Final: No. 1 Michigan State 8, Notre Dame 2
Porter Martone records a hat trick, Ryker Lee scores twice, and the Spartans hang eight on the Irish to complete the sweep.
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Final: No. 1 Michigan State 8, Notre Dame 2
Porter Martone records a hat trick, Ryker Lee scores twice, and the Spartans hang eight on the Irish to complete the sweep.
End Period 2: No. 1 Michigan State 5, Notre Dame 2
MSU Goals:
Lee (10) UA at 00:45 (PP)
Martone (19) UA at 11:13
Mannisto (11) UA at 13:42 (SH)
West (4) from Romani (13); O'Connell (7) at 18:58 (PP)
Shots: MSU 30, ND 22
Final: No. 1 Michigan State 4, Notre Dame 2
Spartans look for the sweep tomorrow evening against the Irish.
End Period 2: No. 1 Michigan State 3, Notre Dame 2
Two power-play goals for the Spartans in the middle frame.
MSU Goals:
Stramel (18) from Martone (21); Russell (24) at 2:40
O'Connell (5) from Lindstrom (7); Nilson (7) at 18:22
Shots: ND 28, MSU 25
Michigan State hockey rebounds and beats Michigan, 5-2, in the βDuel in the Dβ
The Spartans are now in sole possession of first place in the Big Ten.
Story from Little Caesars Arena:
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Michigan State hockey rebounds and beats Michigan, 5-2, in the βDuel in the Dβ
The Spartans are now in sole possession of first place in the Big Ten.
Story from Little Caesars Arena:
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A third consecutive βIron Dβ trophy is heading back to East Lansing.
08.02.2026 01:58 β π 26 π 5 π¬ 1 π 1Final: No. 2 Michigan State 5, No. 1 Michigan 2
Spartans win a third straight "Duel in the D" and have sole possession of first place in the Big Ten standings.
End Period 2: No. 2 Michigan State 4, No. 1 Michigan 1
MSU Goals:
Stramel (18) from Strbak (12); Russell (23) at 4:01
Ti. Shoudy (5) from Mannisto (7); Jurecki (1) at 5:38
Shots: MSU 25, UM 17
Four goals and 12 different skaters with points for the Spartans.
Michigan using its timeout here as Tiernan Shoudy has now made it 4-0 Spartans with 14:22 left in the second period.
08.02.2026 00:31 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0Maxim Strbak with a phenomenal shot pass to Charlie Stramel on the back door, and Stramel puts it into an empty net.
Michigan State leads 3-0 with 15:59 left in the second period.
End Period 1: No. 2 Michigan State 2, No. 1 Michigan 0
MSU Goals:
O'Connell (4) from Romani (11); Lindstrom (6) at 9:48
Martone (16) from Lee (13); West (6) at 16:12 (PP)
Shots: MSU 14, UM 9
Gavin O'Connell, fresh off the bench, gets a pass from Anthony Romani and snipes a shot over the blocker of Ivankovic.
1-0 Spartans with 10:12 left in the first period.
Before the game, both Michigan State and Michigan raised their sticks in a salute to Dan Sturges, MSUβs director of hockey operations, who passed away on Jan. 19.
07.02.2026 23:41 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Starting lineups tonight:
MSU
Russell-Stramel-Martone
Basgall-Ralph
Augustine
Michigan
Perron-Hughes-Moldenhauer
Duke-Fantilli
Ivankovic
Jack Ivankovic returns from injury and is in net for the Wolverines.
After an instant classic last night at Yost, Michigan and Michigan State will meet again tonight at Little Caesars Arena for the βDuel in the Dβ
The Spartans have won the last two meetings here. Stay here for updates and for all your MSU hockey coverage.
Charlie Stramel completes a hat trick and scores the overtime winner to give Michigan State a 5-4 overtime win.
Spartans take five of six points on the road in a huge result. Four points for Stramel and Daniel Russell on the afternoon.
End Period 3: No. 2 Michigan State 4, No. 5 Penn State 4
60 minutes not enough to find a winner here. Both sides earn a point, but 3-on-3 overtime will settle who gets the extra one.
End Period 2: No. 2 Michigan State 3, No. 5 Penn State 3
Charlie Stramel scores his second of the game with just 2 seconds left in the period while on the power play.
Top lines have accounted for all six goals in this one.
Should be an electric final 20 minutes.
End Period 1: No. 2 Michigan State 1, No. 5 Penn State 0
MSU Goal: Russell (10) from Stramel (19); Martone (17) at 2:24
Shots: MSU 17, PSU 10
Final: No. 2 Michigan State 6, No. 5 Penn State 3
Spartans get a big road win ahead of tomorrowβs outdoor game at Beaver Stadium.
Anthony Romani records a hat trick to lead the way.
End Period 2: No. 2 Michigan State 4, No. 5 Penn State 1
MSU Goal: Martone (15) from Lahey (3); Russell (17) at 15:14
Spartans will begin the third period on the power play as Aiden Fink whistled for throwing his stick.
End Period 1: No. 2 Michigan State 3, No. 5 Penn State 0
MSU Goals:
Romani (10) from Strbak (10); Augustine (1) at 4:02
West (2) from Romani (10); OβConnell (6) at 14:59 (PP)
Romani (11) from Lindstrom (5); Martone (15) at 18:26 (PP)
Shots: MSU 16, PSU 12
MSU coach Adam Nightingale on the loss of hockey staffer Dan Sturges: 'He made all of us better'
Story by @nathanielbott.bsky.social from an emotional press conference.
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Final: No. 4 Michigan State 4, No. 2 Wisconsin 1
Spartans get a huge road sweep over the Badgers, as well as some revenge after Wisconsinβs sweep at Munn in November.
Trey Augustine loses what would have been an NCAA-leading fourth shutout with 50 seconds remaining.
End Period 2: No. 4 Michigan State 4, No. 2 Wisconsin 0
MSU Goal: Romani (9) from Lindstrom (5) at 16:46
Shots: UW 23, MSU 14
End Period 1: No. 4 Michigan State 3, No. 2 Wisconsin 0
MSU Goals:
Vansaghi (2) from Lee (9); Nilson (5) at 1:17
Russell (6) from Stramel (16); Ralph (9) at 8:34 (SH)
Russell (7) from Lee (10); Martone (13) at 12:42 (PP)
Shots: UW 14, MSU 9
PP: MSU 1-1, UW 0-2
Daniel Russell has his second goal of the first period, this time on the power play, and MSU leads it 3-0.
Good play from Ryker Lee to set it up. Wisconsin uses its timeout to try and regroup.
Final: No. 4 Michigan State 4, No. 2 Wisconsin 3
Spartans hold on after late push from Badgers and go for a sweep tomorrow evening.
MSU holding onto a 4-3 lead with 11:41 left in the third period. Wisconsinβs Tyson Dyck made it a one-goal game earlier in the period.
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