Trick or Treat, PSU stuns Bentley in Thriller
Halloween Night Face-off By Tim King / Monster Hockey Bentley goaltender Blake Dougherty lifted his mask one last time and hosed the sweat from his face with the Gatorade bottle. He had seemingly...
View ArticleTunnel Vision
With the Penguinese taking on Buffalo tonight thought I’d channel my inner inspector gadget and examine some of the critiques floating around regarding all things Pens to see if any of them hold water...
View ArticleMetric Matters
The D-Corp Now that we’re 10 games into the season figured it would be a good time to see if any interesting trends have developed in the metric world. And when looking at 5v5 close situations – 2 goal...
View ArticleGo Figure
By Tim King / Monster Hockey Digging through the reams of data sprung on us members of the hockey media by USCHO.com and Collegehockeystats.com shows that just a month into its third season of...
View ArticleSmile, You’re on Candid Camera
By Tim King / Monster Hockey If you are at all familiar with the late and lamented “The Penn State Football Story” that used to run across the country and locally on Root Sports/Fox Sports Pittsburgh...
View ArticleHatorade news and notes
Since escaping the haters is impossible I’ve decided to take on some themes head on to examine how much Hatorade one must consume to keep harping on the same old tired themes. Haters gonna hate on:...
View ArticleScribbles from the Notebook
By Tim King / Monster Hockey All of the stuff that you learn and want to pass along in the course of a hockey season doesn’t always fit into the broadcast or the 750 words that you crank into the blog...
View ArticleThe Next Step, Going North to face UMass-Lowell in toughest challenge of season
PSU gearing up for UML By Tim King / Monster Hockey Up to this point in the young season the Nittany Lions have had time and room to grow but no real measuring stick to see just how far they have come....
View ArticleNittany Lions Own Worst Enemy in 5-3 Loss at Lowell
By Tim King / Monster Hockey The Nittany Lions played like a well-oiled machine for the first eight games of the season, but played like a team that couldn’t find the WD-40 after a bye week in a...
View ArticleWhen Passion and Intensity Collide
Between last night’s Pens game and the PSU upset I’m not sure where to start. But the common denominator is that a little passion and intensity never hurt on the ice. There was so much of that in the...
View ArticleYoung Lions Exceed Measuring Stick with 4-1 beating of UMass-Lowell
By Tim King / Monster Hockey What passed for the final buzzer sounded and Penn State goaltender Eamon McAdam jumped as high as his tired legs would allow and into the arms of his teammates. He had...
View ArticleBig Ten Hockey, Part Deux
By Tim King / Monster Hockey While college hockey purists continue to hold their noses and avert their eyes, the Big Ten dives headfirst into its second year as a hockey conference with visions of...
View ArticleLions Take Another Step Forward in Ann Arbor
PSU comes out ahead for 2nd consecutive road win against national powerhouse By Tim King / Monster Hockey Not every painting is a Picasso. Not every photograph is an Ansel Adams original. Not every...
View ArticleDented Lions Get Wrecked in Ann Arbor
By Tim King / Monster Hockey When Justin Rodgers and Dr. Phil Bosha, your trainer and team doctor respectively, are in the conversation for team MVP your team has a problem. A very big problem. You...
View ArticleThe Thin Line
Max Pacioretty said poor execution cost the Canadiens. We made too many mistakes,” he noted. “We’ve had success getting pucks behind the defencemen and we didn’t do that tonight. Not only did his...
View ArticlePenn State Can’t Escape From New York With a “W”
The Garden Suddenly the offensive tide had swung the Nittany Lions way. After dominating the first period and hanging on in the 2nd the third was largely being played in the Cornell end. The...
View ArticlePens initiate Hammer Time
Rob Klinkhammer to be exact. Pens picked up some beef today trading away improving defensive prospect Philip Samuelsson, aka Mini Ulf for one Rob Klinkhammer. Win-win trade if there ever was one. Mini...
View ArticlePenn State vs. Wisconsin by the Numbers
Tim King / Monster Hockey Tonight 9:00pm—ESPU & www.gopsusports.com Saturday night—9:00pm www.gopsusports.com BTN2GO.com MyTV Channel 22 in Pittsburgh (10:00pm tape delay) Penn State 7-4-2...
View ArticlePenn State Increases Wisconsin Misery in 5-2 Win
By Tim King / Monster Hockey (Madison, WI) — Neither David Glen nor Dylan Richard looked like the Lone Ranger in their Penn State blue road uniforms but their return to the lineup was as welcome as...
View ArticleLions Sweep into First Place
By Tim King / Monster Hockey Sometimes the sound of arriving is deadly silent. As Penn State put the finishing touches on a weekend sweep of Wisconsin at the Kohl Center Saturday night the silence was...
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