Spartan Hockey to Play Nationally-Televised Game on the Road

The trip to Boston will be Michigan State's third and fourth official games of the season --- the game on ESPNU being the first of those two --- and the Spartans' first game away from Munn Arena. In addition to the ESPNU broadcast, both games will also be available for streaming on ESPN+.

MSU opens its season with a home exhibition against Windsor (Ont.) on Oct. 3. Its first two regular season games will be a two-game series against New Hampshire in Munn Ice Arena on Thursday, Oct. 9 and Friday, Oct. 10.

Following the BU series, Michigan State will come back to the state, but will actually end up in the Upper Peninsula for two games against Northern Michigan on Friday, Oct. 24 and Saturday, Oct. 25.

It turns out that after that opening series at home against UNH, the Spartan hockey team won't play in Munn for nearly a month. The team's second series at home is against Penn State on Friday, Nov. 7 and Saturday, Nov. 8.

All-Time Series with BU

The game on ESPNU will end up being the 19th meeting all-time for hockey between Michigan State and Boston University. Lots will be at stake, as the series is split right down the middle at 9-9.

It's still been a while, though. MSU and BU haven't met since Oct. 24, 2014, which was a 1-0 Terriers home win over the Spartans in Agganis Arena.

Michigan State head coach Adam Nightingale has made a new habit of scheduling hockey teams from Boston during the non-conference schedule. The Spartans faced Boston College twice on the road during the 2023-24 season and hosted the Eagles for their first two home games of last season.