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UNIVERSITY PARK - The No. 6 Penn State women's ice hockey team continues its homestand, hosting Lindenwood this weekend at Pegula Ice Arena. Puck drop for Friday’s game is slated for 2 p.m. while Saturday’s game will begin at 1 p.m.
HISTORY
This is the 56th meeting of the two programs with Penn State leading the series 38-11-6.
Lindenwood has faced PSU the fourth-most of any program in PSU's history and their 38 wins over the Lions are the second most for PSU against a single program.
Penn State has gone unbeaten in the last 30 meetings, tying three times and winning 27 games.
The Nittany Lions outscored Lindenwood 17-4 last season.
SCOUTING THE LIONS
Lindenwood is 1-7-0 with their lone win coming over Merrimack. They have not played a conference game yet this season.
Taylor Wasylk is the head coach of the Lions in her third season. She coached Penn State assistant coach Moe Bradley at UMass Boston in 2014-15 season.
Zsofia Pazmandi, Tatiana Blichova, and Ellen Wigermo each have four points on the year, leading Lindenwood.
Madison Bowtell and Lexington Secreto have split most of the time in goal for the Lions. Secreto has played in four games, posting a 2.31 GAA and .940 save percentage. Bowtell has played in five games, recording a 4.19 GAA and .878 save percentage.
PENN STATE IN THE POLLS
The Penn State Nittany Lions currently sit sixth in both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey polls.
It is the highest ranking the program has achieved in either poll in its history.
DEFENSE TO OFFENSE
Penn State is currently in the top five for both scoring offense and defense categories as well as scoring margin.
The Nittany Lions are scoring 4.63 goals per game while only allowing 0.88 goal per game.
PSU also has only allowed 13.5 shots on goal per game, which is the lowest in the nation.
The Nittany Lions are tied for the national lead in shorthanded goals with two.
DOMINANCE IN THE DOT
The Nittany Lions are ranked third nationally in faceoff win percentage at 63.7 percent.
Tessa Janecke has won 66 percent of her faceoffs pacing the Nittany Lions.
Freshman Mikah Keller is ninth among rookie skaters nationally in faceoff wins with 63.
QUICK SCORING
The Nittany Lions broke two team scoring records last weekend against Mercyhurst.
In game one, Tessa Janecke scored just eight seconds into the second period, the fastest goal to start a period in program history.
In game two, Katelyn Roberts and Maddy Christian scored nine seconds apart in the first period for the fastest back-to-back goals in program history.
AHA WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS
Tessa Janecke, Danica Maynard, and Katie DeSa each won a weekly award from Atlantic Hockey America, announced this past Tuesday.
Tessa Janecke won her ninth career Forward of the Week and first of the season after posting four points last weekend.
Janecke won 20 of her 29 faceoffs while also posting a +3 rating.
Danica Maynard won her second Defenseman of the Week award in a row after notching four points.
Maynard finished the weekend with a +6 rating and now leads all skaters nationally with a +17.
Katie DeSa was named for her second Goaltender of the Week award this season and 11th of her career after winning both games this weekend.
DeSa made 34 saves and only allowing one goal, posting a .971 save percentage, bringing her season total to .935.
CHRISTIAN-KELLER-OUTWATER
The highest scoring Nittany Lion line appears to not be slowing down anytime soon, combining for 26 points in eight games.
Maddy Christian leads the group with 10 points and has at least a point in seven of the team's eight games.
Christian is second among all Nittany Lion skaters in plus/minus at +15 and is tied for second nationally in the same category.
Grace Outwater leads PSU with eight goals in eight games after scoring 16 all of last season.
Outwater and Christian each have a shorthanded goal on the year, tied with each other for the national lead after Christian led the nation in the category last season.
Mikah Keller is third among skaters on PSU in assists with five. She also a goal and an assist in Penn State's 6-1 win over Mercyhurst.
Keller is also fourth on the Nittany Lions in plus/minus at +11, just behind her two linemates.
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
The top three active scoring leaders on PSU, Tessa Janecke, Katelyn Roberts, and Maddy Christian, all chipped in this past weekend.
The three combined for nine points while playing a part in all but one of Penn State's goals.
Janecke is currently on a seven-game point streak dating back to last season.