On The Fly…
• Michigan State completes its season series with Michigan this weekend as the teams will meet on Friday at Munn and then Saturday at Little Caesars Arena.
• It will be all-time meetings 318 and 319 between MSU and U-M in college hockey’s most-played rivalry.
• Sophomore Taro Hirose leads MSU and ranks fifth in the Big Ten with 31 points, and his 22 assists are tied for fourth in the league … Hirose leads the conference in power-play assists (14) and is second in power-play points (15).
• Hirose has seven points (2g, 5a) over the last six games … He has nine multi-point games this season, two of which have come vs.