Michigan State University went the alumni route a third straight time in selecting its newest head coach. Former Spartan forward Adam Nightingale has been tabbed as the next mentor of the MSU hockey program, according to multiple sources.
A Cheboygan, Mich. native, Nightingale has spent the past two seasons as a head coach with the U.S. National Team Development Program in Ann Arbor. Prior to that, he had served as an video/assistant coach with the NHL's Detroit Red Wings for three years. His previous coaching stops included MSU, Shattuck St. Mary's in Minnesota, and the Buffalo Sabres.
Nightingale, 42, played two years at Lake Superior State (2000-2002) before transferring to MSU, following a successful junior career with the Soo Indians (NAHL). In 118 NCAA games over four seasons, he tallied 18 goals and 19 assists for 37 points, to go along with 160 penalty minutes, between the Lakers and the Spartans. He then played four professional campaigns in the ECHL before entering the coaching ranks in 2010.
Nightingale is expected to be formally introduced at a press conference next week in East Lansing. He recently led the United States to a silver-medal finish at the 2022 IIHF Men's Under-18 World Championship in Germany.
In other Big Ten ice hockey news, the University of Illinois announced yesterday that it will not move forward with plans to add men's hockey as a varsity sport, after more than five years of exploration.
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