University Park, Pennsylvania – Senior tyler puckett Collegeville, Penn State broke a 3-3 tie with a wrist shot late in the third period to give Penn State a 4-3 victory and defeat Ohio State in Saturday's Big Ten Conference game. It was a series sweep. in front of a record crowd of 6,578 inside Pegula Ice Arena in the evening.
With this victory, the Nittany Lions improved their record to 12 wins, 11 losses, and 3 draws for the year, and 4 wins, 9 losses, 3 draws, 0 seconds, and 0-2 in conference play, while the Buckeyes improved to 9 wins, 13 losses, 4 draws, and an overall record of The record fell to 1 win, 13 losses, and 2 minutes and 0 seconds. They lost -0-2 in the league match.
how did it happen
- Penn State, the graduate transfer, took the lead late in the first period with a 4-on-3 power play. jack buco (South Windsor, Conn.) collected his own rebound in the low slot after his initial shot was blocked and flipped it over the glove of Buckeye netminder Christopher Eberle, making it one with just 48.3 ticks on target. They led by -0.
- The Nittany Lions took advantage of a big freshman penalty to extend their lead midway through the second period. Aiden Fink (Calgary, Alberta) slipped through Eberle's glove at the 8:18 mark for a 2-0 advantage.
- The host team pushed the lead to 3-0 after the end of the sophomore Jarrod Crespo (Seven Lakes, N.C.) got the rebound shortly after Fink's first net drive was blocked at 10:49.
- The Buckeyes took advantage of a 4-on-4 spread and scored twice in a minute to cut the deficit to one point, with William Smith scoring at 12:11, then Patrick Guzzo scoring on the power play. I decided. 3-2 at 13:38 of the second period.
- At the 6:51 mark of the third period, Stephen Halliday scored his third straight goal to tie the score at 3-3.
- Guzzo hits an elbow on Minor Jr. with 1 second left. ryan kirwan (DeWitt, N.Y.) Sliding the puck into the zone, Puckett snipes Lister over Eberle's glove, sending the building into a frenzy at 15:32 of the third period. It gave Penn State a 4-3 lead.
goaltending
Souliere improved to 9-7-1 on the year after making 29 saves in the win, while Eberle recorded 40 stops for the second straight game and fell to 2-4-1 in the loss.
Note
- Saturday night's attendance of 6,578 was a new record for Pegula Ice Arena.
- Penn State had a commanding 44-32 edge in shots on goal and went 8-3 on the man advantage. Penn State went a total of 5-of-10 on the power play in this series. OSU went 1-for-2 on the man advantage Saturday.
- Penn State won three straight games against Wearwhite, improving to 4-5-1 in such games, and this year's senior class improved to 3-0-0 against Wearwhite (2020-21 The season was played without spectators), so such games were not contested).
- The sweep is the first ever for Penn State vs. Ohio State and the Nittany Lions' first since Big Ten play since a road sweep at Wisconsin on Oct. 28-29, 2022. Ta.
- The Nittany Lions have moved to 9-5-0 this season when they score first and are a perfect 9-0-1 when they lead and enter the third period.
- Penn State is 6-1-3 in games decided by one point or less this season. Excluding empty-net goals, 12 of the past 14 meetings between the Nittany Lions and Buckeyes have been one-goal contests.
- new student matt dimarsico (Wexford, Pa.) had three assists and earned his sixth multi-point game of the season.
- DiMarsico scored 24 points this season, making him the eighth-leading freshman scorer in Penn State history, and his 18 helpers made him the third-most freshman scorer in Nittany Lion history.
- Fink earned his ninth multi-point game with one goal and one assist. His 32 points currently sit just four behind Nate Soucies '20, who ranks second on the Penn State freshman scoring list, and his 15 points rank alone in fifth place.
- Fink currently has eight power play goals, which is the most in a single season in Penn State history with two goals.
- Senior jimmy dowd jr. (Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.) had two assists on the night, earning his first multi-point game of the season and 14th of his career.
- With these two assists, Dowd Jr. surpassed Kevin Carr ('19) and Eric Autio ('18) on the all-time scoring list for Penn State defensive players, with 59 points for his career, and his 49 assists trail only Kerr. This tied him for third place on the all-time list. -liner.
to the next
- Penn State will have a bye week next weekend, traveling to Minnesota for a Big Ten Conference series on February 10th and 11th.
- The Nittany Lions will host the 2024 Penn State Sled Hockey Classic on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 9:45 a.m. at Pegula Ice Arena. Admission to the State College Coyotes and Penn State Nittany Lions exhibition is free for everyone.
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