Five goals first pace men's hockey to, 7-1, win and series sweep over Colgate – Penn State

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. A five-goal first period and seven different goal scorers led the way to a 7-1 victory as Penn State blitzed Colgate to in non-conference action on Wednesday evening inside Pegula Ice Arena to complete the series sweep.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Penn State (6-7-0) opened the scoring for the fourth-straight game as sophomore Matt DiMarsico (Wexford, Pa.) collected a loose puck below the right dot before roofing a wrister over the glove of Raider starting net-minder Andrew Takacs for the 1-0 edge just 39 ticks in.
• The Nittany Lions extended the lead to 2-0 just over a minute later as sophomore Casey Aman (Johnstown, Pa.) skated down the far side and snuck a wrist shot inside the near post and through Takacs chasing him from the game at the 1:53 mark of the first frame.
• Colgate (7-7-2) cut into the deficit as Brett Chorske redirected a point offering in the low slot for the 2-1 score at 4:54 of the first period.
• The hosts continued to push as senior Dylan Lugris (Buffalo, N.Y.) got loose atop the crease and showed off some nifty moved before slipping the puck past Colgate goaltender Nick Haas for the 3-1 advantage at the 8:37 mark.
• Prior to the Lugris goal, the Raiders were booked for a major penalty after review and Penn State made it hurt scoring twice on the ensuing powerplay with sophomore Dane Dowiak (Pittsburgh, Pa.) scoring on a rebound at the 9:17 mark and senior Danny Dzhaniyev (Brooklyn, N.Y.) redirecting a shot in the low slot by senior Simon Mack (Brockville, Ontario) for the 5-1 margin at 11:46 of the opening twenty minutes.
• The Nittany Lions pushed the lead to 7-1 midway through the second period with goals just 1:45 apart as freshman JJ Wiebusch (Verona, Wis.) redirected Macks point offering at the near post for at the 10:08 mark before he started the rush and DiMarsico found freshman Charlie Cerrato (Fallston, Md.) and he didnt miss a yawning net for the 7-1 lead at the 11:53 mark.

GOALTENDING

• Junior John Seifarth (Pittsburgh, Pa.) earned his second-consecutive victory improving to 2-0-0 on the year after stopping 22-of-23 shots on the night while Takacs falls to 6-4-1 after making eight saves over 15:03 of game action.
• Haas did not factor into the decision after collecting 21 saves over 44:57.
• Seifarth stopped 47-of-50 shots over the weekend for a .940 save percentage.
• NOTES
• Penn State held the commanding 36-23 edge in shots on goal while going 2-for-6 on the man-advantage and a perfect 2-for-2 on the penalty kill. The Nittany Lions have yet to surrender a man-advantage tally in its seven non-conference games this season posting a perfect 27-for-27 on the PK.
• Penn State moves to 6-1-0 in non-conference play this season and are now 51-7-1 in regular season non-conference games since the start of the 2018-19 season including a 24-3-0 mark over the past two-plus seasons.
• The five first period goals tie a single-game record for most goals in a period marking the seventh time the Nittany Lions have accomplished that feat and the first since December 3, 2020, in a 9-5 win against Michigan.
• Fink extends his point streak to six games which ties his career high with his two assists marking his sixth multi-point effort of the season and the 15th of his career.
• With three assists, Mack sets a new career-best mark for points and assists while securing his fourth multi-point game of the season and the eighth of his career. He also broke a tie with Paul DeNaples 23 for ninth on the Penn State all-time scoring list for defensemen with 47 points. He also moved past Vince Pedrie for eighth on the all-time defenseman assist list with 38 now for his career.
• With one goal and a pair of assists, Dzhaniyev ties his career high while securing his third multi-point game this season and the 19th of his career.
• With one goal and two assists, DiMarsico registers his third multi-point effort of the season and the ninth of his career.
• Wiebusch also collected one goal and a pair of helpers for a new career-best in points and assists while marking his second multi-point effort of the season and extending his career-lkong point streak to four games.
• Dowiak runs his career-best point streak to four games following his first period goal.

NEXT UP

Penn State returns to the road to resume Big Ten Conference action with a series in Columbus against the 12th-ranked Buckeyes next Thursday and Friday.

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