Minneapolis, MN โ The No. 6 ranked Penn State Nittany Lions earned a heartbreaking 3-2 victory over No. 3 Minnesota in the second game of the Big Ten quarterfinal best-of-three series on Saturday night at 3M Arena. .
The loss ends Penn State's season as the Nittany Lions finish the season at 15-18-3, while the Gophers improve to 22-9-5 after the win and advance to next week's Big Ten semifinals. becomes.
how did it happen
- Minnesota took a scoring lead early in the first period when Jackson Nelson took a shot from beyond the blue line that fooled the Nittany Lion's senior netminder. Liam Soulier (Brampton, Ontario) He beat his blocker at the 1:38 mark for a 1-0 lead.
- At 13:10 of the first period, Nelson beat Soulier with a one-timer from the left side, and the Gophers extended their lead with a power-play score to take a 2-0 lead.
- The Nittany Lions cut the deficit in half midway through the second period as a senior. jimmy dowd jr. (Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey) Rebounds after transferring to graduate school Mr. Jack Buco (South Windsor, Conn.)'s first bid was rejected at 8:59 p.m.
- Penn State had kids connect with freshmen and score off the rush to tie the game Aiden Fink (Calgary, Alberta) Find your classmates matt dimarsico (Wexford, Pa.) And at 12:53, he took a corner kick past Gopher goalie Justin Close's blocker to make the score 2-2.
- junior Danny Janiev (Brooklyn, New York)
- Aaron Hugren then scored with 68 ticks left to give the Gophers a 3-2 lead.
goaltending
- Soulier fell to 12-14-1 after making 21 saves in the loss, while Crows stopped 46 of 48 shots he faced in the game to move to 21-8-5.
Note
- Penn State held a commanding 48-24 edge in shots on goal, including a 35-7 edge in the final two periods. Penn State went 0-for-3 on the man advantage, and Minnesota went 1-for-4 on the man advantage.
- The Gophers improved their playoff record against Penn State to 3-3, with the Nittany Lions winning their most recent three-game winning streak following their previous three-game winning streak.
- The Nittany Lions dropped to 14-13-0 overall in the Big Ten Tournament and are now just 4-8 in actual road games during Big Ten Tournament play.
- Dzhaniev had the second assist on Dowd's goal, extending his point streak to five games and tying a career high.
- Dowd Jr.'s second-period goal moved him past Chris Mirali '20 into second place on the all-time scoring list for Penn State defensive backs. He was credited with 63 points, and his 11 goals rank sixth on Penn State's all-time list.Blue liner passing by paul denaples '23 and Clayton Phillips '22.
- Fink's 34 points this season are third all-time by a Nittany Lion freshman, just two behind second-place finisher Nate Suces '20. DiMarsico's 26 points tied for sixth among Penn State rookies.
- DiMarsico's goal ended an 11-game scoreless streak dating back to the Irish's own goal on Jan. 20 at Notre Dame. Going back even further, this was his first real goal since Nov. 25 against Lindenwood.
- junior ryan kirwan (DeWitt, N.Y.) Skated in his 100th career game Saturday afternoon.
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