2020–21 Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey season

The 2020–21 Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey season was the 80th season of play for the program and the 31st season in the Big Ten Conference. The Spartans represented Michigan State University and were coached by Danton Cole, in his 4th season.
==Season==
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed. Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of Michigan State's players would lose a season of play. However, the NCAA also approved a change in its transfer regulations that would allow players to transfer and play immediately rather than having to sit out a season, as the rules previously required.
In the first half of their season, Michigan State could find very little consistency but were able to hold their own in the Big Ten. Up until mid-January the team had a .500 record and had a chance to make something of their abbreviated season. Unfortunately, from the 15th onward, the team's offense collapsed MSU wasn't able to score more than two goals in a game after January 9 and went 2–13 to end their season The Spartans' defense was not a problem most games but with so few goals scored, the team sank to the bottom of the conference standings. MSU's offense was so paltry that the team averaged less than one and a half goals per game for the entire season (1.48) and were shut out in 6 of their 27 games.
Jon Mor sat out the season.
==Departures==
Player 	Position 	Nationality	Cause
Damian Chrcek 	Defenseman	 	Graduation
Butrus Ghafari 	Defenseman	 	Graduation (Signed with Toledo Walleye)
Patrick Khodorenko 	Forward 	 	Graduation (Signed with New York Rangers)
Logan Lambdin 	Forward 	 	Graduation (Signed with Kalamazoo Wings)
John Lethemon 	Goaltender	 	Graduation (Signed with Greenville Swamp Rabbits)
Jerad Rosburg 	Defenseman	 	Graduation (Signed with Dallas Stars)
Sam Saliba 	Forward 	 	Graduation
Anthony Scarsella 	Defenseman	 	Graduation
Wojciech Stachowiak	Forward 	 	Signed professional contract (ERC Ingolstadt)
Spencer Wright 	Goaltender	 	Graduation
==Recruiting==
Player 	Position 	Nationality	Age	Notes
Pierce Charleson	Goaltender	 	20 	Aurora, ON
Charlie Combs 	Forward 	 	24 	St. Louis, MO; transfer from Bemidji State
Powell Connor 	Defenseman	 	20 	Vernon, BC
Cal Dybicz 	Defenseman	 	20 	Elk Grove Village, IL
Aiden Gallacher 	Defenseman	 	20 	Rochester Hills, MI
Kyle Haskins 	Forward 	 	20 	Huntington, VA
A. J. Hodges 	Forward 	 	19 	Littleton, CO
Jon Mor 	Goaltender	 	20 	Highland Park, IL
Nash Nienhuis 	Defenseman	 	20 	Sarnia, ON
Kristóf Papp 	Forward 	 	19 	Budapest, HUN
==Roster==
As of January 3, 2021.
==Standings==
==Schedule and Results==
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==Scoring Statistics==
Name 	Position	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	
 	LW 	27 	6 	7 	13 	28
 	D 	27 	2 	10 	12 	10
 	C/RW 	27 	3 	8 	11 	0
 	LW 	23 	6 	4 	10 	21
 	F 	25 	5 	4 	9 	8
 	C/RW 	26 	2 	6 	8 	8
 	F 	26 	4 	1 	5 	41
 	F 	27 	1 	4 	5 	10
 	C 	21 	2 	2 	4 	2
 	C 	27 	2 	2 	4 	18
 	F 	25 	1 	3 	4 	10
 	D 	27 	1 	3 	4 	4
 	D 	25 	0 	4 	4 	2
 	C 	25 	0 	4 	4 	0
 	F 	23 	2 	1 	3 	4
 	D 	25 	2 	1 	3 	25
 	D 	26 	1 	2 	3 	54
 	F 	22 	0 	2 	2 	0
 	D 	26 	0 	2 	2 	23
 	RW 	7 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	10
 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	10 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	D 	15 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	G 	24 	0 	0 	0 	0
Bench	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	8
Total	 	 	40 	71 	111 	282
==Goaltending statistics==
Name 	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shut Outs	 	
 	7 	326 	0 	3 	0 	14 	210 	0 	.938	2.57
 	24 	1304 	7 	15 	2 	60 	723 	2 	.923	2.76
Empty Net	- 	14 	- 	- 	- 	3 	- 	- 	- 	-
Total 	27 	1646 	7 	18 	2 	77 	933 	2 	.924	2.81
==Rankings==
Poll 	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week 	Week	Week	Week
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 (Final)	 	 	
USCHO.com	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	- 	NR 	 	 	
USA Today	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	 	 	
USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.
==References==
==External links==
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