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2022-23 Penn State Nittany Lions

PSUfan said:
Final score 6-3 with goals from MacKay and Machado (and an unfortunate last minute of the 3rd period goal by Lindenwood.). Nice Senior Day sweep with another great crowd (1232)! Kiara Zanon breaks her own program single season record for points with 42 and breaks Natalie Heising's single season program record for goals with 21.
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Geez...I should start leaving in the third period for the rest of the games, if they're going to open up the scoring like that! Good on them for finding that scoring touch, and especially nice on Senior Day. I see Mercyhurst demolished Syracuse today, so this final stretch of CHA regular season is going to get interesting. They play tomorrow, too, and Mercyhurst will likely handle Syracuse like they did today - if so, Mercyhurst will be in second place and creeping up on Penn State.
 
Penn State has four games left, two against Syracuse and two against RIT. PSU has a 3-1 series advantage on Mercyhurst. This translates into PSU has a margin of error of 1.5 games. PSU needs to go 2-1-1 over the last four to guarantee first place. That of course assumes that Mercyhurst does not falter at all with their six games left.

Penn State hits the 20 game win total for the first time in program history.

Yes, in response to the PSU fan that, It is nice to get Julie Gough back again. Gough and Janecke appear to have chemistry working and Gough is always capable in stringing multiple games in a row with goals scored.

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About time PSU moved up in the rankings, BU beat Vermont 2-1 and Cornell was shellacked by Dartmouth 5-1. It's going to take more flubs by other teams to move up any further.

Wallin is quietly being productive, 3rd on the team in scoring.
 
Reddington said:
About time PSU moved up in the rankings, BU beat Vermont 2-1 and Cornell was shellacked by Dartmouth 5-1. It's going to take more flubs by other teams to move up any further.

Wallin is quietly being productive, 3rd on the team in scoring.
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Penn State is #10 in the USA Today poll now, too, and you're right - I don't see them moving any higher without someone above them really dropping the ball. Cornell dropped three places this week after getting trounced by Dartmouth. I wish there was time left in the regular season to have Penn State mix it up with more top ten teams, just to see how it goes. They're going to need to really focus on consistency for the rest of this season (and post-season, if they get there).

In CHA monthly awards, Tessa Janecke and Josie Bothun were named Rookie and Goalie of the Month, the fourth monthly award for each of them this season
 
After taking a look at Clarkson's losses and upcoming schedule, PSU will be nipping at their heels. The Syracuse PSU rivalry is always a good one. Syracuse ended up tieing Mercyhurst in that second game and in CHA fashion would love to put a ding on PSU. DeSmet, the Syracuse goalie, has not had the year she had last year. Bothun has been really good for PSU.
 
Penn State really looking to bump in to the top 9 Pairwise...As long as they don't lose any tough ones down the stretch here to a weaker team they should be able to gain on Clarkson.
 
HockeyDad2023 said:
Penn State really looking to bump in to the top 9 Pairwise...As long as they don't lose any tough ones down the stretch here to a weaker team they should be able to gain on Clarkson.
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Syracuse is #36 and RIT is #40. I don't think they're getting any bump from beating either of them. If moving up one more space on the ladder is the goal, better start rooting for Clarkson (or someone above them) to start losing.
 
Penn State travels to Syracuse for a weekend series tonight and tomorrow. Both games are streaming (free) on CuseTV, so woohoo for that! Penn State is currently in first place in the CHA with 21 points, and Syracuse is tied with Mercyhurst for second place with 13 points each. Last time out, Penn State swept Syracuse by scores of 4-0 and 11-3, the first week of December, but things have gone better for Syracuse this season when they play at home (they are 6-6-0 at home, and 3-11-1 playing away). It's crunch time for anyone who wants home ice for the CHA tournament at the end of the month.

Link for free video tonight (6:00 Eastern): https://cuse.com/watch/?Live=5875&type=Live

Link for free video tomorrow (3:00 Eastern): https://cuse.com/watch/?Live=5876&type=Live
 
Okay, after one it's Penn State up 2-0 on goals from Maeve Connolly and Olivia Wallin, one penalty to each team, and shots on goal are 10-4 for Penn State.
 
After two, it's Penn State up 3-0 on a goal from Courtney Correia. Syracuse took the only penalty, and shots on goal are 15-14 for Penn State. I missed the first period, so I can't say anything about it, but Syracuse did a really good job of pinning Penn State in their defensive zone in the second period.
 
And that's a wrap - Penn State takes game one by a score of 7-0 on third period goals from Mya Vaslet, Alyssa Machado, Kiara Zanon, and Olivia Wallin. Shots on goal were 25-19 for Penn State. Penn State stayed on the gas and looked like they decided that 3-0 wasn't good enough for them.
 
Mercyhurst tied RIT 1-1 tonight, so the best they can finish with in the CHA is 25 points. Penn State has 23 with tonight's win, with a possibility of finishing with 29 at season's end. The best Syracuse can finish with is 21 points if they win out.

A win for Penn State tomorrow and a win or tie at RIT wins the CHA regular season.
 
After one at Syracuse it's scoreless. Both teams took one penalty and Penn State leads the shots on goal by 9-6. Syracuse looks better than yesterday, but they're not getting any chances to set up a play. It looked like a typical first period.
 
After two it's still scoreless at Syracuse. No penalties in that period, and Penn State leads the shots on goal by 22-13. Syracuse really started to gel in the second half of that period, and Penn State was back to taking too long to clear their defensive zone. Too much waiting to react instead of going after it. I hate heading into a third period scoreless, when it's looking like a single goal could win the game.
 
Penn State sweeps Syracuse by a score of 4-1 on goals from Kiara Zanon, Tessa Janecke, Elleri MacKay, and Mallory Uihlein. Both teams took two penalties in the third, and shots on goal were 35-19 for Penn State. Penn State really turned it on in the third period and made Ariel Desmet play her best in net for Syracuse, which she did today.
 
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