EAST LANSING -
The Spartans will play a total of 16 non-conference games against opponents from Hockey East, the WCHA and NCHC. The 20-game Big Ten schedule will begin the first weekend of December.
After hosting an exhibition game vs. Western Ontario on Oct. 4, Michigan State will open the 2015-16 campaign with the 19th-annual Ice Breaker Tournament in Portland, Maine, Oct. 9-10. The Spartans will meet host Maine on Friday night and then take on Lake Superior State the following afternoon. The games will take place at Cross Insurance Ice Arena.
MSU will travel to Denver for the first time since 1980 to take on the Pioneers, Oct.