THE ORIGINAL SIX
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• • Michigan State gets back to work after a bye weekend, and will host Notre Dame for two games at Munn Ice Arena. MSU holds a 70-58-16 record in the series between the two schools, and is 39-23-5 against the Irish in games played at Munn. The teams met seven times last season – in addition to the two-game series at each school during the regular season, MSU played at Compton Family Ice Arena in the Big Ten Quarterfinals. MSU was 2-1-1 against the Irish in the regular season and took a 2-1 series victory in the postseason.
• MSU has five invitees to World Junior Camps coming up in mid-December. Invited to US camp is goalie Trey Augustine, forward Isaac Howard, and defenseman Patrick Geary; blueliner Maxim Štrbák will be in camp with Slovakia, and forward Tommi Männistö will skate in Finland’s camp. The WJC is Dec. 26-Jan. 5 in Gothenberg, Sweden.
• MSU most recently took three points out of a trip to No. 8 Minnesota, skating to a 3-3 tie in game one, and then a 6-5 overtime loss in game two. MSU enters the weekend in first place (5-1-2) in the Big Ten standings – MSU’s strongest start in B1G play since the start of the conference a decade ago. MSU has won as many or more Big Ten conference games than it did in 2013-14 (5), 2016-17 (3), and 2020-21 (5). MSU’s record for Big Ten wins is 11.
• Joey Larson had a combined five points in the Minnesota series: he had a goal in each game, including the game-tying goal in the Sunday finale with 18 seconds remaining in regulation. His 8-10-18 scoring line leads MSU and heshares the team lead in goals with linemate Gavin O’Connell (eighth, B1G). Red Savage centers that line, owns a 5-11-16 scoring line, and is tied for 10th in the Big Ten in assists. Savage has established a new career best in assists and tied his career best for points in a season, set as a freshman at Miami.
• Isaac Howard owns the team lead in assists (13, second B1G/13th nationally). His 17 points is tied for 10th in the B1G. He has surpassed his freshman year total for assists and matched his freshman year point total at Minnesota-Duluth (35 GP, 6-11-17). He ranks 20th nationally and second in the Big Ten in…
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