After a five-point outburst in Alaska, senior defenseman Daniel Vukovic has climbed atop the stat sheet and, through seven games, is the Spartans’ leading scorer.
The No. 6 MSU hockey team extended its winning streak to six games with a pair of 3-1 wins over Alaska on Friday and Saturday in Fairbanks, Alaska.
The MSU hockey team is headed to the Great White North — and isn’t exactly sure what it’ll find there.
Despite a 4-1-0 record and being ranked No. 6 in the nation, MSU hockey coach Rick Comley rated his team’s performance at this point in the season as a “C” and noted that it seems like the team is “treading water.”
The No. 8 MSU hockey team did what it needed to do this weekend, sweeping an out-gunned Northern Michigan team at Munn Ice Arena.
For the No. 8 MSU hockey team to achieve its goal of winning the CCHA regular season championship, getting off to a good start in league play is essential.
Although the No. 8 MSU hockey team rebounded this weekend with two wins over Colgate, there is still room for improvement — particularly in regards to penalties and turnovers.
It was a weekend full of potential distractions for the MSU hockey team. Friday, the team raised its 2007 National Championship banner and Saturday, the players’ parents were recognized before the game as part of Parents Weekend.
The last time former MSU captain Chris Lawrence was on the ice at Munn Ice Arena, he was so emotional he could barely speak. On that day in April, Lawrence and his teammates celebrated the MSU hockey team’s national championship with the fans during a parade and a rally.
After struggling in a 6-0 loss to North Dakota last Saturday, the No. 9 MSU hockey team rebounded in a big way Friday with a 6-3 win over Colgate at Munn Ice Arena.
After six months of waiting, the 2007 national championship banner will finally be unveiled at Munn Ice Arena.
Following Saturday’s 6-0 loss to No. 1 North Dakota, the MSU hockey team is moving forward.
Nobody envisioned the MSU hockey team opening the season like this. Simply put, North Dakota was the better team Saturday night.
MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley doesn’t want his team to put last year’s national championship behind them. Comley, who will begin his sixth year behind the MSU bench Saturday night, said he believes you don’t put it in the past, you just deal with it. “Why in the world would something so difficult to win be dismissed so quickly?” he said.
For October, it doesn’t get much bigger than this. Two titans of college hockey will collide Saturday as No. 3 MSU battles No. 1 North Dakota in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game in Grand Forks, N.D.
Get ready North Dakota — the Spartans are coming. In its only exhibition tilt of the season, the No. 3 MSU hockey team knocked off Windsor, 6-0, Tuesday night at Munn Ice Arena and can now look full-speed ahead to Saturday’s regular season opener against No. 1 North Dakota.
A mystery lies ahead for the No. 3 MSU hockey team. The Spartans will face Windsor at 7:05 p.m. tonight at Munn Ice Arena in the team’s lone exhibition contest before facing No. 1 North Dakota on Saturday.
After just starting full practices Saturday, MSU hockey coach Rick Comley said he saw what he expected to see during the Spartans’ annual Green and White intrasquad scrimmage Sunday inside a sweltering Munn Ice Arena.
Senior forward Bryan Lerg said it’s always been his dream to be captain. Now, it’s reality. Lerg will serve as captain of the MSU hockey team for the 2007-08 season.
Coming off the program’s first national title in 21 years, MSU head coach Rick Comley said he’s more driven now than he’s ever been. “That’s the feeling I have sitting here, right now,” Comley said Tuesday at MSU Media Day. “These are golden years for me … it’s such a great school and a great program, there’s so much pride taken from winning a national championship, I’m just hungry to do it again.”