Following Thursday’s victory over Wisconsin, Penn State coach Guy Gadowsky said he expected a different team to show up to the following day’s contest against Michigan than the one that had been swept in the final regular season series between the two teams.
In that series, the Wolverines outscored the Nittany Lions by an 11-goal margin.
That trend carried over into the teams’ semi-final matchup at 5 p.m. Friday.
Led by a natural hat trick by freshman Kyle Connor, the Wolverines topped the Lions 7-2 in the Big Ten Tournament on Friday night in St.