During the 2022-2023 season, the Michigan State men’s ice hockey team will seek its first Big Ten title since the conference expanded to hockey in 2014. The last time MSU won a conference title was in 2005-2006, when the program was still in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and one year prior to winning the NCAA Frozen Four title against Boston College.
Since Big Ten hockey formed, the Spartans have finished in second place of the conference once, fifth place twice, sixth place twice and last place three times. All of Michigan State’s last place-finishes have come in the previous four seasons under previous head coach Danton Cole.