a remarkable streak that ended Saturday in East Lansing.
Potent special teams and goaltending can be the difference when the margins are slim, and MSU had both on Friday night.
The win marks Michigan State's first shutout victory since Nov. 26.
Sitting just outside the 16-team NCAA tournament bubble at No. 18 in the PairWise rankings, the Spartans are fighting to earn a spot in the playoffs for the first time since 2012.
The Spartans will honor 10 seniors following the conclusion of Saturday's game versus Notre Dame.
Six of the seven Big Ten teams are now ranked, with Notre Dame, MSU's next opponent, entering at No. 20.