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.
Former MSU wide receiver Plaxico Burress was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday and was taken into custody.
Former MSU goaltender Jeff Lerg was back on campus Aug. 19 to participate in MSU’s Pro Camp, which featured former Spartans who are playing professional hockey, including Justin Abdelkader, Drew Miller and Tim Kennedy.
The Michigan-made man is dying as we know it. As the state’s auto companies file for bankruptcy and merge with foreign manufacturers, the Michigan-made man is disappearing from the nation’s architecture. The car dealers offering low prices and zero money down will become less diverse on TV and radio airwaves during the coming months.
The Stanley Cup has made its home with teams in the Western Conference for the past two seasons. And that won’t change this year.
The Stanley Cup playoffs are always fun, and generally, the Western Conference seems to have more intense games than its counterparts in the Eastern Conference.
Sophomore forward Corey Tropp has been reinstated to the MSU hockey team, head coach Rick Comley announced Friday.
This was a season the MSU hockey program would like to forget. After one of the worst regular seasons in program history, the Spartans were eliminated from postseason play in the first round of the CCHA playoffs.
In the final two weeks of the MSU hockey season, senior goaltender Jeff Lerg was playing with a torn ACL, his father, Ken Lerg said.
Freshman running back Glenn Winston pleaded guilty Tuesday to assault charges stemming from an off-campus brawl in October that sent an MSU hockey player to the hospital, according to East Lansing’s 54-B District Court.
If you would have told Northern Michigan head coach Walt Kyle his team would score 13 goals on MSU senior goaltender Jeff Lerg in a weekend series, he would have said you were out of your mind.
Marquette — Scoring first has become vital for the MSU hockey team. On numerous occasions, MSU head coach Rick Comley has said that when his team nets the first goal, they play much better. On Friday night, the Spartans were able to record the first goal of the game, but only 15 seconds later Northern Michigan answered to tie the game and never gave up the lead again en route to a dominating 5-3 victory over MSU at Berry Events Center.
Revenge — how sweet it can be. That’s the motto surrounding the MSU hockey team this week as it prepares for its first-round playoff series on the road against Northern Michigan starting tonight.
It’s time for a rematch. Michigan’s Athletic Department announced Wednesday the university will host an outdoor game at Michigan Stadium against MSU, likely on Dec. 11, 2010.
The MSU hockey team is in a very unfamiliar position. For the first time since joining the CCHA in 1981, the Spartans are heading on the road for a playoff series.