Feb. 18, 2017
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OT --> Final #9 Penn State 1 1 1 0 0 -->
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#5 Minnesota 0 0 3 1
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Feb. 18, 2017 | Pegula Ice Arena | 6,140 Box Score --> (PDF) | Box Score (HTML) |
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| #9 Penn State | 10 | 18 | 17 | 0 |
45 |
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| #5 Minnesota |
10 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
29 |
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| #9 Penn State |
0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
0-4 |
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| #5 Minnesota | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
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| PSU | David Goodwin (7) Pedrie (14) |
2 | 2:43 | |||||||||
| MINN |
Jake Bischoff (4) Lettieri (15), Lindgren (5) |
3 | 5:08 | |||||||||
| MINN |
Tyler Sheehy (18) Pitlick (13) |
3 | 17:49 | |||||||||
| PSU |
Denis Smirnov (16) - Penalty Shot |
3 | 18:34 | |||||||||
MINN
Justin Kloos (16)
Cammarata (11)
3
19:56
MINN
Rem Pitlick (10)
Kloos (21), Sheehy (25)
OT
3:27
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Freshman Denis Smirnov (Moscow, Russia) potted a pair of goals, but it was not enough as a late surge from No. 5 Minnesota lifted the Golden Gophers past No. 9 Penn State, 4-3, in overtime this evening in Big Ten Conference action from Pegula Ice Arena.
The Nittany Lions fall to 18-8-2 on the year and 7-6-1 in the Big Ten while Minnesota improves to 20-8-2 overall and 11-3-0 in conference action.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Penn State opened the scoring as senior Ricky DeRosa (Aston, Pa.) generated an odd-man rush and freshman classmates Nate Sucese (Fairport, N.Y.) and Smirnov played a little tic-tac-toe with Smirnov finishing past the glove of Gopher net-minder Eric Scierhorn for the 1-0 lead at 3:17 of the first period.
- Senior David Goodwin (St. Louis, Mo.) increased the lead to 2-0 as he took advantage of a broken play in the offensive zone as he collected the puck in the right slot firing blocker side to beat Schierhorn at 2:43 of the second period.
- Minnesota cut the deficit in half during an odd-man rush in the third period as Jake Bischoff found the back of the net for the 2-1 score at 5:08 of the final frame.
- The Gophers then knotted the score at 2-2 as Tyler Sheehy found the back of the net at 17:49 of the final period, however, just 45 seconds later Ryan Lindgren was called for a hook on Smirnov and the freshman was awarded a penalty shot.
- Smirnov went forehand-backhand-forehand to open up Schierhorn and slide the puck five-hole for the 3-2 score at 18:34.
- Minnesota then opted for the empty net and after a Penn State icing call with seven seconds left the Gophers won the draw and Justin Kloos fired glove side to light the lamp and send the game into overtime.
- In overtime it was all Minnesota as they drew an early penalty and even though Penn State killed it off Rem Pitlick fired from the point through traffic and off a few bodies in front for the 4-3 winner at 3:27 of the extra session.
GOALTENDING
Freshman Peyton Jones (Langhorne, Pa.) stopped 25 shots, but fell to 16-6-2 with the loss while Schierhorn improves to 20-8-2 after a 42 save performance.
NOTES
- Penn State held the 45-29 edge in shots while neither team registered a power-play tally in six tries. The Nittany Lions went 0-for-4 and Minnesota was 0-for-2.
- Goodwin now has a new career-best eight-game point streak (five goals, five assists) after his second period goal.
- Sucese (3-4-7) and Smirnov (5-5-9) both extend their point streaks to four games. Smirnov now has 12 multi-point games on the season including three-in-a-row and his 39 points are just one shy of Casey Bailey's single-season program record of 40, which he had during the 2014-15 season.
- Smirnov also becomes the first Penn State player to record a penalty shot goal since Tommy Olczyk against UConn on October 10, 2014.
- Penn State drops just their second game all season when leading after two periods of play falling to 16-2-2 in such games.
NEXT UP
Penn State hits the road again for a weekend series in East Lansing against Michigan State at Munn Ice Arena. Both games are 7 p.m. starts with Friday's contest being broadcast on the Big Ten Network.