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Michigan and Michigan State have a longstanding rivalry that continued during the 2023-24 season (photo: Michigan Photography).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2004, Michael Farber wrote about the intensity of the Michigan-Michigan State hockey rivalry for Sports Illustrated<\/em> when the magazine was celebrating its 50th anniversary by highlighting the fiercest sports rivalries state by state.<\/p>\n

That piece ended with a quote by NHL veteran and Michigan State alum John-Michael Liles, who said, \u201cThis rivalry demanded the utmost of us: talent, smarts, physical play. Long after we\u2019re gone, Michigan-Michigan State will carry on, and all of us can say, \u2018That was one of the greatest things I\u2019ve ever been a part of.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Twenty years ago, the feeling of \u201cone of the greatest things\u201d in college hockey was immediate, not ancient history. The Cold War game, played just three years earlier in Spartan Stadium Oct. 6, 2001, set a record hockey attendance of 74,544. That record stood for nearly nine years.<\/p>\n

In the decade previous to Farber\u2019s article, the Wolverines and Spartans had won a combined nine CCHA playoff championships. They were simply that dominant in the conference. Michigan and Michigan State met for the title game three of those nine times, including each team winning once in back-to-back championships in 2001 and 2002.<\/p>\n

Michigan made an appearance in the NCAA tournament every single year in that decade previous to Farber\u2019s article. What people forget now, though, is that Michigan State was also very much on the national scene, with six NCAA tournament appearances from 1997-2002.<\/p>\n

This weekend, the Wolverines and Spartans will meet in their fourth-ever conference championship game and what a delicious thing this is \u2013 a great big savory surprise gift to all of college hockey.<\/p>\n

A rivalry with renewed relevance. Two name brands with a B1G television platform. All the intensity of a playoff championship plus the fire of teams separated by more than just the 65 miles of road between them, each representing the same state.<\/p>\n

As Spartans coach Adam Nightingale said in his weekly press conference, \u201cEverything will be amped up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nightingale, this year\u2019s Big Ten coach of the year, played two seasons for Michigan State (2003-05) after beginning his collegiate career with another Michigan team that was once a national powerhouse, Lake Superior State. He faces off this weekend against Michigan alum and current coch Brandon Naurato (2005-09), who understands exactly what a strong Michigan State program can mean for college hockey in Michigan and beyond.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good for us,\u201d said Naurato. \u201cI\u2019d rather have Michigan State be good than losing Michigan kids to BC or BU. I think it\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Michigan\u2019s team practice Tuesday, Naurato was asked about the recruiting implications of the title game. \u201cI don\u2019t think if we win or lose that game we get a recruit or don\u2019t get a recruit,\u201d said Naurato. \u201cI think it\u2019s your culture, your identity as a program, and they\u2019ve done a great job in the two years Nighty\u2019s been there. They should be proud of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nighty is Nightingale. Of course. It\u2019s hockey. There are always nicknames.<\/p>\n

These two second-year head coaches whose collegiate paths never crossed are plenty familiar with each other as professionals, each having worked extensively with the Detroit Red Wings in player development. There\u2019s a very different vibe from the Red Berenson-Ron Mason rivalry of the late 20th century. There\u2019s less vitriol. The intensity, though, is real and here and now.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s playoff hockey.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re playing good teams, no matter what,\u201d said Nightingale. \u201cThey want to win \u2013 not that they don\u2019t during the regular season, but everything\u2019s cranked up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Opposing teams are at their best, said Naurato, \u201cwhen they\u2019ve got something to prove, and they\u2019ve got something to prove this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to Nightingale\u2019s tenure, the Spartans were 0-12 in Big Ten postseason play. Last year, Michigan State lost the first game of a best-of-three road quarterfinal series against Notre Dame before taking the next two games. The Spartans ended their playoff run last season with a 5-1 road loss to Minnesota in the Big Ten semifinals.<\/p>\n

