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.
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.