DETROIT, Mich. (WLNS) – For the second straight season, Michigan State’s hockey workforce was elevating the ‘Iron D’ trophy excessive into the sky at Little Caesars Enviornment.
The Spartans took down rival Michigan, 6-1, on Saturday in Detroit and cut up the weekend sequence with the Wolverines, who received in East Lansing the night time earlier than.
The loss on Friday was MSU’s fifth lack of the season. All 5 losses have come within the first sport of a sequence and was adopted up by a win within the second night time.
Just like the night time earlier than, MSU scored the primary objective of the sport on Saturday. Freshman Shane Vansaghi scored on an influence play simply over 4 minutes into the sport.
Michigan would web the equalizer within the second interval because of Tyler Duke, nevertheless, the Spartans responded simply over two minutes later.
Gavin O’Connell scored the go-ahead objective with underneath seven minutes left within the second interval, and it was all Spartans from there.
Simply over two minutes after O’Connell’s objective, Mikey DeAngelo received the struggle for the puck in entrance of the online and put MSU up 3-1 within the second interval.
The Spartans would add three extra targets within the closing interval because of Joey Larson, Tiernan Shoudy, and Isaac Howard, who scored his twenty second objective of the season.
With this win, MSU is 5 factors up on Minnesota for first place within the Huge Ten standings. The Gophers had a bye this weekend and the Spartans may have a bye subsequent weekend.The following time the Spartans play will probably be on Feb. 21-22 at house towards Penn State.
