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Michigan State University player Trey Orgnine plays in an NCAA hockey game Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in East Lansing, Michigan. On Saturday, March 16, 2024, the Spartans defeated Ohio State 2-1 in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals. , scheduled to play Michigan State for the Big Ten Tournament title on March 23. (AL GOLDIS — AP Photo, File)
Freshman goaltender Trey Augustin made 37 saves for No. 4 Michigan State as the Spartans defeated Ohio State 2-1 in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals on Saturday at Mann Ice Arena. 15 of those saves came in the decisive third period.
With 2:16 left in the third period, just 13 seconds after the Buckeyes tied it at 1-1 on Max Montez's lap, Nash Nienhaus scored the winning goal off Tanner Kelly's left-footed shot on a feed from the corner. decided. around the shot.
Daniel Russell scored first in the second period, with an assist from Karen Dorwart to put the Spartans ahead.
The Spartans, who never won the league's postseason contest in the first nine seasons of Big Ten hockey, are now 3-2 under coach Adam Nightingale and will be playing next Saturday (March 23). Sunday) They will host Michigan for the Big Ten Tournament title at 8 p.m. This will be the first time since the 2002 CCHA Championship that the in-state rivals will meet in the league title game.
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