No. 3 Men's Hockey Drops OT Heartbreaker at No. 1 Michigan State, 2-1No. 3 Men's Hockey Drops OT Heartbreaker at No. 1 Michigan State, 2-1

No. 3 Men's Hockey Drops OT Heartbreaker at No. 1 Michigan State, 2-1

Box Score

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Junior Kevin Reidler (Gavle, Sweden) stood tall between the pipes for No. 3 Penn State collecting 30 saves in a tough, 2-1, overtime loss to No. 1 Michigan State in Big Ten Conference action at Munn Ice Arena on Friday night.

The Nittany Lions see their seven-game winning streak snapped as they drop to 9-2-0 overall and 2-1-0 in conference action while MSU moves to 6-1-0 on the year and 1-0-0 in the Big Ten with the win.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Spartans opened the scoring after corralling a loose puck at the far post Anthony Romani spun and roofed a shot over the shoulder of Reidler for the 1-0 edge at 17:09 of the first period.
  • The Nittany Lions evened the contest late in the second period as senior Ben Schoen (Maumee, Ohio) made a strong play behind the net and raced up the half wall before finding freshman Gavin McKenna (Whitehorse, Yukon) who stopped on a dime and sent a seam pass toward the back post that redirected off a Spartan skate and into the yawning net for the 1-1 score at the 16:23 mark.
  • Neither team was able to light the lamp in the third period, so each side earned one point in the conference standings as the game entered bonus time.
  • Michigan State found the golden goal midway through the extra session just after a near miss from Penn State sophomore Charlie Cerrato (Fallston, Md.) on a puck that crawled over and down the back of Spartan goaltender Trey Augstine and fell just harmlessly outside the post.
  • It was Tiernan Shoudy who was left all alone by the near post and he outwaited Reidler before roofing the puck for the 2-1 victory at the 2:21 mark.

GOALTENDING

Reidler falls to 5-2-0 on the year after his 30-save effort while Augustine moves to 5-1-0 after stopping 24-of-25 shots he faced in the victory.

NOTES

  • Michigan State held the 32-25 edge in shots on goal.
  • Penn State went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill, however, they were 0-for-4 on the man-advantage themselves marking the first game this season they failed to score on the powerplay.
  • McKenna extends his career-best point streak to five games with his second period goal.
  • Senior defenseman Carter Schade (Mars, Pa.) skated in his 100th career game on Friday night.
  • Excluding empty net goals 11 of the last 12 games in the season series have been decided by one goal with six now advancing to extra time.

NEXT UP

The two teams return to Munn tomorrow afternoon to conclude the weekend series with a 4 p.m. puck drop.

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