DETROIT - The Michigan State hockey team dropped its Great Lakes Invitational semifinal matchup with No. 16 Western Michigan, 4-1, on Thursday night at Joe Louis Arena. The Spartans couldn’t neutralize WMU’s power-play, which struck for all four goals.
Michigan State (4-10-1) will meet Michigan in the GLI third-place game on Friday at 3:30 p.m.
“I liked the compete level of our team. I did think we showed some frustration in that second period, but thought we overcame that a bit in the third period,” MSU head coach Tom Anastos said. “They’re a good team; they took advantage of special teams, we did not and that was the difference in the game.