EAST LANSING -
Michigan put 20 shots on Spartan goaltender Jake Hildebrand in the opening 20 minutes, pressuring MSU for most of the period. Hildebrand turned away all but one, a shot by Justin Selman in the slot 8:10 into the period.
Despite having only a handful of shots in the first period, MSU nearly tied it on a couple of occasions.
The best chance of the first period for MSU came with just under 7 minutes to play off a 2-on-1 with Joe Cox and Mackenzie MacEachern.