No. 11 MHKY Defeats Michigan State, 4-2No. 11 MHKY Defeats Michigan State, 4-2

No. 11 MHKY Defeats Michigan State, 4-2

Feb. 24, 2017

Box Score

19-8-2 (8-6-1 B1G)
6-20-3 (2-11-2 B1G)
1st 2nd 3rd
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Final
#11 Penn State 1 0 3

4

Michigan State 0 1 1

2

Feb. 24, 2017 | Munn Ice Arena | 4,501

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SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd
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Final
#11 Penn State 9 14 16

39

Michigan State
2 13 13

28

POWER PLAY 1st 2nd 3rd
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Final
#11 Penn State
0-0 0-2 1-2

1-4

Michigan State 0-1 0-0 0-3 0-4
GOAL SUMMARY
Team Scoring Pd. Time
PSU
Alec Marsh (4)
Sturtz (7), Myllari (5)
1 3:14
MSU Joe Cox (6)
Unassisted
2 0:18
MSU
Rhett Holland (3)
Hirose (16), Ebbing (13)
3 11:32
PSU
Chase Berger (11)
Marsh (2), Pedrie (15)
3 11:45
PSU
Dylan Richard (7)
Sturtz (8), Pedrie (16)
3 15:27

PSU David Goodwin (8)
Sucese (13)
3 19:30

GOALTENDERS Min GA SV
PSU

Peyton Jones (W, 17-6-2)

60:00

2

26

MSU

John Lethemon (L, 1-8-1)

Empty Net

58:50

1:10


3

1


35

0


EAST LANSING, Mich. – The 11th ranked Penn State men's ice hockey team used a three goal third period to defeat Michigan State, 4-2, this evening in Big Ten men's ice hockey action from Munn Ice Arena.

The Nittany Lions improve to 19-8-2 with the victory and 8-6-1 in the Big Ten while MSU falls to 6-20-3 on the year and 2-11-2 in conference action with the setback.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Penn State opened the scoring at 3:14 of the first period as sophomore Andrew Sturtz (Buffalo, N.Y.) sent a no look pass between his legs from behind the net to classmate Alec Marsh (Bridgewater, N.J.) and he used a fancy forehand-backhand move for the finish and the 1-0 score.
  • The Spartans wasted little time in the second period to grab the equalizer as Joe Cox took advantage of a neutral ice turnover and skated into the slot with a nifty toe drag and fired past the glove of freshman goaltender Peyton Jones (Langhorne, Pa.) for the 1-1 score just 18 seconds into the middle frame.
  • Michigan State grabbed the 2-1 lead briefly in the third period as Rhett Holland found the back of the net at 11:32, but it was short lived as sophomore Chase Berger (St. Louis, Mo.) scored just 13 seconds later for the 2-2 tie.
  • Senior Dylan Richard (Sherwood Park, Alberta) then gave the Nittany Lions the lead back with a power play tally on a scramble out front of the net at 15:27 for the 3-2 score.
  • Freshman Nate Sucese (Fairport, N.Y.) then found senior David Goodwin (St. Louis, Mo.) for the empty net goal while skating two men down at 19:30 for the final score.

GOALTENDING

Jones stopped 26 shots to improve to 17-6-2 on the year while Spartan net-minder John Lethemon made 35 saves, but falls to 1-8-1 with the loss.

NOTES

  • The Nittany Lions outshot the hosts 39-28, went 1-for-4 with the man-advantage, and were a perfect 4-for-4 on the PK.
  • Penn State held Michigan State to two shots in the first period, the lowest totaled allowed in a single period all year by the Nittany Lions.
  • Goodwin extends his point streak to nine games with his empty net tally while Sucese ties his career-high five-game point-streak with the assist on the final goal.
  • Freshman Denis Smirnov (Moscow, Russia) saw his four-game point streak snapped as he was held off the scoresheet.
  • Penn State improves to 3-0 this season against the Spartans and 6-0-1 over the last two seasons. The Nittany Lions also improve to 2-1-0 when tied after two periods of play.
  • PSU is outscoring Michigan State 9-2 in the third period this season.

NEXT UP

Both teams return to Munn tomorrow to close out the season series with a 7 p.m. puck drop.