Sean Merriman, BTN.com web editor, January 17, 2014
BTN's second Frozen Friday of the year was a memorable one, featuring two shutouts. Michigan State kicked off the night with an impressive 3-0 win over Penn State. After that, No. 1-ranked Minnesota topped Ohio State 1-0 in the outdoor Hockey City Classic. Catch up on all the action in this post.
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MINNESOTA 1, OHIO STATE 0 | RECAP | BOX
The top-ranked Minnesota men?s hockey team outlasted Big Ten conference foe Ohio State, 1-0, in a defensive struggle to win the Hockey City Classic at TCF Bank Stadium Friday night. The 45,021 fans on hand gave the game the largest attendance ever for a hockey game in the state of Minnesota. It was the first-ever conference game between the two teams.
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Goal! @GopherHockey freshman Taylor Cammarata gives Minnesota a 1-0 lead. @GopherHole. @B1GIceHockey. WATCH – http://t.co/Xa7bVdQJjC
— Minnesota on BTN (@MinnesotaOnBTN) January 18, 2014
MICHIGAN STATE 3, PENN STATE 0 | RECAP | BOX
Goaltender Jake Hildebrand made a career-high 48 saves and the senior line of Greg Wolfe, Dean Chelios and Lee Reimer combined for all three goals as the Michigan State hockey team defeated Penn State, 3-0, on Friday night in front of a crowd of 6,397 at Munn Ice Arena. The win was the Spartans' first in the Big Ten as they are now 7-10-3 overall and 1-2-2-2 in the conference.
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Can you say "Perfection?" Dean Chelios with the steal and Greg Wolfe capitalizes for the @MSU_Hockey goal! WATCH – http://t.co/jBKQaBM7VR
— Michigan State on BTN (@MichiganStOnBTN) January 18, 2014
GOAL! @MSU_Hockey senior Dean Chelios scores his first goal of the season! #orvillemoment WATCH – http://t.co/RPk5GCKjwU
— Michigan State on BTN (@MichiganStOnBTN) January 17, 2014