2017-18 R SERIES SUMMARY VS. NOTRE DAME #5/3 All-Time // 61-45-11 Road // 22-26-7 This Season // 0-2 (Dec. 1-2; 3-1, 2-0) Last Road Series // Dec. 7-8, 2012 (L, 3-2; L, 5-1) NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS 2017-18 SCHEDULE 22-8-2 | 16-5-1-1 BIG TEN 11-19-2 | 5-15-2-1 BIG TEN OCTOBER (4-2) Sat. 7 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (Exhib.) W, 3-0 Games 33-34 | Compton Family Ice Arena | Notre Dame, Ind. Fri. 13 at Bowling Green L, 1-4 FRIDAY, Feb. 23 | 7:35 P.M. SATURDAY, Feb. 24 | 7:05 P.M. Sat. 14 BOWLING GREEN W, 3-2 Fri. 20 WESTERN MICHIGAN W, 6-4 Sat. 21 at Western Michigan L, 1-3 TELEVISION / STREAM / RADIO Fri. 27 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE W, 4-3 TV // Fri. - NBC Sports Chicago Plus (1 hr. delay) Radio // Spartan Sports Network (Scott Moore, Rob Woodward) Web Stream // Fri. - NBC Sports Sat. 28 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE W, 6-0 NOVEMBER (3-4-1, 1-4-1-1) ON THE FLY... Fri. 3 at No. 5/4 Minnesota * L, 1-3 FS Detroit Plus • The Spartans close the regular season this weekend with a pair of games at No. 5/3 Notre Dame … It’s the Spartans’ Sat. 4 at No. 5/4 Minnesota * L, 0-4 FS North Fri. 10 No. 7/10 WISCONSIN * L, 3-6 first trip to the Compton Family Ice Arena since December 2012. Sat. 11 No. 7/10 WISCONSIN * W, 2-0 Fri. 17 FERRIS STATE W, 3-2 (OT) • The Spartans are 2-2-1 in their last five games and 2-3-1 in the month of February. Sat. 18 at Ferris State W, 3-1 Fri. 24 at Penn State * L, 2-7 Sat. 25 at Penn State * T, 2-2 (OT SOW) • With a team-high four points (1g, 3a) last weekend, sophomore Taro Hirose brought his season point total to 37 and assist total to 26 – both of which are tied for the most in the Big Ten. DECEMBER (1-3, 1-3) Fri. 1 No. 4/3 NOTRE DAME * L, 1-3 Sat. 2 No. 4/3 NOTRE DAME * L, 0-2 • Hirose’s 26 assists are the most by a Spartan since Jim Slater’s 32 in 2004-05, while his 37 points are the most since Th. 7 at Michigan * L, 0-4 Corey Tropp’s 42 in 2009-10. Fri. 8 MICHIGAN * W, 5-0 Sat. 16 at U.S. NATIONAL TEAM DEV. PROGRAM (Exhib.) W, 3-0 • Mitchell Lewandowski had two goals and an assist last weekend to up his season-goal total to 17 and his point JANUARY (1-7, 1-7) total to 31 … The 17 goals are tied for tops in the Big Ten and lead all freshmen nationally … His 31 points rank third 53rd Annual Great Lakes Invitational among all rookies in the country and are seven more than the next closest Big Ten freshman ... Lewandowski’s five Mon. 1 Michigan Tech [1] L, 2-5 game-winning goals are tied for the most in the country and lead the Big Ten. Tues. 2 Michigan [1] L, 4-6 FS Detroit Fri. 5 No. 8/8 OHIO STATE * L, 1-4 • Lewandowski’s 31 points are the most by a Spartan freshman since Tommy Goebel’s 32 in 2003-04 and his 17 goals Sat. 6 No. 8/8 OHIO STATE * L, 3-5 are the most by an MSU rookie since Tim Crowder also had 17 in 2005-06. Fri. 12 at No. 18/- Wisconsin * W, 2-0 Sat. 13 at No. 18/- Wisconsin * L, 2-5 FS Wisconsin • Sophomore Patrick Khodorenko is tied for 12th in the Big Ten with 28 points (11g, 17a) … Khodorenko has been Th. 18 No. 13/13 MINNESOTA * L, 4-5 BTN Sat. 20 No. 13/13 Minnesota [2] * L, 1-2 BTN involved with six of the last nine MSU goals (1g, 5a) over the last four games. FEBRUARY (2-3-1, 2-3-1) • Khodorenko (2-5--7) and Hirose (2-5--7) both bring five-game point streaks into Friday, while Lewandowski (2-1--3) Fri. 2 at No. 5/6 Ohio State * L, 2-4 Sat. 3 at No. 5/6 Ohio State * W, 6-3 and Brody Stevens (2-0--2) both have points in each of the last two contests. Fri. 9 No. 19/- MICHIGAN * T, 1-1 (OT SOL) Sat. 10 No. 19/- Michigan [1] * L, 2-3 FS Detroit Plus • The Spartans’ KHL line of Khodorenko, Hirose and Lewandowski has accounted for 96 points (39g, 57a) – 45% of Fri. 16 No. 16/- PENN STATE * W, 4-2 BTN the team total. Sat. 17 No. 16/- PENN STATE * L, 2-3 BTN Fri. 23 at No. 5/3 Notre Dame * 7:35 p.m. Sat. 24 at No. 5/3 Notre Dame * 7:05 p.m. • Freshman Tommy Apap leads the Big Ten and is sixth nationally in faceoff winning percentage at .598. MARCH • Freshman Tommy Miller is seventh nationally in total blocks (70) and eighth in blocks per game (2.16) … Miller is Big Ten Tournament Fri. 2 at Ohio State [3] 7 p.m. third in the Big Ten in both categories. Sat. 3 at Ohio State [3] 7 p.m. Sun. 4 at Ohio State (if nec.) [3] 7 p.m. • The Spartans are eighth in the country and second in the Big Ten in blocked shots per game at 14.12. Sat. 10 Semifinals Sat. 17 Championship • With two goals from both Lewandowski and Stevens last weekend, an MSU freshman has been involved in 11 of All times ET | * - Big Ten game the last 15 Spartan goals over the last five