Category: Michigan State Spartans

  By Alyssa Girardi – EAST LANSING — During the MSU hockey team’s winter break following the Great Lakes Invitational at Comerica Park, head coach Tom Anastos joined the green and white masses invading Pasadena, Calif., for the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. After a shaky start to the season, the Spartan football team earned…

A comprehensive photo gallery from a rivalry game between Michigan and Michigan State that took place at Comerica Park in Detroit during the Hockeytown Winter Festival. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey)

By Michael Caples – The Big Ten league office announced today their three stars of the week, and Michigan State’s goaltender is getting recognized for his outstanding play outdoors. Sophomore Jake Hildebrand, a native of Butler, Pa., was named the league’s first star after backstopping the Spartans through their two outdoor contests as part of…

By Alyssa Girardi – DETROIT — It wasn’t the Great Lakes Invitational championship game, but for MSU, defeating Michigan in the consolation match at Comerica Park was almost just as sweet. Thomas Ebbing, Matt Berry and Brent Darnell each scored for MSU in a 3-0 victory that marked the first time the No. 3 Wolverines…

The Spartans and the Wolverines met in the 2013 Great Lakes Invitational consolation game at Comerica Park in Detroit. (Photos by Tom Turrill/MiHockey)

  By Alyssa Girardi – DETROIT — Set against a backdrop of the Detroit skyline while donning throwback script jerseys, the MSU hockey team took the ice across the Comerica Park baseball diamond for the 49th annual Great Lakes Invitational on Friday afternoon. Though this season’s GLI had all the makings of a career highlight…

MiHockey checked out the Fan Zone outside Comerica Park before heading inside to see Michigan State and Michigan Tech kick off the 2013 Great Lakes Invitational. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey)

By Nick Barnowski –  DETROIT – As the Michigan State hockey team looked up from the ice at Comerica Park, green seats mixed with white snow created for the perfect backdrop during their first Great Lakes Invitational practice. The Spartans (5-9-1) will don the green and white tomorrow afternoon against Michigan Tech in the first…

By Michael Caples – The Muskegon Lumberjacks announced today that they have acquired forward Connor Wood from the Michigan State Spartans. Wood, a redshirt freshman with the Spartans, will make his Lumberjacks debut this weekend when the club takes on the Indiana Ice and Chicago Steel. The Bloomfield Hills native was a fourth-round pick of…