The Spartan Team

I started writing this song about a month ago when I was having mega flashbacks to the Frozen Four and MSU's third national championship in school history. It's to be sung to Bob Dylan's song "Hurricane."

The Spartan Team

Celebration rings out in a St. Louis night
Justin Abdelkader scored the winning goal
Only eighteen seconds left in the game
Cries out, my God, remember the name

Here comes the story of the Spartan team
The team that accomplished the ultimate dream
For something people said couldn’t be done
They beat Boston College, three to one
To be the college champions of the world

They lost Drew Miller, Coach Comley could see
And five important seniors, he said they were the key
But the team still looked good, he gave a thumbs up with his hand
We have potential to reach the Frozen, I hope you understand
The had a rough November where they skidded a little
But they beat Michigan in December in a GLI battle
And they start January in Ohio, where they split with the RedHawks
And they watched Vukovic excel

Meanwhile, all around the CCHA
Teams were looking at them, watchin’ them play
A possible contender for the conference crown
Had no idea what kind of fallout was about to go down
When a team came back from three goals down
Unlike the time before and the time before that
With these Spartans, that’s just the way things go
You’ve gotta play a game in its whole
Unless you wanna blow the game

Jeff Lerg had a fast glove hand
He was a hard worker, but got no respect
Until one day against Michigan, he made 60 saves
He had a smile on his face, even though it was a tie game
And Coach Comley proudly nodded his head
He said, look out boys, that kid’l play til he’s dead
So they rode him the rest of the year
And the opponents began to play in fear
Because this little goalie was the next real thing

Yeah, here’s the story of the Spartan team
The team that accomplished the ultimate dream
For something people said couldn’t be done
They beat Boston College, three to one
To be the college champions of the world

A month later, things aren’t going right
Western swept the team, BG spoiled senior night
While Chris Lawrence tried to keep the guys up
With the national tournament looming, they’ve gotta to figure out their stuff
Remember in December when we won the GLI?
Remember when big McKenzie leveled that guy?
You think you can get back to that game?
Think you can forget about the shame that
They felt when they lost to Bowling Green.

Bryan Lerg said, I’m pretty sure
Chris Mueller said we just could use a little break
We’ve done some good things this year, things that we’re proud
We just need some time away to get things sorted out
We just gotta shake off this bloody curse
Campus is against us, our hockey’s getting worse
We wanna turn this thing around
We know what we’re capable of
We’re good enough to take the crown

Tim Kennedy could dangle a puck like no other
He played with Abs and Crowder, the three were like brothers
The scored goals, hit, and were the top line
They were only sophomores, their talent was fine
Inside of Munn Ice Arena
Where the ice is crisp and the fans are meaner
It packs six thousand plus
But winning in there is a must
Or else, the people will dub you a bust

All the Spartans cards were marked in advance
They scored a number three seed in the national dance
Their first game was against east coast team Boston
They beat em, 5-1, and flat out tossed em
Then came defensive Notre Dame
It was a 2-1 win thanks to a Kennedy score
The Spartans advanced to the Frozen Four

Yeah, here’s the story of the Spartan team
The team that accomplished the ultimate dream
For something people said couldn’t be done
They beat Boston College, three to one
To be the college champions of the world

Their semifinal game came against Maine
They fell behind 2-0, they were looking really plain
But the Spartans, they were just getting warmed up
They scored four goals and strutted their stuff
In the end, Maine got outplayed
And the Spartans advanced to the championship game

Now Boston College was a pretty good team
Til Lerg made a huge save and Kennedy tied the game
Abdelkader scored with eighteen tics to go
Mueller added an empty netter, say it ain’t so

That’s the story of the Spartan team
The team that accomplished the ultimate dream
East Lansing celebrated the win
The boys paraded with a grin
Through the streets where they hoisted up the trophy.

(Insert Bob Dylan harmonica music here)