The Michigan State hockey team played No. 3/6 Minnesota to a 3-3 tie on Saturday evening at Munn Ice Arena, but won the shootout 2-1 in six rounds, to earn an extra point in the Big Ten standings. Brent Darnell scored a pair of goals and Mackenzie MacEachern tallied the other in what was the Spartans' first tie of the season. Read more at msuspartans.com.