Men’s Hockey Falls to #2 Michigan State, 2-0

Friday, October 10

East Lansing, Mich.

7:30 PM

University of New Hampshire

1-1-0

Michigan State

1-1-0

Team	1	2	3	F
New Hampshire	0	0	0	0
Michigan St.	0	1	1	2

Kyle Chauvette posted 36 saves.

Photo by: Alex Miller

10/10/2025 9:53:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Kyle Chauvette recorded 36 saves

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Senior goalie Kyle Chauvette (Goffstown, N.H.) posted 36 saves for the Wildcats but the University of New Hampshire men's hockey team fell to No. 2 Michigan State, 2-0, on Friday night at Munn Ice Arena. The two teams split the season-opening series, 1-1-0, as the Wildcats won 4-3 on Thursday evening.

The Wildcats fall to 1-1-0, while the Spartans improve to 1-1-0.

UP NEXT:

The Wildcats will start their Hockey East schedule at Merrimack on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 6 p.m.
The home season will begin versus LIU (Friday, Oct. 24) and Quinnipiac (Saturday, Oct. 25).
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Score: #2 Michigan State 2, New Hampshire 0
Records: UNH (1-1-0); MSU (1-1-0)
Location: East Lansing, Mich. (Munn Ice Arena)
Date: Friday, Oct. 10, 2025
Attendance: 6,555

BOXSCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The first period went scoreless as Chauvette made 12 saves to keep the Spartans off the scoreboard.
MSU took a 1-0 lead at 14:12 of the second period when Matt Basgall sent a wrist shot to the stick side of the net from the right faceoff circle for the goal.
The Spartans extended their lead to 2-0 at 2:36 of the third period as Porter Martone passed the puck from behind the net to Patrick Geary who scored on a one-timer from the slot.
Neither team found the back of the net for the remainder of the game for the 2-0 score.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

MSU outshot UNH, 38-13.
The Wildcats went 0-1 on the power play, while the Spartans went 0-3.
The 'Cats blocked 27 shots and were led by freshman defenseman Ryan Philbrick (Concord, N.H.) who recorded six.
Chauvette made 36 saves, while Trey Augustine tallied 13 saves to earn the win.

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