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2025-26 Penn State Nittany Lions

All I know is that she comes from a hockey family and her success is not a surprise. Penn State used to get their fair share of players from Eastern Ontario and it is nice to see PSU is still able to recruit there.
 
Well, family commitments kept me from this game, but Penn State finished the sweep of Vermont 5-3 this afternoon, with goals from five different players (Tessa Janecke, Taylor Lum, Maddy Christian, Leah Stecker, and Mikah Keller). It looks like they let Vermont get busy in the third period with two goals, so that's something they're going to have to tighten up. Penn State moves to 4-0 on the season, 2-0 at home and 2-0 on the road.

Next weekend they're on the road to face former Penn State coach Allison Coomey's Delaware team to open up conference play.
 
7 total blocks is really light. Five goals will cover up a lot of stuff. Coomey has been gone for two classes which means she does not know more than half the team so I don't think Delaware will be able to exploit any tendencies she may have noticed by being on the ice with the players because of the turnover on PSU's roster.
 
Delaware split with Holy Cross over the weekend for their first win. Meanwhile, Mercyhurst is looming on the schedule for the following weekend and Sisti has retooled the team with what looks like 12 new players. Mercyhurst has quite the pipeline going with Sweden and Finland and if course the requisite Stoney Creek players. Mercyhurst's leading scorer is a redshirt frosh from Sweden. Mercyhurst also has last year's rookie of the year, Scanlin. Two players transferred out, one to Clarkson, McKay and one to UMD, Thea J.
 
It's game day, and finally the matchup between Jeff Kampersal and Allison Coomey is here. Okay, it's Delaware, so nobody is pretending that this series will be a nailbiter, but it will still be fun just for the "former Penn State associate head coach" angle. It's streaming on FloHockey, if you want to pay for that. If nothing else, it's another series for Kampersal to make any adjustments he wants before we really get into the grind. Game times are 6:00 Eastern tonight, and 2:00 Eastern tomorrow.

Video (6:00 Friday): https://www.flohockey.tv/live/191615
Live Stats: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=608677

Video (2:00 Saturday): https://www.flohockey.tv/live/191614
Live Stats: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=608678
 
ZedLeppellin said:
It's game day, and finally the matchup between Jeff Kampersal and Allison Coomey is here. Okay, it's Delaware, so nobody is pretending that this series will be a nailbiter, but it will still be fun just for the "former Penn State associate head coach" angle. It's streaming on FloHockey, if you want to pay for that. If nothing else, it's another series for Kampersal to make any adjustments he wants before we really get into the grind. Game times are 6:00 Eastern tonight, and 2:00 Eastern tomorrow.

Video (6:00 Friday): https://www.flohockey.tv/live/191615
Live Stats: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=608677

Video (2:00 Saturday): https://www.flohockey.tv/live/191614
Live Stats: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=608678
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No Janecke in the lineup for Game 1 (due to Team USA camp this week) so we'll see how the team does without her. Currently up 1-0 halfway through the 1st.
 
Penn State wins the first one 5-0 on goals from Maddy Christian, Sophie Morrow, and a hat trick from Grace Outwater. Shots on goal were 56-10...yada yada yada. Tessa Janecke was away at the Olympic camp, so this was everyone else doing the job, which is good to see.
 
I think Outwater was robbed last year of Rookie of the year and she will meet up with the Rookie of the year last year, Scanlin next week against Mercyhurst. Christian is showing that her scoring prowess from last year is carrying over to this season also. Desa is solid again.
 
After two, Penn State is up 2-0 on goals from Maddy Christian and Danica Maynard. Shots on goal are 38-0 for Penn State, and penalties are now 4 for Penn State and 3 for Delaware. You read that right - Delaware doesn't have a single shot on goal yet through two periods.
 
Penn State sweeps Delaware with a score of 7-0 on goals from Nicole Hall, two from Maddy Christian, two from Danica Maynard, and two from Matilde Fantin. Shots on goal were 69-1, and both teams took 4 penalties. What is there to say about a game like that? Well, it's good to see freshmen scoring, anyway.
 
Campbell gets her first taste of collegiate activity with a shutout. Walsh definitely buzzes around. Stecker has the versatility to move to offense if needed.
 
Just looking at total weekend stats, Penn State outshot Delaware 125-11 in this series - those are the shots on goal - and in addition to that, Delaware also blocked another 59 Penn State shots. Maddy Campbell in net today didn't face a single shot from Delaware until five minutes into the third period.

There's really not much to take away from games like this, but it was still good to see the team have to work without Tessa Janecke. It gave Jeff Kampersal a safe chance to move players around and see if they fit better anywhere new.

One unexpected stat so far is that everyone on the roster has scored at least one point, except for grad student Mya Vaslet. Six games in and she hasn't scored, and that's surprising.
 
Vaslet is coming off a lost year to injury. Her high end skating will lead to opportunities for her and her teammates.

Mercyhurst has basically reshaped their team, but I am sure the intense rivalry will continue.
 
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