Hockey teams are generally structured around a goaltender who can hold down the fort and limit the amount of goals on their opponent’s side of the scoreboard. The puck found itself in the back of Penn State’s goal often in the early game and it was time for another comeback attempt.
Goaltender Noah Grannan recorded his first start of the season against No. 5 Michigan on Friday night after 55:46 of playing time against Wisconsin last weekend. Although he allowed four unanswered goals in the first period, after Matt Dimarsico struck first for the Nittany Lions, Grannan’s performance smoothed out in the subsequent frames.