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2019–20 Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey season

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2019–20 Michigan State Spartans
men's ice hockey season
Conference6th Big Ten
Home iceMunn Ice Arena
Rankings
USCHONR
USA TodayNR
Record
Overall15–19–2
Conference11–11–2–0
Home7–8–1
Road7–10–1
Neutral1–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachDanton Cole
Assistant coachesChris Luongo
Joe Exter
Jim Slater
Captain(s)Sam Saliba
Tommy Apap
Alternate captain(s)Jerad Rosburg
Patrick Khodorenko
Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey seasons
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The 2019–20 Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey season was the 78th season of play for the program and the 30th season in the Big Ten Conference. The Spartans represented Michigan State University and were coached by Danton Cole, in his 3rd season.

Roster

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As of September 3, 2019.[1]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1 Michigan Drew DeRidder Sophomore G 5' 10" (1.78 m) 167 lb (76 kg) 2000-05-01 Fenton, Michigan USNTDP (USHL)
4 Michigan Anthony Scarsella Senior D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1996-03-20 White Lake, Michigan Springfield Jr. Blues (NAHL)
7 Michigan Damian Chrcek Senior D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1996-02-17 Marysville, Michigan Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)
8 Michigan Cole Krygier Sophomore D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 2000-05-05 Novi, Michigan Lincoln Stars (USHL) FLA, 201st overall 2018
9 Michigan Mitchell Lewandowski Junior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 1998-04-17 Clarkston, Michigan Chicago Steel (USHL)
10 Illinois Sam Saliba (C) Senior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1995-10-09 Lincolnshire, Illinois Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
11 Michigan Tommy Apap (C) Junior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1996-02-27 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
12 Michigan Tommy Miller Junior D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1999-03-06 West Bloomfield, Michigan USNTDP (USHL)
14 Michigan Adam Goodsir Sophomore F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1998-09-22 Okemos, Michigan Tri-City Storm (USHL)
15 Michigan Christian Krygier Sophomore D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 2000-05-05 Novi, Michigan Lincoln Stars (USHL) NYI, 196th overall 2018
16 Michigan Brody Stevens Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 1997-04-26 Ann Arbor, Michigan Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
18 Poland Wojciech Stachowiak Sophomore F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1999-07-03 Gdańsk, Poland Central Illinois Flying Aces (USHL)
19 Switzerland Nicolas Müller Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1999-06-21 Arisdorf, Switzerland Modo Hockey J20 (J20 SuperElit)
20 Michigan Josh Nodler Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 2001-04-27 Oak Park, Michigan Fargo Force (USHL) CGY, 150th overall 2019
21 New York (state) Jake Smith Junior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1996-11-28 East Amherst, New York Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)
22 Rhode Island Dennis Cesana Sophomore D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 189 lb (86 kg) 1998-04-04 Providence, Rhode Island Brooks Bandits (AJHL)
23 Michigan Jagger Joshua Freshman F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1999-03-29 Dearborn, Michigan Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
24 Michigan Austin Kamer Junior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1996-05-23 Grand Rapids, Michigan Lone Star Brahmas (NAHL)
27 Minnesota Mitchell Mattson Sophomore F 6' 4" (1.93 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1998-01-02 Grand Rapids, Minnesota Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) CGY, 126th overall 2016
28 Manitoba Gianluca Esteves Junior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 1997-01-29 Winnipeg, Manitoba Aston Rebels (NAHL)
31 Michigan John Lethemon Senior G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 171 lb (78 kg) 1996-08-16 Northville, Michigan Chicago Steel (USHL)
41 Michigan Spencer Wright Senior G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 1997-06-20 Farmington Hills, Michigan New Jersey Titans (NAHL)
44 Michigan Butrus Ghafari Senior D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1996-07-04 West Bloomfield, Michigan Bloomington Thunder (USHL)
55 California Patrick Khodorenko (A) Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1998-10-13 Walnut Creek, California USNTDP (USHL)
57 Maryland Jerad Rosburg (A) Senior (RS) D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 204 lb (93 kg) 1996-06-18 Clarksville, Maryland Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
71 Michigan Logan Lambdin Senior F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 1995-11-01 Newport, Michigan Bloomington Thunder (USHL)

Standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#9 Penn State 24 12 8 4 1 41 79 70 34 20 10 4 121 88
#10 Ohio State 24 11 9 4 1 38 62 62 34 18 11 5 91 80
#17 Michigan 24 11 10 3 2 38 65 52 34 16 14 4 92 72
#18 Minnesota 24 9 8 7 4 38 66 62 34 14 13 7 95 94
Notre Dame 24 9 9 6 4 37 59 59 34 14 13 7 90 91
Michigan State 24 11 11 2 0 35 54 54 34 15 17 2 80 82
Wisconsin 24 7 15 2 2 25 63 89 34 14 18 2 110 124
Championship: March 21, 2020
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 1, 2020

Schedule and Results

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Exhibition
October 7 7:05 PM vs. Western Ontario* Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan (Exhibition)   Lethemon W 6–1  2,500
Regular Season
October 11 7:00 PM at Northern Michigan* Berry Events CenterMarquette, Michigan   Lethemon W 5–3  4,043 1–0–0
October 12 6:07 PM at Northern Michigan* Berry Events CenterMarquette, Michigan   DeRidder L 0–2  4,071 1–1–0
October 18 7:05 PM vs. USNTDP* Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan (Exhibition)   Lethemon W 2–1  3,897
October 25 9:37 PM at Colorado College* Broadmoor World ArenaColorado Springs, Colorado ATTRM DeRidder L 1–3  3,430 1–2–0
October 26 8:07 PM at Colorado College* Broadmoor World ArenaColorado Springs, Colorado   Lethemon W 5–1  3,390 2–2–0
November 1 7:05 PM vs. #4 Cornell* Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan   Lethemon L 2–3  5,203 2–3–0
November 2 7:05 PM vs. #4 Cornell* Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan   DeRidder L 2–6  5,752 2–4–0
November 8 7:07 PM at #6 Penn State Pegula Ice ArenaUniversity Park, Pennsylvania   Lethemon W 2–0  6,071 3–4–0 (1–0–0–0)
November 9 6:07 PM at #6 Penn State Pegula Ice ArenaUniversity Park, Pennsylvania   Lethemon L 4–6  5,936 3–5–0 (1–1–0–0)
November 14 6:31 PM at Michigan Yost Ice ArenaAnn Arbor, Michigan BTN Lethemon W 4–3  5,233 4–5–0 (2–1–0–0)
November 16 7:00 PM vs. Michigan Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan   Lethemon W 3–0  6,552 5–5–0 (3–1–0–0)
November 22 7:00 PM vs. #3 Notre Dame Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan   Lethemon T 1–1 SOL 4,898 5–5–1 (3–1–1–0)
November 23 7:00 PM vs. #3 Notre Dame Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan   Lethemon W 3–2  5,902 6–5–1 (4–1–1–0)
November 30 5:00 PM at #11 Ohio State #20 Value City ArenaColumbus, Ohio   Lethemon L 1–3  4,251 6–6–1 (4–2–1–0)
December 1 2:31 PM at #11 Ohio State #20 Value City ArenaColumbus, Ohio BTN Lethemon L 0–2  4,222 6–7–1 (4–3–1–0)
December 6 7:00 PM vs. #19 Wisconsin Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan   Lethemon W 3–0  6,007 7–7–1 (5–3–1–0)
December 7 7:00 PM vs. #19 Wisconsin Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan   Lethemon W 5–4 OT 5,608 8–7–1 (6–3–1–0)
December 14 7:00 PM vs. #16 Arizona State* #18 Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan   Lethemon L 3–4  5,306 8–8–1 (6–3–1–0)
December 15 5:00 PM vs. #16 Arizona State* #18 Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan   Lethemon W 1–0 OT 5,004 9–8–1 (6–3–1–0)
Great Lakes Invitational
December 30 1:07 PM vs. Michigan Tech* #18 Little Caesars ArenaDetroit, Michigan (GLI Semifinal)   Lethemon L 2–4  16,139 9–9–1 (6–3–1–0)
December 31 11:37 AM vs. Ferris State* #18 Little Caesars ArenaDetroit, Michigan (GLI Third Place)   Lethemon W 5–2  10,240 10–9–1 (6–3–1–0)
January 10 6:00 PM at vs. Minnesota #20 Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan BTN Lethemon W 4–1  6,346 11–9–1 (7–3–1–0)
January 11 7:00 PM at vs. Minnesota #20 Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan BTN Lethemon L 0–2  5,923 11–10–1 (7–4–1–0)
January 17 9:00 PM vs. Wisconsin #20 Kohl CenterMadison, Wisconsin ESPNU Lethemon W 4–0  9,336 12–10–1 (8–4–1–0)
January 18 8:00 PM vs. Wisconsin #20 Kohl CenterMadison, Wisconsin FSW+ Lethemon L 1–3  12,813 12–11–1 (8–5–1–0)
January 24 7:00 PM vs. #9 Penn State #19 Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan   Lethemon W 4–2  6,017 13–11–1 (9–5–1–0)
January 25 6:00 PM vs. #9 Penn State #19 Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan BTN Lethemon L 1–2 OT 6,586 13–12–1 (9–6–1–0)
February 7 8:00 PM at Minnesota #19 3M Arena at MariucciMinneapolis, Minnesota FSN+ Lethemon L 1–4  8,860 13–13–1 (9–7–1–0)
February 8 6:00 PM at Minnesota #19 3M Arena at MariucciMinneapolis, Minnesota FSN+ Lethemon W 4–2  9,661 14–13–1 (10–7–1–0)
February 14 6:00 PM vs. Michigan Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan BTN Lethemon L 1–5  6,796 14–14–1 (10–8–1–0)
February 17 7:07 PM vs. Michigan Little Caesars ArenaDetroit, Michigan FSD Lethemon L 1–4  8,455 14–15–1 (10–9–1–0)
February 21 7:00 PM vs. #12 Ohio State Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan   DeRidder L 0–1  6,376 14–16–1 (10–10–1–0)
February 22 7:00 PM vs. #12 Ohio State Munn Ice ArenaEast Lansing, Michigan   Lethemon L 2–4  6,746 14–17–1 (10–11–1–0)
February 28 7:00 PM at Notre Dame Compton Family Ice ArenaNotre Dame, Indiana NBCSN Lethemon W 3–1  5,265 15–17–1 (11–11–1–0)
February 29 6:00 PM at Notre Dame Compton Family Ice ArenaNotre Dame, Indiana NBC Sports Phi+ Lethemon T 2–2 SOL 5,355 15–17–2 (11–11–2–0)
Big Ten Tournament
March 6 7:00 PM at Michigan* Yost Ice ArenaAnn Arbor, Michigan (Quarterfinal Game 1)   Lethemon L 0–3  3,238 15–18–2 (11–11–2–0)
March 7 7:00 PM at Michigan* Yost Ice ArenaAnn Arbor, Michigan (Quarterfinal Game 2)   Lethemon L 0–3  4,226 15–19–2 (11–11–2–0)
Michigan State Lost Series 0–2
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Scoring Statistics

