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Tampa Bay Lightning GM raves about Isaac Howard

Isaac Howard has the full attention of the Tampa Bay Lightning

Isaac Howard is in the running to win the Hobey Baker Award, the college hockey equivalent to the Heisman or Naismith Award. With Howard’s second year in the green and white being so outstanding, he is starting to get the attention of Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julian BriseBois.

Howard was the first round pick of the Lightning in 2022, and is slowly developing his play, and his body, into getting a crack at the National Hockey League.

See what BriseBois’s exact quote said by clicking here

Howard will have one more year of collegiate eligibility before having to make a jump to the professional ranks.

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Michigan State hockey downs Penn State on the road

Isaac Howard scored 4 goals in MSU’s win at Penn State on Friday night

Following a sweep over Wisconsin, Michigan State went on the road against Penn State. In game one, Michigan State came back from a two-goal deficit to take a 6-4 win.

In the game, Isaac Howard had a four goal, five point performance against the Nittany Lions to lead the Spartans to victory. The other two goals came by way of Matt Basgall and Karsen Dorwart.

The two teams will go at it once again tomorrow night to round out the weekend series.

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Michigan State hockey set to have six NHL draftees on roster in 2023-24

MSU is set to have six players on the roster that have been drafted into the NHL

Adam Nightingale has done an outstanding job retooling and rebuilding Michigan State’s roster after taking over for Danton Cole in 2022. It is evident in the way that the Spartans are accumulating NHL draft picks on the roster.

The Spartans are set to have six NHL draftees on their roster as they enter the 2023-24 season, which will be the second for Nightingale as the head man in East Lansing.

As the 2023 NHL Entry Draft has concluded, take a look at who will be on the upcoming roster that has been drafted into the NHL:

Michigan State hockey lands commitment from 1st round NHL Draft pick

Adam Nightingale has landed another huge commitment out of the transfer portal:

Michigan State is continuing its huge offseason with another outstanding addition from the transfer portal. The Spartans have landed a commitment from Isaac Howard through the transfer portal. Howard played one year at the University of Minnesota at Duluth before deciding to transfer.

Howard was selected in the first round of the Tampa Bay Lightning with the 31st pick in the 2022 NHL entry draft. In his one season with Duluth, Howard produced 6 goals and 11 assists.

Howard played for Nightingale with the United States National Development Team prior to his collegiate career. Now they are reuniting.

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