No. 2/2 Hockey Travels to Penn State for Top 5 Matchup

NOTES TO KNOW:

• Michigan State maintained the No. 2 spot in each the USA Hockey Poll and the USCHO.com ballot this week. MSU has not been ranked decrease than No. 4 in both ballot this season.

• MSU swept Minnesota final weekend, defeating the Golden Gophers by scores of 3-1 and 3-2. The Spartans bought three-point weekends from each Maxim Strbak (1-2-3) and Tommi Mannisto (1-2-3) along with Trey Augustine’s 1.51 GAA and .947 Sv% effort in aim.

• Michigan State isn’t any stranger to out of doors video games. The Spartans have been innovators of the out of doors sport, internet hosting the primary fashionable regular-season out of doors hockey sport in North American historical past dubbed “the Cold War” on October 6, 2001 at Spartan Stadium. The sellout crowd of 74,544 was the biggest to observe a hockey sport at the moment. MSU defeated Wisconsin, 4-3, at Wrigley Field within the “Frozen Confines” collection on January 4, 2025. Daniel Russell scored the additional time game-winner with 1.4 seconds remaining.

• Michigan State is 2-2-2 all-time in out of doors video games, additionally defeating then No. 3-ranked Michigan, 3-0, at Comerica Park (residence of the Detroit Tigers) on the 2013 Great Lakes Invitational.

• The Spartans are 7-3-0 towards ranked opponents this season. All ranked opponents on MSU’s schedule so far have been ranked within the Top 10. Penn State is the fifth Top 5 ranked collection on Michigan State’s schedule. Other MSU opponents, New Hampshire and Michigan Tech have made later appearances within the rankings.

• This is MSU’s second collection towards the Nittany Lions this season, taking 5 of 6 factors from Penn State in East Lansing on November 7-8. Michigan State took sport one, 2-1, in additional time off a Tiernan Shoudy aim, and gained sport two, 5-0. Augustine had a 0.49 GAA and a .984 Sv% in these video games.

• Michigan State’s high line forwards Daniel Russell – Charlie Stramel – Porter Martone have generated 82 factors this season on 35 targets and 47 assists, and are a mixed +65 on the ice with Stramel main with a +24 to Russell’s +22 and Martone’s +19.

• Stramel has set a brand new career-best in single season factors with 30 this season, topping his 27 from his junior marketing campaign in simply 21 video games (set 1/15 at Wisconsin).

• Stramel is #2 nationally in face-off wins (302), #30 in assists per sport (0.71), #23 in targets per sport (0.54) and #15 in factors per sport (1.25).

• Martone ranks #9 nationally in targets per sport (0.64) and is #12 in factors per sport (1.27), rating second on the group in factors with 28 (14-14-28).

• Russell ranks #41 nationally in assists per sport (0.67) and #44 in factors per sport (1.00). He’s one in all solely seven energetic DI gamers with 100+ profession factors (104).

• Junior goaltender Trey Augustine is among the many greatest within the nation rating #4 in shutouts (3), #1 in targets towards common (1.73) and #2 in save proportion (.938). Augustine leads all energetic goaltenders in profession wins (59) and has performed in 14 much less video games than the #2 goaltender.