For the primary time within the 11 seasons of the Large Ten hockey match, Michigan State hockey is headed to the championship recreation with a 2-1 victory over seventh-seeded Ohio State at Munn Ice Enviornment in East Lansing on Saturday.
The highest-seeded Spartans obtained a scare, first, although, with OSU’s Max Montes tying the sport at 1-all simply 2:03 into the third interval. However Nash Nienhuis answered simply 13 seconds later together with his eighth purpose of the season to revive the Spartans’ one-goal lead.
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From there, it was all freshman goalie Trey Augustine, who completed with 37 saves. The Purple Wings’ 2023 second-round decide (No. 41 general) allowed the tying purpose on the 26th shot he confronted, then blanked the Buckeyes over their ultimate 12 pictures.
Michigan State (23-9-3) will host fourth-seeded Michigan within the single-elimination ultimate on March 23 (Large Ten Community) after the Wolverines upset Minnesota in Minneapolis on Saturday night time. The Spartans took three of 4 video games this season from the Wolverines, shedding at Munn in mid-January in a grudge-filled battle earlier than profitable twice in Ann Arbor and taking the sequence win at Little Caesars Enviornment in Detroit.
The Spartans, who’re trying to turn out to be the primary No. 1 seed to win the Large Ten tourney since Notre Dame in 2018, are safely within the 16-team NCAA match subject, which can be introduced March 24, and within the operating for a No. 1 seed of their area.
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