On a night where Penn State’s success didn’t depend on the myriad of weapons at forward, a pair of junior defensemen stepped up big to solidify a comeback win against Michigan State.
Christian Berger and Jimmy Dowd Jr. combined for three of the blue and white’s four goals on Friday night to capture its 11th victory of the season.
The No. 6 Nittany Lions started sluggish from the first puck drop. Despite opening the scoring with Dowd’s second goal of the season, they went on to surrender back-to-back goals to end the period.
“We got throttled — we absolutely were throttled,” Guy Gadowksy said.