UNIVERSITY PARK — Junior Aiden Fink collected three assists to help lead No. 9 Penn State to a series sweep of Minnesota following a 5-2 victory in Big Ten Conference men’s hockey action at Pegula Ice Arena on Saturday evening.

With his three assists, Fink became the ninth Nittany Lion all-time to reach 100 career points while doing it in the shortest amount of time, coming in just his 87th career game. The junior currently has 101 points, just two shy of Liam Folkes ’20 for eighth on the all-time scoring list.

The Nittany Lions secured their first series sweep over the Gophers since Nov. 15-16, 2019, moving to 22-33-1 in the all-time series and are now 13-12-1 against Minnesota at home.

Penn State moved to 14-6-0 and 6-4-0 in Big Ten play while the Gophers fell to 8-12-1 overall and 4-6-0.

Penn State held a 43-34 edge in shots on goal while each team went 0-for-3 on the man-advantage.

Twelve different Nittany Lions registered points with five different goal scorers.

With a pair of assists, senior Jarod Crespo secured his third multi-point effort of the season and the fifth of his career as he now sits just one point shy of tying his single-season career-high of 10.

Penn State remains home to close out its five-game homestand with a weekend series against Notre Dame next Friday and Saturday.