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The top-ranked Michigan Wolverines and No. 2 Michigan State Spartans hockey teams go head to head for the fourth time this season at Saturday's Duel in the D in Detroit.
ANN ARBOR – A two-hour car ride from Shreveport to Dallas changed the course of Kason Muscutt’s life. It was then, at just 7 years old, he decided to chase a hockey dream, despite living in football-crazed Louisiana.
No. 1 Michigan played No. 2 Michigan State in the annual Duel in the D at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026.
Even under the different circumstances of an exhibition game, it was Michigan's star forwards who led the way in an 8-1 win over Simon Fraser.
Michigan State scored four goals in the second period to blow out Minnesota and capture a third consecutive Big Ten regular-season title.
Last week, the Gophers men’s hockey team prevented Michigan from clinching the Big Ten regular-season title by splitting a series with the Wolverines in Ann Arbor, Mich. On Thursday, March 5, at 3M Arena at Mariucci,
After senior day against Rutgers, Michigan State travels down to Ann Arbor to play rival Michigan.
No. 3 Michigan and No. 8 Michigan State close the regular season with another top-10 collision after the Wolverines took the first meeting 83-71 in January. Michigan already owns the Big Ten title, but a win would deliver the league’s best record in 50 years as the Spartans arrive riding a five-game surge and looking to flip the script.