No. 6 Penn State is off to a program best 5-0 start and was one of three teams to receive a first-place vote in the most recent USCHO poll.
Although the Nittany Lions have 29 regular season games yet to play, expectations are high for this team.
On paper, this Penn State team has exceeded the start of the 2016-17 team that won the program’s first-ever Big Ten championship, but it’s still too early in the season to make conclusions about a team.
The 2016 team went 3-1-1 through its first five games, including a series split against then-No.