The Icers returned to the Greenberg Ice Pavilion last weekend for the first home series of 2012 and came away with a sweep of the Rhode Island Rams.
The two wins couldn't have been more different, with a solid 9-3 romp on Friday in which seven players scored followed by a sloppy 2-1 victory - another of the "Saturday Swoon" games that we have seen too often in the past.
In addition to giving Penn State a season sweep in the final year of competition against the Rams, the two wins gives the Icers a 17-3-1 record and a 3-1-1 mark in the first five games of the second semester. Whether or not that's good enough to keep the Icers at #1 when the new ACHA poll is released on Friday remains to be seen.
Next up for the Icers - the West Virginia Mountaineers (13-12-0). WVU comes to Hockey Valley after edging Pitt 2-1 in a game played in Charleston, WV on Martin Luther King Day and a 14-1 thumping of Lehigh two days earlier.
Paul Daley recorded his 100th career point, assisting on Dan Meiselman's opening goal in Friday's win. Gunner was happy to reach the milestone in front of his family. Be sure to check out this great story by Daily Collegian writer Christine Newby about proud hockey dad "Big Paul" Daley Sr.
A note for those of you wanting to see the Oklahoma game. After finally getting my home phone and internet service repaired and running "up to speed", I have uploaded the second and third periods to our UStream channel.
Unfortunately, the first period video was corrupted and I couldn't upload it. With it being a scoreless tie after 20 minutes, I'll just say you didn't miss anything!
The two wins couldn't have been more different, with a solid 9-3 romp on Friday in which seven players scored followed by a sloppy 2-1 victory - another of the "Saturday Swoon" games that we have seen too often in the past.
In addition to giving Penn State a season sweep in the final year of competition against the Rams, the two wins gives the Icers a 17-3-1 record and a 3-1-1 mark in the first five games of the second semester. Whether or not that's good enough to keep the Icers at #1 when the new ACHA poll is released on Friday remains to be seen.
Next up for the Icers - the West Virginia Mountaineers (13-12-0). WVU comes to Hockey Valley after edging Pitt 2-1 in a game played in Charleston, WV on Martin Luther King Day and a 14-1 thumping of Lehigh two days earlier.
Paul Daley recorded his 100th career point, assisting on Dan Meiselman's opening goal in Friday's win. Gunner was happy to reach the milestone in front of his family. Be sure to check out this great story by Daily Collegian writer Christine Newby about proud hockey dad "Big Paul" Daley Sr.
A note for those of you wanting to see the Oklahoma game. After finally getting my home phone and internet service repaired and running "up to speed", I have uploaded the second and third periods to our UStream channel.
Unfortunately, the first period video was corrupted and I couldn't upload it. With it being a scoreless tie after 20 minutes, I'll just say you didn't miss anything!
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