One down, one to go. Michigan State hockey won its second straight game of the season on Friday night, going into Agganis Arena to steal a win over No. 1 Boston University, 4-2.
The Spartans played one of their best games in a while, holding a lead pretty much throughout. A Cayden Lindstrom goal before the end of the second period to make it 3-1 really seemed to put the game away. Trey Augustine and the Spartans were able to hold on to that two-goal lead, finishing with a 4-2 win over the nation’s top team.
After watching the Spartans lose their first game of the season against a New Hampshire team that really wasn’t relevant last season, it felt like the team had a lot of work to do.
Adam Nightingale must have given the Spartans an incredible post-game speech after that loss because Michigan State has looked really good for six straight periods. They beat New Hampshire on the tail-end of a back-to-back and then controlled Friday night’s game against the No. 1 team in the nation on the road.
To me, it feels like the team had a fluke loss in the opener (much like Western Michigan and Penn State did), and now we’re seeing the real Spartans.
We’ve seen teams come out of the gates rusty, overlooking beatable opponents to start the season (ask Tom Izzo about Wright State in 1999-2000), but Nightingale isn’t going to let that happen again.
The Spartans will face No. 1 Boston U on Saturday night in the latter part of the back-to-back at 7 p.m. ET. A sweep could get Michigan State to No. 1 next week.