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Hockey Recap: Michigan drops series finale to Michigan State
Coming off a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory on Friday night, the Michigan hockey team had a chance to go for a sweep on Saturday night in its weekend series against Michigan State. Not only would a win mean sweeping a Big Ten opponent and in-state rival, but it would have been a huge momentum builder to do so against the No. 1 ranked team in the country.
However, the Wolverines were unable to get the job done, dropping Saturday’s game 4-1.
Michigan was riding high off its overtime win, and with Michigan State drawing a penalty a little more than a minute into the game, the Wolverines were offered a very early power play. The Spartans, though, were able to avoid going in an early hole and killed the penalty with ease. Michigan returned the favor shortly thereafter, as Mark Estapa was called for tripping to put Michigan State on the power play.
Michigan State’s power play unit came out strong. Just eight seconds into the man advantage, Matt Basgall found the back of the net to put the Spartans up 1-0. Michigan State would stay on the attack for the remainder of the period while holding Michigan to just five shots on goal in the opening frame. Michigan State’s Charlie Stramel tacked on another goal in the period’s final minutes to go up 2-0.
The second period opened up similar to the first. Michigan State was given another power play chance just four minutes into the period due to a William Whitelaw interference. Again, it was Michigan State’s power play unit going to work, as Shane Vansaghi scored to put Michigan State ahead 3-0.
Looking to get on the scoreboard itself, Michigan was given a power play chance at the 6:26 mark of the period thanks to an MSU hit from behind. Nothing was going the way of the Wolverines in this one, though, as Stramel scored a shorthanded goal to put the Spartans up 4-0.
Despite 19 shots on goal in the second period, Michigan entered the third scoreless. Michigan State’s defense was able to hold until the final minutes of the game, when T.J. Hughes was able to net a power play goal to make it 4-1. But it would be much too little, too late.
The Wolverines put themselves behind the eight-ball in this one, as they were sent to the box eight times, with Michigan State converting two power play goals. Michigan can’t afford to be so undisciplined, especially against a high-caliber opponent like Michigan State that will make the most of its chances.
With the loss, Michigan falls to 14-9-1 overall and 8-6-0 in the Big Ten. The Wolverines will look to rectify things next weekend, as they travel to Wisconsin for two games. This will be the second series Michigan and Wisconsin have played against each other this year, as the teams split a series at Yost in December.
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LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – A line of severe storms late Thursday night and into early Friday morning left behind significant damage in Mid-Michigan. Numerous trees and power lines are down across the area causing road closures and power outages.
As of early Friday morning, more than 200,000 Consumers Energy customers were without power along with over 20,000 Lansing Board of Water and Light customers. DTE Energy did not report nearly as many outages on the east side of the state.
The power lines and trees knocked down across the area have left many roads closed Friday morning including the following:
- I-496 in Lansing from Pine St to MLK Blvd. Both east and westbound traffic is shut down due to downed power lines in the area.
- WB M-43 (Grand River Ave) is shut down at Fairview Ave due to downed power lines.
- Canal Rd is shut down in both directions between Rickie St and Davis Hwy in Eaton County due to numerous downed power lines.
- There are many other closures in Mid-Michigan, you can receive the latest updates on traffic on the major roads anytime with our First Alert Traffic Map.
One of the harder hit areas appears to be Eaton County. Crews from the National Weather Service will be surveying the damage in Mid-Michigan on Friday to determine if a tornado touched down at any point.
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The tide has turned in the Ohio State, Michigan football battle. After the Buckeyes went on an eight-game winning streak over the Wolverines from 2012-2019, Michigan has defeated Ohio State four-straight times since 2021. Michigan dominated in the trenches the past four seasons, and even with a much-less talented roster in 2024, the Wolverines did the unthinkable in Ohio Stadium as a 20-point underdog. Michigan went into Columbus and took down the eventual national champions, 13-10.
Ohio State went on to win the national title in the new 12-team College Football Playoff. But when the 2025 season starts up, the lead-up to ‘The Game’ will be talked about on a weekly basis. Sherrone Moore and his new five-star QB Bryce Underwood will get the Buckeyes in Ann Arbor in 2025, and Ryan Day still has to show he can get that monkey off his back. Right now, plenty of analysts all have the same mindset: ‘Can’t predict Ohio State to win that game until they can prove it can.’
ESPN’s David Hale is in a similar boat. In ESPN’s ‘100 days to college football….’, Hale predicts Michigan to beat Ohio State for the fifth year in a row.
“The Buckeyes are national champions. Last year’s team was elite, and this year’s could be just as good. There’s no reason to be anything but joyous in Columbus,” Hale wrote. “Only … the fine folks from that state up north do have something of a trump card. Michigan’s four straight wins over Ohio State make for some pretty good bragging rights, even if the playoff trophy resides at the Horseshoe. Last year’s astonishing Buckeyes loss might’ve cost Ryan Day his job had the playoff not expanded to 12 and given Ohio State a second bite at the apple. And so, when this year’s game comes around on Nov. 29, the buzz won’t be about Ohio State’s 2025 championship game win. It will be about the four straight losses, and that’s an awfully big monkey now living on Day’s back. So, we won’t be too shocked if that dark cloud looms so large that the Buckeyes stumble yet again thanks to all of the outside noise. Would the Ohio State faithful be OK with a fifth straight loss to Michigan if it was followed by a second straight national title?”
Michigan vs. Ohio State is arguably the greatest rivalry in all of sports. Duke-North Carolina, Red Sox-Yankees, and Celtics-Lakers are a few others, but you can make the argument that when the Wolverines and Buckeyes face off on Thanksgiving weekend — everyone tunes in. Which is why that should usually be a top-five game to watch every single year, right?
Not this year, according to ESPN’s Bill Connelly. In the same article as Hale predicted Michigan to beat OSU, Connelly ranked the top 10 games to watch this upcoming season. He put ‘The Game’ at No. 10 on the list. Games like Boise State-Notre Dame, Texas A&M-Notre Dame, and Montana State-Montana all ranked higher than the Big Ten powers.
“The Buckeyes couldn’t lose a fifth straight to the Wolverines … right?,” Connelly wrote.
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