On the Fly…
• Michigan State will play its third series of the season against an in-state rival in Ferris State … The Spartans and Bulldogs last met in a series Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2014 when the teams split a pair of games at Munn (L, 0-1; W, 4-1) … Saturday will be the Spartans’ first trip to Big Rapids since January 2013.
• MSU will honor the 1966 National Championship team during Thursday’s game at Munn with 18 players from the program’s first national title-winning team scheduled to take part in the recognition.
• With two assists and a goal, respectively, in two games last weekend, freshman Taro Hirose brings a three-game point streak into Thursday’s contest against the Bulldogs … Hirose is second on the team in points (6) and assists (4).