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Sports | Ice Hockey

ICE HOCKEY

Frozen in time

What looks like fallen pocket change to the average Joe could spell luck for MSU assistant hockey coach Tom Newton, who said that discarded pennies and nickels are his turned-up horseshoes.

ICE HOCKEY

Iced

A shutout and a tie. The two polar opposites happened in a dramatic weekend series against No. 1 Michigan. The MSU hockey team blanked the Wolverines Friday at Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor. The last time U-M was shut out at home was Feb. 28, 2003, and the Spartans were to blame.

ICE HOCKEY

Beat U-M

The time has come. It’s a rivalry of epic proportion. MSU versus Michigan is one of the most heated and famous encounters in college hockey. Throw in the fact that U-M hockey is No. 1 in the country and that raises the ante for this weekend’s home-and-home series

ICE HOCKEY

Trash talking heats up between MSU, U-M

Although he’s a native of the Buffalo area, senior forward Chris Mueller has become fully assimilated into the MSU vs. U-M rivalry. Mueller even admitted exchanging text messages with U-M forward Danny Fardig early this week — but none were of the discussible nature.

ICE HOCKEY

Notre Dame fights back, ends game in tie

It boiled down to the last 30 seconds for the MSU hockey team in Sunday’s 1-1 game with No. 6 Notre Dame. The No. 10 Spartans were just about ready to walk away sweeping the weekend series until Notre Dame’s Ryan Thang scored his 12th goal of the season with 37.8 seconds left in the game.