EAST LANSING ― David Wohlberg knew exactly what it took to tick off Michigan State this weekend.

The freshman got under the Spartans' skin by frustrating goalie Jeff Lerg, the Spartan defense and perhaps unintentionally, the Michigan State fans.

In the third period of Michigan’s 5-3 win in East Lansing on Saturday, the Spartan student section found a new enemy in the 6-foot-1 South Lyon native.

After Wohlberg took a roughing after the whistle penalty in the third period, the Michigan State students were antsy to pummel Wohlberg with their version of the “see-ya” chant.

But at Munn Ice Arena, the chant begins as soon as a player sits down in the penalty box. Wohlberg would have none of that, standing up through the entire penalty.

Eight minutes later, Wohlberg had another penalty for cross-checking after the whistle. Once again he stood during the entire penalty.

Later, instead of sitting down on the Michigan bench, when the State fans were going to burst into the "see-ya" cheer, he decided to lean over the boards, standing for the rest of the game.

Many of the Spartan faithful chanted "giant douchebag" to Wohlberg after he refused to sit down.

What did he do to repay the Spartan fans for their hospitality?

He assisted sophomore center Louie Caporusso on Saturday's game-winning goal.

With the game tied late in the third period the newly formed top line of Wohlberg, Caporusso and sophomore Aaron Palushaj connected on a goal with fewer than two minutes remaining in the period.

Palushaj passed the puck up to Wohlberg, who then relayed it across the crease to a wide open Caporusso. Caporusso finished off the goal with a chip in past the Spartan netminder.

“I saw the puck on the top of the blue line, and I kind of cheated by staying in the zone,” Caporusso said. “(Palushaj) sent it to Wohlberg and I just tried my hardest to stay open and made sure to put it in the open cage.”

The assist was probably Wohlberg’s most important play in a weekend that featured two goals, three assists and a slew of fights.

Wohlberg scored the eventual game-winner against the Spartans on Friday night. Nine minutes into the second period, Caporusso passed the puck in front of the net, where Wohlberg nearly whiffed on a one-timer. But Lerg was so far out of position that the puck dribbled into the net, giving the Wolverines a 2-1 lead.

He added another goal in the third period to give Michigan a 4-1 lead and put the game out of reach.

“He fit in good tonight," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "I think he’ll add something to that line. He’s a good player. He’s like (sophomore forward) Carl Hagelin. They both add something to any line they play on.”

On Friday, Wohlberg irritated the Spartans once again. He was involved in nearly all of the scrums in the first period. He received slashing and roughing penalties in the period and even had his face mask ripped off by a Spartan player.

The Wolverine bench had a difficult time keeping the game under control in the period. Players fought almost every time the Wolverines got close to Lerg’s net.

“We want them to play with emotion, but you want the controlled emotion, and you want discipline,” Berenson said Friday.

“Everything happened down around their goalie, and we were definitely not a team that tries to run the other team’s goalie," he said. "But when the goalie is outside of the crease, and he’s playing the puck, and the players are playing the puck there’s going to be contact.”

Wohlberg was involved in each of those scuffles, but most importantly, Wohlberg added to the rivalry in his first year as a Wolverine.