Minnesota Wild draft pick Charlie Stramel earned Big Ten Second Star of the Week honors after his performance in Michigan State’s split with No. 10 Michigan last weekend.
Stramel, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound center who was selected by Minnesota (21st overall) in the first round of the 2023 NHL Draft, had a hand in three of MSU’s four goals in a 4-1 win over the Wolverines on Saturday at Munn Ice Arena.
In 24 games this year, Stramel is second on the team in assists (12) and points (21), already surpassing the 20 points in his two seasons (67 games) with the Wisconsin Badgers.
Michigan State, ranked No. 2 in this week’s national polls, will host No. 4 Minnesota in East Lansing this weekend, Friday at 7 p.m., and Saturday at 6 p.m.
The Spartans are one point ahead of the Gophers for first place in the Big Ten with five series to play.
Ex-NHL linesman McCourt dies at 70
Sudbury’s Dan McCourt, a former NHL linesman for 25 years from 1979-2004, died on Monday after a long illness at age 70.
McCourt also served as an officiating manager for more than a decade.
His brother, Dale McCourt, played for the Detroit Red Wings, Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs from 1977-1984. His uncle, George Armstrong, won four Stanley Cups in 21 years with the Maple Leafs and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Tuesday’s NHL games
▶ (At) Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 2: Jake Evans scored the winning goal with 2:15 remaining, Juraj Slafkovsky and Alex Newhook also scored, and Sam Montembeault stopped 33 shots to help Montreal win for the 13th time in 17 games.
Rookie defenseman Lane Hutson extended his points streak to nine games. Patrik Laine added two assists.
Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel scored for Tampa Bay, which opened a four-game road trip with a 5-3 loss to Toronto on Monday. Kucherov pushed his points streak to 10 games. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves.
▶ (At) N.Y. Rangers 5, Ottawa 0: Igor Shesterkin made 20 saves, Alexis Lafreniere had a goal and an assist, Arthur Kaliyev, Matt Rempe, Artemi Panarin and Will Cuylle also scored for the Rangers, who are 7-1-3 since Jan. 2 and have won three straight at home.
The shutout was Shesterkin’s third this season and the 18th of his career.
Ottawa netminder Leevi Merilainen made 13 saves before being replaced by Anton Forsberg.
▶ (At) Nashville 7, San Jose 5: Former Wolverine Nick Blankenburg scored at 8:09 of the third, Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and three assists, Tommy Novak scored and had two assists and Fedor Svechkov, Justin Barron, Roman Josi and Filip Forsberg had goals for the Predators, who have won four straight.
Juuse Saros and Justus Annunen combined to make 19 saves.
Mikael Granlund scored twice, Macklin Celebrini had a goal and an assist and Jake Walman and Luke Kunin also scored for San Jose, which has lost four in a row. Alexandar Georgiev made 34 saves.
▶ Carolina 2, (at) Dallas 1: Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored both Carolina goals, the second coming 24 seconds after Dallas’ tying goal midway through the third period, as the Hurricanes beat the Stars.
Pyotr Kochetkov made 22 saves for the Hurricanes, who swept a road back-to-back after winning 4-3 in overtime at Chicago on Monday.
Thomas Harley scored and Jake Oettinger stopped 17 shots for the Stars, who are 2-4-0 following a season-long seven-game winning streak.
▶ Washington 3, (at) Edmonton 2: Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist as league-leading Washington won their fifth game in a row, defeating Edmonton.
Tom Wilson and Matt Roy also scored for the Capitals, who have earned at least a point in an NHL-high 11 straight games, going 8-0-3 in that span.
Leon Draisaitl and Corey Perry scored for the Oilers, who have lost two in a row on the heels of earning victories in eight of nine.
▶ Buffalo 3, (at) Vancouver 2: Jiri Kulich had a goal and two assists, JJ Peterka also scored and had an assist for the Sabres, while Tage Thompson scored his team-leading 21st of the season.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 32 shots for a Buffalo side that was coming off a 6-4 loss to the Kraken in Seattle on Monday.
Elias Pettersson and ex-Wolverine Phillip Di Giuseppe – with his first of the season – scored for the Canucks, and Thatcher Demko made 23 saves.
▶ Florida 5, (at) Anaheim 2: Sam Reinhart snapped a three-game goal drought and Florida beat Anaheim.
Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and assist for the Panthers and Evan Rodrigues, Sam Bennett and Uvis Balinskis added goals. Mackie Samoskevich (Michigan) and Tomas Nosek each had two assists, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves.
Frank Vatrano and Mason McTavish scored for Anaheim. Lukas Dostal stopped 24 shots.
Wild-card playoff race
Atlantic
▶ Toronto 62
▶ Florida 59
▶ Tampa Bay 53
Metropolitan
▶ Washington 69
▶ Carolina 61
▶ New Jersey 58
Wild-card spots
▶ Ottawa 52
▶ Montreal 52
Non-playoff teams
▶ Boston 52
▶ Columbus 51
▶ N.Y. Rangers 50
▶ Philadelphia 50
▶ Pittsburgh 48
▶ Detroit 47
▶ N.Y. Islanders 45
▶ Buffalo 41
Michigan-area hockey schedule
Tuesday
Flyers 2, Red Wings 1 (OT)
Thursday
Canadiens at Red Wings, 7
Grand Rapids at Manitoba, 8
Friday
Minnesota at Michigan State, 7
Michigan at Wisconsin, 8
Miami (Ohio) at Western Michigan, 7
Northern Michigan at Michigan Tech, 7
Minnesota State at Ferris State, 7
NTDP U18 at Youngstown, 7
NTDP U17 at Muskegon, 7
Saturday
Lightning at Red Wings, 7
Grand Rapids at Manitoba, 3
Minnesota at Michigan State, 6
Michigan at Minnesota, 8:30
Miami (Ohio) at Western Michigan, 6
Michigan Tech at Northern Michigan, 6
Minnesota State at Ferris State, 6
NTDP U16 at Youngstown, 6
Muskegon at NTDP U17, 7
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