2016-17 R SERIES SUMMARY VS. OHIO STATE NO. 3 NO. 6 All-Time // 89-37-12 This Season // 1-3 Series Streak // Ohio State won one Last Series // March 3-4 in Columbus (W, 5-4; L, 3-5) Last Postseason Meeting // BTT Quarterfinals March 17, 2016 (L, 3-4 OT) OHIO STATE BUCKEYES MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS 2016-17 SCHEDULE 20-10-6 (11-8-1-1 B1G) 7-23-4 (3-14-3-1 B1G) OCTOBER (1-4) Sun. 2 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (Exhib.) T, 2-2 (OT) 2017 B1G Tournament | Joe Louis Arena | Detroit Fri. 14 at Lake Superior State L, 1-6 Sat. 15 at Lake Superior State L, 3-7 THURSDAY, March 16 | 4:30 P.M. Fri. 21 No. 6/6 DENVER L, 1-2 Sat. 22 No. 6/6 DENVER L, 1-3 TELEVISION / STREAM / RADIO Fri. 28 PRINCETON W, 6-2 TV // BTN (Dan Kelly, Ben Clymer, Fred Pletsch) Radio // Spartan Sports Network Web Stream // BTN2Go (Scott Moore, Rob Woodward) NOVEMBER (3-2-1) Fri. 4 MICHIGAN TECH W, 3-2 (OT) Comcast 900 ON THE FLY... Sat. 5 MICHIGAN TECH L, 1-5 Comcast 900 Thur. 10 FERRIS STATE L, 1-4 • For the third time in four seasons, sixth-seeded Michigan State will meet third-seeded Ohio State in the quarter- Sat. 12 at Ferris State W, 4-3 finals of the Big Ten Tournament … MSU is 0-2 against the Buckeyes in the conference tournament, losing both Fri. 25 at No. 5/5 North Dakota W, 4-3 games in OT (2014, 2-1; 2016, 4-3). Sat. 26 at No. 5/5 North Dakota T, 2-2 (OT) DECEMBER (0-5, 0-2) • The Spartans went 1-3 against Ohio State this season, falling in a pair of one-goal games (2-3, 3-4) in East Lansing, Sun. 4 USNTDP U-18 Team (Exhib.) W, 5-1 Feb. 17-18, before splitting (5-4, 3-5) in Columbus, March 3-4. Fri. 9 No. 11/11 MINNESOTA * L, 2-4 BTN Sat. 10 No. 11/11 MINNESOTA * L, 2-4 BTN Sun. 18 NORTHEASTERN L, 2-6 • The Spartans have an all-time record of 88-64-8 (.575) at Joe Louis Arena, including a 4-1 mark vs. Ohio State. 52nd Annual Great Lakes Invitational • Sophomore Mason Appleton finished the regular season as the team’s leader in points (30) and goals (12), while Thur. 29 No. 16/- Western Michigan [1] L, 1-4 FS Detroit Plus Fri. 30 Michigan [1] L, 4-5 (OT) FS Detroit tying with freshman Taro Hirose for the lead in assists (18) … Appleton’s 30 points equal that of last year’s top producer, Mackenzie MacEachern. JANUARY (1-4-1, 1-4-1) Fri. 6 at Wisconsin * L, 1-5 BTN • Appleton has five points (1g, 4a) over the last four games and is averaging a point per game over the last 11 Sat. 7 at Wisconsin * L, 1-5 BTN Fri. 13 at No. 4/4 Penn State * L, 2-5 contests (3g, 8a). Sat. 14 at No. 4/4 Penn State * L, 3-5 BTN Fri. 20 at Michigan * W, 3-0 BTN • Taro Hirose’s 24 points (6g, 19a) are the most by a Spartan freshman since Derek Grant had 30 (12g, 18a) in 38 Sat. 21 MICHIGAN * T, 2-2 (OT, SOL) BTN games in 2009-10. FEBRUARY (1-6-1, 1-6-1) Fri. 3 No. 18/- WISCONSIN * L, 3-6 • Hirose has points in 10 of the last 15 games in which he has appeared, posting a 3-10--13 scoring line over the span. Sat. 4 No. 18/- WISCONSIN * L, 3-4 (OT) Fri. 10 Michigan [1] * T, 4-4 (OT, SOL) FS Detroit • Fellow rookie Sam Saliba, who scored eight of his nine goals on the season in Big Ten play, has a 3-1--4 scoring Sat. 11 at Michigan * W, 4-1 Fri. 17 No. 14/14 OHIO STATE * L, 2-3 line over the last four games … Saliba ranks third on the team with 17 points (9g, 8a). Sat. 18 No. 14/14 OHIO STATE * L, 3-4 Fri. 24 No. 11/11 PENN STATE * L, 2-4 BTN • Three of the Spartans’ top-five point producers are rookies – Hirose (6-18--24), Saliba (9-8--17) and Patrick Khodo- Sat. 25 No. 11/11 PENN STATE * L, 1-4 renko (7-9--16) ... All three rank in the top-10 in points among the conference’s freshmen. MARCH (1-2-1, 1-2-1) Fri. 3 at No. 13/13 Ohio State * W, 5-4 • Junior defenseman Carson Gatt was voted to the All-Big Ten honorable mention team … Gatt has a career-high Sat. 4 at No. 13/13 Ohio State * L, 3-5 11 points (3g, 8a) in 30 games this season. Fri. 10 at No. 5/5 Minnesota * L, 0-4 ESPNEWS Sat. 11 at No. 5/5 Minnesota * T, 1-1 (OT, SOW) FS North Plus • Junior netminder Ed Minney started the final game of the regular season – his first start since Feb. 25 – and re- Big Ten Tournament corded 32 saves in a 1-1 tie and shootout win vs. No. 5 Minnesota … It was the fewest goals Minney yielded since Thu. 16 Ohio State [1] 4:30 p.m. BTN a 3-0 shutout Jan. 20 at Michigan. Fri. 17 Semifinals [1] 4:30 p.m. BTN Sat. 18 Championship [1] 8 p.m. BTN • Michigan State’s strength of schedule is ninth, which is the highest of any Big Ten team. * - Big Ten game | All times ET [1] - Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich. • Michigan State has had at least seven freshmen in the lineup in all 34 games … Eight MSU rookies have accounted All games broadcast