UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The No. 9/10 Penn State women's hockey team begins its 2021-22 season with a two-game nonconference series versus St. Lawrence on home ice at Pegula Ice Arena Thursday and Friday, Sept. 23-24.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
St. Lawrence (0-0-0) vs. No. 9/10 Penn State (0-0-0)
Dates: Thursday, Sept. 23 | Friday, Sept. 24
Times: 7 p.m. | 7 p.m.
Place: Pegula Ice Arena
Tickets: TicketMaster
B1G+ Stream ($): Game 1 |Game 2
Live Stats: Games 1 & 2
Game Notes: Penn State Game Notes
Promotions: 2020-21 Championship Celebration and Postgame Skate
PARKING
Parking for Penn State Women's Ice Hockey games will be available at the following locations beginning two hours prior to the start of each game:
Stadium West, Jordan East, Porter North
- No charge with a valid Penn State parking permit
- $5.50 prepaid through ParkMobile (season package available for $5 per game) - https://psu.parkmobile.io/pegula-ice-arena
- $10 day-of-event without a valid permit or prepayment (pay station or ParkMobile app – zone no. 95112)
- Yellow H at Shields Building
- ADA parking - valid Penn State permit, ParkMobile prepayment ($5.50) or day-of-event ParkMobile app payment ($10 - zone no. 95112) required
- General parking – available on a first-come, first-served basis with a valid Penn State permit, ParkMobile prepayment ($5.50) or day-of-event ParkMobile app payment ($10 – zone no. 95112)
- Note: Yellow H is not a selectable prepayment option. Fans must select Stadium West, Jordan East, or Porter North at purchase.
Women's Hockey Parking Interactive Map
REDUCED DAY-OF-EVENT RATES FOR HOME OPENING GAMES VS. ST. LAWRENCE
Due to the late posting of single-game prepaid parking for Thursday and Friday's opening games vs. St. Lawrence, day-of-event parking rates for these two games will be reduced to the $5.50 per game prepaid rate. Fans who have not prepaid or do not have a valid Penn State permit must pay through the ParkMobile app (zone no. 95112) or at one of the in-lot pay stations at Stadium West, Jordan East, or Porter North.
PARKMOBILE PREPAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Visit https://psu.parkmobile.io/pegula-ice-arena
- Select game or season package at the bottom of the page
- Select parking area
- Enter the license plate information for the vehicle being driven to the event
- Note: If a different vehicle must be driven than the one registered at purchase, users must contact ParkMobile Member Support through the ParkMobile website or app (Settings – Chat Support) to request a vehicle change for that reservation.
- Purchase parking for the event
- Note:
- Prepayment is required by 11:59 p.m. the night before each event or the day-of-event rate will apply.
- If Yellow H at Shields Building is not available upon arrival, fans must park at the lot selected on the ParkMobile website at the time of purchase
- Guests must present their ParkMobile QR code to event parking staff on their mobile device, if requested. Printed permits from the ParkMobile website will also be accepted.
- All vehicles must be parked with the license plate facing the drive aisle located closest to the parking space so that payment can be verified by parking enforcement staff.
Non-football event parking is managed by Penn State Transportation Services. For more information on parking for this event, please email parking@psu.edu or call 814-865-1436.
BANNER REVEAL AND POSTGAME SKATE
There will be a pregame ceremony Thursday night to celebrate the Nittany Lions' first-ever CHA regular season championship a season ago that will include a banner reveal in the Pegula Ice Arena rafters. In addition, there will be an exclusive championship poster giveaway with signatures from the 2020-21 team.
On Friday night, it's the long-awaited return of the postgame skate!. Fans get a chance to skate with the team after the game. Rented skates are free with admission.
THE MATCHUP
This series marks the first nonconference action for the Nittany Lions since the 2019-20 season when the Nittany Lions played New Hampshire Jan. 3-4, 2019. It is the first matchup with the Saints since the 2016-17 season.
Penn State is searching for its first win against St. Lawrence, as SLU has a 6-0-0 record in the all-time series.
PRESEASON ACCOLADES
Penn State was picked to finish first in the 2021-22 CHA preseason coaches' poll released back on Sept. 16. The Nittany Lions received four of four possible first-place votes after winning their first CHA regular season title in 2020-21.
Sophomore forward Kiara Zanon was also picked as the preseason player of the year and was voted to the All-CHA preseason team, along with teammates Josie Bothun, Natalie Heising, and Izzy Heminger.
Most recently, the Nittany Lions received their first USCHO.com preseason top 10 national ranking at no. 9 overall. They cracked the top 10 rankings for the first time as a program in 2020-21 and reached as high as no. 7 in last year's polls.
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