East Lansing, Mich. . – No. 1 Michigan State earned a 4-1 victory over No. 10 Michigan on Saturday at Munn Ice Arena, splitting the weekend series with each team winning on its home ice. This was the 350th meeting all-time between the schools in college hockey’s most-played rivalry.
Charlie Stramel had a three-point night (two goals) and Isaac Howard remained the nation’s leading scorer with a three-assist effort for Michigan State (19-3-2, 10-2-2 B1G), which bounced back from a Friday overtime loss that snapped a national-best nine-game unbeaten streak. Michigan falls to 14-9-1, 8-6-0 B1G.
MSU scored twice in each of the first two periods, and got a 34-save effort from sophomore Trey Augustine. Michigan scored its lone goal at 18:50 of the third period on the power play to ruin the shutout for the Spartans.
Matt Basgall and Shane Vansaghi had power-play goals for MSU, which saw three of its goals come via special teams. Stramel’s second goal came shorthanded after the only even-strength goal of the night in the first.
MSU holds a one-point lead in the Big Ten standings (32-31) over Minnesota, which comes to Munn Arena for a two-game series next weekend (Jan. 24-25).
STATISTICS OF NOTE
- MSU was 2-for-8 on the power play and scored a shorthanded marker, its fourth of the season. The Spartans are tied for fourth nationally in shorthanded goals.
- The Spartans improved to 10-0-1 in the second game of a weekend series in the 2024-25 season. MSU is 7-3-1 in the first games.
- MSU is 7-2-1 on the year against ranked teams and 4-2-1 in games against top-10…
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