games. [1] - Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Mich. [2] - Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. • MSU has recorded at least 30 shots on goal each of the last three games. [3] - Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals (best-of-three series) Rankings USCHO/USAHockey MSU 2017-18 LEADERS MSU ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS Goals ................................................Lewandowski (17) Goals .................................................. Khodorenko (18) Assists ..........................................................Hirose (26) Assists .........................................................Hirose (44) Points ............................................................Hirose (37) Points .............................................................Hirose (61) PPG .....................................................Lewandowski (8) GWG ...................................................Lewandowski (5) MSUSpartanHockey @msu_hockey @MSU_Hockey PIM .............................................................Rosburg (54) PPG .......................................................Khodorenko (9) Blocked Shots ............................................ Miller (69) PIM ..............................................................Sanford (82) GAA ....................................................Lethemon (2.69) Blocked Shots ...........................................Gatt (208) Sv Pct ................................................Lethemon (.908) Games Played .............................................Gatt (129) 2017-18 SPARTANS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. S/C Birthdate Hometown/Previous Team 2 Zach Osburn D 5-10 189 Jr. R 2/7/97 Plymouth, Mich./Chicago Steel (USHL) PRONUNCIATIONS 4 Anthony Scarsella D 5-9 193 So. L 3/20/96 White Lake, Mich./Springfield Jr. Blues (NAHL) Apap ................................................A-pap 7 Damian Chrcek D 5-9 177 So. L 2/17/96 Marysville, Mich./Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL) Chrcek .............................................Check 9 Mitchell Lewandowski F 5-9 176 Fr. L 4/17/98 Clarkston, Mich./Chicago Steel (USHL) Gianluca Esteves .......Gee-un-luca Eh-stev-vez 10 Sam Saliba F 5-11 178 So. R 10/9/95 Lincolnshire, Ill./Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) Butrus Ghafari ...BOO-tris Guh-FAR-e 11 Tommy Apap F 6-2 202 Fr. L 2/27/96 Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) Taro Hirose ..............Tar-oh Her-O-see 12 Tommy Miller D 6-2 183 Fr. R 3/6/99 West Bloomfield, Mich./USNTDP U-18 Kamer......................................... KAY-mer 13 Brennan Sanford F 6-1 210 Jr. L 7/21/95 East Lansing, Mich./Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) Khodorenko ...........Koh-doe-RINK-oh 14 Dylan Pavelek F 5-11 188 Sr. R 1/16/96 Marysville, Mich./USNTDP U-18 Lethemon ...........................LETH-a-min 16 Brody Stevens F 5-11 202 Fr. R 4/26/97 Ann Arbor, Mich./Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) Milan ...............................................MY-lin 17 Taro Hirose F 5-10 160 So. L 6/30/96 Calgary, Alberta/Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL) Pavelek ........................................Pav-lick 18 Carson Gatt D 6-1 200 Sr. L 4/20/96 South Lyon, Mich./Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) Saliba .................................Suh-LEE-buh 19 David Keefer F 5-10 189 Fr. R 10/21/97 Brighton, Mich./Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) 21 Jake Smith F 5-9 179 Fr. L 10/28/96 East Amherst, N.Y./Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) POINTS OF ORIGIN 23 Cody Milan F 6-1 187 Jr. R 4/11/96 White Lake, Mich./Tri-City Storm (USHL) UNITED STATES (22) 24 Austin Kamer F 5-10 183 Fr. R 5/23/96 Grand Rapids, Mich./Lone Star Brahmas (NAHL) Michigan (17) 28 Gianluca Esteves F 5-9 167 Fr. L 1/29/97 Winnipeg, Manitoba/Aston Rebels (NAHL) Tommy Apap, Damian Chrcek, Carson 31 John Lethemon G 6-2 173 So. L 8/16/96 Northville, Mich./Chicago Steel (USHL) Gatt, Butrus Ghafari, Austin Kamer, 41 Spencer Wright G 6-2 178 So. L 6/20/97 Farmington Hills, Mich./New Jersey Titans (NAHL) David Keefer, Logan Lambdin, John 44 Butrus Ghafari D 5-11 188 So. L 7/4/96 West Bloomfield, Mich./Bloomington Thunder (USHL) Lethemon, Mitchell Lewandowski, 45 Ed Minney G 6-5 208 Sr. L 3/29/96 Wind Gap, Pa./USNTDP U-18 Cody Milan, Tommy Miller, Zach 55 Patrick Khodorenko F 6-0 210 So. L 10/13/98 Walnut Creek, Calif./USNTDP U-18 Osburn, Dylan Pavelek, Brennan 57 Jerad Rosburg D 6-1 200 R-So. L 6/18/96 Clarksville, Md./Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) Sanford, Anthony Scarsella, Brody Stevens, Spencer Wright 71 Logan Lambdin F 5-8 174 So.