This episode of Spartan Hockey All-Access includes features on red shirt senior forward Connor Wood, Head Coach Tom Anastos and family, and a look at the Spartans match-ups against #1Penn State.
Category: Ice Hockey
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Michigan State hockey gets first B1G win, 3-0, over Michigan
Some unlikely heroes helped the Michigan State hockey team snap a nine-game losing streak. Sam Saliba, Chris Knudson and Connor Wood scored goals for MSU in a 3-0 win over rival Michigan on tonight at Yost Ice Arena. The trio have now combined for six goals in 133 career games.
Source: Detroit Free Press
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Taro Hirose carving own role as part of power play unit
Although MSU’s penalty kill play is dispiriting, the Spartans have been improving on the power play, scoring a power-play goal in six of the Spartans’ last seven games. A major factor of the Spartans positive refinement on the power play lies upon freshman forward Taro Hirose.
Source: The State News
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Previewing the IU game, and the future of MSU’s hockey program by Spartan Speak
Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press / LSJ Michigan State beat writer Chris Solari preview this weekend’s MSU men’s basketball game against IU, discuss the Big Ten race, and issue their own State of the State concerning the Spartans’ hockey program.
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Couch: MSU hockey reaches critical juncture for Anastos
Tom Anastos sounds like a man short on answers who knows he might be short on time to find them. There is a difference to his frustration this season, his sixth as Michigan State’s hockey coach. He expected the struggle in previous years — even as fans began to doubt him. It was all part of a blueprint he knew would take time. This season, even Anastos seems to be running out of patience.
Source: Detroit Free Press
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MSU hockey takes on rival Michigan in home-and-home series
MSU hockey (4-15-1, 0-6-0 Big Ten) will play in-state rival University of Michigan (8-11-1, 1-5-0 Big Ten) this weekend in a home-and-home series beginning Friday at Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor. The rivalry is the most played in college hockey. Friday’s matchup will conclude a five-game road trip for the Spartans, which is the longest conference road stretch for a Big Ten team this season.
Source: The State News
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Finding Potential Replacements for Tom Anastos
Tom Anastos has had a bumpy tenure behind the bench for the Spartans. He has simply not accomplished enough to justify keeping his job.
Source: The Only Colors
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Five questions with MSU hockey: Joe Cox
Each week, The State News will interview a member of the MSU hockey team and ask questions that aren’t just related to hockey. Last time, The State News interviewed sophomore forward Mason Appleton. This week, The State News interviewed senior forward Joe Cox.
Source: The State News
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An MSU hockey player, his immigrant father and ‘The Mighty Ducks’
Butrus Ghafari doesn’t recall how old he was, but he will never forget the feeling. His team had won a peewee youth hockey tournament, and Ghafari joined his teammates at center ice to accept their trophies. His father, Sejaan, approached. The younger Ghafari was expecting a warm embrace. Instead, his father ripped the hardware out of his hands and told him he hadn’t played up to par.
Source: Detroit Free Press
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Spartans and Wolverines to Meet in Home-and-Home Series
The Spartans and Wolverines resume the most-played rivalry in college hockey this weekend as the two teams meet in a home-and-home series beginning Friday in Ann Arbor.
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With slew of down seasons, Tom Anastos’ future with MSU hockey unknown
On March 23, 2011, Tom Anastos was appointed to the position of head coach of the MSU hockey team after the previous head coach, Rick Comley, retired after the conclusion of the 2010-11 season. But since taking over in 2011, it’s been everything but a smooth ride for the MSU alumnus.
Source: The State News
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Michigan State Hockey: Struggling Spartans
This weekend the Michigan State hockey team lost their 8th and 9th consecutive conference games falling to number 4 Penn State on back-to-back nights. MSU has not won a game since defeating North Dakota 4-3 on November 25th. While the excuse has been made the team is young and will need some time to develop, the team has failed to translate on the ice that improvements are coming, putting head coach Tom Anastos back on the hot seat. The start to the season saw the Spartans face numerous tough teams, and that will continue into Big Ten play.
Source: isportsweb
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Late Comeback Sinks Spartans at No. 4 Penn State
Two Penn State goals in a nine-second span late in the third period broke a 2-2 tie and gave the fourth-ranked Nittany Lions a 5-2 win over the Michigan State hockey team on Saturday night at Pegula Ice Arena. The Spartans (4-15-1, 0-6) took a 2-1 lead into the third period, but a goal by Ricky DeRosa off an MSU turnover with 10:29 to play tied the game and was the first of four straight for PSU.
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No. 4 Penn State Gets Past Spartans
The Michigan State hockey team dropped its opening game of a weekend series at No. 4 Penn State, 5-2, Friday night at Pegula Ice Arena in University Park. The Spartans took an early lead, but Penn State responded with three straight goals and never again gave up the advantage.
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MSU hockey takes on No. 4 Penn State on the road
The MSU hockey team (4-13-1, 0-4-0 Big Ten) continues its five-game road trip as it faces No. 4 Penn State (14-2-1, 3-1-0 Big Ten) in a two-game series this weekend. “(Penn State is a) good team, playing with lots of confidence,” head coach Tom Anastos said. “They’re a real good team at home … They traditionally have thrown a lot of pucks to the net and created a lot off of that. Their defense is very active in their game, which makes you have to really be on your toes to defend.”
Source: The State News
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Neil’s Notebook: Spartans Looking for Turnaround at Penn State
For sure, Ed Minney’s first career start as a Michigan State goaltender was anything but memorable. It was at Penn State last season – on Dec. 5, 2016. Minney, a sophomore in 2015-16, gave up two goals before the game was four minutes old – at 2:50 and 3:50 – and another late in the first period.
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Five questions with MSU Hockey: Mason Appleton
Each week, The State News will interview a member of the MSU hockey team and ask questions not just related to hockey. This week, The State News interviewed sophomore forward Mason Appleton.
Source: The State News
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Spartans Continue Road Swing at Penn State
Michigan State continues its five-game road trip with a pair of games at Penn State this weekend. Sophomore Mason Appleton leads the Spartans in goals (8), assists (9) and points (17) … He has five points (3g, 2a) over the last five games and has been held off the scoresheet just twice in the past seven games.
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Spartans Falter at Wisconsin
A pair of second-period Wisconsin goals snapped a 1-1 tie as the Badgers defeated the Michigan State hockey team, 5-1, on Saturday night at the Kohl Center in Madison.
Source: MSUSpartans.com
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Wisconsin Tops Spartans in Weekend Opener
A pair of first-period goals gave the Wisconsin Badgers some early momentum and it proved to be enough in a 5-1 win over the Michigan State hockey team on Friday night at the Kohl Center in Madison.