It’s hard to believe that less than two weeks ago the Penn State hockey team was on the outside of the NCAA tournament field looking in, hoping to make a run into a position that might qualify for an at-large bid. First the team needed to sweep the nearly unsweepable Minnesota Golden Gophers in order to avoid traveling to their over-sized sheet of ice and the advantage that comes with playing in Mariucci Arena.
After completing the miraculous sweep on the final day of the regular-season, gaining home-ice advantage in the first round in the Big Ten Tournament by just one single point in conference standings, the Lions did it again.