The most-played college hockey rivalry in the country drops the puck another couple of times this weekend in East Lansing (7 p.m. Friday) and Detroit (8 p.m. Saturday) as Michigan hockey and Michigan State hockey face off for the 341st and 342nd times.
The Wolverines lead the series, 177-139-24, with a margin pumped up a bit by the Spartans’ woeful record over the past 18 meetings: 4-14 against U-M since January 2019. That includes three straight losses to the Wolverines in the “Duel in the D,” the annual game played now at Little Caesars Arena (after decades at The Joe).