Category: Michigan State Spartans
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MSU’s Hildebrand named Big Ten’s second star
By Michael Caples – Michigan State goaltender Jake Hildebrand helped his Spartans hang with the No. 1-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers, and the Big Ten took notice. The sophomore goaltender helped the Spartans record a tie and a shootout win on Friday night and kept his team within a goal in a 3-2 loss on…
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Spartans start B1G conference play with tie, shootout win against No. 1 Minnesota
By Alyssa Girardi – EAST LANSING — The beginning of the inaugural season of Big Ten hockey presented a fresh opportunity for MSU to turn over a new leaf. When they turned that leaf over, they found a 2-2 tie and shootout win against the No. 1 team in the country, Minnesota. Spartan freshmen…
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Photos: Spartans take No. 1 Minnesota to OT, win shootout
The Michigan State Spartans hosted No. 1 Minnesota for their first-ever Big Ten conference game Friday night. After playing to a 2-2 tie after regulation and a five-minute overtime, the Spartans won the ensuing shootout 1-0. Click here to read MiHockey’s recap from the game. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey)
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Spartans beat Princeton Friday night at Munn
By Alyssa Girardi – EAST LANSING – A top-to-bottom effort by the MSU hockey team carried it to 4-1 win against Princeton on Friday — a strong confidence boost as the Spartans ready for Big Ten play next weekend. Goaltender Jake Hildebrand made 31 saves, the defense scored its first goal this season and blocked 16…
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Draeger, Berry could return to MSU line-up this weekend
By Alyssa Girardi – EAST LANSING — This weekend possibly could see the return of two key players for MSU hockey, defenseman John Draeger and forward Matt Berry. The two, along with No. 3 goaltender Nate Phillips, suffered similar lower-body injuries before the start of the season. Each has been on hiatus for about…
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MSU seeing offensive production from freshman class
By Alyssa Girardi – EAST LANSING – When looking for potential future Spartans, Tom Anastos swears by the recruiting philosophy of “recruit offense, teach defense.” It was the general rule when the MSU head coach played for the Spartans from 1982-85, and it’s been a philosophy he’s gone by during his coaching career. With the…
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Spartans sweep American International with Sunday afternoon win
By Alyssa Girardi – EAST LANSING — Despite a rocky 0-3 start to the season, the Spartans have turned things around. Michigan State is currently riding a three-game winning streak after defeating American International, 4-0, Sunday afternoon. “We saw some good things tonight from our five-on-five play, we created some very good scoring chances,” head…
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Photos: Spartans vs. American International (Sunday)
Michigan State completed a sweep of American International with a 4-0 win Sunday afternoon at Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing. (Photos by Michael Caples/MiHockey)