Michigan State vs. Wisconsin 2014-15 SCHEDULE Friday, Feb. 20 - 9 p.m. ET | Saturday, Feb. 21 - 8 p.m. ET October (1-4-0) Kohl Center | Madison, Wisconsin Tues. 7 UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR (Exhib.) T, 2-2 (OT) Fri. 17 MASSACHUSETTS W, 5-3 Games 27-28 Road Games 11-12 Sat. 18 MASSACHUSETTS L, 3-4 Fri. 24 at No. 11/12 Boston University L, 0-1 TV The MSU-Wisconsin Series Sat. 25 at No. 8/7 UMass-Lowell L, 1-2 Fri. 31 No. 15/14 FERRIS STATE L, 0-1 Comcast 900 Fri. - BTN • All-Time: MSU leads, 47-45-3 (Dan Kelly pxp, Rob Andringa analyst November (4-4-0) Lisa Byington rinkside) • On The Road: MSU trails, 14-25-2 Sat. 1 No. 15/14 FERRIS STATE W, 4-1 Fri. 7 at New Hampshire W, 4-3 FCS-Pacific 12-12-2, 6-4-2-2 B1G Radio • Streak: Wisconsin won one Sat. 8 at New Hampshire L, 2-5 FCS-Atlantic WJIM 1240 AM Fri. 14 No. 8/8 BOSTON COLLEGE L, 2-3 Thu. 20 at Ohio State * W, 3-1 FSD+ SpartanSportsNetwork.com • Last Season: Fri. 21 at Ohio State * L, 0-3 (Scott Moore pxp, Rob Woodward analyst) Feb. 21, 2014: L, 2-5 Fri. 28 at Princeton L, 1-3 Feb. 22, 2014: L, 0-2 Sat. 29 at Princeton W, 4-2 Video Stream March 14, 2014: W, 5-4 (OT) Fri. & Sat. - BTN2Go.com March 15, 2014: L, 3-4 December (2-2-1) Fri. 5 No. 3/6 MINNESOTA * L, 0-5 FSD 3-19-4, 1-9-2-2 B1G Sat. 6 No. 3/6 MINNESOTA * T, 3-3 (OT, SOW) Comcast 900 On The Fly... Sun. 14 CLARKSON W, 6-4 FSD • The Spartans are coming off a sweep of Penn State and will now play their next four games on the road, beginning 50th Annual Great Lakes Invitational [1] this Friday and Saturday at Wisconsin … MSU is 3-6-1 overall on the road including a 1-2-1 mark in league play. Sun. 28 vs. Ferris State W, 2-0 FSD+ Mon. 29 vs. Michigan L, 1-2 FSD+ • The Spartans are currently tied with Penn State for third place in the Big Ten with 22 points - two points behind January (3-1-1) conference leaders Minnesota and Michigan … All four teams have eight games remaining in league play. Fri. 9 U.S. NAT’L DEV. PROGRAM (Exhib.) W, 4-1 FSD+ Fri. 16 at Penn State * T, 2-2 (OT, SOW) • Michigan State is 7-3-2 – with two shootout wins – over its last 12 games, including 5-1 in its last six. Sat. 17 at Penn State * L, 2-5 ESPNU Fri. 23 OHIO STATE * W, 4-1 FSD • Linemates Mackenzie MacEachern (5-3-8), Matt Berry (1-7-8) and Matt DeBlouw (3-2-5) are the Spartans’ leading Sat. 24 OHIO STATE * W, 2-0 BTN scorers over the last six games … All three players enter this weekend on point streaks: DeBlouw (4 games, 3-1-4), Fri. 30 No. 13/13 Michigan * [1] W, 2-1 FSD Berry (3 games, 0-5-5), MacEachern (3 games, 4-2-6). February (2-1-0) • MacEachern’s hat trick in the 3-2 win over Penn State and five points (4g, 1a) on the weekend helped him earn Sat. 7 No. 14/14 Michigan * [2] L, 1-4 BTN both NCAA and Big Ten First Star of the Week honors for the first time in his career ... His hat trick was the first by a Fri. 13 No. -/19 PENN STATE * W, 3-0 FSD Spartan since Matt Berry scored three in a 7-2 win over Michigan on Nov. 10, 2012. Sat. 14 No. -/19 PENN STATE * W, 3-2 BTN Fri. 20 at Wisconsin * 9 p.m. BTN • MacEachern leads the team in goals (10), while Berry leads in both points (21) and assists (13). Sat. 21 at Wisconsin * 8 p.m. Thu. 26 at Minnesota * 9 p.m. BTN • Goaltender Jake Hildebrand continues to lead the Big Ten in goals-against average (2.27) and save percentage Fri. 27 at Minnesota * 9 p.m. BTN (.924) … His three shutouts are second most. March Fri. 6 WISCONSIN * 7 p.m. Comcast 900 • Hildebrand has allowed two or fewer goals in 14 of 26 games this season, including five of the last six and eight Sat. 7 WISCONSIN * 7 p.m. FSD of the last 10. Fri. 13 MICHIGAN * 7 p.m. FSD Sat. 14 at Michigan * 5 p.m. FSD • With a combined 68 saves last weekend, Hildebrand bumped his career total of 2,494, surpassing Ron Clark (1972- 75) to move into eighth place on MSU’s all-time saves list … Hildebrand is 107 saves away from moving ahead of Big Ten Tournament [1] Ryan Miller (1999-2002) for seventh on the all-time list. Thu. 19 Quarterfinals TBA BTN Fri. 20 Semifinals TBA BTN • Hildebrand’s seven-career shutouts are tied with Bob Essensa (1983-87) for fifth in program history. Sat. 21 Championship TBA BTN • MSU leads the Big Ten in goals against per game at 2.35, which ranks 17th nationally. NCAA Tournament Fri.