With the win against Ohio State last weekend, Michigan State is 3-2 in the B1G playoffs under Nightingale. The game against the Buckeyes was also the first time that the Spartans had hosted a playoff game since 2010. Back in that series, they were swept by the Wolverines in CCHA quarterfinal action.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe earned the opportunity to play another home game,\u201d said Nightingale, who has been especially conscious of his obligation to the Spartan faithful in his first two seasons, eager to reward a fanbase and to make Munn Arena an especially difficult place to play.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking forward to having Michigan here Saturday,\u201d said Nightingale. \u201cIt\u2019ll be a great environment. It\u2019s a special rivalry and I\u2019m looking forward to the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michigan enters the weekend on a four-game win streak, having beaten Minnesota on the final night of the regular season before sweeping Notre Dame in the Big Ten quarterfinals, and then beating Minnesota again in a semifinal game on the road last weekend. The Wolverines are 7-4-0 in their last 11 games, a stretch that began with a sweep at the hands of the Spartans Feb. 9-10.<\/p>\n

Michigan State is also 7-4-0 in its last 11 games, but to count back those contests we have to go all the way to late January because of two bye weeks \u2013 one scheduled, and one earned as the regular season champs. In that time, the Spartans\u2019 longest win streak was three games (Feb. 3-Feb. 10), which included a win over Notre Dame and that series against Michigan.<\/p>\n

Nightingale and his staff are conscious that this is new territory for the Spartans, but they\u2019re confident as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not like we\u2019re just trying to turn on a switch here and all of a sudden we\u2019re going to try to play playoff hockey,\u201d said Nightingale. \u201cI like to think we\u2019ve tried to help our guys do that from Day 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think in college hockey, actually, when you look at the schedule [of] 34 games, almost every game is like a playoff game.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wolverines are used to playing in someone else\u2019s barn in the Big Ten postseason. In 2022 and 2023, Michigan won the conference championship in Mariucci Arena, and last week the Wolverines had to go through Minnesota again to reach this title game.<\/p>\n

It took Michigan until the last weekend of February to climb into fourth place in conference standings, and that\u2019s where the Wolverines finished. A lot of that had to do with shoring up team defense and goaltending. Last weekend\u2019s 2-1 win over Minnesota was uncharacteristic for Michigan \u2013 not just because of the two goals the Wolverines scored, but because winning close games has not exactly been Michigan\u2019s style this season.<\/p>\n

That hasn\u2019t been design, said Naurato.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not like we\u2019re just snapping our fingers and everything is great defensively now,” he said.<\/p>\n

Naurato credits the team with Michigan\u2019s recent back-end improvements.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not like they were not trying earlier on, but they\u2019re growing and they\u2019re continuing to take steps. Not that they weren\u2019t buying in before, but just overall buy-in that it\u2019s all about the team this year and that shows that guys care and want to win,” said Naurato.<\/p>\n

Some numbers before the game. All stats are overall.<\/p>\n

Scoring offense<\/strong>: Michigan, 4.22 goals per game (4th); Michigan State, 3.86 (7th)
\nScoring defense<\/strong>: Michigan, 3.00 goals allowed per game (34th); Michigan State, 2.97 (32nd)
\nPower play<\/strong>: Michigan, 35.3% (1st); Michigan State, 26.7% (5th)
\nPenalty kill<\/strong>: Michigan, 78.1% (43rd); Michigan State, 80.9% (28th)
\nTop scorer<\/strong>: Michigan, Gavin Brindley (24-27\u201451); Michigan State, Karsen Dorwart (14-18\u201432), Artyom Levshunov (9-23\u201432), Isaac Howard (8-24\u201432)
\nTop goal scorer<\/strong>: Michigan, Brindley (24); Michigan State, Joey Larson (15)
\nGoaltender<\/strong>: Michigan, Jacob Barczewski (2.78 GAA, .909 SV%); Michigan State, Trey Augustine (2.86 GAA, .919 SV%)<\/p>\n

On paper, these teams are very evenly matched. The one notable difference in stats is that Michigan State\u2019s penalty kill is significantly better than Michigan\u2019s. Both teams can score. Each team has six players with 10 or more goals this season.<\/p>\n

The Spartans were 3-1-0 against the Wolverines during the regular season. Playoff hockey, though, is a brand-new season.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to play this game and it\u2019s one game,\u201d said Naurato. \u201cWe feel really good about our team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nightingale said that he hopes that the Spartans can savor this moment \u2013 playing their biggest rival, at home, for a conference championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur guys should be proud of earning people\u2019s respect, because that definitely wasn\u2019t a given and we had to do a better job,\u201d said Nightingale. Give the guys credit. They\u2019re the ones doing the work.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to step back and really appreciate this opportunity that they\u2019ve earned.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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