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Still skidding
After a heartbreaking 3-1 loss to No. 2 Wisconsin on Friday night, the No. 18 MSU hockey team bounced back to tie No.
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Melting under pressure
With less than a minute remaining, MSU scores a tie-breaking goal. Fans cheer and players celebrate. But wait — the referees have to review the play. Munn Ice Arena goes dead silent. The ref turns around and gives a signal.
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Home-and-home awaits icers
Despite losing its past three games, the No. 13 Spartans hockey team remains focused and upbeat about its chances to get back into the CCHA race as it prepares to meet last-place Western Michigan in a home-and-home series this weekend.
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No. 13 MSU looks to rebound at OSU
Six games in 12 days — including two consecutive Tuesday night contests — have the MSU hockey team gasping for more air to keep going. After tonight's game against Ohio State at 7:05 p.m.
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Spartans swept at home as UNO takes two
The MSU hockey team had fewer than 30 seconds left to play before escaping Saturday with a tie. But Nebraska-Omaha forward Scott Parse picked up the puck on a turnover behind the MSU net and fed it up to forward Bill Thomas, who beat MSU freshman goaltender Jeff Lerg on the bottom corner with 27.2 seconds left in overtime. With the 3-2 win, the Mavericks completed a weekend sweep over the No.
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MSU men's hockey takes overtime tie against Ferris
Big Rapids — MSU head coach Rick Comley put Tuesday's game against Ferris State into perspective. With many players out of the lineup for the No.
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Spartans travel to Big Rapids to face Ferris
Seven games into the season, the No. 6 MSU hockey team has shown that it is going to be a team that will be there until the end. The Spartans (5-1-1 overall, 2-0-1 CCHA) are riding on a three-game streak and will look to extend it starting 7:35 p.m.
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Hockey team sweeps weekend
Going into the weekend, the No. 8 MSU hockey team's major question was whether or not it could keep up its solid play with all of the injuries it has suffered. After 10 goals and two completely different styles of wins, the Spartans walked away from their weekend series against No.
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Comley looks for success over former team
It's been a long three seasons for Rick Comley since he left Marquette for East Lansing. The MSU head coach is just 3-7 against his former team, Northern Michigan, since becoming the Spartans head coach in 2002. MSU was swept out of the Berry Events Center last season in the only two meetings between the schools and the Wildcats eliminated the Spartans from the CCHA Super-Six in 2003 and 2004. Now, off to its best start under Comley, MSU is looking to end the Wildcats' dominance when they meet for two games on Friday and Saturday, both at 7:05 p.m.
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Icers still fighting injuries
It has been a season of ups-and-downs for the MSU hockey team and it has only played five games. The ups have been aplenty, with the team starting the season 3-1-1 and getting wins against top teams North Dakota and Cornell. "Our confidence is very good because we are getting such great efforts from all players," MSU assistant coach Tom Newton said.
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Icers upset No. 2 Cornell to earn split
Brandon Warner scored his first collegiate goal, which turned out to be the game winner, Saturday against No.
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Icers play No. 2 Cornell
The MSU hockey team received its Halloween treats early this year with an undefeated October. Now MSU (2-0-1 overall, 0-0-1 CCHA) is looking for an even bigger treat when the team plays No.
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And the rivalry lives on
Ann Arbor — After a hard-fought match with rival Michigan, the MSU hockey team left Yost Ice Arena the same way it entered — undefeated. In an intense game that lasted nearly three hours, the Spartans managed a 3-3 tie with the No.
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Icers prepare to battle No. 1 U-M
With a big game against No. 1 Michigan coming up this Saturday, the MSU hockey team wasn't found on the ice Thursday night. Instead, head coach Rick Comley canceled practice and took the team bowling. Comley's doing whatever he can to take the pressure off the Spartans (2-0-0 overall) before they travel to Yost Ice Arena to face the Wolverines on Saturday at 7:35 p.m. Last year, the Spartans played two games against U-M at Yost, losing one and tying the other. "They always have a dynamic team that's very good offensively, so we have to play very well," Comley said. Michigan is led by juniors Matt Hunwick and T.J.
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Icers stay unbeaten with exhibition win
The MSU hockey team's early success continued this weekend as it defeated Western Ontario 4-2 in a dogfight exhibition game Friday night at Munn Ice Arena. Even though the Spartans (2-0-0 overall) outshot Western Ontario (0-0-0 overall), 40-13, the Mustangs still proved to be a challenge.
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MSU riding high into exhibitioner
MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley couldn't ask for a better start to the season. Last weekend, the Spartans went on the road and won the Lefty McFadden Invitational tournament in Dayton, Ohio with commanding victories against Wayne State and North Dakota, last year's national runner-up. It's the first time the Spartans have won their first two games since the 2001-02 season. "I always like to start two and zero," Comley said. The Spartans (2-0-0 overall) will hit the ice again at 7 p.m.
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Icers ascend rankings after tournament win
The MSU hockey team jumped seven spots to No. 10 in the www.uscho.com Division I Poll following wins against Wayne State and last year's national runner-up, North Dakota. With the victories, the Spartans captured the Lefty McFadden Invitational title in Dayton, Ohio, and now stand 2-0.
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Hockey is back with authority
To put it lightly, I was excited. My anticipation level was soaring as I pulled my car into the Joe Louis Arena parking garage.
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Expectations high for Spartans entering 2005-06 season
After compiling a 20-17-4 overall record last season with the expectations and hopes that the program had coming into the 2004-05 campaign, MSU head coach Rick Comley is determined to leave last year in the past. "It was a season obviously, we had good expectations and there was no reason to think we weren't going to do well and then it just didn't work," he said.
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Icers picked 4th in media, coaches poll
The coaches and media around the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, or CCHA, are giving early hints that the MSU hockey team will be able to make up for the loss of All-American Jim Slater, who was the team's captain and leading scorer for the last two years. The Spartans were voted fourth in both CCHA preseason polls.