-Sun. 27-29 NCAA Regionals • Michigan State’s penalty kill remains tops in the Big Ten at .867 … Since Dec. 14, the Spartans lead the nation with Providence, R.I.; Manchester, N.H.; South Bend, Ind.; Fargo, N.D. a .941 penalty kill percentage, having extinguished 32 of the last 34 opponent power plays over the 11-game span. April • Michigan State leads the Big Ten and ranks third in the nation in blocked shots per game at 16.42 … Junior defense- Thu.-Sat.9-11 NCAA Frozen Four TD Garden; Boston, Mass. man Travis Walsh leads the Spartans with 56 blocks and his average of 2.15 per game ranks second in the Big Ten. * - Big Ten game | All times ET • The Spartans are 11-1-2 when scoring first and 11-0-2 when leading after two periods. [1] - Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich. - [2] - Soldier Field, Chicago, Ill. • Under head coach Tom Anastos, the Spartans are 48-7-5, including 9-1-1 this season, when scoring three or more goals. MSUSpartanHockey @MSU_Hockey @MSU_Hockey • Berry (3-0-3, 4 games) and Villiam Haag (2-1-3, 4 games) are the Spartans’ active leaders in points vs. Wisconsin. 2014-15 SPARTANS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. S/C Birthdate Hometown/Previous Team POINTS OF ORIGIN 4 Travis Walsh D 5-11 181 Jr. L 6/4/93 Haslett, Mich./Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) UNITED STATES (25) 5 Ron Boyd (FLA) D 6-2 206 Sr. L 2/7/91 Lake Worth, Fla./Indiana Ice (USHL) Michigan (17) 6 Chris Knudson D 6-2 203 So. R 4/27/93 North Barrington, Ill. /Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL) Matt Berry, Zack Cisek, Joe Cox, Brent 7 John Draeger (MIN) D 6-2 185 Jr. R 12/2/93 Faribault, Minn./Shattuck St. Mary’s Darnell, Matt DeBlouw, Thomas Ebb- 8 Josh Jacobs (NJD) D 6-2 191 Fr. R 2/15/96 Shelby Township, Mich./Indiana Ice (USHL) ing, Michael Ferrantino, Carson Gatt, Justin Hoomaian, Josh Jacobs, Ryan 9 Connor Wood F 5-10 169 R-So. R 3/7/94 Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Detroit Honeybaked U-18 Keller, Brock Krygier, Mackenzie 10 Tanner Sorenson F 5-9 178 Sr. R 2/17/93 Anchorage, Alaska/Shattuck St. Mary’s MacEachern, Dylan Pavelek, Nate 11 Rhett Holland (ARZ) D 6-2 216 R-So. R 9/25/93 Calgary, Alberta/Okotoks Oilers (AJHL) Phillips, Travis Walsh, Connor Wood 12 Ryan Keller F 6-2 193 Jr. L 5/17/93 Farmington Hills, Mich./Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 14 Dylan Pavelek F 5-11 193 Fr. R 1/16/96 Marysville, Mich./U.S.N.T.D.P. U-18 (USHL) Pennsylvania (2) 15 Mackenzie MacEachern (STL) F 6-2 199 So. L 3/9/94 Troy, Mich./Chicago Steel (USHL) Jake Hildebrand, Ed Minney 17 Brock Krygier D 6-0 181 R-So. L 12/9/93 Novi, Mich./Detroit Honeybaked U-18 18 Carson Gatt D 6-1 200 Fr. L 4/20/96 Farmington Hills, Mich./Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) Alaska (1) 19 Matt DeBlouw (CGY) F 6-1 187 Jr. L 9/17/93 Chesterfield, Mich./Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) Tanner Sorenson 20 Michael Ferrantino F 5-8 175 Jr. R 1/1/93 Plymouth, Mich./Omaha Lancers (USHL) Florida (1) 21 Joe Cox F 6-0 173 So. R 1/7/94 Chelsea, Mich./Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) Ron Boyd 22 JT Stenglein F 6-0 195 So. L 7/11/93 Greece, N.Y./Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL) 24 Justin Hoomaian F 6-0 190 R-Jr. R 12/27/90 Novi, Mich./Michigan Warriors (NAHL) Illinois (1) 25 Brent Darnell F 6-0 196 Sr. R 3/23/92 Canton, Mich./Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) Chris Knudson 26 Villiam Haag F 6-1 200 So. R 11/25/93 Gothenburg, Sweden/Vastra Frolunda HC 27 Matt Berry F 5-10 168 Sr. R 8/18/92 Canton, Mich./Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) Maryland (1) 28 Thomas Ebbing F 5-11 184 So. L 9/28/94 Troy, Mich./Chicago Steel (USHL) David Bondra 30 Jake Hildebrand G 6-0 187 Jr. L 6/19/93 Butler, Pa./Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) Minnesota (1) 32 Nate Phillips G 6-0 178 R-Jr. L 7/22/92 Jackson, Mich./Winnipeg South Blues (MJHL) John Draeger 34 Zack Cisek G 5-9 179 Sr.