Saturday, February 8
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Michigan State University
22-5-3, 13-4-3
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Spartans Blitz UM To Retain Duel in the D Trophy
2/8/2025 11:35:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
Detroit, Mich. -- Michigan State claimed the Duel in the D trophy for the second consecutive year with a commanding 6-1 victory over Michigan at Little Caesars Arena. The No. 2 ranked Spartans are now 22-5-3, and 13-4-3 in Big Ten play. Michigan falls to 16-12-2, 10-9-1 in conference action. The teams split their four games on the season – Michigan earning a pair of one-goal victories and MSU outscoring their rival 10-2 in their two wins.
MSU scored once in the first, twice in the second, and an additional three times in the final period for the commanding victory. The Saprtans were 2-for-5 on the power play with 14 shots on the man advantage and held the Wolverines to five shots on goal on six power play chances (11-for-12 on the weekend).
The Spartans had five players with multiple-point nights, with Joey Larson leading the pack with a goal and two assists. Isaac Howard, Shane Vansaghi and Gavin O'Connell each had a goal and an assist, and Nicklas Andrews had a pair of helpers.
MSU limited the Wolverines to just 18 shots on net, including just three on the third period. MSU had 12 shots in each of the first two frames and poured on 16 in the third for a total of 40 shots on net.
Trey Augustine was exceptional when he needed to be, turning away at least two odd-man rushes and finishing with 17 saves – his fewest in a Big Ten game this season. Cameron Korpi, who made 38 saves on Friday, finished with 34 on Saturday.
The Spartans do not have a game next weekend and return to competition on Feb. 21-22 at home against Penn State.
STATISTICS OF NOTE
PERIOD RECAPS
First Period: An early Spartan power play led to an early MSU lead on the scoreboard. After the Spartans kept the puck in the zone Nicklas Andrews zipped it over to Isaac Howard in the right circle. Howard let a shot rip, and Shane Vansaghi was in front to tip home the rebound for his fourth goal of the season. MSU outshot the Wolverines 12-6, and Michigan also blocked eight MSU attempts. Isaac Howard had five of MSU's 12 shots on net.
Second Period: The shots on goal were nearly even at the midpoint of the second period – seven for the Spartans, one less for Michigan as the teams took a media time out. The Wolverines tied it up at 11:26, when Tyler Duke ripped a shot from the high slot above the hash marks, beating a screened Augustine for his fourth goal of the season. MSU countered less than two minutes later on a Gavin O'Connell strike. Larson fed his opposite winger to send him into the offensive zone, and Karsen Dorwart put up a perfect screen to give room for O'Connell's offering to find its mark in the upper right corner. Two minutes after the O'Connell score, freshman Mikey DeAngelo, camped in front, had a Vansaghi shot bounce off of him and past Korpi to make it a 3-1 game. That's how the teams headed to the locker room for the second intermission, with Augustine turning away all nine shots he faced and MSU pumping its shot total to 24.
Third Period: MSU tacked on three goals in the final period, outshooting the Wolverines 16-3. It started just 1:15 into the frame on another rebound goal - Karsen Dorwart didn't get all of the puck on his shot attempt, but enough on the puck to carom off Larson and past Korpi. At 7:49, Augustine started the play by feeding it to defenseman Owen West. He found Tiernan Shoudy over the blue line, who skated it to the faceoff dot in the left circle and ripped home his fifth of the season, with Augustine and West each earning their third assist of the year. Isaac Howard closed out the scoring on the power play at 14:48, getting the puck from Larson on the right side with a yawning opening to deposit his 22nd goal of the season. The teams combined for 51 combined penalty minutes, with Michael Hage getting a major and a game misconduct and Kienan Draper a pair of minors and a 10-minute misconduct penalty.
MSU scored once in the first, twice in the second, and an additional three times in the final period for the commanding victory. The Saprtans were 2-for-5 on the power play with 14 shots on the man advantage and held the Wolverines to five shots on goal on six power play chances (11-for-12 on the weekend).
The Spartans had five players with multiple-point nights, with Joey Larson leading the pack with a goal and two assists. Isaac Howard, Shane Vansaghi and Gavin O'Connell each had a goal and an assist, and Nicklas Andrews had a pair of helpers.
MSU limited the Wolverines to just 18 shots on net, including just three on the third period. MSU had 12 shots in each of the first two frames and poured on 16 in the third for a total of 40 shots on net.
