It was the third consecutive match against a top-25 team for the Nittany Lions, and the tough schedule finally seemed to catch up. For the first time in 14 matches this year, Penn State lost. Despite the home team winning the first two sets, the Cornhuskers stormed back and took it in five sets.
The post-Casey Bailey era of Penn State hockey raises a lot of questions up front, so we tried to answer them in our latest positional preview.
Bailey made it past the team's first round of cuts, where the camp's 69 players where cut down to 53, but was ultimately sent down to the Maple Leafs' AHL affiliate Marlies.
The performance we saw today transcends any awards, any statistics, and any watchlists. The defense's most important unit's most important player stepped up in a big way, and should be recognized for the player and the man that he is.
With a 3:30 kickoff at Beaver Stadium around the corner, here’s all the information you need to know for today’s game.
The Nittany Lions move to 4-1-2 on the year, thanks to more solid goaltending from Matt Bersano and goal-scoring from Connor Maloney.