Buffalo, N.Y. — The day after a school record-tying five Michigan State players and commits heard their names called at the 2026 NHL Draft, four more future Spartans joined them as NHL draft picks and broke another program record.

Michigan State finished the NHL Draft at Buffalo’s KeyBank Center with nine current and future Spartans drafted to the NHL, breaking a program high of eight draftees in both 1990 and 2025. NHL teams selected Michigan State commits Brooks Rogowski, Jonas Kemps, Nick Bogas and Cullen McCrate on Saturday’s closing day of the draft.

Rogowski, a center, was the first player off the board Saturday, going 33rd overall to Vancouver. Then left-shot defenseman Kemps went to Florida 98th overall in the fourth round and left-shot defenseman Bogas went to St. Louis at 139th overall in the fifth round. McCrate, a right-shot defenseman, went to Boston 216th overall in the seventh round to round out the group.

Defenseman Chase Reid (seventh overall, Seattle) headlined Friday’s group of five first-round picks that set a Michigan State record in one draft class. Nikita Klepov (15th, Anaheim), Ethan Belchetz (17th, Utah), Jack Hextall (30th, Calgary) and defenseman Tommy Bleyl (31st, Nashville) were also first-rounders.

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Michigan State will set an NCAA record when its nine first-round draft picks hit the ice in 2026-27. That is the most on a college hockey roster in history, breaking the previous record of seven held by rival Michigan in 2021-22.

The desperate search for survivors is into the third day following those strong earthquakes in Venezuela. The death toll continues to rise, with nearly 70,000 people still missing.

From nearly 3,000 miles away, Minnesotans are coming together to help the South American country.

With the flag waving in the wind, friends and strangers came together with a mindset and a mission.

“We’ve had people that have just come to donate and stay to help and organize” said Megan Lima, whose daughter dances at Baila Venezuela, a Richfield dance studio holding a donation drive on Saturday.

“This was, as you know, created very quickly” said Lima. “Every single person in our group has family and friends in Venezuela.”

It’s a country where the United Nations says more than 7.9 million people have already been forcibly displaced in recent years.

“It broke my heart. It’s … I don’t have the words to say. It hurt me. It hurt me” said Monica Verona-Cox, who drove from Delano to Burnsville to drop off donations.

As of Saturday afternoon the death toll is nearly 1,400 with another 3,200 critically injured. Packages that have been compiled at Latinos Depot in Burnsville will be driven by community members to Miami. Once they hit Miami they’ll be taken directly to Caracas.

“Medicines, baby supplements, diapers, wipes” said Magbis Paez, who helped organize the drive happening at Latinos Depot, a Burnsville supermercado.

A few of many products that they say will be needed for those they love.

“We’ve been through so much” Paez added. “Our family here in Minnesota that are Venezuelan too, they’ve become our family. They’re still waiting on calls from family members.”

“These people don’t have anything … they’ve lost everything,” Verona-Cox told WCCO.

“I know that we’re gonna be good. We’re gonna be good after this. So much stronger” Paez added.

If you’d like to help, Baila Venezuela says they need donations for transporting the supplies. You can give them a call or visit them in Richfield.

Children in the Jefferson City area received custom-built playhouses Saturday during River City Habitat for Humanity’s first Playhouse Build event at Capital Mall.

Local businesses, volunteers and community organizations spent the day assembling and decorating the playhouses. Each playhouse was designed around a child’s favorite colors, hobbies and interests.

The children and their families were presented with the finished playhouses at the end of the event.

River City Habitat for Humanity said the event was created to give children a special place to imagine and play while bringing the community together in support of the organization’s mission.

“A playhouse may seem like a simple structure, but to a child it’s a castle, a clubhouse, a fort, or a place where their imagination can come to life,” Susan Cook, the executive director of River City Habitat for Humanity, said in a news release. “We hope this becomes a tradition that our community looks forward to each year.”

Nine teams participated in the inaugural event, including Hitachi, Samco Business Products, Jefferson City Medical Group, the Home Builders Association, Capital City Business Builders BNI, Jefferson City Parks, Habitat Women Build and community volunteer teams.

Hitachi served as the event’s presenting sponsor.

“Our team was super excited about sponsoring it because we are giving back to the community and we are giving back to little people,” Leanna Ritter, a Hitachi Energy employee, said. “What’s better than little people?”

Scruggs Lumber donated the plywood used to build the playhouses, and Sherwin-Williams donated the paint.

River City Habitat for Humanity has partnered with local families, volunteers, businesses and community organizations since 1993. The nonprofit says it has helped build more than 138 affordable homes in the Jefferson City area.