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Referees attempt to break up fights between Michigan State and Penn State gamers at Munn Ice Area on Feb. 22, 2025. The Spartans misplaced 3-2 to the Nittany Lions.
Michigan State ice hockey will face Large Ten rival Penn State on Jan. 31, 2026, for the first-ever outside sport on Penn State’s campus.
The common season match-up will probably be held at Beaver Stadium, the house of Penn State soccer, which holds over 106,000 followers.
A now 20-year custom of out of doors hockey video games bought its begin in East Lansing when MSU took on Michigan a Spartan Stadium in 2001. MSU has since impressed the NHL Winter Traditional, The Frozen Confines at Wrigley Area and extra.
Final yr, the Spartans had been projected to make a long term within the NCAA match however fell brief in time beyond regulation to Cornell within the first spherical. The Spartans completed 26-7-4 and completed atop the Large Ten within the common season, additionally for the second yr in a row.
The sport will set stage for a number of the most overvalued Candian prospects in hockey, that includes MSU’s Porter Martone who was drafted No. 6 total within the 2025 NHL draft, and Penn State’s Gavin McKenna who’s the projected No. 1 total decide within the 2026 NHL draft.
The Nittany Lions are coming off a formidable season, touchdown their first Frozen 4 in program historical past. After a gradual begin, they went on a 15-5-1 run earlier than shedding to Boston College to complete their season.
MSU and Penn State can even face one another the day after the outside sport on Feb.1 at Pegula Ice Area, and on Nov. 7 and Nov. 8 at Munn Ice Area.
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