Men’s hockey will become an official Big Ten sport in the 2013-14 academic year, so with that in mind, the Big Ten Conference office announced Thursday that its tournaments will be held at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn., in 2014 and 2016, and at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich., in 2015 and 2017.

Michigan and Michigan State were eliminated from the NCAA tournament Friday night. The Wolverines lost in overtime to Cornell, while the Spartans fell to Union. Read recaps in this post and view the interactive NCAA bracket.

Minnesota, Michigan and Michigan State are three of the 16 men’s hockey teams in the NCAA Tournament that leads to the Frozen Four. Michigan (9), Minnesota (5), and Michigan State (3) have combined for 17 NCAA championships. There’s more info at NCAA.com’s hockey section, including a great interactive bracket with game times and TV info.

Junior All-America candidate Torey Krug singlehandedly brought Michigan State out of a two-goal hole and his assist on Matt Berry’s game-winner in the third period helped the 17th-ranked Spartans down archrival Michigan, 3-2, in front of 7,103 fans at Munn Ice Arena. The decision marked Michigan State’s third straight victory, while it snapped Michigan’s three-game winning streak. Read the full recap at MSUSpartans.com. Or at MGoBlue.com. The Spartans and Wolverines meet meet for the fifth time this season on Saturday night at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

Several Big Ten teams around the conference were in action on Friday night, including the Ohio State men’s hockey team. The Buckeyes welcomed Lake Superior State to Value City Arena and skated to a 5-2 win. Watch the highlights now and jump inside for highlights from Michigan State’s hockey game against Bowling Green, a wrestling showdown between Illinois and Iowa and basketball highlights from Northwestern’s game against Mississippi Valley State.

BTN host Mike Hall loves going across Big Ten country and learning how to play sports he’s not, um, very good at. Hall visited East Lansing, Mich., more specifically Munn Arena, recently to get some pointers from a trio of Spartans, Torey Krug, Drew Palmisano and Derek Grant. Hall isn’t the best skater in the world, so how did his session? Not all that well. Check out inside