Trey Augustine was exceptional when he needed to be, turning away at least two odd-man rushes and finishing with 17 saves – his fewest in a Big Ten game this season. Cameron Korpi, who made 38 saves on Friday, finished with 34 on Saturday.
The Spartans do not have a game next weekend and return to competition on Feb. 21-22 at home against Penn State.
STATISTICS OF NOTE
- MSU was a perfect 6-for-6 on the penalty kill and was 11-for-12 over the two games against the nation's top power play unit. The Spartans went 2-for-5 on its own man advantage.
- The Spartans captured the Duel in the D trophy for the second consecutive season, the first time the regular-season game between the rivals in has gone to MSU in two straight years since the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.
- The teams split the four-game regular-season series with two wins each, but MSU earned seven of 12 points due to the overtime game in Ann Arbor back in January.
- MSU's six goals was tied for the third-most for the Spartans in a game this season. The Green & White previously had nine goals against Minnesota, eight against Notre Dame, and six against both Michigan and at Penn State.
- MSU completed a perfect 4-0 record in neutral-site games during the regular season.
- The Spartans have played in two of the three highest-attended regular-season games in the country. The attendance at Wrigley Field against Wisconsin was 24,788 (second to the Friday games, which attracted 25,709). Saturday's attendance at LCA was 19,515.
- Trey Augustine stopped 17 of 18 shots and 42 of 45 on the weekend.
- Joey Larson led the Spartans with a goal and two assists in the game, his first three-point game of the year.
- Isaac Howard scored a goal and added an assist. He had a three-point weekend to push his season totals to 22 goals and 21 assists for a national-best 43 points on the season. He tied his season best with 11 shots on net.
- Shane Vansaghi scored his fourth goal of the season, and second against Michigan. He finished with a goal and an assist on the night.
- Gavin O'Connell popped his fifth goal of the season and with a two-point night, became the 14th player to reach double-digit points this year.
- Nicklas Andrews delivered a pair of assists and was a +3, pushing his season rating to +25 - which is third nationally among all players.
PERIOD RECAPS
First Period: An early Spartan power play led to an early MSU lead on the scoreboard. After the Spartans kept the puck in the zone Nicklas Andrews zipped it over to Isaac Howard in the right circle. Howard let a shot rip, and Shane Vansaghi was in front to tip home the rebound for his fourth goal of the season. MSU outshot the Wolverines 12-6, and Michigan also blocked eight MSU attempts. Isaac Howard had five of MSU's 12 shots on net.
Second Period: The shots on goal were nearly even at the midpoint of the second period – seven for the Spartans, one less for Michigan as the teams took a media time out. The Wolverines tied it up at 11:26, when Tyler Duke ripped a shot from the high slot above the hash marks, beating a screened Augustine for his fourth goal of the season. MSU countered less than two minutes later on a Gavin O'Connell strike. Larson fed his opposite winger to send him into the offensive zone, and Karsen Dorwart put up a perfect screen to give room for O'Connell's offering to find its mark in the upper right corner. Two minutes after the O'Connell score, freshman Mikey DeAngelo, camped in front, had a Vansaghi shot bounce off of him and past Korpi to make it a 3-1 game. That's how the teams headed to the locker room for the second intermission, with Augustine turning away all nine shots he faced and MSU pumping its shot total to 24.
Third Period: MSU tacked on three goals in the final period, outshooting the Wolverines 16-3. It started just 1:15 into the frame on another rebound goal - Karsen Dorwart didn't get all of the puck on his shot attempt, but enough on the puck to carom off Larson and past Korpi. At 7:49, Augustine started the play by feeding it to defenseman Owen West. He found Tiernan Shoudy over the blue line, who skated it to the faceoff dot in the left circle and ripped home his fifth of the season, with Augustine and West each earning their third assist of the year. Isaac Howard closed out the scoring on the power play at 14:48, getting the puck from Larson on the right side with a yawning opening to deposit his 22nd goal of the season. The teams combined for 51 combined penalty minutes, with Michael Hage getting a major and a game misconduct and Kienan Draper a pair of minors and a 10-minute misconduct penalty.
Team Stats
MSU
U-M
Shots
40
18
PPG
2
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
10
10
Penalty Mins
28
39
Faceoffs Won
33
36
Game Leaders
+/-
2
Goals
1
Sh
3
A
2
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0
Goals
1
Sh
11
A
1
+/-
1
Goals
1
Sh
4
A
1
+/-
2
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
1
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