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5/12/08
Jeff Lerg Named Michigan College Athlete of the Year
Michigan State hockey player Jeff Lerg (Livonia, Mich.) has been named the Michigan College Athlete of the Year, as announced by the Detroit Athletic Club on Monday, May 12. The award is given to one male and one female college athlete who has demonstrated excellence in both academics and scholastics, as well as showing strong citizenship through school leadership, community involvement, and volunteerism. Lerg was honored on Monday night (May 12) in a ceremony at the Detroit Athletic Club.
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5/9/08
Brian Renfrew Promoted to Associate Head Hockey Coach
Michigan State head coach Rick Comley has announced the promotion of Brian Renfrew to Associate Head Coach for the hockey program. Renfrew just completed his fifth season on the Spartan Hockey staff.
During Renfrew's tenure, the Spartans are 119-71-22 (.613), have made four NCAA Tournament appearances, including advancing to at least a regional final the last three seasons and capturing the 2007 NCAA Championship. Michigan State, along with North Dakota and Boston College, are the only three schools who have each won at least one game in each of the last three NCAA Tournaments.
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4/15/08
Eight Spartans Honored At Annual Hockey Banquet
Junior goaltender Jeff Lerg (Livonia, Mich.) was named the team's Most Valuable Player for the second straight season while classmate Justin Abdelkader (Muskegon, Mich.) and freshman Jeff Petry (Farmington Hills, Mich.) were the night's two -award winners as the Michigan State hockey team held its season-ending banquet on Tuesday evening at the Kellogg Center. Five other Spartans earned honors on the evening, with most awards presented selected by a team vote. In addition, former hockey coach and Athletics Director Ron Mason was honored as the program's Distinguished Alumnus.
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4/11/08
Jeff Lerg Earns All-American Honors
Junior goaltender Jeff Lerg (Livonia, Mich.) added to his impressive list of career accolades on Friday when he was named a Second Team All-America by the American College Hockey Coaches Association. Lerg is the 44th Spartan to earn All-America honors (and seventh goaltender), and earned the program's 52nd all-time honor. Lerg is the first MSU player to earn the honor since Jim Slater and AJ Thelen also earned second-team honors in 2004.
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4/11/08
Vukovic to compete in NCAA Skills Challenge Friday evening.
Daniel Vukovic is one of 16 players who will represent the west in Friday evening's 2008 Frozen Four Skills Challengeat the Pepsi Center in Denver. The Frozen Four Skills Challenge will be televised live on ESPNU at 9 PM eastern time.
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4/10/08
Spartan Hockey Adds Two More For Fall
Michigan State University head coach Rick Comley has announced that two additional players will join the Spartan hockey program in the fall of 2008, as defenseman Matt Crandell (St. Cloud, Minn./Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) and Andrew Conboy (Rosemount, Minn./Omaha Lancers (USHL) have signed a National Letter of Intent and a Tender of Financial Aid, respectively.
4/9/08
Booth Named to US Team For IIHF World Championships
USA Hockey today named the first 17 players to its U.S. Men's National Team that will compete at the 2008 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, May 2-18. Among those first 17 selections is former Spartan David Booth , who just completed his second professional season with the Florida Panthers.
4/9/08
Mueller Signs Pro Contract With Grand Rapids
The Grand Rapids Griffins on Wednesday signed Michigan State forward Chris Mueller to an amateur tryout.
Mueller, 22, recently completed his senior season and second year as an alternate captain at Michigan State, where he ranked fifth on the Spartans with 27 points (13-14--27) in 42 games. Over the course of his four-year career with the Green and White, the West Seneca, New York, native tallied 104 points (42-62--104) and 141 penalty minutes in 166 contests.
4/4/08
Ratchuk Signs Pro Contract With Philadelphia
Michigan State sophomore Michael Ratchuk (Buffalo, N.Y.) has signed a professional contract with the Philadelphia Flyers, and will report to the Flyers' American Hockey League affiliate Philadelphia Phantoms immediately, as announced by the Flyers on Friday afternoon. Ratchuk, a second-round pick of the Flyers in 2006 (42nd overall), just completed his sophomore season for the Spartans, and will forgo his final two seasons of collegiate eligibility.
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