By Neil Koepke
MSUSpartans.com staff writer
EAST LANSING – It was not a loss, but it felt like one.
Officially, Michigan State and Michigan played to a 1-1 tie on Friday night at Munn Arena. But the Wolverines won the shootout, 1-0, to earn two points in the Big Ten standings to one for the Spartans.
At the end of the shootout, U-M was celebrating and MSU felt the sting of not winning the game and the shootout in front of a near-capacity crowd of 5,917.
“It’s kind of frustrating. It’s crazy that a shootout can change your emotion that much,’’ MSU senior defenseman and assistant captain Carson Gatt said.