HISTORY  

Penn State is facing Lions for the 49th and 50th times beginning on Friday. Penn State currently leads the all time series 32-10-6. The last matchup between the Lindenwood and the Nittany Lions took place on January 27, 2024 when the Nittany Lions defeated Lindwood 6-1.

The Nittany Lions have won the past 12 games against Lindenwood dating back to November 5, 2021. 

SCOUTING THE LIONS

Lindenwood enter's this weeks series with an 2-9-1 overall record. and a 1-1-0 AHA record. They are coming off a split series against St. Thomas in which Lindenwood fell 7-2 in the first game and won 6-1 in the second game. Leading the offense for the Lions is Morgan Neitzke who has nine points off four goals and five assists. In net stands Madison Bowtell who has played eight games and started in five , she registers a GAA of 4.96 and save percentage of .865. Her record is 0-5-1 on the year. 

PARKING

• Pre-paid parking via ParkMobile is required to park at the Stadium West, Jordan East, and Porter North parking lots near Pegula Ice Arena .  

• In the event any of the above lots reach capacity, please follow signage and event parking staff instructions to an available parking area. 

• Be aware of fraudulent parking permits being sold by third party resellers. Parking can only be purchased directly from psu.parkmobile.io. If your license plate does not match what is listed on the permit, you have purchased a fraudulent permit, and you should return it and purchase parking directly from psu.parkmobile.io. 

• Day-of parking will only be available at the East and Nittany decks for $10. 

• Penn State permits will be valid at all event lots.  

NEW DOG ON THE BLOCK

• Penn State defenseman Kendall Butze welcomed her new dog to the team on Thursday morning. 
• Ollie the Golden Pup now joins assistant coach Makenna Newkirk's dog Sunny and goalie Lauren Barbro's dog who all have made an appearance at Pegula Ice Arena.

 

OFF TO A STRONG START

• The Nittany Lions are currently 9-3-0 through the first 12 games of the year.
• This is the second best start through 12 games in program history. 
• In 2020-21, the Nittany Lions started the season with an 9-1-2 record while all those games came against conference opponents due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

NEARING 100

• Senior Brianna Brooks is only seven points away from 100 career points.  
• Brooks currently holds 93 points off 38 goals and 55 assists through 138 games played.
• Meanwhile, graduate student Tiffany Hill sits 10 games away from hitting 100 career games played. 

WELCOME COACH WAKEFIELD!

The Penn State women’s ice hockey team announced the addition on their new assistant coach Jennifer Wakefield on Monday afternoon. 

Wakefield joins the Penn State coaching staff after a stint at the University of Ottawa where she was the lead assistant coach in the 2023-24 season. 

In the 2023-24 season, Ottawa finished with an 8-17 record, making the RSEQ conference playoffs where they lost to eventual national champion Concordia in the semifinals.

Wakefield’s time with Ottawa was her first foray into coaching at the collegiate level. She served as an assistant coach with the Dutch National Team for the past two years and was an assistant with Almtuna IS in Sweden during the 2021-22 campaign. She has also run her own hockey training service, Fierce Edge Athletics, for several years. 

The 34-year-old recently wrapped up a decorated playing career, having spent the 2022-23 season with MoDo in Sweden’s first division, being nominated for the top forward of the season award. 

On the international stage, Wakefield represented Canada at two Olympic Games, winning gold in Sochi in 2014 and silver in Pyeongchang in 2018. She also appeared at six World Championships between 2011 and 2017, winning gold in 2012.

As a power forward, Wakefield played over 100 games while wearing the maple leaf. She retired from international play in 2018. 

At the club level, Wakefield spent most of her career in Sweden, playing for a variety of club teams. She twice won the women’s top division championship, doing so in 2014-15 with Linköping HC and in 2017-18 with Luleå HF.

Wakefield split her collegiate career between New Hampshire (2007-09) and Boston University (2010-12), serving as the latter’s captain during the 2011-12 campaign. She was a 

finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award for the top women’s player in the NCAA in 2008-09, led Hockey East in scoring twice, and was BU’s Women’s Athlete of the Year in 2011-12. 

Wakefield graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree in 2012.