EAST LANSING – Round one of the rivalry went to Michigan before Michigan State held serve. And then some.

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - No. 1 Michigan State hockey took down rival No. 10 Michigan, 4-1, at Munn Arena in East Lansing Saturday night. Michigan State’s win ensured the rivals split a home-and-home series this weekend after Michigan won 3-2 in overtime Friday. The teams combined for 21 penalties in a chippy, heated rivalry game.

Charlie Stramel gets two goals and an assist and Isaac Howard notches three assists as MSU splits weekend series

The Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans NCAA Men’s Hockey teams are set for an elite eight rematch. The Big Ten rivals meet twice this weekend, once at each home arena. The action begins Friday night with a 7:00 p.m. face-off at the Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Stramel scores twice to help MSU beat Michigan 4-1 and earn series split

No. 1 Michigan State (19-3-2, 10-2-2 Big Ten) navigated a penalty-ridden game to earn a 4-1 win over No. 10 Michigan. The Spartans’ power play went 2-for-7, while the penalty kill blanked the Wolverines on four out of five deployments.

Charlie Stramel was at the podium answering a question during a postgame press conference and couldn’t hold back a big yawn. It was late and the Michigan State forward had reason to be tired after playing 60 minutes of physical hockey in a 4-1 win against rival Michigan on Saturday night.

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