Simply put, it was the Icers' best game of the season as they put together a solid 60 minutes in Friday's 4-1 win over Rhode Island. The victory improved Penn State's record to 11-1-1 and 6-0-1 in ESCHL play.
The loss was Rhode Island's first at home and first in conference play. They're now 11-4-0 on the season and 6-1-0 in conference action.
Once again the freshmen stepped up and did a great job, especially considering that Marek Polidor and Chris Pronchik were serving their suspensions.
Nick Seravalli (6th of the year) and Jaryd Coleman exchanged first period goals. In the second, Chris Cerutti tapped in a loose puck that got past URI goalie Joe Spagnoli for his 6th of the season.
I called Steve Thurston on the insurance marker in the 3rd, even though the goal was credited to Mike Broccolo. Turns out I was wrong and the officials were right. Broccolo told me after the game he tipped Steve's shot past Spagnoli, giving him his 4th of the season. Ryan Paradis iced the game with an empty netter, his 4th of the year.
The star of the game; however, was Ted Hume. Big Teddy rebounded from a subpar performance against Navy a week ago and was simply outstanding. As Scott Balboni said in the post-game interview, Ted made some huge saves when he had to, especially in the 2nd period.
The Icers did a great job of bottling up the Rams in the 3rd period. The forechecking by all four lines frustrated the Rams, who had difficulty getting out of their defensive zone.
Now, we have to see if the Icers can carry the momentum into Saturday's rematch. Last season, a win on Friday at the Boss was followed by a lackluster Saturday loss. Hopefully history doesn't repeat itself.
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