GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WLNS) – Two targets within the third assist No. 1 Michigan State declare its first Nice Lakes Invitational title since 2009. By profitable the title, Head Coach Adam Nightingale additionally turns into the third head coach to win the match as each a participant and a head coach. He gained the match 20 years in the past, on December 30, 2004.
“You know playing with my brother was pretty special,” Head Coach Adam Nightingale stated. “I think we had a great group of guys and I think it was a proud moment for our team, but I think knowing what our guys do with them every day and how committed they are even you know going home at Christmas you could tell our guys put the work in. You shouldn’t have a coach over your shoulder so this is really special.”
“Obviously last year we were close and ended up losing but we just wanted to come in this year and play our hardest,” MSU Ahead Joey Larson stated.
Backup goaltender Luca Di Pasquo obtained the beginning in web for each video games with beginning netminder Trey Augustine taking part in on the World Junior Championships. Di Pasquo turned apart 29 photographs within the championship recreation and was named the all-tournament workforce in addition to the match’s MVP.
“We talked after the game, you talk about being a great teammate, and for Luca every time we are always going into a game I tell him who we are starting, and more times than not it is Trey,” Nightingale stated. “So I tell Trey he is starting and I tell Luca, Trey is starting just to give him a heads up and there is never an attitude, there is never moping, there is never pouting. He just always says ‘Coach I will be ready when you need me!’ And I think that is a really great message to the rest of our guys. You have to prepare if your time comes not when, you don’t know when. And when it does come we know he is ready for it. We know he is a great goalie and it obviously gives our guys a ton of confidence.”
The Spartans may have a brief turnaround as they welcome Wisconsin to Munn on Thursday then will spherical out the collection in opposition to Wisconsin at Wrigley Subject within the Frozen Confines.
