UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State women's hockey team is back at home for a four-game homestand, beginning with a crucial CHA series against Mercyhurst this Friday and Saturday, Jan. 28-29, at Pegula Ice Arena.
Saturday will be Penn State's annual Skate for a Cure game to bring awareness to the battle against breast and support those who have been affected by it.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Mercyhurst (16-7-2, 6-2-0 CHA) vs. Penn State (12-8-3, 5-2-1 CHA)
Dates: Friday, Jan. 28 | Saturday, Jan. 27
Times: 2 p.m. | 2 p.m.
Place: Pegula Ice Arena
Tickets: Games 1 & 2
B1G+ : Games 1 & 2
Live Stats: Games 1 & 2
Game Notes: Penn State Game Notes
Program: Mercyhurst Series Program
Promotion: Saturday, Skate for a Cure
PARKING NOTICE
With Friday's contest happening on a weekday afternoon, all parking will be in the Stadium West parking lot.
All Penn State Athletics non-football events will require a valid permit or payment of the applicable parking fee for campus lots.
Fans with valid Penn State University Park parking permits will be permitted to park at non-football athletics events for free, following Transportation Services parking policies and access.
Fans without a permit are encouraged to prepay for event parking at a discounted rate through ParkMobile - https://psu.parkmobile.io/. Prepayment is available through 11:59 p.m. the day prior to each event. Season packages will be available for general parking for most sports, and information on VIP parking options available for select events will be released later.
Please visit the 2021-22 Women's Hockey Parking page for additional information.
TOP CHA SQUADS GOING AT IT
The Nittany Lions face off with the CHA-leading Lakers in a two-game set that is a crucial matchup for both teams, as they sit very close to each other at the top of the CHA standings along with Syracuse.
With the cancelation of Penn State's series at Lindenwood Jan. 21-22, the league has moved to a percentage-based standings model based off points earned in conference games throughout the season. Mercyhurst has earned 75.0 percent of its earnable points in CHA games this season to lead the league (6-2), while Penn State is close behind at 68.8-percent (5-2-1).
Syracuse, Penn State's opponent next weekend, is sandwiched between the Lakers and Nittany Lions at 70-percent (7-3).
The regular-season champion will host the CHA Tournament February 24-26, with the tournament's winner earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
ALL-TIME SERIES
The Nittany Lions have seen Mercyhurst 39 times in their history and while the Lakers lead the all-time series 22-8-9, the last 18 games between the two have been very close. The Lakers have a slight lead at 6-5-7 in those games with PSU having a +2 goal differential 37-35.
The two teams met back in late October at Mercyhurst that ended in a series split. Mercyhurst took game one 4-3 that featured a late comeback by PSU to nearly tie the game and send it to OT. In game two, The Nittany Lions played arguably their best game of the season in a 3-0 shutout win.
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