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

2019–20 Michigan State Spartans
men's ice hockey season
2019–20 Michigan State Spartans; men's ice hockey season
Conference	6th Big Ten
Home ice	Munn Ice Arena
Rankings
USCHO	NR
USA Today	NR
Record
Overall	15–19–2
Conference	11–11–2–0
Home	7–8–1
Road	7–10–1
Neutral	1–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Danton Cole
Assistant coaches	Chris Luongo; Joe Exter; Jim Slater
Captain(s)	Sam Saliba; Tommy Apap
Alternate captain(s)	Jerad Rosburg; Patrick Khodorenko
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The 2019-20 Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey season was the 79th 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

As of September 3, 2019.^[1]

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

Standings

2019–20 Big Ten ice hockey Standings v t e
	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

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Decision	Result	Attendance	Record
Exhibition
October 7	7:05 PM	vs. Western Ontario*		Munn Ice Arena • East Lansing, Michigan (Exhibition)		Lethemon	W 6–1	2,500
Regular Season
October 11	7:00 PM	at Northern Michigan*		Berry Events Center • Marquette, Michigan		Lethemon	W 5–3	4,043	1–0–0
October 12	6:07 PM	at Northern Michigan*		Berry Events Center • Marquette, Michigan		DeRidder	L 0–2	4,071	1–1–0
October 18	7:05 PM	vs. USNTDP*		Munn Ice Arena • East Lansing, Michigan (Exhibition)		Lethemon	W 2–1	3,897
October 25	9:37 PM	at Colorado College*		Broadmoor World Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado	ATTRM	DeRidder	L 1–3	3,430	1–2–0
October 26	8:07 PM	at Colorado College*		Broadmoor World Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado		Lethemon	W 5–1	3,390	2–2–0
November 1	7:05 PM	vs. #4 Cornell*		Munn Ice Arena • East Lansing, Michigan		Lethemon	L 2–3	5,203	2–3–0
November 2	7:05 PM	vs. #4 Cornell*		Munn Ice Arena • East Lansing, Michigan		DeRidder	L 2–6	5,752	2–4–0
November 8	7:07 PM	vs. #6 Penn State		Pegula Ice Arena • University Park, Pennsylvania		Lethemon	W 2–0	6,071	3–4–0 (1–0–0–0)
November 9	6:07 PM	vs. #6 Penn State		Pegula Ice Arena • University Park, Pennsylvania		Lethemon	L 4–6	5,936	3–5–0 (1–1–0–0)
November 14	6:31 PM	at Michigan		Yost Ice Arena • Ann 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 Arena • East 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 Arena • East 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 Arena • East 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 Arena • Columbus, 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 Arena • Columbus, 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 Arena • East 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 Arena • East 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 Arena • East 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 Arena • East 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 Arena • Detroit, 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 Arena • Detroit, 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 Arena • East 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 Arena • East 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 Center • Madison, Wisconsin	ESPNU	Lethemon	W 4–0	9,336	12–10–1 (8–4–1–0)
January 18	8:00 PM	vs. Wisconsin	#20	Kohl Center • Madison, 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 Arena • East 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 Arena • East 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 Mariucci • Minneapolis, 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 Mariucci • Minneapolis, Minnesota	FSN+	Lethemon	W 4–2	9,661	14–13–1 (10–7–1–0)
February 14	6:00 PM	vs. Michigan		Munn Ice Arena • East 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 Arena • Detroit, 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 Arena • East 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 Arena • East Lansing, Michigan		Lethemon	L 2–4	6,746	14–17–1 (10–11–1–0)
February 28	7:00 PM	vs. Notre Dame		Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBCSN	Lethemon	W 3–1	5,265	15–17–1 (11–11–1–0)
February 29	6:00 PM	vs. Notre Dame		Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre 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 Arena • Ann 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 Arena • Ann 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

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

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

Poll	Week
Poll	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

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

External Links

[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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v t e Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey
Formerly the Michigan Agricultural College Aggies and Michigan State Staters
Playing venues	Demonstration Hall (1949–1974) Munn Ice Arena (1974–present)
Head coaches	John Kobs (1924–1930) Harold Paulsen (1949–1951) Amo Bessone (1951–1979) Ron Mason (1979–2002) Rick Comley (2002–2011) Tom Anastos (2011–2017) Danton Cole (2017–2022) Adam Nightingale (2022–present)
Seasons	1921–22 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	WCHA (1951–1958, 1959–1981) CCHA (1981–2013) Big Ten (1958–1981, 2013–present)
Rivalries	Michigan
Culture & lore	Great Lakes Invitational Cold War The Big Chill at the Big House
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Tom Ross (324 Points) Tom Ross (138 Goals) Chad Alban (88 Wins)
National championships	1966 1986 2007
Frozen Four appearances	1959 1966 1967 1984 1986 1987 1989 1992 1999 2001 2007
NCAA Tournament appearances	1959 1966 1967 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2012 2024
Conference Tournament titles	CCHA: 1982 1983 1984 1985 1987 1989 1990 1998 2000 2001 2006 Big Ten: 2024
Hobey Baker winners	Kip Miller (1990) Ryan Miller (2001)
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI