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MSU Hockey Bounces Back With 2-0 Win over New Hampshire
EAST LANSING — After dropping its first game of the season by surrendering a goal with 5.2 seconds left on Thursday, second-ranked Michigan State hockey was able to get back on the right track with a 2-0 victory over New Hampshire.
Star MSU goalie Trey Augustine had one of the easier shutouts of his life, only needing to stop 13 shots all game.
Michigan State (1-1-0) also got multi-assist games from Porter Martone and Charlie Stramel. The goals came from captain defenseman Matt Basgall and Patrick Geary.
First Period
The start felt eerily similar to Thursday’s game. Michigan State controlled the puck for a good portion of the first period, but the Wildcats (1-1-0) continued to throw themselves in front of pucks with glee as the Spartans struggled to find real opportunities to score.
Ten minutes into the game, UNH had six blocked shots to MSU’s zero. At the end of the first period in a 0-0 tie, shots on goal favored Michigan State, 12-4, but blocked shots were 11-2 in favor of New Hampshire.
Martone had three shots on goal and one blocked shot across the first 20 minutes.
Second Period
It was more of the same as the middle 20 minutes began. When the Munnsters in the corner of Munn Ice Arena started the “Halftime!” tradition of singing the fight song with 10 minutes left in the second period, both teams still had zeroes on the scoreboard. A shot from Michigan State’s Martone had rang off the right post just 10 seconds of game time prior.
The Spartans got their first power play opportunity with 9:22 left in the period, but UNH was able to kill it off without MSU ever seriously threatening.
Finally, with 5:48 left, Michigan State captain Matt Basgall was the one to sneak one past New Hampshire goalie Kyle Chauvette on the Spartans’ 19th shot on goal of the game. Charlie Stramel and Martone received assists. The score held at 1-0 through the end of the period.
Third Period
About two and a half minutes into the final period, Michigan State got a big second goal to give itself some more breathing room. Once again involved, Martone was behind the net and fed a nice pass to the junior defenseman Geary, who was easily able to punch it in while skating close to the net. Stramel picked up the secondary assist.
MSU had another power play chance a few minutes later, but the Wildcats were able to reach 2-for-2 on the penalty kill.
Still, the Spartans remained in full control. When New Hampshire’s Reid Conn received a five-minute major penalty for cross-checking with 7:43 to go in the game, the shots on goal read 36-11, in favor of MSU. Stramel took a tripping penalty only 11 seconds later, but nothing materialized for either side during the 4-on-4 segment.
The score held from there, as the Spartans were able to earn their first victory of the season. MSU’s next series will be at No. 3 Boston University on Friday, Oct. 17 and Saturday, Oct. 18.
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Michigan State hockey suffered a heartbreaking loss to New Hampshire on Thursday night to start its 2025-26 season. The Wildcats scored with 5.2 seconds remaining in regulation to stun the second-ranked Spartans, 4-3.
After the loss, head coach Adam Nightingale talked to the media about the loss and what he thought UNH did well and what his team didn’t do enough of.
The complete video of his postgame press conference is below. MSU will get a chance to earn a split in the series against the Wildcats on Friday at 7:30 p.m. on B1G+.
In addition, a partial transcript of the press conference has been provided.
NIGHTINGALE: Obviously, tough start to the year, for sure. I thought the crowd was great. I thought it was a pretty normal start of the year; hockey was a little bit helter-skelter. I thought, you know, the second we kind of got to our game but — give UNH credit, I thought they did a lot of good things. I thought they were heavy at the puck, competitive in front of their net and did a heck of a job blocking shots.
We take the five-minute major, we’re only able to kill (three minutes), we only gave up one. But, I thought Tommi (Mannisto made a) great play and was staying with it and (Sean Barnhill) to tie it up.
And obviously, that’s a super tough finish. But, I told the guys after the game, I mean, this is a team sport. You win as a team, you lose as a team, and clearly, we’ve got a lot to work on.
Q: What most concerned you or disappointed you? What do you want to see most worked on, I guess?
NIGHTINGALE: I don’t think concerned, disappointed are the right words. I think that knowing our group, we have a lot to work on, right? And one of them is the pace of the games played at the college level.
I think we’ve got a lot of new guys, and understanding that it’s super competitive every night, it’s like a playoff game. And not that I thought our guys weren’t competitive, but I think that’s a great reminder for our guys that this is hard. College hockey is hard and there are no nights off and they’re (New Hampshire) a really good team.
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Moose on the loose! New Hampshire police chase bull moose
Police sounded the alarm to chase down a galloping moose loose in New Hampshire.
The peace and quiet of Keene, New Hampshire, was surprisingly disrupted by the unusual sight of a moose on the loose.
Local resident Colby Bezanson captured the wild moment on camera as a massive bull moose galloped down a residential road with two police cruisers in hot pursuit.
Watch the video above to see the chase in action.
The Keene Police Department later said the moose was safely removed from the neighborhood.
Across the country in Alaska, another moose drama unfolded when Spencer Warren spotted a calf trapped in a lake. Fortunately, under the watchful eye of the moose’s mother, two police officers were able to pull the baby to safety.
Watch the video below to see the baby moose’s reunion with its mother!
Watch baby moose rescued from Alaska lake reunite with worried mom
A baby moose reunited with their mother after being rescued from an Alaskan lake by a man and two police officers.
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