By Neil Koepke
MSUSpartans.com staff writer
EAST LANSING – For Michigan State players, there’s nothing more gut-wrenching, annoying and depressing on the ice than losing a game to Michigan.
For Michigan players, a defeat at the hands of the Spartans is also gut-wrenching, annoying and depressing.
Spartans hate to lose to Wolverines. Wolverines hate to lose to Spartans.
It’s been that way for probably more than 60 years and the rivalry has been especially ramped up over the last 30 seasons, ignited by more attention from expanded TV and Internet coverage and the presence of social media.