Michigan, Michigan State and Penn State Standouts Honored as Three Stars

Michigan, Michigan State and Penn State Standouts Honored as Three Stars

Michigan State’s Hirose earns first star after recording six points, leading Spartans to a weekend sweep of No. 8/8 Cornell

First Star

Taro Hirose, Michigan State

F – Jr. – Calgary, Alberta

• Registered six points on two goals and four assists, helping the Spartans to a weekend sweep at No. 8/8 Cornell
• Scored the game-winner 7:22 into the third period of Friday’s 5-2 win
• Found the back of the net 48 seconds into the third period of Saturday’s contest, securing MSU’s first road sweep of a top-10 team since Feb. 3-4, 2011, at No. 10 Ohio State
• The Academic All-Big Ten honoree claims his first career weekly award
• Last Michigan State First Star: Mitchell Lewandowski on Oct. 24, 2017
• Last Michigan State honoree: Mitchell Lewandowski (Third Star) on Jan. 16, 2018

Second Star

Josh Norris, Michigan

F – So. – Oxford, Mich.

• Posted back-to-back multi-point games to help the Wolverines sweep St. Lawrence on the weekend
• Recorded an assist on the first goal of the night on Friday and scored the team’s third goal in the series-opening 3-1 victory
• Found the back of the net for the Wolverines’ first goal of the night on Saturday before adding a helper on the eventual game-winner
• Earns his first career weekly award
• Last Michigan honoree: Hayden Lavigne (First Star) on Feb. 20, 2018

Third Star

Peyton Jones, Penn State

G – Jr. – Langhorne, Pa.

• Backstopped the Nittany Lion defense to a 4-2 victory against No. 13/14 Princeton on Friday, making 32 saves in the contest
• Thwarted a pair of power-play opportunities for the Tigers in the first period, stopping all 10 shots faced
• Became Penn State’s all-time leader in career starts by a goaltender, making the 74th of his career, and improved to 3-0-0 on the season with a Big Ten-leading save percentage (.963) and goals-against average (1.33)
• Claims his fifth career weekly award
• Last Penn State honoree: Peyton Jones (Second Star) on Feb. 20, 2018

2018-19 Big Ten Hockey Three Stars

Oct. 9

First Star: Clayton Phillips, So., D, MINN

Second Star: Brannon McManus, So., F, MINN

Third Star: Sampo Ranta, Fr., F, MINN

Oct. 16

First Star: Joe Wegwerth, Sr., F, ND

Second Star: Brandon Biro, Jr., F, PSU

Third Star: Jack Berry, Jr., G, WIS

Oct. 23

First Star: Bobby Nardella, Sr., D, ND

Second Star: Sean Dhooghe, So., F, WIS

Third Star: Cal Burke, Jr., F, ND

Oct. 30

First Star: Taro Hirose, Jr., F, MSU

Second Star: Josh Norris, So., F, MICH

Third Star: Peyton Jones, Jr., G, PSU