Against Toronto
Sunday’s game marks the first meeting between Michigan State and the University of Toronto since Oct. 10, 2004 – a, 7-2 Spartan exhibition victory … MSU is 3-3-1 all-time vs. Toronto.
Returning for the Spartans
• A total of 14 letterwinners (10 forwards, three defensemen and one goaltender).
• Mason Appleton led the Spartans in assists with 17 in 2015-16 … Appleton’s 22 points ranked fourth on the team and were the most by a rookie since 2009-10 (Derek Grant, 30; Daultan Leveille, 25).
• Joe Cox finished out 2015-16 on a career-best seven-game point streak (3-4-7) … Cox had a career high 11 goals and 23 points in 2015-16.