Skoff put together crucial performances that allowed Penn State to achieve its best opening weekend in the Division I era. On Saturday, he was even better, saving 28 shots, 14 of which game in a[…]
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Category: Big Ten Hockey
Articles that cover hockey from a conference wide perspective
Big Ten Hockey Weekly Review: October 13
In a conference that is comparatively tighter than last season, the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions made their early cases for impressive improvements. Weekly power rankings1.MinnesotaWith a pair of victories in the IceBreaker, the Gophers made[…]
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Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge Week 1 Results – SB Nation College Hockey
Not sure if there is a trophy for this challenge or if it’s purely non-conference bragging rights. Hosting Connecticut, Penn State tied the Huskies 2-2 Friday before finding offense in a 7-1 win Saturday. Ohio[…]
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Big Ten Hockey Weekly Release – Oct. 7 Big Ten Conference Official Site
Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin also will take the ice for the first time this weekend. Fourteen of the country’s most storied college hockey programs will compete this fall in the second Big Ten/Hockey[…]
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College Hockey News: Big Ten Team Preview Capsules
Penn State’s roster is almost identical to last season’s. The Nittany Lions lost two players — Mark Yanis and senior Michael McDonagh. The pair rarely played, and didn’t impact the team much. Coach Guy Gadowsky[…]
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Big Ten Hockey Weekly Release – Sept. 30 Big Ten Conference Official Site
The Gophers start the season as the No. 1 team in both polls for the first time since 2003. At least 29 additional games will be broadcast on FOX Sports Regional Networks. Last season, only[…]
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Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge Set for Year Two – Penn State Official Athletic Site
In all, PSU takes part in four of the 20 contests. Between the two conferences, 14 of the most storied college hockey programs will take part in the Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge, as announced on[…]
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Overheard at Big Ten hockey media day
Penn State coach Guy Gadowsky, on how the program continues to build: “At Penn State we continue to be extremely excited about what’s going on, not only with our program but with Big Ten hockey.On[…]
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Minnesota hockey Big Ten favorite, but UM optimistic
Minnesota was picked as the hockey team to beat in the Big Ten in voting by the coaches in a poll released Wednesday during media day. The Gophers, the regular season champions during the inaugural[…]
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Mike Eaves believes Big Ten hockey will grow within next 10 years – JSOnline
Madison Mike Eaves believes the first season of the Big Ten mens hockey conference was a success. So even if they didnt know much about hockey, they knew those schools and they would tend to[…]
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NYT: Big Ten Network Makes Investment in College Hockey
ST. PAUL — Information about American college hockey was scarce in British Columbia when Curtis Gedig, a senior defenseman at Ohio State, grew up and played junior hockey there. Local news media did not cover[…]
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CHN: Second Thoughts – No Challenge Too Small
The Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge wrapped up this weekend with the latter league coming out on top, but unless you were paying a hell of a lot of attention, you probably didn’t notice that it[…]
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2013 Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge
Vermont’s victory over Penn State clinched the inaugural Challenge for Hockey East. With one game remaining today, Hockey East has a nine point lead on the Big Ten. Results: Friday, October 18 #7/6 Boston[…]
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USCHO Poll – new #1
Minnesota takes over the top spot in the USCHO national poll. Three Big ten programs, Minnesota (#1), Michigan (#4), and Wisconsin (#11) are in the top 11. Future Penn State opponents who are ranked include[…]
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Collegian: Big Ten trails Hockey East in challenge after first weekend
By Darian Somers | Collegian Staff Writer Penn State hasn’t even had its crack at Hockey East. Yet, the school and the rest of the Big Ten find themselves in a big hole. After the[…]
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2013 Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge
Big Ten 4 Hockey East 9 Eleven of the country’s most storied college hockey programs are competing in the inaugural Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge, which includes 13 games between Oct. 18-27. The conference that records[…]
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USCHO: Hockey East teams more than ready to accept a “Challenge”
1) Hockey East was up to the “Challenge” The Hockey East/Big Ten Challenge wasn’t very challenging this weekend as the series kicked off with the veteran Hockey East league posting a dominating 4-1-1 record against[…]
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Big Ten Hockey Weekly Release
Historic Night in Hockey Valley: With a standing-room only crowd of 6,370 in attendance, Penn State opened Pegula Ice Arena in style with a 4-1 victory over Army on Oct. 11. Junior Nate Jensen scored[…]
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KSTP-TV: Big Ten Men’s Hockey Tickets On Sale
All-session ticket packages go on sale Monday for the inaugural Big Ten Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament. The tournament will be held March 20-22, 2014, at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. […]
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MinnStarTrib: College Hockey Roundup
PENN STATE 4, ARMY 1: The Nittany Lions opened the Pegula Ice Arena by beating the Black Knights before an announced crowd of 6,370. Nate Jensen gave Penn State a 1-0 lead at 3:02 of[…]
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Big Ten Trophies in the Pegloo
The #B1GHockey trophies are in the house at Pegula Ice Arena! @PennStateMHKY pic.twitter.com/GZuJcJgvUW — Big Ten Hockey (@B1GHockey) October 11, 2013
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BTN: Watch all 6 BTN hockey previews
The Big Ten hockey season has begun, but go ahead and catch up with these six video previews, one for each Big Ten men’s hockey team. via Watch all 6 BTN hockey previews « Big[…]
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BTN Video: Izzo, O’Brien show off ‘hockey’ smiles in promo
Just in case you haven’t seen this Big Ten Network promo for the upcoming B10 hockey season.
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CDT: Penn State ice hockey: Nittany Lions facing tall task with entry into Big Ten
UNIVERSITY PARK — Guy Gadowsky said it several times last season. It may have been the Penn State men’s hockey program’s first in NCAA Division I, but the deep end of the pool was going[…]
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