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2020-21 HOCKEY GAMES Spartans vs. Arizona State Thursday, Nov. 19 Friday, Nov. 20 6 p.m. 6 p.m. East Lansing East Lansing 1-2 Munn Ice Arena Munn Ice Arena TELEVISION / WEB / RADIO SERIES SUMMARY 0-0 (0-0 B1G) 0-2 TV vs. Arizona State Thurs. - BTN (Chris Vosters, Paul Caponigri) All-Time .........................................................................1-3 Last Season .................................................................1-1 Web/Mobile Stream Home ..............................................................................1-1 Thurs. - FoxSports.com & Fox Sports app | Fri. - BTN + Radio ON THE FLY... TCF Bank Spartan Media Network (Scott Moore, Rob Woodward) SATURDAY, Feb. 16 | 7 P.M. • Michigan State begins its 80th season of hockey by hosting Arizona State Nov. 19-20 at Munn Ice Arena. WJIM 1240-AM / MSUSpartans.com / MSU Spartans app • Under head coach Danton Cole, MSU is 2-1 in season openers, having defeated Northern Michigan in the 2020-21 SCHEDULE opening game in each of the last two seasons. NOVEMBER • Michigan State is welcoming 10 newcomers, including nine freshmen and one graduate transfer … It’s Thu. 19 ARIZONA STATE 6 p.m. BTN Fri. 20 ARIZONA STATE 6 p.m. the Spartans largest group of newcomers under Danton Cole and largest since they had 11 (all freshmen) Sat. 28 at Ohio State * TBD in 2016-17. Sun. 29 at Ohio State * TBD • This season marks the latest the Spartans have started a season since 1969-70 when they opened the DECEMBER year on Nov. 23 with an 8-3 win over North Dakota. Thu. 3 MINNESOTA * TBD Fri. 4 MINNESOTA * TBD Tue. 8 WISCONSIN * TBD BTN • While the Spartans lost 43% of their scoring with the departure of last year’s senior class, they do return Fri. 9 WISCONSIN * TBD BTN two of their top-three point producers in junior defenseman Dennis Cesana (7-15--22) and senior forward Sat. 19 at Notre Dame * 6:30 p.m. NBCSN Sun. 20 at Notre Dame * 5 p.m. NBC Sports Chicago Mitchell Lewandowski (8-12--20) … Cesana (second team) and Lewandowski (honorable mention) are the Spartans’ returning All-Big Ten selections from last year. JANUARY TBA • Mitchell Lewandowski ranks in the top 10 among NCAA active career leaders in a trio of categories, including: second in goals with 43; tied for first in game-winning goals with 10; and ninth in points with 88. FEBRUARY TBA • Graduate transfer forward Charlie Combs put up a total of 36 goals in his three seasons at Bemidji State, MARCH which is the 10th highest career total among all players in the NCAA entering the season. TBA • Cesana and Lewandowski were both voted by the league’s head coaches to the Preseason All-Big Ten Big Ten Tournament Teams ... Cesana was voted to the first team, while Lewandowski was selected to the second team. Thu. 18 Quarterfinals Fri. 19 Semifinals Sat. 20 Championship • Cesana is one of four returning defensemen for the Spartans, all of which played in at least 35 games last season. * - Big Ten game | All times ET Rankings - USCHO.com/USAToday USA Hockey • Four Spartans will be wearing letters this season, led by seniors Tommy Apap and Tommy Miller, who were both elected captains ... Dennis Cesana and Mitchell Lewandowski were chosen as the team’s assistant captains. • Michigan State’s 15 wins in 2019-20 were the most by the program since 2014-15, while the Spartans also continued their progress in Big Ten play in finishing just six points out of first place … MSU has increased its Big Ten win totals (6 in 2017-18; 8 in 2018-19; 11 in 2019-20) and point totals (21 in 2017-18; 30 in 2018-19; 35 in 2019-20) in each of Danton Cole’s three seasons. MSU 2019-20 RETURNING LEADERS MSU ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS Goals ...................................................Lewandowski (8) Goals .............................................. Lewandowski (43) Assists ..........................................................Cesana (15) Assists ........................................... Lewandowski (45) Points ...........................................................Cesana (22) Points ..............................................Lewandowski (88) PPG ..................................................... Lewandowski (4) PPG ...................................................Lewandowski (17) PIM .............................................Christian Krygier (50) PIM .................................................Lewandowski (104) Blocked Shots ..............................................Miller (68) Blocked Shots ..........................................Miller (202) GAA ...................................................... DeRidder (2.80) GAA ......................................................DeRidder (3.16) Sv Pct ................................................... DeRidder (.901) Sv Pct .................................................DeRidder (.905) MSUSpartanHockey @msu_hockey @MSU_Hockey 2020-21 SPARTANS PRONUNCIATIONS Apap ................................................. A-pap No. Name (NHL) Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. S/C Birthdate Hometown/Previous Team Cesana ...................................Ces-sah-na 1 Drew DeRidder G 5-11 175 Jr. L 5/1/00 Fenton, Mich./USNTDP U-18 DeRidder ................................ Duh-ridder 2 Aiden Gallacher D 6-1 200 Fr. R 3/20/00 Rochester Hills, Mich./Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) Dybicz ......................................... Dye-biss 4 Nash Nienhuis D 5-10 176 Fr. L 12/5/99 Sarnia, Ontario/Omaha Lancers (USHL) Gianluca Esteves ............. Gee-un-luca 5 Powell Connor D 6-2 183 Fr. R 5/4/00 Vernon, British Columbia/Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL) ................................................. Eh-stev-vez 6 Cal Dybicz D 6-1 181 Fr. L 7/16/00 Elk Grove Village, Ill./Tri-City Storm (USHL) Gallacher ............................... Gall-uh-cur 7 Charlie Combs F 5-6 181 Gr. L 7/13/96 St. Louis, Mo./Bemidji State (WCHA) Kamer ...........................................KAY-mer 8 Cole Krygier (FLA) D 6-2.5 196 Jr. L 5/5/00 Novi, Mich./Lincoln Stars (USHL) Krygier ..................................... KREE-gurr 9 Mitchell Lewandowski F 5-9.5 178 Sr. L 4/17/98 Clarkston, Mich./Chicago Steel (USHL) Nicolas Müller ....Nee-co-las Mew-ler 10 A.J. Hodges F 6-0 184 Fr. L 8/24/01 Littleton, Colo./Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) Nienhuis ...............................Neen-house 11 Tommy Apap F 6-1.5 206 Sr. L 2/27/96 Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) Nodler .......................................NODD-ler 12 Tommy Miller D 6-1.5 191 Sr. R 3/6/99 West Bloomfield, Mich./USNTDP U-18 13 Kristof Papp F 5-11 174 Fr. L 6/24/01 Budapest, Hungary/Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) 14 Adam Goodsir F 6-0 196 Jr. L 9/22/98 Okemos, Mich./Tri-City Storm (USHL) 15 Christian Krygier (NYI) D 6-2 185 Jr. L 5/5/00 Novi, Mich./Lincoln Stars (USHL) POINTS OF ORIGIN 16 Brody Stevens F 5-10.5 193 Sr. R 4/26/97 Ann Arbor, Mich./Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) UNITED STATES (20) 17 Kyle Haskins F 5-10 190 Fr. L 2/16/00 Huntington, Vt./Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) Michigan (12) 19 Nicolas Müller F 6-0 182 So. R 6/21/99 Arisdorf, Switzerland/Modo (Sweden J20 SuperElit) Tommy Apap, Drew DeRidder, Aiden 20 Josh Nodler (CGY) F 5-10.5 193 So. R 4/27/01 Oak Park, Mich./Fargo Force (USHL) Gallacher, Adam Goodsir, Jagger 21 Jake Smith F 5-10 188 Sr. L 10/28/96 East Amherst, N.Y./Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) Joshua, Austin Kamer, Christian 22 Dennis Cesana D 5-9 182 Jr. R 4/4/98 Providence, R.I./Brooks Bandits (AJHL) Krygier, Cole Krygier, Mitchell Lewandowski, Tommy Miller, Josh 23 Jagger Joshua F 6-2 200 So. L 3/29/99 Dearborn, Mich./Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) Nodler, Brody Stevens 24 Austin Kamer F 5-10 181 Sr. R 5/23/96 Grand Rapids, Mich./Lone Star Brahmas (NAHL) Colorado (1) 27 Mitchell Mattson (CGY) F 6-4 205 Jr. L 1/2/98 Grand Rapids, Minn./Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) A.J. Hodges 28 Gianluca Esteves F 5-9 172 Sr. L 1/29/97 Winnipeg, Manitoba/Aston Rebels (NAHL) Illinois (2) 29 Pierce Charleson G 6-2 186 Fr. L 2/27/00 Aurora, Ontario/Brooks Bandits (AJHL) Cal Dybicz, Jon Mor 30 Jon Mor G 6-2.5 190 Fr. L 7/20/00 Highland Park, Ill./Langley Rivermen (BCHL) Minnesota (1) Mitchell Mattson Head Coach: Danton Cole (Fourt season, Michigan State ’89) Missouri (1) Assistant Coaches: Joe Exter (Fourth season, Merrimack ‘03) Charlie Combs Chris Luongo (Fourth season, Michigan State ’90) New York (1) Director of Hockey Operations: Dan Sturges (First season, Michigan State ‘09) Jake Smith Rhode Island (1) Dennis Cesana Vermont (1) Kyle Haskins CANADA (4) Pierce Charleson, Powell Connor, Avg. Height: 5-10 Right Shots: 8 Seniors/Grad: 8 (7F, 1D) Sophomores: 3 (3F) Gianluca Esteves, Nash Nienhuis Avg. Weight: 187 Left Shots: 18 Juniors: 6 (2F, 3D, 1G) Freshmen: 9 (3F, 4D, 2G) HUNGARY (1) Kristof Papp SWITZERLAND (1) Nicolas Müller ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. INSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION (1966, 1986, 2007) 11 Tommy Apap F 6-1.5 206 Sr. Founded .................................................................................................1855 SUPPORT STAFF 22 Dennis Cesana D 5-9 182 Jr. Location ..........................................................East Lansing, MI 48824 Athletic Trainer .......................................................Renee Kleszczynski 29 Pierce Charleson G 6-2 186 Fr. Enrollment ........................................................................................49,695 Equipment Manager ............................................................ Tom Magee 7 Charlie Combs F 5-6 181 Gr. Affiliation | Conference ..........................NCAA Division I | Big Ten Team Physician ...........................................................Dr.