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Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Patrick Khodorenko C 36 16 17 33 20
Dennis Cesana D 36 7 15 22 28
Mitchell Lewandowski LW 36 8 12 20 28
Sam Saliba F 36 10 7 17 8
Logan Lambdin LW 35 7 10 17 22
Jerad Rosburg D 36 4 13 17 22
Tommy Apap F 36 7 5 12 8
Tommy Miller D 36 2 7 9 4
Brody Stevens C 36 3 5 8 30
Nicolas Müller C/RW 36 3 5 8 10
Josh Nodler C 36 3 5 8 2
Gianluca Esteves F 35 2 6 8 2
Jagger Joshua F 36 2 5 7 35
Cole Krygier D 36 3 3 6 20
Butrus Ghafari D 36 2 3 5 24
Adam Goodsir F 36 0 4 4 16
Christian Krygier D 35 0 3 3 48
Austin Kamer RW 34 1 1 2 2
Wojciech Stachowiak LW 13 0 1 1 0
Mitchell Mattson C 22 0 1 1 0
Anthony Scarsella D 1 0 0 0 0
Spencer Wright G 1 0 0 0 10
Drew DeRidder G 4 0 0 0 0
Jake Smith F 5 0 0 0 0
John Lethemon G 33 0 0 0 0
Bench - 36 - - - 5
Total

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Goaltending statistics

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Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Spencer Wright 1 0:14 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0.00
John Lethemon 33 1944 15 15 2 69 993 5 .935 2.13
Drew DeRidder 4 214 0 4 0 10 91 0 .901 2.80
Empty Net - 17 - - - 9 - - - -
Total 36 2176 15 19 2 88 1084 5 .925 2.43

Rankings

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Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 (Final)
USCHO.com NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 20 NR 18 18 18 20 20 19 17 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR
USA Today NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

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References

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  1. ^ "2019–20 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". Michigan State Official Athletic Site. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  2. ^ "Michigan State Spartans (Men) 2019-2020 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  3. ^ "Michigan State Univ. 2019-2020 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
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