The fourth-seeded Penn State Nittany Lions (18-14-4, 10-9-1 Big Ten) saw their season end with a 3-1 loss to the fifth-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes (13-18-3, 8-11-1 Big Ten) in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. A big first period gave the Buckeyes an early lead that the Lions could not match, despite the long-awaited return of Hobey Baker nominee Taylor Holstrom, whose season was thought to be over after an injury to the knee in the loss at Ohio State on February 28. Nick Schilkey ... Read More
Nittany Lions triumph over Hawkeyes, advance to Big Ten quarterfinals
The Penn State Nittany Lions (18-15, 4-14 Big Ten) have advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament with a 67-58 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes (21-11, 21-6 Big Ten). DJ Newbill came up big with 18 points for Penn State in the attempt; Ross Travis added 17 points and seven rebounds to the Nittany Lions’ total. Penn State started out sluggishly, missing 17 of the team’s first 21 shots and went scoreless for a nine-minute stretch in the opening half. Iowa could not find the target ... Read More
Penn State hoops to face Nebraska in first round of Big Ten Tournament
The Penn State Nittany Lions (16-15, 4-14 Big Ten) will open their postseason play against the Nebraska Cornhuskers (13-17, 5-13 Big Ten) in the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday, March 11 at 4:30 p.m. at Chicago’s United Center. Penn State will start its postseason play riding the momentum of a thrilling last-second win against Minnesota on Sunday. Junior guard DJ Newbill had 31 points and the buzzer-beating three-pointer in the victory. Nebraska’s last appearance was Sunday evening against ... Read More
Nittany Lions sweep Wolverines on Senior Day
The Penn State Nittany Lions (18-12-4, 10-7-1-0 Big Ten) sent their seven graduating seniors off in style, beating the Michigan Wolverines (19-13-0, 11-7-0-0 Big Ten) 4-3 in a weekend sweep of the Big Ten’s top team on Saturday afternoon in front of 6,026 fans. Following the season’s status quo, Penn State scored first on David Goodwin’s goal just 3:38 into the action. Goodwin had a banner night, collecting four points after assisting on each of the rest of the Nittany Lions’ goals. Goodwin’s ... Read More
Nittany Lions topple top-ranked Wolverines 6-4
The Penn State Nittany Lions beat the top-ranked Michigan Wolverines Friday night by a final score of 6-4 at Pegula Ice Arena in University Park. An explosive three-goal first period set the Nittany Lions in front of the Wolverines. Eric Scheid gave Penn State the early lead, scoring the first goal of the game 3:13 after the puck dropped. Head coach Guy Gadowsky’s top line was responsible for the next two goals. David Goodwin scored at 7:48 with the helper from Tommy Olczyk and Nate ... Read More
Third period action lifts Buckeyes over Lions
The Penn State Nittany Lions (16-12-4, 8-7-1-0 Big Ten) could not find redemption against the Ohio State Buckeyes, (11-17-2, 6-10-0-0 B1G) falling by a final score of 5-3 on Saturday night at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Five individual Buckeyes would score in the two-goal win over the Nittany Lions, winning back-to-back games for the first time in the 2014-2015 season while handing Penn State its second sweep of the year. Penn State fell to 0-4-0 in Value City Arena. Penn State took an ... Read More
Penn State scores three goals in loss to Ohio State
The Penn State Nittany Lions (16-11-4, 8-6-1-0 Big Ten) fell to the Ohio State Buckeyes (10-17-2, 5-10-0-0 B1G) on Friday night by a final score of 5-3 at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio. It only took 31 seconds for Penn State’s Tommy Olczyk to score the opening goal off of a play that demonstrated why coaches profess the importance of winning faceoffs. Olczyk scored his seventh of the season after taking a feed from David Glen and capitalizing on the defenders’ miscommunications. Ohio ... Read More
ESPN suspends Olbermann over Penn State tweets
Talk-show host Keith Olbermann has been suspended for a week and publicly reprimanded by ESPN for comments that he made on Twitter, calling university students “pitiful” after being sent a link to an article about the $13 million fundraising effort by THON. EPSN issued the following statement. “We are aware of the exchange Keith Olbermann had on Twitter last night regarding Penn State. It was completely inappropriate and does not reflect the views of ESPN. We have discussed it with Keith, who ... Read More
Penn State takes overtime thriller against Minnesota, final score 4-3
The Penn State Nittany Lions (16-10-4, 8-5-1-0 Big Ten pulled off a thrilling overtime upset against the fifteenth-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers (17-10-3, 8-3-3-0 Big Ten) by a final score of 4-3, splitting a pivotal series at Pegula Ice Area in University Park. Penn State scored twice in the opening period to take a decisive lead against Minnesota. Junior Curtis Loik started the Nittany Lions off 7:21 into the first with a shot over the arm of Minnesota goaltender Adam Wilcox. Freshman Scott ... Read More
Penn State drops series opener to Minnesota 2-1
The Penn State Nittany Lions (15-10-4, 7-5-1-0 Big Ten) could not complete the upset and fell 2-1 in the first of a two-game series against the fifteenth-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers (17-9-3, 8-2-3-0 Big Ten) at Pegula Ice Area in University Park. Left winger David Goodwin put Penn State on the board with his thirteenth goal of the year 12:43 into the first period off of a nod from fellow first line center Taylor Holstrom and freshman Erik Autio. Penn State dominated the first period with ... Read More