PENN STATE HOCKEY 2017-18 NITTANY LIONS Communications Contact: John Hanna ([email protected]) @GoPSUJHanna • O: (814) 863-1388 • C: (814) 441-3218 #12 18-14-5 2017-18 SCHEDULE 12PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS 9-10-5-2 B1G Overall: 18-14-5 • Home: 11-5-3 • Away: 7-9-2 • Neutral: 0-0-0 B1G: 9-10-5-2 • Home: 6-3-3-1 • Away: 3-7-2-1 • Neutral: 0-0-0-0 GAME #3 22-9-8 Date Opponent Result/Time 38 DENVER PIONEERS 12-6-6 NCHC Oct. 1 ^ OTTAWA L, 3-4 (OT) Oct. 6 at CLarkson L, 1-2 March 24-25, 2018 • 7:00 p.m. • PPL Center • Allentown, Pa. Oct. 7 at St. Lawrence W, 4-1 GAME DAY INFORMATION Oct. 13 at Minnesota W, 3-1 VENUE (CAPACITY) PPL Center (8,420) Oct. 15 at Minnesota L, 3-6 TV ESPN3 Oct. 19 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL W, 7-5 TALENT Kevin Brown (pxp), Colby Cohen (analysis) Oct. 20 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL L, 2-3 (OT) STREAMING VIDEO WatchESPN Oct. 27 * MICHIGAN W, 5-4 (OT) Oct. 28 * MICHIGAN L, 2-5 RADIO • STREAMING AUDIO Happy 103.1 • Penn State Sports Network • LionVision Nov. 3 MERCYHURST L, 4-7 TALENT Brian Tripp (pxp), Jack Milewski (analysis) Nov. 4 MERCYHURST W, 7-5 SERIES RECORD Denver 0-1-0 Nov. 10 * at Notre Dame L, 3-5 LAST MEETING 3/26/17 - Denver - 6-3 Nov. 11 * at Notre Dame L, 0-1 Nov. 17 at Arizona State W, 7-0 Nov. 18 at Arizona State W, 4-2 Penn State vs. denver Comparison Nov. 24 * MICHIGAN STATE W, 7-2 Nov. 25 * MICHIGAN STATE T, 2-2 (SOL) TEAM STATS SKATERS Dec. 1 * at Ohio State T, 5-5 (SOW) Overall record 18-14-5 22-9-8 Points Sturtz (40) Borgstrom (50) Dec. 2 * at Ohio State W, 4-0 Conference record 9-10-5-2 12-6-6 Goals Smirnov (15) Borgstrom (22) Dec. 8 at Robert Morris W, 5-2 Goals scored 137 129 Assists Sturtz (26) Terry (31) Dec. 9 ROBERT MORRIS W, 7-4 Goals scored per game 3.70 3.31 PPG Smirnov, Barratt (6) Lukosevicius (10) Jan. 5 * WISCONSIN W, 5-1 O’Connor (2) Jan. 6 * WISCONSIN T, 3-3 (SOW) 115 80 Sturtz (3) Goals allowed SHG Game vs. Denver 38: PENN STATE Goals allowed per game 3.11 2.05 GWG Smirnov, Barratt (3) 4-tied (3) Jan. 12 * OHIO STATE W, 5-2 First period goals 45 39 Penalties Robinson (21) Hillman (14) Jan. 13 * OHIO STATE L, 1-5 Second period goals 48 39 PIM Sturtz (62) Hillman (50) Jan. 19 * at Michigan L, 0-4 Jan. 20 * at Michigan L, 2-3 Third period goals 43 51 SOG Sturtz (138) Lukosevicius (142) Jan. 26 * at Wisconsin L, 2-4 Overtime goals 1 0 +/- Sturtz (+14) Terry, Gambrell (+18) Jan. 27 * at Wisconsin T, 4-4 (SOL) Shots 1498 1368 Feb. 2 * NOTRE DAME L, 3-5 Shots per game 40.5 35.1 GOALTENDERS Feb. 3 * NOTRE DAME T, 2-2 (SOL) Shot pct. .091 .094 Games Jones (34) Jaillet (37) Feb. 16 * at Michigan State L, 2-4 Assists 236 221 Starts Jones (34) Jaillet (37) Feb. 17 * at Michigan State W, 3-2 Penalties per game 4.6 3.7 Wins Jones (17) Jaillet (21) Feb. 23 * MINNESOTA W, 5-1 Power plays 30-137 37-167 Saves Jones (946) Jaillet (880) Feb. 24 * MINNESOTA W, 5-2 Power-play pct. .219 .222 Save Pct. Jones (.906) Jaillet (9.29) Penalty kills 104-127 105-124 GAA Jones (2.98) Jaillet (1.85) 2018 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT Penalty-kill pct. .819 .847 Records Jones (17-12-4) Jaillet (21-8-7) March 2 MINNESOTA W, 5-3 Saves 1051 1040 Funkey (1-2-1) Rasmussen (1-1-1) March 3 MINNESOTA W, 6-5 Shutouts 2 5 Shutouts Funkey, Jones (1) Jaillet (5) March 10 at Notre Dame L, 2-3 2018 NCAA REGIONALS 25% of goalie time played to qualify March 24 Denver 7 p.m. March 25 NCAA Regional Final TBD TABLE OF CONTENTS Opponent Preview ..........................2 Career NCAA Tournament Statistics ............12 2018 NCAA FROZEN FOUR Penn State Broadcast Schedule................3 Career Stats Against Possible Opponents .......13 April 6 NCAA Semifinals TBD 2017-18 Big Ten Standings ...................3 Penn State Head Coach Guy Gadowsky .....14-15 April 8 NCAA Championship TBD Nittany Lions’ Record When... .................4 Career Player Stat Profiles ................16-20 Honors & Awards...........................4 Team & Individual Statistics ...............21-23 All Times Eastern and subject to change The Last Time Penn State... ................5 Individual game-by-game.................24-25 Home games in BOLD CAPS at Pegula Ice Arena National Rankings ..........................6 2017-18 Goaltending.......................26 * Big Ten Conference game Scoring Breakdown & Shootout Results ..........7 Team game-by-game.......................27 Schedule subject to change, Lineup Breakdown..........................8 Game-by-game comparison..................28 visit GoPSUsports.com for up-to-date information Point Streaks & Multi-Point Games..............8 