BUFFALO, N.Y. — For all the offense, leadership and star-power Gavin McKenna brought to Penn State hockey this season, coach Guy Gadowsky discovered yet another attribute in the celebrated forward’s talented arsenal. And it involved ping-pong, of all things. Having dominated most of his ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — The 2026-27 Penn State men’s hockey season begins the weekend of Oct. 2-4, however, Penn State opens with a bye week ahead of the 2026 Ice Breaker Tournament the following weekend in Connecticut. The Nittany Lions visit UConn on Oct. 9 and conclude the weekend at Sacred Heart on Oct. 10. Two more non-conference weekends follow for the Blue & White before conference play begins as 2023 National Champion Quinnipiac visits Hockey Valley for the first time on Friday, Oct. 16, in a return trip from the contest in Hamden back in October 2024, a 3-2 Bobcats victory. Penn ...
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Penn State ice hockey freshman Gavin McKenna was named a CCM/AHCA second-team All-American as announced on NHL Network on Friday, becoming just the fourth Nittany Lion to earn All-American status. McKenna joins Cole Hults and Nate Sucese, who were each honored as ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — On Sunday evening inside the Greenberg Indoor Sports Complex, the 10th-ranked Penn State Nittany Lion ice hockey team found out its postseason fate as it earned a fifth NCAA Tournament berth in the past 10 seasons and its second-straight and third in the past four years. ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State freshman Gavin McKenna was named a top-10 finalist for the 2026 Hobey Baker Memorial Award as announced on NHL Network on Wednesday. The award is presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey and McKenna becomes the second Nittany ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State men’s Nittany Lion ice hockey team is moving on to the semifinals. The Nittany Lions took down Minnesota in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament Wednesday at the Pegula Ice Arena by a score of 6-2. Penn State is the No. 3 seed in the tournament and will now travel to Michigan to take on the No. 3 seed Wolverines on Friday in the semifinals. Aiden Fink, Reese Laubach, Mac Gadowsky, Matt DiMarsico, Charlie Cerrato, and Cade Christenson all had goals for Penn State. Penn State improved its record to 21-12-2 overall. Minnesota finished up its ...
