Final: No. 1 Michigan State 8, Notre Dame 2 Porter Martone records a hat trick, Ryker Lee scores twice, and the Spartans hang eight on the Irish to complete the sweep.

End Period 2: No. 1 Michigan State 5, Notre Dame 2 MSU Goals: Lee (10) UA at 00:45 (PP) Martone (19) UA at 11:13 Mannisto (11) UA at 13:42 (SH) West (4) from Romani (13); O'Connell (7) at 18:58 (PP) Shots: MSU 30, ND 22

Final: No. 1 Michigan State 4, Notre Dame 2 Spartans look for the sweep tomorrow evening against the Irish.

End Period 2: No. 1 Michigan State 3, Notre Dame 2 Two power-play goals for the Spartans in the middle frame. MSU Goals: Stramel (18) from Martone (21); Russell (24) at 2:40 O'Connell (5) from Lindstrom (7); Nilson (7) at 18:22 Shots: ND 28, MSU 25

Michigan State hockey rebounds and beats Michigan, 5-2, in the “Duel in the D” The Spartans are now in sole possession of first place in the Big Ten. Story from Little Caesars Arena: www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Michigan State hockey rebounds and beats Michigan, 5-2, in the “Duel in the D” The Spartans are now in sole possession of first place in the Big Ten. Story from Little Caesars Arena: www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

A third consecutive “Iron D” trophy is heading back to East Lansing.

Final: No. 2 Michigan State 5, No. 1 Michigan 2 Spartans win a third straight "Duel in the D" and have sole possession of first place in the Big Ten standings.

End Period 2: No. 2 Michigan State 4, No. 1 Michigan 1 MSU Goals: Stramel (18) from Strbak (12); Russell (23) at 4:01 Ti. Shoudy (5) from Mannisto (7); Jurecki (1) at 5:38 Shots: MSU 25, UM 17 Four goals and 12 different skaters with points for the Spartans.

Michigan using its timeout here as Tiernan Shoudy has now made it 4-0 Spartans with 14:22 left in the second period.

Maxim Strbak with a phenomenal shot pass to Charlie Stramel on the back door, and Stramel puts it into an empty net. Michigan State leads 3-0 with 15:59 left in the second period.

End Period 1: No. 2 Michigan State 2, No. 1 Michigan 0 MSU Goals: O'Connell (4) from Romani (11); Lindstrom (6) at 9:48 Martone (16) from Lee (13); West (6) at 16:12 (PP) Shots: MSU 14, UM 9

Gavin O'Connell, fresh off the bench, gets a pass from Anthony Romani and snipes a shot over the blocker of Ivankovic. 1-0 Spartans with 10:12 left in the first period.

Before the game, both Michigan State and Michigan raised their sticks in a salute to Dan Sturges, MSU’s director of hockey operations, who passed away on Jan. 19.

Starting lineups tonight: MSU Russell-Stramel-Martone Basgall-Ralph Augustine Michigan Perron-Hughes-Moldenhauer Duke-Fantilli Ivankovic Jack Ivankovic returns from injury and is in net for the Wolverines.

After an instant classic last night at Yost, Michigan and Michigan State will meet again tonight at Little Caesars Arena for the “Duel in the D” The Spartans have won the last two meetings here. Stay here for updates and for all your MSU hockey coverage.

Charlie Stramel completes a hat trick and scores the overtime winner to give Michigan State a 5-4 overtime win. Spartans take five of six points on the road in a huge result. Four points for Stramel and Daniel Russell on the afternoon.

End Period 3: No. 2 Michigan State 4, No. 5 Penn State 4 60 minutes not enough to find a winner here. Both sides earn a point, but 3-on-3 overtime will settle who gets the extra one.

End Period 2: No. 2 Michigan State 3, No. 5 Penn State 3 Charlie Stramel scores his second of the game with just 2 seconds left in the period while on the power play. Top lines have accounted for all six goals in this one. Should be an electric final 20 minutes.

End Period 1: No. 2 Michigan State 1, No. 5 Penn State 0 MSU Goal: Russell (10) from Stramel (19); Martone (17) at 2:24 Shots: MSU 17, PSU 10

Final: No. 2 Michigan State 6, No. 5 Penn State 3 Spartans get a big road win ahead of tomorrow’s outdoor game at Beaver Stadium. Anthony Romani records a hat trick to lead the way.

End Period 2: No. 2 Michigan State 4, No. 5 Penn State 1 MSU Goal: Martone (15) from Lahey (3); Russell (17) at 15:14 Spartans will begin the third period on the power play as Aiden Fink whistled for throwing his stick.

End Period 1: No. 2 Michigan State 3, No. 5 Penn State 0 MSU Goals: Romani (10) from Strbak (10); Augustine (1) at 4:02 West (2) from Romani (10); O’Connell (6) at 14:59 (PP) Romani (11) from Lindstrom (5); Martone (15) at 18:26 (PP) Shots: MSU 16, PSU 12

MSU coach Adam Nightingale on the loss of hockey staffer Dan Sturges: 'He made all of us better' Story by @nathanielbott.bsky.social from an emotional press conference. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Final: No. 4 Michigan State 4, No. 2 Wisconsin 1 Spartans get a huge road sweep over the Badgers, as well as some revenge after Wisconsin’s sweep at Munn in November. Trey Augustine loses what would have been an NCAA-leading fourth shutout with 50 seconds remaining.

