ANN ARBOR Mich. – No. 2 Michigan used seven powerplay goals to run away with an 8-3 victory and series sweep over Penn State in Big Ten Conference action at Yost Ice Arena on Saturday night.
Penn State drops to 2-9-1 on the year and 0-5-1 in Big Ten play while the Wolverines improve to 10-1-0 overall and 3-1-0 in conference action following the win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Michigan opened the scoring late during a powerplay as Jayden Perron collected a pass before knifing into the slot and whistling a wrister off the post and in past the glove of Nittany Lion freshman net-minder Ryder Fetterolf for the 1-0 edge at the 6:04 mark.
- The Wolverines doubled the lead just after another powerplay ended as J.P. Hurlbert sent a wrister through traffic from the left circle the snuck through Fetterolf for the 2-0 advantage at 17:40 of the first frame.
- The hosts continued the pressure as Perron once again cut to the middle of the ice before flicking a wrister through traffic on the powerplay and Fetterolf never saw it giving Michigan the 3-0 lead at 3:16 of the second period.
- Perron then tipped the hat-trick with his third powerplay goal of the game as he ripped a one-timer from the left dot that just snuck inside the near post and Fetterolf for the 4-0 advantage at 14:05 of the second stanza.
- Michael Hage then took advantage of an extended 5-on-3 powerplay as he fired home a wrister from the left dot for the 5-0 edge at 16:18 of the middle frame.
- Michigan pushed the lead to 6-0 during the remainder of the 5-on-4 powerplay as Drew Schock finished at the far post at the 17:06 mark.
- Penn State got on the board late in the second period with a powerplay goal of its own as freshman Shea Busch redirected a shot from classmate Kale Dach at the far post for the 6-1 deficit at the 19:40 mark.
- The Wolverines tallied their sixth powerplay goal of the night for the 7-1 lead as a rebound hit off Malcolm Spence and trickled into the back of the net after Hage’s initial shot was turned aside at 6:41 of the third period.
- Sophomore Justin Poirier cut the deficit to 7-2 with his second powerplay goal of the weekend as he sent a wrist shot off the post and in from the slot at 13:04 of the third period.
- Michigan scored another powerplay goal late in the game as Hurlbert got his second of the night for the 8-2 score at 15:55 of the third period.
- Senior Mac Gadowsky added another late powerplay goal with just 15.6 ticks remaining to account for the 8-3 final.
GOALTENDING
Fetterolf made a career-high 40 saves in the loss falling to 1-4-0 on the year while Ivankovic improves to 10-1-0 after stopping 23 shots in the victory.
NOTES
- Michigan held the commanding 48-26 edge in shots on goal with 26 coming on the man-advantage as the Wolverines went 7-for-10 on the powerplay including a 4-for-4 clip in the second period alone. Penn State went 3-for-6 on the man-advantage for the game.
- The Nittany Lions have now scored at least one powerplay goal in four-straight games and eight of its last 10.
- Perron’s hat-trick is the first for a Nittany Lion opponent this season and the first since Charlie Stramel for Michigan State in the outdoor game at Beaver Stadium last January.
- The seven powerplay goals by Michigan are the most ever allowed by the Nittany Lions surpassing the previous high of six also set by this same Michigan team during a 10-6 loss back on November 23, 2024.
- The goal for Busch was his second of the weekend and fourth in his last four games and after adding a late assist he secures his second multi-point game of the season and his career.
- With his third period goal Poirier extends his career-long point streak to nine games as he now has points in all but one game so far this season.
- Laubach added a pair of assists and now has 22 points on 12 goals and 10 assists in 16 career games against Michigan. The multi-point game is his first of the season and the 21 st of his career.
NEXT UP
Penn State remains on the road next weekend for its final Big Ten Conference series of the opening semester as the Nittany Lions battle No. 1 Wisconsin in Madison on Friday and Saturday at the Kohl Center.
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