For the past few seasons, Penn State has played a unique brand of hockey, regularly peppering the opposing goaltender with shots, averaging the most shots per game in each of the past three seasons, including this year. That’s translated into one of the most potent offenses in the NCAA during that stretch.
Earlier this week, ESPN’s Ben Arledge offered a comparison to the Lions’ offensive style — the Wayne Gretzky-led Edmonton Oilers of the 1980s.
Those Oilers squads routinely topped the National Hockey League in goals scored, having set the team record in 1983-84 with 446.