2017-18 box scores.....................29-38 ^ The International Game, preseason contest 2018 NCAA Championship Bracket .............9 Record Book ..........................39-45 Rankings based on USA Today/USA Hockey & USCHO polls 2017-18 Nittany Lion Roster ..............10-11 2017-18 Press Clippings .................46-65 @PennStateMHKY PennStateMensHockey 2017-18 PENN STATE HOCKEY 1 penn state HOCKEY THIS WEEK’S MATCHUP 29 this season on six goals and 23 assists. His 29 points SCOUTING DENVER • Penn State returns to the NCAA Tournament for the are also tied for 14th nationally among blue-liners while • The defending National Champions second-consecutive year making its second Tournament his 104 blocked shots lead the nation. The senior also led lost their first game in a best-of-three appearance in the six year history of the program. the nation last season when he set a single-season Penn NCHC quarterfinal playoff series, but have won State record with 107 blocked shots. Hamilton’s 211 total four-straight to capture the 2018 NCHC Tour- • Penn State is 1-1 all-time in the NCAA Tournament as they dispatched Union last season 10-3 before falling to blocks in his two years at Penn State is also a program nament Championship. Denver currently ranks Denver in the Midwest Regional Final by a score of 6-3. record for a career. third in the latest USCHO.com poll and are 22- 9-8 on the year. • This marks just the second meeting between the two • Hamilton’s 23 assists are also the most in a single-sea- programs with both taking place in the NCAA Tourna- son by a Penn State defenseman in the six-year history • The Pioneers possess one of the top lines ment. of the program. in all of college hockey featuring Henrik Borg- strom, Troy Terry and Jarid Lukosevicius who • All three players who registered a goal last season HAPPY VALLEY FIVE-0 have registered a combined 126 points this against the Pioneers were freshman as Denis Smirnov, season, which is 36 percent of the Denver • Penn State has scored at least five goals in four of its Nikita Pavlychev and James Gobetz each tallied in the scoring. defeat. last five games and 14 times all season posting a 13-0-1 2017-18 PENN STATE HOCKEY PENN STATE 2017-18 record when doing so. • Troy Terry registered a hat-trick against the Nittany Li- • Borgstrom leads the team with 50 points ons in last season’s meeting while Henrik Borgstrom col- ranking fifth in the nation as he has scored • All-time Penn State is now 52-0-2 when scoring at least lected three assists and Jarid Lukosevicius scored twice 22 goals while adding 28 assists. He is one of including the game-winning goal. five goals in a game and 51-94-15 when scoring less than just 16 players across the nation to hit the 20- five goals. goal mark so far this season. Borgstrom leads • Penn State has had 11 hat-tricks scored against them all current sophomores in the NCAA with 93 in its history and are 3-8-0 all-time when an opposing • The Nittany Lions are second in the nation averaging career points in just 75 games while his 1.24 player nets three goals in a single contest. 3.70 goals per game after setting a single-season record points per game average for his career leads and leading the entire NCAA last season scoring 4.10 all active Division I players. The sophomore is 21 JUMP STREET goals per contest. Penn State trails only the 3.87 goals 19 points clear of Tanner Laczynski and Marc • Should he start on Saturday, sophomore Peyton Jones per game of Minnesota State. Michaelis as the next closest sophomores with will tie his career record for consecutive starts with 21-in- 75 points each. Denis Smirnov ranks fourth a-row. • Penn State has also scored at least four goals in 19 of among sophomores with 74 career points. its 37 games this season posting a 16-1-2 record when • Jones has started 70 of a possible 76 games since doing so. • Terry has added 13 goals and 31 assists for stepping foot on campus last year compiling a 40-22-6 44 points on the year. His assist and point to- record with his 40 wins being a new Penn State standard SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS tals rank tied for sixth and tied for 13th in the set earlier this season. Jones needs just four more starts nation, respectively. • For the fourth consecutive season Penn State once to set the Penn State record for career starts and just again leads the entire nation in shots on goal averaging eight more appearances to set the Nittany Lion appear- • Lukosevicius ranks second on the team with an eye-popping 40.49 shots per game, which is 5.41 ance record, both are currently held by Matt Skoff ‘16.