After the match on Friday, January 3 The Nittany Lions push their record to 7-9-1 with the tie and are now 0-8-1-0-1-0 in conference play while the Irish move to 6-12-1 overall and are now 1-9-1-1-2-1 in Big Ten action. 

First Period 

Notre Dame started off the first period with a goal from Grant Silianoff. Silianoff slipped a rebound into a bored net after Jack Larrigan’s primary shot was turned aside for the 1-0 lead at 7:29 of the first period. Penn State responded just 56 seconds later as Tyler Paquette streaked up the near wall and launched a missile far-side past the glove of fighting Irish goaltender Nicholas Kempf for a 1-1 tie at the 8-minute 25-second mark. The Irish were able to regain a lead later into the first period with a powerplay goal as Justin Janicke beat Penn State Goalie Arsenii Sergeev past the blocker from the low slot for the 2-1 advantage over the Nittany Lions with just 41 seconds remaining in the period. 

Second Period 

The second period was drier than the first. Neither team could get a goal in until Penn State responded with the equalizer late in the second period as sophomore Matt DiMarsico knuckled home a rebound from between the rings after freshman Charlie Cerrato’s initial bid was turned aside with just 32 seconds remaining in the second period.  

Third Period 

Penn State kept their foot on the gas moving into the third period and grabbed their first lead of the game just 10 seconds into the period! Dane Dowiak assisted Aiden Fink, who whistled the puck to the back of the net for the 3-2 score. The lucky Irish were able to even the game out midway through the third period at Carter Slaggert was the recipient of an open goal after an assist from Silianoff and finished it off at the near post for the 3-3 score at the 11-minute 2-second mark. With a tied-up match, the game entered overtime. After a scoreless overtime frame, the game entered a shootout. Penn States Danny Dzhaniyev opened the shootout which went eight rounds and finally came to a close with a goal from Notre Dame’s Ryan Helliwell. Penn State lost but will play the team again soon. 

One viewer Nick Milone spoke upon his opinion about the game, “It was a very good game by both Penn State and Notre Dame. They both definitely wanted the win and fought long and hard for it especially since it went to an 8-round shootout. Both goalies played excellently. I’m very happy that Notre Dame won, especially since I’ve been a Notre Dame fan since I could remember!”

Goaltending 

Penn States goalie Arsenii Sergeev has just returned from injury with an action-packed game getting to play in front of 25,709 fans across Wrigley Field upon his return. 

Sergeev ended the game with a new career high of 43 saves, a new season high for the goalie. The Irish’s Goalie Kempf ended up stopping 39 overall shots. 

Next-Up 

The two teams will close out the weekend series back in South Bend on Sunday evening with puck drop slated for 5 p.m. at Compton Family Ice Arena.