2020-21 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named a 2020-21 Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
Season: Skated in 19 games scoring a pair of goals while adding five assists for seven points.
at Wisconsin (11/24): Registered two assists in a 7-3 loss. Arizona State (12/13): Tallied one assist in a 3-2 win. at Michigan State (1/3): Scored the lone goal of the game in a 1-0 victory. Michigan State (1/16): Added one assist in 3-1 win. Wisconsin (1/22): Tallied one assist in a 5-4 win. Notre Dame (1/29): Tallied a goal in an overtime loss.
2019-20 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named a 2019-20 Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
Season: Tied for the team lead with 12 goals while adding five assists for 17 points in 29 games...Postseason canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sacred Heart (10/11): Recorded a goal and an assist in 8-2 opening night victory. Wisconsin (10/31): Registered a goal and added an assist in a 6-1 victory. Wisconsin (11/1): Scored game-winning goal to secure the series sweep. Michigan State (11/9): Notched the game-winning goal in a 6-4 triumph. at Minnesota (11/15-16): Recorded a pair of goals in series opener and added a goal in game two of weekend sweep. Ohio State (11/22): Scored a pair of goals and added an assist to help secure a 5-4 victory. at Merrimack (11/29): Added an assist in 7-0 shutout. Niagara (1/3): Registered a goal and an assist in a gutty 3-2 victory. at Robert Morris (1/11): Scored a goal in a 6-2 victory at PPG Paints Arena. Notre Dame (1/31): Recorded a goal in a 3-3 tie.
2018-19 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Named an Academic All-Big Ten selection.
Season: Registered career-best totals in 39 games...Scored nine goals with nine assists for 18 points.
No. 17 Clarkson (10/11-10/12): Tallied the first goal of the season in game one and added an assist in game two in a weekend sweep. Arizona State (11/2): Recorded an assist in 6-5 victory. Robert Morris (11/9-11/10): Scored goals each night of weekend sweep, including game-winner in game two. Michigan (11/16-11/17): Tallied one assist in game one...Scored the game-winning goal in overtime while adding one assist for his first multi-point game of the season in game two. at Wisconsin (12/1): Notched one goal and one assist. No. 5 Notre Dame (12/8): Recorded one goal during a 9-1 victory. Michigan State (1/11-1/12): Added one assist in both games of a weekend split. at Michigan State (2/15-2/16): Scored one goal in game one and one assist in game two during a weekend split. Wisconsin (2/22): Scored a goal in an 8-2 victory. at Notre Dame (3/2): Collected an assist during a 3-2 victory. at Notre Dame (3/23): Scored a goal during a 3-2 loss in the Big Ten Tournament Championship.
2017-18 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Totaled 10 points (5G, 5A) in 25 games.
Mercyhurst (11/3): Tallied his first career assist. at Arizona State (11/17-11/18): Notched his first career goal while adding an assist in a 7-0 shutout in game one...Had an assist in game two for weekend sweep. Michigan State (11/24): Recorded a career-high two goals during a 7-2 victory. Robert Morris (12/8): Registered a single goal in a 5-2 victory. No. 15 Wisconsin (1/6): Notched the second goal in a 3-3 tie. No. 8 Minnesota (2/23): Assisted a goal in a 5-1 victory. No. 11 Minnesota (3/3): Tallied an assist during a 6-5 game one victory the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Played bulk of the 2016-17 season with Lincoln Stars of the United States Hockey League after being traded by the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders…in 45 games with Lincoln, scored 20 goals while adding 12 assists for 32 points to rank fourth on the team...In 2016-17, played in 58 games scoring 21 goals with 13 assists for 35 points and ranked inside top 20 of the USHL for goal scoring…Played 115 career USHL games between three different teams over the past two-plus seasons.
PERSONAL
Full name is Samuel Charles Sternschein...Son of Robyn and Evan Sternschein....Has one older sister, Alexa...Earned his telecommunications degree in May of 2021...Born on April 27, 1998, in Syosset, New York.
Sam Sternschein Season 2018-19
#27PositionFHeight6-2Weight204 lbsClassSophomoreHometownSyosset, N.Y.Previous SchoolLincoln Stars (USHL)
Previous TeamLincoln Stars (USHL)
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