EAST LANSING - The Michigan State hockey team put together an energetic third-period rally but could not come back to top No. 16 Penn State as the Nittany Lions hung on for a 3-2 win on Saturday at a sold-out Munn Ice Arena. Patrick Khodorenko cut the deficit to 3-2 with a power play goal early in the third as MSU outshot PSU, 19-8, in the final period, but wasn’t able to get another puck past goaltender Peyton Jones.
“It was an interesting game,” MSU head coach Danton Cole said. “I thought for the first two periods Penn State played hard and they won a lot more battles than they did last night and you have to give them credit for that.