Category: Michigan State Spartans
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NCAA’s rules committee to examine allowing shields; Anastos named new committee chair
By Michael Caples – The NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee released a statement today regarding a variety of topics, including potentially allowing players to wear three-quarter visors instead of the traditional cage face protection. The release also announced that Michigan State coach Tom Anastos has been named the new chair of the committee, effective Sept.…
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Matt DeBlouw impresses at NHL Scouting Combine
By Stefan Kubus – While names like Nail Yakupov, Filip Forsberg, and Ryan Murray are garnering the most attention for the upcoming 2012 NHL Entry Draft, a former Muskegon Lumberjacks center and future Michigan State Spartan shined at the NHL Scouting Combine. Matt DeBlouw, an 18-year-old Chesterfield native, tested in the top-10 among 105 draft-eligible…
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Big Ten hockey coming to Detroit
Hockey fans in Michigan can still expect to see the Spartans and Wolverines skate at the Joe in March. The Big Ten announced today that they will alternate between the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn. and Joe Louis Arena in Detroit for their postseason tournament when the league begins play in 2013-14. The…
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MSU captain Torey Krug announces deal with Bruins
By Michael Caples – EAST LANSING – Since he started playing hockey in metro Detroit, Torey Krug always heard about how he was too small to make a career out of the game he loves. Today, the 5-foot-9-inch defenseman proved all of the doubters wrong. At a press conference held at Munn Ice Arena Sunday…
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MiHockey’s NCAA bracket predictions
MiHockey’s Darren Eliot and Michael Caples attempted the (almost) impossible this week, drawing out an NCAA Tournament bracket and picking their winners. DE used red, while MCC used green. In case you can’t read their whiteboard writing, we’ve attached their brackets below. And in case you want to cut to the chase and see who…
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Four Michigan schools selected for NCAA tourney leads nation
Sixteen schools were selected to participate in the NCAA Tournament today, and four of them call our state home. Michigan leads the nation in the amount of NCAA schools heading to this year’s tournament. Here’s a look at what Michigan, Michigan State, Ferris State, and Western Michigan will face in the first round. Midwest Region…
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CCHA award winners announced; Krug named POY
This year’s CCHA award-winners were crowned at the Fox Theatre in Detroit tonight. Here’s a look at the winners and some of their accomplishments from the 2011-12 campaign. RBC Player of the Year – Torey Krug, Michigan State There’s not much praise that Torey Krug hasn’t already received this year, which is why the captain…
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CCHA Championship match-ups set
With yet another shocking upset, the Bowling Green State Falcons punched their ticket to the Joe, and finalized the match-ups for the 2012 CCHA Championships. Bowling Green posted a 4-3 win over Ferris State in overtime Sunday night, led by freshman Dan DeSalvo’s natural hat trick – the last of which being the series-deciding goal…
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CCHA playoffs: Friday quarterfinal recaps
Bowling Green 3, Ferris State 2 (OT) – Bowling Green might be at it again. Fresh off their upset against Northern Michigan in the first round, they now hold a 1-0 series lead against top-ranked Ferris State. Camden Wojtala scored at the 17:09 mark of regulation to tie the game for the Falcons, and then…