Minnesota’s men’s hockey X account listed the score as 7-3 Spartans when Charlie Stramel scored midway through the third period Friday in East Lansing.
From there, the social media account simply started listing numbers.
“8”
“9”
Thankfully for Minnesota, that’s where the count stopped. The Spartans used four third-period goals to top the Gophers 9-3 in the series opener of the top two teams in the Big Ten.
Michigan State (20-3-2, 11-2-2 in Big Ten) now leads Minnesota (19-6-2, 10-4-1) by four points on the table heading into the series finale Saturday.
Brodie Ziemer scored for the fourth-ranked Gophers to knot the score at 2-2 midway through the second period. The second-ranked Spartans responded by scoring the game’s next three goals. Jimmy Snuggerud found the net late in the second period to pull the Gophers within two heading into the final frame.
But it was all Spartans in the final period. Isaac Howard and David Gucciardi each scored twice for Michigan State.
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