2020-21 HOCKEY GAMES Spartans at #13/13 Wisconsin Friday, Jan. 29 Saturday, Jan. 30 8 p.m. ET 4 p.m. ET Madison, Wis. Madison, Wis. 17-18 LaBahn Arena LaBahn Arena TELEVISION / WEB / RADIO SERIES SUMMARY 6-8-2 (5-8-1-2-1-0 B1G) 9-7 (7-5-0-0-1-0 B1G) TV vs. Wisconsin Fri. - FS Detroit | Sat. - FS Detroit Plus All-Time .............................................................59-56-4 Last Season ......................................................... 3-1 Web/Mobile Stream Road ...............................................................19-32-2 BTN + Radio ON THE FLY... TCF Bank Spartan Media Network (Scott Moore, Rob Woodward) SATURDAY, Feb. 16 | 7 P.M. • Michigan State closes its 10-game month of January by traveling to Wisconsin to meet the No. 13 WJIM 1240-AM / MSUSpartans.com / MSU Spartans app Badgers on Friday (8 p.m. ET) and Saturday (4 p.m. ET). • Wisconsin is in third place in the Big Ten with 22 points and a 7-5-0-0-1-0 record, while MSU is in 2020-21 SCHEDULE seventh with 15 points and a 5-8-1-2-1-0 league record. NOVEMBER (2-1-1) • The Spartans are coming off a split at home with Ohio State, while the Badgers also split last weekend Thu. 19 ARIZONA STATE T, 1-1 (OT) BTN at Penn State (W, 4-1; L, 5-4). Fri. 20 ARIZONA STATE W, 2-0 Sat. 28 at #10/10 Ohio State * W, 3-2 (OT) Sun. 29 at #10/10 Ohio State * L, 2-4 • Junior Drew DeRidder has played more minutes than any goaltender in the Big Ten and leads the nation in saves (506) and shots faced (540) … DeRidder ranks third in the conference in save percentage (.937) DECEMBER (1-2-1) and is fourth in GAA (2.22). Thu. 3 #5/5 MINNESOTA * L, 1-3 FS Detroit Fri. 4 #5/5 MINNESOTA * L, 2-4 FS Detroit/TSN2 Tue. 8 WISCONSIN * PPD BTN • DeRidder has allowed two or fewer goals in half of the Spartans’ games this season and is coming off Wed. 9 WISCONSIN * PPD BTN his second shutout of the year – a 28-save performance vs. OSU. Sat. 19 at #16/- Notre Dame * T, 1-1 (OT, SOL) NBCSN Sun. 20 at #16/- Notre Dame * W, 4-3 (OT) NBC Chicago • Junior Dennis Cesana’s eight assists lead the Spartans and are tied for second most among all Big Ten JANUARY (3-5-0) defensemen … Cesana’s nine points are fourth among the league’s blueliners. Sun. 3 PENN STATE * L, 0-1 Mon. 4 PENN STATE * W, 5-1 • Sophomore Josh Nodler is tied with Cesana for the team lead in points with nine (2g, 7a) Fri. 8 at #9/9 Michigan * L, 0-9 Sat. 9 #9/9 MICHIGAN * W, 3-2 BTN Fri. 15 at Penn State * L, 2-3 (OT) • The Spartans are back atop the conference in faceoff winning percentage at .538, which also ranks ninth Sat. 16 at Penn State * L, 1-3 in the country … MSU has three players in the top eight in the conference in winning percentage in Kristof Sat. 23 OHIO STATE * L, 1-5 BTN Papp (1st - .662), Josh Nodler (7th - .564) and Tommy Apap (8th - .562). Sun. 24 OHIO STATE * W, 2-0 Fri. 29 at #13/13 Wisconsin * 8 p.m. FS Detroit Sat. 30 at #13/13 Wisconsin * 4 p.m. FS Detroit Plus • Michigan State skated off all seven Ohio State power plays last weekend and now ranks second in the conference with an .825 penalty kill percentage … MSU has extinguished 14-for-16 opponent power plays FEBRUARY over the last five games (.875). Tue. 9 at Michigan * 7 p.m. Sun. 14 ARIZONA STATE Mon. 15 ARIZONA STATE • Graduate transfer Charlie Combs leads the Spartans in goals with five and is tied with Mitchell Fri. 19 at Minnesota * 8 p.m. Lewandowski for second on the team in points with eight … Combs has goals in two of the last three Sat. 20 at Minnesota * 6 p.m. FS Detroit Plus games in which he has appeared. Fri. 26 NOTRE DAME * Sat. 27 NOTRE DAME * • Kyle Haskins leads all Spartan freshmen with five points (1g, 4a) … Haskins and defenseman Aiden MARCH Gallacher are the two Spartan rookies that have played in all 16 games. Fri. 5 WISCONSIN * Sat. 6 WISCONSIN * • Senior defenseman Tommy Miller leads the Big Ten in blocked shots with 48 and blocks per game at Wed. 10 MICHIGAN * 3.0, which ranks third and second, respectively, in the country. Big Ten Tournament Thu. 18 Quarterfinals Fri. 19 Semifinals Sat. 20 Championship 2020-21 LEADERS MSU ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS Goals ............................................................... Combs (5) Goals ...............................................Lewandowski (47) * - Big Ten game | All times ET Assists ............................................................Cesana (8) Assists ............................................Lewandowski (49) Rankings - USCHO.com/USAToday USA Hockey Points ..............................................Cesana, Nodler (9) Points ..............................................Lewandowski (96) PPG .................................................................. Combs (2) PPG ...................................................Lewandowski (17) PIM ........................................................ Ch. Krygier (29) PIM .................................................. Lewandowski (116) Blocked Shots ............................................. Miller (48) Blocked Shots ......................................... Miller (250) GAA ...................................................... DeRidder (2.22) GAA ..................................................... DeRidder (2.75) Sv Pct ...................................................DeRidder (.937) Sv Pct ..................................................DeRidder (.919) 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 SUPPORT STAFF 11 Tommy Apap F 6-1.5 206 Sr. Founded .................................................................................................1855 Athletic Trainer .......................................................Renee Kleszczynski 22 Dennis Cesana D 5-9 182 Jr. Location ..........................................................East Lansing, MI 48824 Equipment Manager ............................................................ Tom Magee 29 Pierce Charleson G 6-2 186 Fr. Enrollment ........................................................................................49,695 Team Physician ...........................................................Dr. Robert Norris 7 Charlie Combs F 5-6 181 Gr.