The Notre Dame Fighting Irish hockey team and the Michigan State Spartans played the first two games of their best of three series to a tie. That set up a winner take all third game on Sunday night in South Bend, with the victor earning the privilege of visiting the top ranked Minnesota Gophers. Notre Dame took the early lead but their offense sputtered after that and Michigan State was able to come back to win the game and advance to the conference semifinals.
Game Summary: Notre Dame 2 - Michigan State 4
First Period
Notre Dame got things started early scoring the opening goal within the first five minutes of the game.