2025-26 PSU Men's Ice Hockey Thread
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Tough start at Spengler Cup for Guy and the Lions on the team. Lost to Canada 3-2.
Stat sheet was bare for our guys except for a minor on Wiebusch. The good news was Fink played.
Stat sheet was bare for our guys except for a minor on Wiebusch. The good news was Fink played.
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DiMarsico with two goals and the US Collegiate Selects get their first win of the tournament. It’s really interesting seeing the Penn State line out there against full professionals.
The US collegiate selects won their group and received a bye into the semifinals. Guy and the BTB boys plus Mac and Aiden play at 9:15 am EST.
And the new 18 year old Nittany Lion continues to flash for Canada, scoring the first goal tonight vs Denmark. For those interested, it’s on NHLNetwork now. Edit: The 18 yo added a second goal, and would have a hat trick if not for missing a wide open net at the buzzer of the first period. The kid is still learning. Hopefully he stays healthy and gets some rest. If I’m looking at the schedule correctly, the world juniors may not end until 1/5, which means if Canada advances as expected, we not see him until the Minnesota series. Edit: Another update as the kid just got his hat trick.
And the new 18 year old Nittany Lion continues to flash for Canada, scoring the first goal tonight vs Denmark. For those interested, it’s on NHLNetwork now. Edit: The 18 yo added a second goal, and would have a hat trick if not for missing a wide open net at the buzzer of the first period. The kid is still learning. Hopefully he stays healthy and gets some rest. If I’m looking at the schedule correctly, the world juniors may not end until 1/5, which means if Canada advances as expected, we not see him until the Minnesota series. Edit: Another update as the kid just got his hat trick.
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Aiden Fink collects his first goal of the tournament. The kids are really showing Europe how much speed there is in the NCAA.
We are officially a hockey school.
Charlie Cerrato makes it 3-2 Selects. Sniped it. Penn State production has been good.
Aiden Fink with his second goal of the game. Classic college hockey wrap-around goal.
Aiden Fink with a hatty. Impressive stuff against full-professional teams.
Hopefully this leads to the team being ready to roll quicker in second part of season. Last year was an anomaly as team historically is a slow starter after the long break.
That’s one way to look at it. I’m worried we see an exhausted bunch get off the bus at RIT Saturday night. Would hate to be a pelt on their wall.
In other positive news, ASU split with highly ranked Dartmouth helping out our SoS. In NPI ratings, we are 8th but our actual number is closer to 2nd than 10th currently.
I’d settle for in the middle really. A bit tired but playing well. Certain teams we can afford splits with, others we can’t.
Yes, looked at rankings last night and saw same thing.
Looks like the college selects will go down in the final. Fink did score another goal, though.
It is interesting how often it occurs in international hockey tournaments that team A beats team B in the prelims, and then when they meet again late in the tournament team B beats team A when it matters most.
It is interesting how often it occurs in international hockey tournaments that team A beats team B in the prelims, and then when they meet again late in the tournament team B beats team A when it matters most.
I believe that the Penguins are 18-12-9 so far this season, which isn't bad for a team that’s rebuilding and has played a bunch of rookies.
Also, hopefully PSU plays better in the second half of the season than they did in the first half when they looked completely outclassed by MSU and Michigan.
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You must be fun to hang out and watch sports with. You still dwelling on first part of season, let it go.
Teams lose, they have bad nights, kids get hurt, vulcanized rubber bounces funny.
Was Sparty outclassed by New Hampshire?
Was Wisky outclassed by tOSU at home by 5 goals?
Was UM outclassed by Western Michigan?
Was Denver outclassed by Maine last night?
This is college hockey. Nobody goes undefeated. PSU had two bad nights in two months of hockey.
Since PSU last played, they’ve moved up two spots in NPI. They are closer to No. 2 than No. 10.
You seem like the kind of chap that has a need to be right about everything. News flash: you’re not and no one is.
Another news flash: PSU will almost certainly not have as good of a record Jan-March 2026 as it did Jan-March 2025. They will not sneak up on anyone. They are the hunted. It will be a brawl all the way to the B1G tournament and hopefully beyond. And the 18 year old is quite good, but the B1G ain’t some junior league. Nobody puts up video game stats like in juniors.
Final new flash: RIT likely poses a threat the next two nights, for many reasons, mostly due to us missing the 18 year old and having five other guys 48 hours from a redeye flight from Switzerland. And if you don’t believe any of this, just look at last night: NoDak beat Mercyhurst 2-0. Second ranked team against dead last, by far. Mercyhurst gave up 18 goals to UM, 14 to Bob Morris and 13 to the Buckeyes.
I’m just hoping for a healthy team all the way to the end, because I think they have the talent and coaching to win a title. But I’m realistic enough to acknowledge that there are three other teams in the B1G in the exact same situation. Anything can happen on any given night. Just enjoy the show without the massive negativity.
