Oct. 25, 2016
ROSEMONT, Ill. - Freshman Goaltender Peyton Jones (Langhorne, Pa.) has been named the Big Ten men's ice hockey First Star of the Week for his contributions during a 1-0-1 weekend in South Bend against the third-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
This marks the second consecutive week the rookie has earned league recognition after garnering Third Star accolades on last week's report.
For Penn State, Jones marks just the fourth player to receive First Star honors and the first since another goaltender earned this distinction as Eamon McAdam was named First Star on December 1, 2015.
Jones stopped 56 of 61 shots turning in a .918 save percentage during the weekend. The freshman stopped a career-high 30 shots during Friday's 3-3 tie before collecting 26 saves the following night during a 3-2 overtime victory. The victory marked the highest-ranked team Penn State has defeated in their brief 5-year history.
Jones also collected his first collegiate point as he assisted on the game-winning overtime goal on Saturday. The rookie registered a 2.37 goals against average over the two games against the fourth ranked offense in the nation which came into the weekend averaging 4.75 goals per contest.
Jones remains unbeaten in his young career posting a 3-0-1 record for the Nittany Lions and currently ranks fourth in the Big Ten in both goals against average (2.40) and save percentage (.916). Those marks also place him 21st and 26th in the nation, respectively.
Penn State returns to action this weekend as they host Canisius for a pair of contests on Friday and Saturday evening with a 7 p.m. face-off each night.