The team plays at the Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing, Michigan, on the MSU campus.

On April 7, 2007, the Michigan State Spartans won their third national championship by beating Boston College 3–1.

The Spartan ice hockey program traces its roots back to the first informal varsity team that began in 1922 playing an independent NCAA Division I schedule.

[2] Home games during the first season were played on the frozen Red Cedar River on MSU's campus.

[2] Before recruiting or coaching, Paulsen oversaw the renovation of Demonstration Hall into an indoor rink with artificial ice-making capabilities.

[1] MSU athletic director Ralph Young felt the hockey program's progress was inadequate and Paulsen resigned.

Following the 1951 season, Amo Bessone accepted the head coaching position at Michigan State University.

When Bessone arrived at Michigan State, the ice hockey program was beginning its third full season after being reinstated.

[4] Amo Bessone won his first collegiate hockey game as head coach on November 29, 1951, when the Spartans defeated Ontario Agricultural College 8–2.

The following season, Bessone guided MSU to a Big Ten championship and a berth in the NCAA tournament.

[2] In the national semifinals, Bessone upset highly favored Boston University 2–1 with a goal by Spartan forward, Doug Volmar.

[2] In the national championship game, Bessone and the Spartans faced Len Ceglarski's Clarkson team that owned the national-best record of 24–2.

[1][2] Len Ceglarski and Amo Bessone shared the Spencer Penrose Award as the national coach of the year in 1966.

To this day, Bessone's 1966 Michigan State team remains one of the biggest underdog stories in NCAA ice hockey history.

[2] As MSU hockey was building momentum, Munn Ice Arena opened October 25, 1974, when Michigan State hosted Laurentian.

[1] After Amo Bessone retired from Michigan State University, the MSU Athletic Director, Joseph Kearney, hired Ron Mason as the Spartans new head coach.

Mason was named Spartan head coach on April 1, 1979, and spend the next 23 seasons at Michigan State.

It was a rough start in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association for Mason as he compiled a record of 26-46-2 over two seasons.

[1][2] That same season the Spartans made a Frozen Four appearance by beating Wisconsin 5-1 before losing to North Dakota in the Semifinal game.

[10] Rick Comley was announced as Ron Mason's successor as head ice hockey coach at Michigan State University in March 2002.

The team earned an NCAA Tournament bid after finishing the regular season with a conference record of 15-10-3.

Comley led MSU to defeat three higher-ranked teams en route to the national championship including No.

[18] On March 21, 2011, the Big Ten Conference announced plans to sponsor men's ice hockey starting in 2013–14 season.

[20] Anastos picked up his first NCAA DI coaching victory with Michigan State in the second game of the 2012 Icebreaker tournament with a 3–2 overtime win over Air Force.

The Spartans faced fourth-seeded Miami (OH) in the second round, in the best-of-three series Michigan State was swept 0-6 and 1–4 in two games.

[22] Despite being swept by Miami, the Spartans finished 15th in the Pairwise rankings and became the final at-large bid selected for the 2012 NCAA Tournament.

[23] In the game, Union College took an early lead and held the Spartans to a single goal in a 3–1 win over Michigan State in the East Regional semifinal.

[26] In Cole first season, 2017–18, the Spartans finished last in the Big Ten[27] and were swept in a three-game series in the conference tournament by Ohio State.

The next season, MSU once again finished last in the Big Ten[28] and were swept by Notre Dame in the conference tournament.

However, the performances fell off and they finished sixth in the conference before being swept by Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament.