The team won the 2007 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament, the 3rd title in program history.

Though their ranking wasn't harmed too badly by the sweep, the Spartans were now sitting at .500 and could ill-afford many more like performances if they wanted to keep their NCAA hopes alive.

They kicked off the second half of their season by capturing the Great Lakes Invitational, which included downing hated rival Michigan in the championship.

That stretch of good hockey helped raise the team up to #6 in the polls and put them in a prime position for the tournament.

While they lost the next game to Michigan, the sixth meeting of the two on the season, the Spartans retained their #10 ranking and received an at-large bid.

The Irish had the nation's best defense and had allowed less than 2 goals per game thanks to the NCAA's top goaltender, David Brown.

MSU remained dominant in the second even after taking a pair of minor penalties and limited the Irish to just 3 shots in the frame.

Notre Dame fought back and finally beat Lerg with over 5 minutes to play but they could not find the equalizer and Michigan State held on for a narrow victory.

The second saw a reversal with Michigan State doubling up BC in shots, however, Brian Boyle was the only one to find the back of the net.

To make matters worse, MSU squandered three successive BC penalties that game them nearly 6 consecutive minutes on the power play.

With the team growing increasingly desperate for a goal, Michigan State finally converted on their 5th man-advantage of the game when Kennedy skated in on a partial break-away and fired the puck past Cory Schneider.