on BTN, FS Detroit and Comcast are available on BTN2Go.com Rankings are USCHO.com/USA TODAY-USA Hockey for 40% of the team’s total points this season. MSU LEADERS MSU ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS MSUSpartanHockey @msu_hockey @MSU_Hockey Goals ........................................................Appleton (12) Goals ..................................................................Cox (28) Assists ..................................................... Appleton (18) Assists ...............................................Cox, Ebbing (41) Points ......................................................Appleton (30) Points .................................................................Cox (69) GWG ...........................................................Appleton (2) GWG .......................................................... Appleton (4) PPG .............................................................Appleton (7) PPG ...................................................................Haag (12) PIM .............................................................. Holland (57) PIM ............................................................Holland (194) Blocked Shots ...........Cox, Holland, Rosburg (39) Blocked Shots ...................................... Holland (190) Games Played .............................. Cox, Ebbing (142) 2016-17 SPARTANS No. Name (NHL Rights) Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. S/C Birthdate Hometown/Previous Team 2 Zach Osburn D 5-10 191 So. R 2/7/97 Plymouth, Mich./Chicago Steel (USHL) PRONUNCIATIONS 4 Anthony Scarsella D 5-9 196 Fr. L 3/20/96 White Lake, Mich./Springfield Jr. Blues (NAHL) Anastos ...............................ah-NASS-tis 6 Chris Knudson F 6-2 206 Sr. R 4/27/93 North Barrington, Ill./Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL) Chrcek .............................................Check 7 Damian Chrcek D 5-9 184 Fr. L 2/17/96 Marysville, Mich./Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL) Ebbing ........................................EH-bing 9 Connor Wood F 5-10 166 R-Sr. R 3/7/94 Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Detroit Honeybaked U-18 Butrus Ghafari .....BOO-tris Guh-far-E 10 Sam Saliba F 5-11 180 Fr. R 10/9/95 Lincolnshire, Ill./Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) Villiam Haag.................VILL-iam HAYG 11 Rhett Holland (ARI) D 6-2 220 R-Sr. R 9/25/93 Calgary, Alberta/Okotoks Oilers (AJHL) Taro Hirose ..............Tar-oh HER-o-see 13 Brennan Sanford F 6-1 211 So. L 7/21/95 East Lansing, Mich./Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) Khodorenko ............Koh-doe-rink-OH 14 Dylan Pavelek F 5-11 192 Jr. R 1/16/96 Marysville, Mich./USNTDP U-18 Knudson .......................kah-NOOD-son 17 Taro Hirose F 5-10 160 Fr. L 6/30/96 Calgary, Alberta/Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL) Lethemon ............................ Leth-a-min 18 Carson Gatt D 6-1 202 Jr. L 4/20/96 South Lyon, Mich./Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) Milan .............................................My-LIN 20 Justin Selep F 6-1 206 Sr. L 9/14/92 Upper St. Clair, Pa./Suffolk University (NCAA DIII) Pavelek ........................................Pav-lick 21 Joe Cox F 6-0 176 Sr. R 1/7/94 Chelsea, Mich./Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) Saliba ................................. Suh-lee-buh 22 JT Stenglein F 6-0 197 Sr. L 7/11/93 Greece, N.Y./Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL) Stenglein ............................. STEN-gline 23 Cody Milan F 6-1 188 So. R 4/11/96 White Lake, Mich./Tri-City Storm (USHL) 26 Villiam Haag F 6-1 204 Sr. R 11/25/93 Gothenburg, Sweden/Vastra Frolunda HC 27 Mason Appleton (WPG) F 6-2 200 So. R 1/15/96 Green Bay, Wis./Tri-City Storm (USHL) POINTS OF ORIGIN UNITED STATES (23) 28 Thomas Ebbing F 5-11 192 Sr. L 9/28/94 Troy, Mich./Chicago Steel (USHL) Michigan (15) 31 John Lethemon G 6-2 190 Fr. L 8/16/96 Northville, Mich./Chicago Steel (USHL) Damian Chrcek, Joe Cox, Thomas 41 Spencer Wright G 6-2 178 Fr. L 6/20/97 Farmington Hills, Mich./New Jersey Titans (NAHL) Ebbing, Mitch Eliot, Carson Gatt, 44 Butrus Ghafari D 5-11 197 Fr. L 7/4/96 West Bloomfield, Mich./Bloomington Thunder (USHL) Butrus Ghafari, Logan Lambdin, John 45 Ed Minney G 6-5 197 Jr. L 3/29/96 Wind Gap, Pa./USNTDP U-18 Lethemon, Cody Milan, Zach Osburn, 52 Mitch Eliot D 6-0 188 Fr. R 2/6/98 Grosse Pointe, Mich./Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) Dylan Pavelek, Brennan Sanford, 55 Patrick Khodorenko F 6-0 207 Fr. L 10/13/98 Walnut Creek, Calif./USNTDP U-18 Anthony Scarsella, Connor Wood, 57 Jerad Rosburg D 6-1 196 R-Fr.