End Period 2: No. 4 Michigan State 4, No. 2 Wisconsin 0 MSU Goal: Romani (9) from Lindstrom (5) at 16:46 Shots: UW 23, MSU 14

End Period 1: No. 4 Michigan State 3, No. 2 Wisconsin 0 MSU Goals: Vansaghi (2) from Lee (9); Nilson (5) at 1:17 Russell (6) from Stramel (16); Ralph (9) at 8:34 (SH) Russell (7) from Lee (10); Martone (13) at 12:42 (PP) Shots: UW 14, MSU 9 PP: MSU 1-1, UW 0-2

Daniel Russell has his second goal of the first period, this time on the power play, and MSU leads it 3-0. Good play from Ryker Lee to set it up. Wisconsin uses its timeout to try and regroup.

Final: No. 4 Michigan State 4, No. 2 Wisconsin 3 Spartans hold on after late push from Badgers and go for a sweep tomorrow evening.

MSU holding onto a 4-3 lead with 11:41 left in the third period. Wisconsin’s Tyson Dyck made it a one-goal game earlier in the period.

End Period 2: No. 4 Michigan State 4, No. 2 Wisconsin 2 Five goals in the period combined. MSU Goals: O’Connell (2) from Lindstrom (4); Romani (8) at 3:57 Russell (5) from Stramel (15); Romani (9) at 12:17 Stramel (13) from Vansaghi (6) at 16:51 Shots: MSU 16, UW 14

Daniel Russel makes an impressive toe drag move and snipes a shot off the crossbar and over the line. Spartans lead 3-1 with just under eight minutes left in the second period.

End Period 1: No. 4 Michigan State 1, No. 2 Wisconsin 0 MSU Goal: Lee (8) from Strbak (8); Ralph (8) at 18:51 Shots: UW 9, MSU 6

Final: Ohio State 2, No. 2 Michigan State 1 Big scrum as the final horn sounds. Buckeyes outshoot the Spartans by 8 and dominate the faceoff circle to earn a series split.

Davis Burnside beats Trey Augustine and Ohio State takes a 2-1 lead on MSU with 11:58 remaining.

Michigan State hockey takes down Ohio State, 6-2, in the series opener. Charlie Stramel and Porter Martone each scored twice as the Spartans raced out to a 4-0 first-period lead, including three goals in a 23 second span

Final: No. 3 Michigan State 4, USNTDP 2 Spartans return to Big Ten play next weekend at Ohio State.

End Period 2: No. 3 Michigan State 3, USNTDP 1 Shots: MSU 26, NTDP 11 Romani and Lindstrom with the goals in the middle frame for the Spartans.

Michigan State hockey repeats as GLI champions for the first time in 25 years. "You come to a tournament like this to find some things out about your team." Story from @nathanielbott.bsky.social. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Michigan State hockey tops Michigan on the road, earns series split. “It was a heck of a response from our group.” Story from @nathanielbott.bsky.social, from Ann Arbor. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

MSU volleyball drops season finale to UCLA in five sets. awaits NCAA tournament fate. "There are moments in these last three weeks that I want back, but it was never without them giving us everything they had." Story from @nathanielbott.bsky.social. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

MSU hockey completes sweep of Colgate ahead of showdown with Michigan. Story from @nathanielbott.bsky.social. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

MSU women's soccer blanks Wake Forest to reach the Sweet 16 for third straight season — this time at home. "This team continues to find ways, and it's a pretty special thing to now be able to do it again here on Sunday." From @nathanielbott.bsky.social. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Nightingale, asked if MSU changed anything to the gameplan to defend Gavin McKenna “Nothing.”

MSU hockey flexes its muscle in dominant 5-0 win over Penn State. Initial story from @nathanielbott.bsky.social. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Final: No. 1 Michigan State 5, No. 3 Penn State 0 MSU flexes some muscle in a dominating effort over the Nittany Lions

End Period 2: No. 1 Michigan State 3, No. 3 Penn State 0 MSU Goal: Ralph (1) from Stramel (5); Russell (4) at 11:56 Shots: MSU 32, PSU 22 PP: PSU 0-4, MSU 0-3

End Period 1: No. 1 Michigan State 2, No. 3 Penn State 0 MSU Goals: Stramel (4) from Martone (7); Basgall (4) at 2:32 Martone (4) from Stramel (4); Lee (3) at 18:37 Shots: MSU 15, PSU 12 PP: PSU 0-2, MSU 0-1

"I think that sometimes gets lost — you don't have to be a draft pick to be a good hockey player. You think about (Shoudy) and Tommi, how many games they've helped us win since we've been here." Story from @nathanielbott.bsky.social on MSU's OT win. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

MSU women's soccer scores overtime winner to beat UCLA, advance to Big Ten tournament championship game. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...