No. 16 Men’s Hockey Completes Weekend Sweep of Wisconsin With Shutout Victory – Penn State University Athletics

MADISON, Wis. – Junior Xander Lamppa (Rochester, Minn.) collected a objective and an help to assist No. 16 Penn State full the weekend sweep of Wisconsin with a 3-0 victory in Massive Ten Convention motion on Saturday evening on the Kohl Heart.

Penn State improves to 8-0-0 to begin the 12 months and 2-0-0 in convention motion with the victory whereas the Badgers fall to 2-6-0 on the 12 months and 0-4-0 in Massive Ten play.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Penn State opened the scoring early within the first interval as senior Connor McMenamin (Collegeville, Pa.) had his preliminary shot from the left slot blocked earlier than he gathered the puck again and circled behind the web earlier than lifting it quick aspect and excessive over the left shoulder of Badger net-minder Jared Moe for the 1-0 edge on the 2:59 mark.
• The Nittany Lions thought they doubled their lead halfway via the second interval as a one-timer from the slot by junior Tyler Paquette (Collegeville, Pa.) was dominated a objective on the ice earlier than being reviewed and overturned because the puck clanked the cross-bar and by no means totally crossed the objective line.
• Penn State would finally lengthen its lead early within the third interval with a man-advantage tally snapping a streak of 15-straight unsuccessful powerplays as senior Ashton Calder (Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.) laced one quick aspect over the blocker of Moe off a pleasant passing sequence from sophomore Ben Schoen (Maumee, Ohio) and McMenamin for the 2-0 benefit simply 56 ticks into the ultimate body.
• The Nittany Lions prolonged the lead additional halfway via the third as Lamppa cleaned up a rebound within the crease for the 3-0 rating on the 9:35 mark.
• Senior Connor MacEachern (Brooklin, Ontario) hit the empty web to place the sport out of attain at 18:19 of the third interval.

GOALTENDING

• Junior Liam Souliere (Brampton, Ontario) improved to 6-0-0 on the 12 months following a 32-save shutout, the primary shutout of his profession.
• Moe stopped 39-of-42 pictures he confronted however falls to 2-5-0 on the 12 months with the setback.

NOTES

• The 8-0-0 begin for the Nittany Lions will increase its finest begin to a season in program historical past as Penn State is the final workforce this season to stay unbeaten and untied.
• The shutout for Penn State is its first since a 4-0 victory in opposition to Niagara final October and it is the primary street shutout since a 1-0 win at Michigan State on January 3, 2021. That sport in opposition to the Spartans was additionally the final time the Nittany Lions had a shutout in Massive Ten play.
• With one objective and two assists on the evening, McMenamin collects his second multi-point effort this season and the eighth of his profession.
• McMenamin’s objective stands up because the game-winner marking the eighth of his profession to tie for the second-most in program historical past simply two shy of Denis Smirnov’s program report.
• With one objective and one help on the evening, Lamppa ties his career-high of two factors amassing simply the second multi-point sport of his profession and first this season and with factors in every sport this weekend, he has now registered some extent in back-to-back video games for the primary time in his profession.
• The Nittany Lions held the slim 43-32 edge in pictures on objective whereas going 1-for-4 on the powerplay and an ideal 3-for-3 on the penalty kill.
• Penn State has now gained five-straight video games in opposition to the Badgers courting again to final season and enhance to 26-18-3 all-time in opposition to Wisconsin.
• Penn State is now 47-14-4 all-time within the month of October.
• The Nittany Lions eight-game winning-streak is the second longest in program historical past behind the 11-game streak from the 2016-17 season.

NEXT UP
Penn State returns residence subsequent weekend for a weekend set in opposition to the No. 4 Michigan Wolverines on Friday and Saturday. Friday evening’s contest will air reside on the B1G Community at 8 p.m.

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