The reigning conference champs bested the Fighting Irish 1-0 on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten title game.

Junior forward Isaac Howard scored the game's lone goal just 19 seconds into the third period to give Michigan State a 1-0 win over Notre Dame.

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WNDU) - The Jeff Jackson era has come to an end, as the Notre Dame hockey team was defeated 1-0 by Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals on Saturday night.

That’s all the cushion MSU sophomore goalie Trey Augustine, a Red Wings second-round pick, needed. He recorded 18 saves for his third shutout of the season in a 1-0 win, which sends the Spartans (25-6-4) back to the Big Ten title game.

Michigan basketball got double revenge on Purdue after losing to the Boilermakers in West Lafayette earlier in the season. The Wolverines not only took them down in Ann Arbor, but ousted them in the Big Ten Tournament on Friday night.