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U-M and MSU to Face Off in Home-And-Home Series as Rivalry Week is Renewed
1/17/2024 9:45:00 PM | Ice Hockey
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Rivalry week is in full swing as the No. 14-ranked University of Michigan ice hockey team takes on No. 5 Michigan State in a home-and-home series this weekend (Jan. 19-20). The teams will first face off in East Lansing on Friday night (Jan. 19) at 7 p.m. before doing battle on Saturday evening (Jan. 20) at 7 p.m. with a Maize Out planned at Yost Ice Arena. Both games will be streamed live on B1G+.
Notes
• The oldest rivalry in college hockey resumes this weekend as Michigan and Michigan State take to the ice for the first time this season. Michigan holds a 175-138-24 record in the series as the teams meet for games No. 338 and No. 339.
• This is the first time since 2011-12 that the two schools are meeting with the Spartans ranked above the Wolverines in the national poll.
• Jacob Truscott leads the team in scoring against State, with 10 goals in his 10 games. T.J. Hughes has four in his four games, while Dylan Duke has scored four goals and added two assists in his 10 games against the Spartans.
• Michigan added Gavin Brindley and Rutger McGroarty as alternate captains this week. The pair, along with Marshall Warren, will serve as alternate captains on the road. Ethan Edwards, Philippe Lapointe and Duke will be the alternate captains at home. Truscott remains team captain.
• Two of the top scoring offenses in the nation will be showcased this weekend. Michigan is second in the country, averaging 4.55 goals per game while MSU is fourth at 4.32. The scoring defenses are nearly identical, ranking 28th and 29th at 2.86 (MSU) and 2.90 (U-M).
• Michigan's 12 goals against Stonehill on Friday night marked the most goals the Wolverines have scored since Jan. 10, 1997 when the team beat Alaska-Fairbanks, 13-1. The program record is 21 goals, scored in the first-ever meeting with Ohio State, a 21-0 score on Feb. 8, 1964.
• Brindley was named the Big Ten Conference First Star of the Week after a seven-point outing last weekend. He collected his first four-goal game on Friday and added two more points on Saturday.
• In addition to Brindley's showing, Frank Nazar III had six points with two goals and two assists. Rutger McGroarty and Seamus Casey had five-point weekends.
• Last week was marked the season debut of Ethan Edwards, who missed the first half of the season with an upper body injury. Mark Estapa and McGroarty played in their first games since Nov. 17 after being out with injuries.
