Third-ranked Michigan State plays its first road game of the season Saturday at 7:05 p.m. against RIT at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The game streams on FloHockey, including its free FloHockey24/7 channel, with radio on MSUSpartans.com and the Michigan State Athletics app.
Where things stand
The Spartans are 2-0-0 and No. 3 in both the USCHO and USA Hockey polls for the third straight week after opening with a home sweep of Northern Michigan at Munn Ice Arena, 6-2 and 5-1. Eight players scored on opening weekend, and 12 recorded points. Anthony Romani (three goals, one assist), Jack Hextall (two and two), and Ryker Lee (one and three) each had four points.
Special teams carried the weekend: Michigan State went 7-for-13 on the power play and killed all eight Northern Michigan chances. RIT is 1-2-1 overall and 1-1-0 in Atlantic Hockey America.
Storylines
Associate head coach Jared DeMichiel returns to the school where he became a program Hall of Famer. A 2010 RIT graduate, DeMichiel led Division I with 27 wins as a senior goaltender, was named the league’s goaltender of the year, and backstopped the Tigers to the 2010 Frozen Four.
Head coach Adam Nightingale is three wins from 100 at Michigan State, with a 97-44-11 record. The Spartans went 17-3-1 away from Munn last season and are 31-7-3 on the road and at neutral sites over the past two seasons.
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