No. 3 Women’s Ice Hockey Faces No. 6 UConn in the Regional Final at the NC Women’s Ice Hockey Championship

NUMBERS DON'T LIE 

• Penn State is in the midst of its winningest season in program history with 32 victories while setting an AHA record with 22 conference wins. The Nittany Lions earned its fourth straight sweep over the AHA Regular Season and Tournament Championships during the 2025-26 campaign. The team is ranked No. 3 in the country, the highest in program history. 

• PSU set an AHA record this season with seven individual awards won by six individuals. The team tied program records with nine All-AHA selections and four All-AHA First Team honorees. 

• Penn State has seven victories over teams ranked inside the top 12 of the NPI. The Nittany Lions defeated No. 5 Northeastern, No. 11 Cornell twice and No. 12 Mercyhurst four times. 

• Entering the final stretch of the season, Penn State ranks fourth in the country in goals (159). The team ranks fourth in goals per game (4.30) and tied for first in goals allowed per game (1.35). The Nittany Lions have only allowed 50 goals all season, the least allowed in the nation. The scoring margin of 2.95 is the second-best mark in the country. PSU is third in shots per game (38.9) and first in shots allowed per game (20.7). 

• The Nittany Lions have owned special teams situations this season. On the power play, the Blue & White rank ninth nationally in powerplay percentage (0.256) and sixth in powerplay goals (32). The team ties for the nation’s lead in shorthanded goals with eight. Penn State is 11th nationally in penalty kill percentage (0.848). 

• Defensively, PSU has the most shutouts in the country at 15. Katie DeSa leads the nation with 11 while Maddy Campbell has contributed the other four. DeSa is the program leader in single-season shutouts and career shutouts (24). 

• Penn State has the third-best faceoff winning percentage nationally at 56.0%. Tessa Janecke leads the Nittany Lions and the AHA in the category, winning 67.0% of her faceoffs with 372 wins to her name. 

EVERYBODY EATS 

• Jeff Kampersal was named AHA Coach of the Year for the fourth year in a row. It is his fifth time achieving the honor over the past six seasons. 

• Tessa Janecke was named the program’s first Top-Three Finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The three-time AHA Player and Forward of the Year and four-time All-AHA First Team selection ranks sixth nationally in points per game (1.55), fourth in goals per game (0.79) and 11th in assists per game (0.76). The senior captain has 45 points on 23 goals and 22 assists and is just two points away from 200 for her career. 

• Two Penn State defenders, Danica Maynard and Kendall Butze, rank inside the top seven nationally in points by a defenseman. Maynard has 33, the second-most by a freshman defender and tied for 11th among all freshmen skaters with Penn State’s Mikah Keller. The AHA Freshman of the Year’s 24 assists are the second-most among freshmen defensemen. Butze has 32 points and her 27 assists are tied for fourth nationally among defenders. She is 16th among all skaters in assists per game (0.73). Maynard was the AHA Rookie of the Year while Butze was named AHA Best Defenseman for the second year in a row. 

• Grace Outwater has proven to be one of the most prolific scorers in the country all season, leading PSU with 24 goals, which is tied for eighth nationally. The AHA Scoring Champion averages 0.71 goals per game, making Penn State the only program in the country to have two skaters average more than 0.7 goals per game. 

• DeSa, a back-to-back AHA Goaltender of the Year award winner and HCA Goalie of the Year Semifinalist, ranks second in goals against average (1.32) and 12th in save percentage (0.935). 

• Maddy Christian and Katelyn Roberts joined Maynard on the All-AHA Second Team.  

• Mikah Keller was PSU’s other All-AHA Rookie Team selections.