UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Nittany Lions started fast with a goal just 24 seconds into the opening frame and cruised to a 7-0 home win over Syracuse on Friday afternoon at Pegula Ice Arena.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After retrieving a puck in the defensive zone after the opening faceoff of the game, Kendall Butze passed to to Tessa Janecke who skated the length of the ice before shooting it. Katelyn Roberts was nearby to clean up the rebound and score just 24 seconds into the contest.
- Just over two minutes later and on the power play, Janecke skated the length of the ice again and tucked the puck just below the cross bar to make it 2-0. The goal was originally not called but after an official review it was put on the board.
- About 10 minutes later, still in the first period, Kendall Butze passed it to Katelyn Roberts on the power play, who found Danica Maynard below the dot and she shot and scored.
- Under two minutes into the third period, Nicole Hall and Matilde Fantin passed it between each other before passing it to Leah Stecker who danced up the boards and found room for a top corner shot.
- Not much later in the third, Abby Stonehouse forced a turnover in the Syracuse zone during a breakout and took it on net herself to score.
- Over the halfway mark of the frame, Grace Tullock passed it to Mikah Keller on the breakout and she chipped it up the boards to Grace Outwater who shot it and eventually buried her own rebound on the fastbreak.
- Three minutes later, Sophie Morrow took a shot from the point on the power play that hit Grace Outwater in the chest and it popped right to Matilde Fantin who scored on the open net.
GOALTENDERS
- Senior goaltender Katie DeSa made 14 saves, including eight in the first period to continue her scoreless streak.
- Ava Drabyk allowed 6 goals on 30 saves while Maika Paquin came in late to make six saves on seven shots.
STATS AND NOTES
- Katie DeSa extended her scoreless streak to 228:58, bringing her within one game of breaking the program’s all-time scoreless streak record which is 263:54.
- She is also now within one shutout of tying the program’s career shutout record, currently sitting at 19.
- DeSa now has six shutouts this season, the most of any goaltender in the country.
- Tessa Janecke had a goal and an assist to bring her season point total to 18. She now has 37 career games with at least one goal and one assist.
- Janecke is also now one assist from hitting 100 in her career, which would make her the first Nittany Lion to hit the milestone.
- She also scored her 72nd career goal, bringing her within three of breaking the program’s career goal record.
- Kendall Butze had two assists to bring her career total to 8 multi-assist games, moving her into sixth in the program’s all-time category.
- She also now sits at 61 career assists, which is within five of tying the program’s all-time career assists by a defenseman record.
- Danica Maynard had a goal and an assist for the eighth time this season, moving her into ninth in all-time career games with at least one goal and one assist.
UP NEXT
- Penn State will come back tomorrow to play the Orange at 1 p.m. at Pegula Ice Arena. The game will be streamed on Big Ten Plus.