Van Andel Arena, Michigan Technological University, and Michigan State University have signed a four-year extension to the annual Great Lakes Invitational to keep the tournament in Grand Rapids. The 57th annual tournament will take place on December 28-29, 2023, and will open with Michigan Tech against Alaska and Michigan State versus Ferris State.
MSU has put the college hockey world on notice, taking an aggressive approach to the transfer portal and recruiting over the last year. Certainly, the way Nightingale and the staff are using the portal this season compared with last is more aggressive.
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Nicolas Muller (Arisdorf, Switzerland) captured three awards – he was voted the Outstanding Offensive Player, Outstanding Senior, and the Spartan Shield Award recipient. Muller put together a career-best year as the Spartans made a run to the Big Ten semifinals for the first time in program history.
Since the transfer portal opened on Monday, Michigan State hockey has already snagged a few promising additions to its roster, the latest being sophomore forward Red Savage from Miami (OH). Savage, who took to Twitter to announce his commitment on Wednesday, was selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the fourth round of the 2021 NHL draft, before spending the last two seasons with the Redhawks.
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Plenty of player movement is being made across college hockey, including Michigan State, who landed its first player from the transfer portal Tuesday: UMass forward Reed Lebster. Lebster, a Grand Rapids native, spent four seasons with the Minutemen, three of which were under the eyes of current MSU associate head coach Jared DeMichiel.
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The transfer portal opened up Monday and Michigan State wasted no time taking initial steps toward constructing its roster for next season. Four players have already entered the portal: sophomore forward Jesse Tucker, junior forwards Zach Dubinsky and Kyle Haskins and junior defenseman Powell Connor, a team spokesperson confirmed to The State News.
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Michigan State hockey’s first season under coach Adam Nightingale provided some stunning results and saw an injection of new life and hope in the program’s fanbase. But the Spartans came up just short of its goal of making the NCAA tournament. MSU (18-18-2) finished 16h in the final Pairwise rankings — two spots from nabbing the field’s final at-large berth. The tournament field will be officially announced on Sunday night.
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Senior Nicolas Müller (Arisdorf, Switzerland) has announced that he will return to Michigan State and will play a fifth season for the Spartans. “We are very excited that Nico has decided to return to our program for another year,” said head coach Adam Nightingale.
No. 18/17 Michigan State battled with No. 1/1 Minnesota in its first-ever trip to the Big Ten semifinals, but fell to the Big Ten regular-season champions, 5-1. The Golden Gophers will host the championship game next weekend against Michigan.
Michigan State defeated Notre Dame in the best-of-three Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal round and takes on No. 1/1 Minnesota on Saturday in the single-game semifinal. MSU trails in the all-time series with Minnesota by a 50-133-16 margin (7-32-3 since the teams joined the Big Ten hockey conference in the 2013-14 season).
Michigan State head coach Adam Nightingale has been named a finalist for Big Ten Coach of the Year honors. The first-year Spartan mentor has guided the Spartans into the Big Ten Tournament semifinals, and will take on No. 1/1 Minnesota on Saturday.
No. 20/20 Michigan State earned a 4-2 win over Notre Dame on Sunday in the deciding game of the best-of-three Big Ten quarterfinal series, sending the Spartans to the Big Ten semifinals against Minnesota next weekend.
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No. 20/20 Michigan State scored its most-ever goals in a Big Ten Tournament game and got the monkey off its back by securing its first-ever Big Ten Tournament victory, downing No. 19/17 Notre Dame 4-2. The teams will now play Sunday to decide this best-of-three series, with the puck dropping at 6 pm at the Compton Family Ice Arena.
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No. 20/20 Michigan State dropped a hard-fought 1-0 decision to No. 19/17 Notre Dame in the first game of a best-of-three quarterfinal series in the Big Ten Tournament on Friday evening. The Spartans (16-17-2) need a win on Saturday to force a game three in the series. Notre Dame is now 16-14-5 Saturday’s game will be played at 4:30 pm and airs live on FS2.
One point. Michigan State hockey was one point short of hosting its first Big Ten tournament game since the conference formed in the 2013-14 season. Since they were on a bye last week, all the Spartans could do was sit back and watch from afar as the other six teams in the conference decided their playoff destiny. At the end of the weekend, the Spartans were locked in as the fifth seed, meaning they would go another year without hosting their quarterfinals round.
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Nearly two years ago to the day, Dylan St. Cyr made 27 and 29 saves on back-to-back nights at Munn Ice Arena to earn a series shutout. The only problem was he was wearing Notre Dame’s navy blue and gold sweater instead of Michigan State’s green and white.
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Michigan State opens the 2023 Big Ten tournament with a quarterfinal series at Notre Dame. MSU is searching for its first victory in the Big Ten Tournament since the league began play in the 2013-14 campaign. The Spartans are the No. 5 seed, its highest seeding since the 2015-16 campaign when it was also the No. 5.
Michigan State has finished fifth in the Big Ten hockey standings and will head to Notre Dame for a best-of-three quarterfinal series next weekend (March 3-5). The teams will meet on Friday at 7 pm, with game two slated for 4:30 pm on Saturday. Should a game three be necessary, it will be played on Sunday at 6 pm. All games in this series will air live on FS2.
The Spartans are on a bye for the final week of the regular season, leaving the fate of their Big Ten seeding in the hands of Notre Dame and Penn State. Based on what happens this upcoming weekend, MSU can finish anywhere between fourth place and sixth place in the conference.
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No. 17/14 Michigan State dropped its regular-season finale at Wisconsin on Saturday, falling 6-2 on the Badgers’ senior night.